The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-22
MISSOURI FRUIT GROWERS.
SiaIs Horticultural Meeting 10 be Held
ri Pennington December 40.
Prof. Herman N0n ~chrspk Of the L. y.
Department Of Agriculture and other
Prominent Men to be- Present.



The Missouri State Horticultural So
ciety will begin ~ foriy.ghird annual
meeting At farmiagton, 81. Francois
county, December 4. Between that
date aud December @. the society will
hold seven sessions, at which nearly
every subject Of interest to horliculiur-
isis will be discussed by competent au-
thorities. The State University will
send to the meetings two Of It's probes
sars, one 10 speak on horticulture aud
one on entomology. Director William
Trelease, Of TIC Missouri Botanical
Gardens, 10 81. Louis, will talk aboGs
the flowers and Prot. Herman Won
Schrenk from the Department Of Agri-
culture IN Washington, who has been
making ior some years a special study
Of the orchards III this Stale and 10
other parts Of the West, viii read u
paper on the subjso, Of forestry, asub-
feet which, by the way, has not re.
ceiycd a. much attention In this State
a. Il deserves. 1hcse, Of course, ate
uuly a few oi tho subjects which will
come before the meetings Ia December.
The sppic aud other small fruit indus.
Try will receive a great deal Of utten-
lion and premiums will be given on oil
apples shown; the fruit will then be
packed uul Slipped for the liuffaio
exhibit.
'.uuiiug the Paris exposition, - said
l.. A. Goodman, Secretary " the State
Horticultural society. missouri drew
irs, prize on every one Of the ELEVEN
displays. and on ono Of them two first
ptzes. and NC are now expecting a
grand sweeping prize for oar exhibit
as a whole We sent over - barrels
go Mach aud IN October. Al Bui-
falo VIC must again uphold the record
Ci our State, and for ihat purpose We
wish Ali.sou.ians TO scnd a. many spc-
cimcns o.. possible To The Pennington
meeting. Il l. expected that ", A
! Tryiur. assistant United States VomJI.
oeist, and n. M Van Dcman, horIi.
lcultural expert, will come from Wash.
iagtun Gu attend the meeting
"Whil arc your plans TO encourage
tho planning Of trees, Mr Goodman SO
"furcary will not receive ~ much
attention ! should ike 10 to have The
lui, interest /, paramount IN Missouri.
So far ~ trees are concerned, whether
ipr tLbrr or shade. they are some.
what neglected there were At one
time, Of course, many thousands Of
acres Of timber IN Missouri, bat the
greater part Of u has been cut down
aud shipped rgl Tho only tree plant.
ing IN this State ON 4 large scale has
been done by the Iron Mountain and
he Missouri Pacific railroads. These
road. set out ca,alpas aud white ash
for u.r later as tic, and posts The
catspas when 10 yeats old are worth
$500 900 acre. They do not require
ca,ujcH treatment, bu. ! believe the
hon Mountain u preparing TO treat
some calHlpa ties rs an experiment.
The oa'alPa Is better than white oak
and almost equal 10 ced1f aud when
~ or 10 years old are large enough TO
use as telegraph poles.
"lhc people oi Missouri nrr inter
cstrd in fruits, no; in trees. In the
southern pat Of the state We have mp.
pie orchard. containing 500 and l,aUO
trFgs that show a wonderful develop
mcut during the pas, ten years Not
ubiy j. Missouri far In the front with
h. apples, bu; It's peach industry has
given She State third place 90 the list
Of fruit producing localities,
For tho-s wishing to attend the
mccliur Of the State Horticultural SO.
cieiy at Pennington on December ?
the railroads will provide a one half
faro for the round trip 20 DeLassus,
which is the nearest station to Farm
ngion. From DeLassus free transport
,aIion will he arranged.