Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-29
APPLE GROWERS CONVENTION
Southwestern Iowa Horticultural Society to
Meet at Glenwood,
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRO G RAM
Many Topics of Interest to the Menu
bers Are ON the List to lie
Read and Discussed at
the Meeting.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE Prog RAM

The annual meeting Of the Southwestern
Iowa Horticultural society will be held at
Glenwood. beginning December 81 and last
ing three days. j. p. Hess of Council Bluffs
is president of the organization, and in con-
necton with the secretary, George H. Van
Houten of Des Moines, has just issued the
program. President Hess is very proud of
! the advance the society has made within
the last year which has resulted in a large
Increase of the membership and strength
enlng 1t by bringing into its membership
many of the most prominent horticulturists
and orchard men in the state. 1t is largely
| owing to the work of the society that the
great interest now being taken in the de-
, velopment of the fruit interests of south
western Iowa has been awakened and fos-
| tered, and it is now not only the hope but
| the conviction of the society that this sec
tlOn of the state will in very few years
| be the foremost fruit-prolucing section of
| the west. few years ago corn was king,
| and farmers looked with suspicion upon the
| sanity of the man who talked ab-ut de-
| throning him and establishing in his stead
| the humble apple. Twenty years ago there
| was not fruit enough raised in western Iowa
10 supply the home demand. The few farm
ers who had orchards were amply satisfied
when the neglected trees yielded enough to
supply their own cellars and afford a little
surplus for friends. Now the proportion of
ground cultivated in orchards in some sec
tons greatly exceeds that devoted
! to the growth of field crops, and
in large portion of the ter
ritory where the greatest interest in apple
| culture has been awakened there are almost
| as many acres covered with orchards as
there are with corn. The financial results Of
| the apple culture have been most satisfac-
| tory, and farmers who have been following
| II the longest have the largest farms and
bank accounts that will carry them through
| several years OF failure. In the immediate
vicinity of Glenwood this season the apple
| growers have been paid in the neighborhood
of $4,000 for their crop it stood on the
| trees, the amount representing clear profit
after the slight expense of caring for the
trees during the season is deducted. The
| shipments from the Mills county town ap-
| proNimate 10000 barrels The price ranged
| from 50 to $3.50 barrel. Many thousand
| bushels are still on hand awaiting the higher
markets il, midwinter and early spring. 1t
is such results as these that is calling the
attention Of the best men in the country
| to the possibilities of the future in this
direction, and that has given the South
western Iowa society many of the fore
most men in the state.
The program shows that Hon. A. F. Coll
nan of Corning who has charge of the Iowa
state fruit exhibit in the Transmssissippi
| Exposition, will read paper on the subieCt,
Planting a Tree" and will lead the dis
cussion Of this first act in the production of
an apple orchard Captain George S. Bacon
OF Des Mcines will explain the best Treat
ment Of Old Trees and S. c. Osborn OF
| Glenwood will discuss ''TAe Essentials of
Successful orchardng in Southwestern
Iowa" The first evening session will be de-
| voted to the discussion by the women of the
esthe;ic side of the fruit growers life. Mrs.
| j. f. Wilcox of Council Bluffs will read
paper in defense of Our Bird Friends"
SECOND DAYS BILL OF FARE.
The second days program promises scme
valuable and interesting discussions Prof.
| j. L. Budd of the Iowa Agricultural college
| at Ames will discuss the horticultural Prob
lens for the future" and f. w. Meneray of
| Crescent will answer the question What Has
the Year Taught Us?" L. o. Williams Of
| Council Bluffs will inquire What Has the
Iowa Agricultural College Done for Iowa
| Horticulture?' and will endeaVor to answer
| satisfactorily p. p. Kelley of Glenwood will
advocate by way of suggestion Exemption
| From Taxation From a Horticultural Stand
| point" DR.. f. NJ. Powell, superintendent Of
| the Institution for Feeble Minded Children,
| will read paper on the subject Of "Horticul-
| ture as a Branch Of Public Education" DR..
| Powell is conducting some experiments on
| the grounds of the farm surrounding the
| great institution at Genwood that promise to
| be of state wide interest, not only in the line
of making the institution self-sustainlng, but
of educating and developing youthful minds,
| Colonel w. j. Davenport of this city has pre-
| pared an important paper on the TTansm,s-
| sssippi Exposition and its relations to west
| ern horticulture. Hon. Silas Wilson of
Northern Horticulture" and II. +.
McIntosh of Omaha will tell What
Printers Ink Has Done for Horti-
culture" H. c. Raymond and Rev, G.
C. Rice OF Council Bluffs, will also read pa
| pers and lead discussions. In the evening
| Superintendent j. l.. Laid of Glenwood will
| give a lecture geology of southwestern
| Iowa, with a view of showing the peculiar
| adaptability of the soil ana climate to the
| profitable prosecution of horticulture.
! The discussions on the last day of che seS-
sion will be devoted to the consideration of
the culture Of small fruits and President
Hess and w. S. Keeline of Council Bluffs
| will tell about the successful handling of
| raspberries and backberries and Alexander
Wood, one of the pioneer vneyordmen of this
city, will give Instructions on the care and
| culture OF the grapes that are so success
fully raised here Hon. j. G, Berryhill of Des
! MoineS viii read paper on "Clerries' and
| mcny other interesting subjects will be dis
cussed. Altogether the program shows fifty
four papers to be read. each to be followed
by discussion, beside the regular order of
business, including the election Of officers for
the ensuing year.
OFFERS SOME PREMIUMS.
Tho meeting of the association will be at
sociation will offer prizes as follows:
County display of fruit, s55 EiFe $500 sSS T9G@ sss5
Individual display of fruit. 1900 500 600
Plate of five best seedlings 800 200 100
| Collection OF vegetables. $50 go ....
| Display of canned fruits. 800 800 200
| Best plate of five of each of the vari-
| etes named beow-first premium, 20 cents;
second premium, % cents
| Varieties: Ben Davis, Benoni, Fameuse.
| Fan Winesap, Grimes Gano, Janet, Jona-
than, Lowell, oldenbure, Red June, Roman
Stem Winesap Maiden Blush, Wealthy,
| York Imperial, NJ b. Twlg, Missouri Pip
pin, Utter, Sheriff
Rev. Henry belongs Work.
The present month closes the first year
OF the work of Rev Henry DeLong and
wife as missionaries of the American Sun
day School union. MIR. DeLong said yester-
day that the year had involved the hard
est work OF his life, but had also been pro
ductve of the best results. During the year
he did a great dealsof physical labor, dig
ging wells and mechanical work and apply
ing the proceeds to the work he was pros
ecuting. Often after working hard all dag
at well digging he would 80 ten or twelve
| miles and hold meeting in the evening.
| EOllOWinn IL YEARLY rannrt.