The herald., 1898-12-30
ELsINoRE
A Farmers Institute of Mo.se Ihan
Usual Interest

ELSINORE, Dec 2S.-The Uni y,arslty
Farmers institute Just closed here has even
great satisfaction. The program was hle
and the discussions able and enthusiast lc;
On Monday afternoon after invocation an
music, Silas Sprowls gave the address o.
welcome, in which he urged the great need ,
of more information, better methods and
cooperation among the farmers.
John II. Barber of the forestry STATION
spoke of the eucalyptus. DR.. Levi ID. John
son gave an able paper on Germs IN dis
ease.
In the evening Mrs. S. Sprowls gave a
paper on 'The Home" Prof. ii. Cubbertson
an illustrated lecture on pruning, winch
elected much discussion ard many ques-
tions. Prof f. F. Bioletti of the state uni
versty, by aid of charts and drawings, de,
scribed the fungi that prey on plants, ana
gave methods of destroying each kind
Tuesday morning c. S. Merrifield spoke on
strawberry culture w. c. Richard fead an
interesting paper on the lemon. lie sees
no reason to be discouraged. Charles Leech
advocated olive culture, and thought good
management would bring regular crops and
good pay. Prof. II. Culbertson lectured on
cultivation. The old idea OF capilarity and
breaking up the tubes was refuted by late
experiments, but the dry earth mulch was
as important as ever. Level culture with IA
finely pulverized surface was all important
In the evening Prof. Cook spoke of mites
and the ways to prevent their ravages; OF
plant lice, the Mexican orange maggot and
the necessity OF a quarantine against MeXh
can oranges. DIR. c. G. Baldwin spoke con-
vincingly of water development in the Elsi-
more region, and lecture on cooperation
among all fruit producers found hearty sup
port OF those present.
In the questions from the question box
it was developed that the badger about El.i-
more was a serious pest in burrowing in the
alfalfa fields in search of gophers. Trapping
and poisoning by use OF strychnine, placing
1t in meat, had to be resorted to. 1t was also
shown that the soWbug was pest in eating
seeds, especially those of the muskmelon.
DR.. Hilgards lecture in the evening on
"Alkall and Treatment of Alkali Soils"
was listened to with attention. Prof. Bio
| letti explained the character and history of
the various bacteria, and showed how they
help or hinder IN our operations. Mrs.
johnson spoke of economy in the home
Resolutions were passed, unanimously,
advocating more farmers Institutes, a fer
/ tilizcr law, state dairy school, the build
! ing OF the Nicaragua canal, the retention of
the tariff on Iante currants, the fullest CO.
| operation of the fruit growers, better pres
ervation OF the forests, and the building of
mountain reservoirs by the government. or
surveys looking to such structures Action
was taken looking to the founding Of an
exchange.
This morning Prof Cook and his col
leagues started for Hemet, where an insti-
tute will be held today and tomorrow.
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At regular meeting last Tuesday of the
Demosthenes Debating society at the Y. NJ
C. A., the following officers were elected
for the next term: President, Miss H. Clev-
enger; vice president, NJ. b Schulman; sec
retary, NJ f. Land; treasurer, L. Bryant;
executive committee, Abe Levitt and Clar-
ence Thompson.