The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-03-10
9tood River GLACIER.
FRIDAY. MARCH 10. is09.


Friday aud Saturday was the lilos1 suc-
cessful In point OF numbers and Inter
e-t taken Of any ever held In Hood
River. r. G. Judson, industrial agent
ofthe. o. II. 4 N, gave his whole at
tention towards making the institute
successful Among those from the ag-
riculturaI college ID Attendance were
Dr. jas. Wylbyionibe, Professors A. B.
Cordley, f. h. Lake, G. W, Shaw,
and A. b. Leckenby. Deep interest
was taken hS' our farmers and fruit
growers, and their questions and eS-
pef1ence giyeuadded greatlyto the M
terest of The occasion. The professors
were eager to lave questions propound-
cd and cheerfully gave the results OF
their experience or the knowledge
gained by others.
Tile Ihslltate was called to order FRI
day afternoon, ut 2 O'Clock, by Hon
Ell. Smith, who presided till It's final
adjournment Saturday night. The
c,salfnian nfsl introduced Or Jarpes
wikhycamhe. who addressed che lpsll-
tusc 90 The theme, "Tillage FActori"'
the Conservation Of Moisture" The
discussion that ensued was participated
in by w. W. Phillips, w. A. Singer
land, G. r. Caslner, q. Il. Markham
and C. G. 1loberts.
Prof. Cordley was next introduced
and talked upon the subject Of the cod
lin moth aud the time to spray. he
had had experience'in Vermont Mich-
iyun aud Oregon, and showed 10y his
talk that he thoroughly understands
Ills work. Ee said he could not rec
ommend the arsenite of soda as spray,
as. it sometimes burned the foliage.
Tie time to spray was, first, when the
work OF the Goblin, moth first appeared
on the apples, about July lat; again,
August LIST, and. then September
lst, aud If the weather kept warm, an
other spraying should be given about
Septenlber goth. 1t might be well, to
spray first when, the blossoms fall, but
he didn't think it necessary. Ques-
tions were asked and the subject was
discussed by l.. l.. Smith, l.. Henry,
w. A. Slhigerland, Prof. Shaw and
others. Mr.. Smith stated that the ar
senlte of soda had proven u safe and eff
f.ctual spray with himself and neigh
hors last season and that they would
use 1t again,
Saturday was an ideal spring day
and the attendance and Interest in th'
institute increased. The morning ses
sioh opeDed by Chairman Smith intro
dueing T. 5. Townsend of Portland
whose lecture on "Dairying and Cattl'
Feeding' was interesting to itsclase
IIe said dairying and fruit growing
should go together and thought Hoo'
River valley admirably adapted t
dairying. He showed the necessity 0
breeding up ana keeping only goo'
,, stock hy comparing results from com
mon stock and thoroughbred. Com
mon cows were too often hoarders tina
did mol pay board. Gentleness j
handling cows. always gave good re
turns. In the discussion that iollowe
il. NJ. Williamson gave his ideas
fertIlizing orchards by keeping cows
lie thought the time would come whe
Hood River would be as noted for dair
products as 1t is now for fruit.
Prof Lake read an excellent pap'
frDm Hon. Emile Schanbo on fru
growing which referred particularly
Hood River. The GLACIER inlende
i sstoc publish Mr.. Shanno's paper, al
Ts7 also part of Mr. Townsend's, but Il
copies Of both were given to the Or
gonian reporter with the expeciatiC
e that they would be published in th'
q paper and thereby given wider circul
s .iion THAN could have been obtained
Z 4publishing rhein in the GLACIER,
va y III M. Williamson addressed the !
"a sstiiute upon the subject Of agricullur
ys@ md class papers III general, aud show
thai farmers were slower in patropizi'
aifeir papers thanany other class .
excuse for This. isthat the farmer Is t
often The least able to subscribe for
: paper. He deprecated this fact a
1hoped Ia sec the day when farm'
W Would 6e better situated, as ella
sthau' they afe today The better cll
,eila'ufI fainaeTs werelhose. who kept abrel
ss kaf TIE times aud ainfed to be amo
''ss'siie NfiEst@ tO learn ofi:anything Il
.:sMonla lselp them in their line of wo
Nv saturday evening, Prof, Lecken
talked on tlls-subject Of grasses.
4: sa. fissiyogfSmnie, YidI music by local tale
e:'si e: tiIosed the Institute. II .,:ii'.... 4
se sss;gl Miss reuzy sTracye lhe expert. Coz
-I I.sssSsaR :lec! !afeg in the Iadies' Hall . .
o'clddks sDn4 Saturday which lasted
: IF sgSrH5S,lk = sfFE5est RieerR eeltbrtted
its many glsodlcoaks. .aad,it SEEMED
..9'ss.faSf Shf li!a Mtl turned Quito meet n
-,,-e Treey with q determipation3..O to le'
's.ss Sr6m her more pf~tIle secrets Of the
.ss...ljuary,ert. !; Through the. kindness
''. Messfs, Dallas 4 Spangler, rook ST
.'.~was set'up in-tlie 4ialll and, the lac
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