The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
A MEETING OF FARMERS
East Texas Fruit and Truck Growers
al IimpsOn
MANY ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTED
Prof Maily Made a Talk on tho Boil
WeeVll and Dixon Explained How
10 Market.

TlmpFon. Tens, October ~ The Bnet
TeIas fruit and Truck GrowetE associs.
ton net IN this city this morning and
was called 70 order ~ If ~. by Mr
Y. ". Burgess Of Sacoedoohos, Mr. J.
Powtr aecrftarY 10 the chair Tho
report 81 the committee on credentials
Waa called for nod the report ahowed
representatives. from the following asso-
Citations N'eogdochea 2. Camden 2 Leg
Eett q Moscow B. Colmesneli 2. Garriaon
o. Angelina .. Paxton 2. rimpaon .. Bhep.
nerd l. Tenabs .. JouRatreet. La. /.
Lofhnsport !, joaquin l.
Prot. stopheu Channels Of this plseo
was then introduced aud IN few well
chosen remarks gavo tho tisltors a most
hearty welcome 10 our city This was 10.
sponded 70 by Prof Maly. who stated I'm
very coucloe way some Of tho objects OF
tho meeting ana Of the future Of this sec.
tlon Of the State ana this town and coun
~ IN particular Mr. c A. Hotschkias
Of palag was introduced aud discusaed the
recent mectlnE IA Athens aud rs action
WITH other matters Of vital Importance re-.
latihg 10 tho CONSUMPTION OF a co,oper1ttou
between tue truck aud fruit growers OF the
entire atBto, Il seems TO - Llr mind OF
al fruit ANA truck gtoWGm o. the state
that u win be very mucu TO thcir adj
vantage Go cooperate IN Tao hundhng, au.p.
ping hud MARKETING OF their Auu anu 20
are beng takgh % that effect by ali 10
AshOclhtlouh VI the state,
Ah ADJOURNMENT was than taken til 2.25
y. IN. Al the beginning " tue afternoon
neEsion a vote Was taken as 10 wnstaer
tho He0hlon SHOULD hold over tomorrow of
NOT, aud II was nnanimously decided thut
u should
rrot Mally was then introduced aud
Tor foftY minutes discussed tue boil ,yesyil
problem ia Texas aud rs solution liz
pleIafcd MA remarks by AtutiuG NIT ne hnd
urch mibuudeihtOod ia some OF MS former
aauleeats Va Texas ia regard 20 tue abau,
a9nmeht Of thu culture OF cotton ia tue
non wecYl districts OF the State. he In
ltudh to convey no such idea but rather
70 mo trrrrse' as hla efforts have been
Ios }rNla to ascertain how this may he
ANVlueu, ana ho tanks he has The solution.
- 20 the determination Of the pest he
ihlnhs there u but little hope OF thar.
pul az 70 ita control be thlnks it is very
plN.t,t aug II nus been demonstrated
lhtt II eau DO dour by observing the III.
Itctlyns given out bv himself and others
Whp have glYcu the matter attention iie
lnsi6tn that the cotton interests OF Texas
efe TOO valuable 10 this state to he nbau.
doued or givCn no tn desperate efort
hHA been made to protect II from Tho INV
Ngch ol any peat, The plan fur protecting
.hn INDUSTRY from DC wrc,ll II Go poi6un
~
can De donc successfully and wifi greatly
lessen u not destroy the second Aop. Nhich
po'a tue damage TO the fruit rho dot
brood comes out about the 10th az NInV
20 the 10TH OF lime ana the second crot,
COMES FROM tho middle OF June to the Isl
q Iph aud Is the one that ruins thu orop
ne AgFh but lltue can he done with tlus
second crep, AS they are more uuinproug
ana are more choice about what they cat
and feed un the fruit OF the cotton liz
,nll,hs lh'N may be glentlY reduced by
paslnllhE INC cotton helds and destroying
thrm IN the boil and squares before FROST
also by colonglne thom into small tcr
fltrry 10y moving or blowing up tho plnnt
before frost leaving a small territory for
,,eeH 10 gather IN and destroy them on
ne recommends tho culture OF the ysr,
earliest varieties OF cotton and rerom
meudl shlues as tho best he knows o.
th4t inc cotton NAV mature q good crop
heiote tho boil wecYil has time Ia de,trov
" lie " or the opinion that a reduction
% acreage aud more Intensive cultivation
ln Wldcncd rows VIII piYe a more VRhtnhtn
yield than the haphnxurd process felioV1nd
horolofurr To widen rows one, third ,,.nuld
INduec the eNncnsc IN the item ~ cutttyn
Iloh o. the state rrcp Sinon0,o1O To SIS,
Ruh moro tbau the loss caused bv fbe
wecNl, aud II VIII give better yicid ~
cotton 40 has been shown hv many rx
nHrimentH. CA a whole. his speech showed
! great deal Of careful Investigation aud
Prof. j. r. Davis % Lufkln was then
Introduced aud spoke upon the subject
Some Causes nf Failure in the past III
1Hndlel his subject wen aud showed ,on.
'lusNely that many ~ tho failures ~ tbe
past was ditto 20 lRnoraure 81 the mattcr
u hand Tie very logically allowed maj
~ could never expect tho hest results from
he soil till We cultivated Tho MIND mi
made skillful the hand az the farmer az
npch 40 a. my other Rvocntion n ilfs
- also fcc0Enizcd Organization as one ~
no eascptlilh 20 the heat success IN con,
Yelling With arranlEatlon Tn every other
IyorRtlpn W. lie
Mr. 5. " Dixon was then introduced
ND disrustri "rhe MARKET Problem" Nery /
much 10 the crllshfcnmcut "a niost az IN, 4
nfer audience Who listened 50 him III /
hNr the solution ~ the Warhet nrohler, I
= nnr ~ tho most Important uue.ti,n. /
h0l oonironts fhe trnck grower todnN 4
.hs u The occasion ~ thp ihsalnie rs,es 4
wv ~ thoroughly orgbpi2cd Rssotiatlan
hrNugheul the state East Texas ,sii \
.nd climate ~ the eSuel 90 the host Az I
ne world, lsnt tattl 10 get che hest ptices /
: many mstenrea fhls Is due 60 hrt
e orEani ,atlan, and many isnotor tbeir
lRanifa,ion end apndinR thsW frnit d, ~ /
Aefeff and plH.ibz o. m fhr hands ~ se,,
litslnn nrfrhantf ohn iofrri the u,srist
avn ih nfilrr N pnf lhNif stuff or II.
infkrt Nhen ihelr aNn men sH he cF.,o,,,
o0it hrtn hRndini " tn "a ernat dol l.t
~ aaNfntaen he cited malr instsn.~, p
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