Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-28
Madison. Jan. 26.

4 S-SSONA~>-S-AS
cultural Fair association, and confer
ence Of charities and corrections. To
! the agricultural element of the COM
| monwealth the occasion will be one
Of unusual interest and opportunity
A fare Of one and cne-third will be
| given on all railroads
| The agricultural society will be in
session at the capitol from Monday
| evening until Friday noon. The pro-
gram is as follows:
! Monday, S p. m.-Meeting OF execu-
| tive board.
Tuesday, $50 a m-Meeting of ex-
| ecutive board; election of superintend-
| ents, etc. Sp. m.-Annual address by
| President S. D. Hubbard, Mondovi
address by Governor Scofield; paper
Rural Schools-Can They Be Made t.
| Conserve the Interests Of Rural Life
More Than They now Do?, w. Fl.
Chandler, state inspector of high
| schools.
Wednesday, $50 a. m.-Papers: Saw
ing and Applying Manures, E. Wyatt.
| G. Owens, H. G. Burchard; Corn Gull
ture and Harvesting Crops, short
course students. 2 p. m.-Papers:
Economical Feedings George H. Nc
Kerrow, Sussex; How Can Farmers
Raise Hogs for Profit, Gee rye Wylie,
Leeds. s p. m.-Papers: The Farm
er and Good Roads, j. NJ. True, Bar
aboo; A General Talk, Prof. J. w.
Robertson, Ottawa, Canada.
Thursday, $50 a. m.-Papers: Ed
ucation of Farmers Sons, Prof. R. A.
Moore; Judicious Horse Raising and
Its Profits, Alexander Galbraith,
GAINESVILLE. 2 p. m.-General discus
SIGN of silage and the silo; paper: Wis
| consin Lambs for the Chicago Market,
Prof. J A. Craig.
| Friday, $50 a. m.-Paper by Prof
T. L. Hacker, of experiment station of
Minnesota; paper: General Dairying,
Prof. James w. Robertson, Ottawa,
| Canada.
HORTICULTURAL.
The horticultural society's sessions
will also be held at the capitol and
| will continue from Tuesday evening
until Friday evening. This will be
| the tWenty-seg enth annual meeting,
and will be in conjunction with that of
the agricultural society. Fine exhibi-
tons of fruits and flowers will be made
| at the society rooms and premiums
will be offered for the best apples, po-
tatoes, plants and cut flowers. The
prog1 am Is as follows:
Tuesday, 1880 p. N. in horticultural
room-The following resolution will be
up for action: "Resolved, that we re-
gard the gratuitous distribution of the
| transactions Of this society as detri-
mental to it's interests, and as the most
| serious obstacle to it's progress and
! prosperity" reports of corresponding
secretary on plant distributions; of
planting of new trial orchard: of man
ager and editor on new monthly maya
zine; Of local societies.
Wednesday, 9 a. m.-Entrance of
articles for exhibition until a. m; pa
perS and talks not TO exceed fifteen
| minutes; appointment of committees;
reception of delegates from other So
cieties; reports of committees on OBJ
servatiOn; reports Of committee on
program; papers: Our Local Societies:
How Can They Be Made More Useful,
and How Can They Be Made Helpful
to the State Society,", R. J. Coe, Fort
Atkinson; discussion. At 1870 p. M.
Papers: Shall the State Society Ac-
cept the Proposition of Mrs. Fleeborn
and Assume Control of the Seeding
and Experimental Orchard Planted by
S. I. Freedom in Richland County,,
Opened By Prof. E. S. Golf; How Can
We Make Our Library More Useful to
Our Members and Others Geo. J.
Kellogg, GAINESVILLE; The Fruit Grow
ers' Bridge Over Hard Times, A. L.
Hatch, Ithica; five-minute talks on
strawberries by G. J. Kellogg, James,
vile; .. G. Converse, Fort Atkinson;
J. q. Sarles, Sparta; Franklin John
son, Baraboo. At 1880 p. m.-Papers:
Success with Flowers, William Toole,
Baraboo; Unused Power, Mrs. Frank
WClcott, Appleton; Natural and Arti-
fetal Hybridization, w. j. Moyle,
Ycrkville; The Plum Curculio, H. B.
Rice, Lewiston, ILL.,; Peas for Seed in
Wisconsin, w. H. Fellows, Forestville,
III. What l have learned of the Dwarf
Apple, S. H. Marshall, Madison.
Thursday a. Presidents ad-
dress; report of secretary and treas
urer; election of officers; paper: My
Experience in Mulching, A. A. Par
sons, Eureka. At 100 p. m.-Papers:
Russian Apples in Minnesota Prof. S.
B. Green of the Minnesota experiment
station; Russian Apples in Wisconsin,
EXPIRES. A. G.. futile, Baraboo; Analy-
sis of Pruning, Prof. E. S. Golf, Wis |
consin state university; What Are W.
Doing so Preserve Our Wisconsin |
Forests, B. S. Hoxie, Evansville; Fruit |
Growing in Northeast Wisconsin, i
George Tong, Sturgeon Bay. At 1870 |
p. ILLUSTRATED lecture on entomol-
ogy by Prof. Otto Lugger, state |
entomologist- of Minnesota; papers: |
Russian Fruits as Seen in Russia. Prof |
Taylor. superintendent of institutes of
Nebraska; Value of Irrigation on |
Orchard. Garden and Small Fruits. |
George Raymer, Madison.
Friday, 9 a. m.-Papers: The |
Farmers Fruit Garden, J L. Hartwell |
president Northern Illinois Horticul- |
tural society; Experience in Farmers
Garden, S. o. Pingrey, Omro: Expert
ence in Grape Culture. J. S. MCGOWAN. |
GAINESVILLE; Best two Raspberries. R. J. |
Coe; Best two Blackberries. A. J.
Best Currants and Gooseber-