Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
ANNUAL GATHERING OF BEE.
KEEPERS AND HORTICULTURISTS

culture. inspired pJ-'i.- and religious
feeling nnd contributed to I'll. character
ani rcnown of cities. II. added:
"for the ng. II beaver. Few cities
of her size hnV. n many trcs. rh-v
ARE hut three trees Of any Importance
native in Colorado ~ shade trrc~.
They ARE III. spru-~. tn. cottonwood
and the bSN elder Colorado hns the
most beautiful spruce In III. world yet
they mr.. hut little used. The cotton.
wSDd WINS our Iir~t shn'ir tr. ana Tor
n decade ". had almost no other. TIL.
cottonwood has done the city n great
service. but l. no, the shade TREE or
progress.
Nearly half y CENTURY aso Abraham
Lincoln. with his own hands. planted u
walnut tree mt his home In Springfield.
Illinois. and i've years ago this fall cS-
Governor l;ouit procured few nuts
from this irrc. which he planted In HIS
yard. When the nuts grew into trees
lie had the ir-s trauspianici and they
ar- now nonrishing on the state capitol
grounds. Captain Cecil A. Dcnne 80.
cured from Washington n few slips OF
willow which hal been taken To
Washington from near the tomb OF Ma
pol~on. Thcs. slips now grace ns trees
ihc state capitol lawn.
II have this suggestion to make: IL
n time FOR the Legislature To author
ixc the state Agricultural College In
start experiments In forestry 80 that
greater variety of trr-s can bc gem
orally used In Colorado. The college
should issue bulletins instructinE cii-
x.ns how tn hest grow shade trees for
city aud country. for farmers. for wind
breakers nnd for FORESTRY purposes.
This Is n work which should not longer
bc delayed
=. 4. Harris Of Grand Junction. VIII"
spoke ON suggestions for Association
Work." urged the organization OF local
associations In every county where b'r.
keeping is followed.
The following were elected for the
coming year: President. II. e. Akin.
I.ovcinnd: vice president. !. u. Har-
ris, Grand Lunc1Ion: secretary. u. W.
Working. Denver: treasurer. MIS-. u.
II. Ehoa,is. Lovciand: member Of ca
ccutivc committee. Frank ltauchfuss.
Steps were also taken to amend the
constitution so that there bc hvc Vice
presidents so In appointed from various
parts OF the state, Instead OF one. ms nj
present.
After n lengthy discussion In the
evening over the question OF whether
combs should he extracted on u large
scale before completely sealed. the AZ
i spCtuNtpu pINSeu u SNpaNF"d
itself In favor OF leaving the combs In
the hives until the honey IL thoroughly
ripcnc,!. Professor Gillette closed the
evenings program with an illustrated
| talk on experiments In comb foundn-
| tion. He showed u number OF plaster
casts Of combs produced under his cS-
pcrimcnts.
An announcement was made that the
Horticultural Society had granted tho
bcc-kccpcrs the usc Of desk room and
headquarters In the Horticultural So
sicty room In tlc capitol building.
Through the efforts OF u joint COM
mittcc appointed the task OF bringing
about the practical consolidation of the
two organizations was complete. The
joint committee consisted OF Mrs. Mar
tha A. Shutc. Lutte Wilcox. W. n. By
ers OF the horticulturalists. and j. u.
| Harris. II. II. Rhoads and II. Rauchfuss
of the bcckcepers. This report. agreed
to by both organizations. provides that
| the legislative committee shall secure
| the amendment OF the horticultural law
so that by changing the word Novem-
Der" to the word December" the meet
| ing of both organizations may be held
in December next year on the second
| Tuesday In that month. After this Is
accomplished the program committees
of the two conventions will cooperate
In arranging program to fit this gen.
| eral arrangement: First day. joint scs.
sions of the bcekeepers and fruit
growers. second day. separate sessions:
third day, joint sessions: fourth day
for one session. separate sessions and
adjournment of both organizations.
The arrangement thus made will allow
the two organizations to comply with
the law to the extent of maintaining
distinct organizations, the separate ses-
sions being merely for the purpose OF
clccting officers. appointing commit
tees and trnnsacting routine business.
During the joint sessions papers of in
tcrest to both organizations will be
read.
On Friday. the third day. II. Raucf-
fuss addressed the beckccpers on How
20 Produced Extracted Honey" He
was followed by NJ. A. Gill of Long
mont. who talked of Cost Of Produc-
ing Honey Comb" Then V. Devinny
spoke of "Uncertain Things About Bee
keeping" In the afternoon A. +. Fos-
ter of Boulder read n paper on Value
of Frequent Communication Among
Bcekeepers." .The Best Way in
Which to Rc-Queen n Colonoy" was
discussed by Walter Martin of Globe
vile. The codling moth was largely
discussed in the short separate session
of the fruit-growers on Thursday. Pa
pcrs on this subject occupied the entire
session. David Brothers, A. ]. Bur-
nett and Professor c. =. Gillette of the
Agricultural College all read long pa
pers on the codlins moth. T.. S. Tea
garden of Boulder talked of "A Cure
for the Codling Moth Discovered by
Accident" In the evening Henry Mi
chelsen of Denver read II paper on
present Conditions of Colorado For
csts." This paper urged that the de-
struction of forests be stopped and that
the trees now in the state be protected
as much as possible. 1t was an
nounced that Mrs. Martha A. Shutc.
owing to eye trouble, was not able to
read her paper on horticulture" The