The San Francisco call., 1897-12-11
J. A. Filcher Says the
Growers Should
Advertise.
Urges the Establishing of Ex-
hibitS in European Trade
CenterS.
Instructive Address to the Farmers
Institute in Session at
Hanford.
Special Dispatch to THE CALI.

HANFORD, Dec. 10.-The Farmers In.
sti!ute of Kings County met here to-day
! for a two days session. There was q
large attendance and much interest was
taken In the work. The leading agricul-
turaI interests of the county were well
represented, and among the visitors were
Professor d. 7. Fowler and +. J. Bioletti
of the agricultural department OF the
State University at Berkeley; A. J.
Fllcher, secretary of the State Board OF
Trade; John S. Dore of The Fresno Farm
ers' Club, Miss NJ. d. Eshelman of Fresno,
Professor E. H. Griggs of Stanford Uni
versIty and A. J. Pi.lsbury OF the Tulare
Register.
The morning session was called to ord er
by w. S. Porter, pTesid ent of the Kings
County Farmers Club who delivered an
address Of welcome, which was responded
10 by Professor D. T. Fowler of Berkeley.
Mr. Fowler spoke briefly of the objects OF
the institute and the good TO be accom-
phshed by it. He said that there were
more problems of agriculture to be ex-
plotted in California than in any other
part of the United States Something
new was being demonstrated every day,
and it was the duty of the farmer 10 keep
in touch with modern methods.
B. Y. Sharp OF this city delivered an in
teresting and instructive address on the
subject, Fertilization" which called
forth considerable comment.
Professor Fowler spoke on the "Rela-
ton of Farmers Institutes to the Univer-
sity." He explained the methods pur-
sued by the university and the advantage
gained by the farmers from the knowledge
which was gathered and put before them
at that time. He said that more interest t
was being taken in the work every year
In the afternoon the audience was aug
mented by the students of the high
school, who take quite an interest in agri-
cultural work. c. V. Parks read an ar
ticle on ''How to Cure California Bacon
as Good as Eastern Bacon" This was fol-
lowed by a paper on "Silo and Silage. 3"
written by Miss NJ. D. EsheI m an OF Fresno.
This was very able paper and will be
prin ted and circulated.
J. a, Filcher, manager of the California
State Board of Trade and late commi.-
sioner to the Hamburg Exposition, ad-
dressed the institute on the question of
foreign markets for California fruits. lie
claimed that our fruits were generally
superior 10 the foreign product; that The
trada in Germany became greatly inter-
ested in them; that it was no trouble 10
find there importers who were ANXIOUS TO
handle California goods, and that the de-
mand for this States fruits by reason of
the Hamburg work had been very greatly
stimulated He said some claimed that
by reason OF this new demand the average
price of California's Tried fruits had been
increased TO the amount of y cent a
pound. This. the speaker thought, might
be an excessive estimate, but if that work
had resulted in an average increase OF
one mill a pound on the aggregate
dried fruit output OF tie State it would
amount TO $50 000 to the State, ard his
a. cost oil $4,000. The conclusion was that
our products must be shown where they
are to be sold, and the growers must ii e.
wise some way Oy organization or other
wise to raise means TO exhibit their wares
create demand and establish business
connections between the exporters here
and the trade centers of this and other
countries. The Hamburg work in this
line was only 4 beginning, he said, but i:
had been so successful that it should serve
as q stimulus to other and greater efforts.
No market was so remote but that we
might enter with an assured hope of sell
ing some, at least, of our superior products