The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-30
M FRUIT GROWERS.
,.,aurs Of the South Texas As.
secIation at BeeylIIe.
ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTED
T,lks Were Made to Those
W. .,...,t by Men Of Experience
IN Different Lines.

r,-ss october 2a.--The first
&sFps No sonth Texas Truck and Fruit
association was called TO order at
Pesn honse this morning at 1918 by
W., i u. Babcock of Port bavaca.
sasn. al the peculiar conditions that
hnsrsrlhl for the attendance of del
n fespy, M larger than than II was. \
severa drouth in much Of tine ter
'lu .aresented by the association and
IN calamities having been followed
w. weeks ago by abundant rains
.arshle planting and growing con
-.do II almost imperative that many
4 md otherwise have been in atte0d,
,oslp at home At work on tneir truck
Raj that as these who had come
~ very nature Of things thorough
\ s,ssd with tue spirit of the work Of tue
s,aan there was no reason why tue
M should not be as great and bene-
4 auy ever held. the meeting wus
amounted opened and ready for bu,i.
.optmlttee on credentials submitted
4 I'm showing the following ass ciatlJns
p| and represented by tuen duly au-
A ia delegates
&cmWers association, >. A. Fenton, ).
\ ysuepry aud Carl kankin.
4 1saao valley Truck Growers assOcig-
tc NJ. Moore ana w. d. Moore.
.mssfon Truckers association, j. II.
4 lohn Ryan and j. w. McManus.
AsIne Truck and Gardeners associa-
Joseph Wyatt.
Fgsdia Truck Growers association, w.
Fields.
Claude Fowler and w. A. Clark.
County Fruit and Truck Grow
4 lss0ciauon, w. II. Bell.
Ald Fruit and Truck association, 10.
Narrow and NJ. n Shiye.
IN LAvaca Fruit ana Truck Growers
Nation, c. w. Boyer and j. 70. Will
IN Fruit and Truck Growers associa.
L. G. Howard
Nrrsuna Truck and Melon Growers as
3stiou. e. w. Scott.
4Nmore Melon AMI Vegetable Growers
NIsii6n, W. r. HAYES,
audng the retirement Of the committee
ma Of the July meeting held nc College
MN during the. Farmers Congress we're
y End approved,
\. Thomaston association Of De Witt
4aFand the association at Sublime were
tHet as members OF the central asso-
4yral members Of the association hay
Itsen IN attendance on the last meeting
.Ae East Texas association, report
Il them as to what they saw and learned
called for. This report was made
alf BIZ Prof J. H. Cornell. who went
4 he ma4ter u co-oueration between the
Hdatons and organizations Of thu st te
\ sid he believed the sentiment was Tor
&vstiou and that II would eventually
Brought about.
kpdisnt Bahcock who was also ~ ut.
Btnte ON the Athens meeting. trld Z
Slnurfesions Of the me.tiug. coincidipg
h tie remarks Of Prot Cornell Tndivid-
II be believed that limited co-opnrltion
shh N beneficial and that It would event.
u come
ADDRESS, or WELCOME.
IA Fenton or Beeville was introduced
satarQd tho address or welcome. He
4 satiaed to have SO many truck grow
Mon 50 many different sections present,
5Mbehalf OF the truck growers Of Bee.
a shd'the citizens 81 BeeviTle geherafty
Rtesomed the delegates to Beevilie ann
ffonitanty. The tFuck grower has haJl
\ Ups aud downs, and many Of tncm
4 ,tut come TO the conclusion That the
spr greatly predomiratcd in the hpsi-
and in consequence had sought other
Buttons But enough had stuck to prove
We a great and profitable industry. ana
L had come TO realize that much OF
success depended on cooperation,
n these associations and their meeting
teFesponse was made by President Bap'
\. The meetings of the association were
4 Business, aud for that reason he dld
! deem It advisable to take up the time
BIZ session by much talk as to thanks,
Il He knew and all the delegates knew
D past experience tina they were wei
M They all knew that Becville wa'
r bert point in South Texas for suCl
Ifings on account OF its pioneering ~
b growing, the state experimental sta
Il Which he said had been Of great hene
H. the truckers Of the State. aud th'
&Rst taken by many Of the people u
4 ihdustry. AS to the future of the IN
&lr In South Texas. ne said that II WI
&ically assured. and to talk Of ITS fail
would he as foolish as to say that gen
a farming In the great state of IeNa|
Il d be a failure. But before this grea
eH can come there is much IN wori
n desperation to he done, and thesi
tsngs indicate that 81 Is going to h
"A He closed by thanking the people o
%Nlle for what they had done and VIVA
AeM they were going 10 do In the enter
n Alent Of the delegates.
REPORT ON SEED,