The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-11

was held IN the new agricultural build
ing OF the University Of Illinois at
Champaign Dec II to 13. The attend
ance was large and the interest greater
than usual. Men who had been pres
ent at these conventions for many
years declared that this was the best
one they had ever attended Holding
the convention at the college added to
its interest and attendance, as it
brought the agricultural students to
considerable extent INTO contact with
the state society. More young men
were present than ever before, which
was regarded as a very encouraging
sign. Generally in our state h0rticul-
tural societies there is a tendency for
the old men to remain IN strong evil
dence to the exclusion of the younger
ones. So much IS this so that IN many
of the conventions attended by the
writer few young men are to be seen
and still fewer heard. We cannot help
but believe that. where possible. the
state conventions should be held with
In reach Of the agricultural college.
that the young men may be brought
into contact with the organizations.
This was the first meeting Of any
kind ever held in the new building, as
it is stin in process Of completion and
has not yet been dedicated The honor
Of reading the first paper fell to Jacob
Friend, who dealt with the subject
Horticulture for the Farmer" We
will give this In some future issue. G.
II. Williamson spoke on good and bad
methods in packing and marketing
fruit, emphasizing IN his remarks the
necessity for honesty in packing. He
said that the man who faces his barrels
Of apples with two layers Of good fruit
and fills the balance of the barrel with
poor stun is not only stealing the
money OF the man that buys the apples
but is destroying his own market.
Prof. E. S. Con. Of the University Of
Wisconsin. read a very interesting pa
per on the origin and development OF
the apple blossom. He treated the sub
ject at considerable length and in a
highly scientific manner.
Prof ]. C. Blair Of the University Of
Illinois spoke on cross-fertilization.
Mrs. H. NJ Dunlap told OF her expert
ences abroad and Prof. T. J. Burrill
talked Of the apple-scab fungus, its life
history and prevention.
H. A. Aldrich talked Of his expert
ences in spraying, and gave various
formulas for the making Of spraying
materials. He declared himself more
than ever convinced Of the efficacy and
value Of this kind Of work. Prof. E. c.
Green OF the university spoke on in
sect enemies OF tree and fruit, and
how to control them. He illustrated
his talk with charts showing the vari-
Gus insects In their different life
stages. He spoke OF the bufalo .aaf
hopper, and had a number Of the in
sects present for the instruction OF the
audience. The work OF the various
scales was touched on and specimens
exhibited OF trees that had been killed
by these insects.
Prof. Charles A. Keffer Of the uni
versity Of Tennessee talked about for
estry for Illinois. He gave directions
as to the methods for growing trees
on our prairie soils and spoke to some
length on different varieties that
might prove serviceable. Prof Waite
OF the Department Of Agriculture at
Washington, spoke on the bitter rot Of
the apple and the ripe rot Of the peach
and plum, and treated Of their cause
and prevention. He illustrated his
talk by means of slides and a stereop-
ticon. The cause Of these rots he
showed to be a fungus growth and the
prevention the spraying Of the foliage
and fruit before the spores could be-
come fixed for growth.
Prof. S. A. Forbes spoke on the
crown gall as a nursery pest, and gave
a very instructive talk. He illustrated
Il with a number of small charts, BY
which he showed the nature Of the
crown gall and pointed out the differ
ences between the crown gall and the
aphis gall. In addition he had with
him quite a number Of small trees
taken from nursery rows, each one Of 1
which had a crown gall. He said that /
In some nurseries the ground had be- /
come so infected with the spores Of /
the fungus that makes the crown gall /
that practically all the trees grown /
we're worthless for use. and could only
be sold by cutting on the crown gals.
which we're about sure to grow again.
He showed three other charts illus
rating some experiments in inoculat-
ng ground with the crown gall fungus
md killing the same fungus BY mix
ng with the soil Bordeau mixture ma
.erials
A. n. Augustine spoke on modern
Methods Of peach growing, and Prof.
!. c. Blair spoke on the horticultural
work at the state university. This
ak was also Illustrated with stereop-
icon slides. The first view showed
he wagon from which the views were
AIKEN. This wagon carried a super
structure several feet high, SO That the
.amera was brought to a considerable
deviation above the ground. Views