The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-01-15
Illinois HortlcuIturlsts Meet,

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Illinois Hortlculturlstss Meet,
The Illinois State Horticultural So,
ciety held'its Attn annual meeting at
the State University Of Illinois, Ur,
bana, Dec. II to 10. The attendance
was good The fruit exhibit was I'm.
usually good and occupied two rooms
iin the agricultural building.
Cultivation and care Of the orchard
was treated by W. s. Perrine in an
interesting paper. He said that bea--
ing orchards should be cultivated and
have cover crops to keep the soil In
condition. II billy orchards are, to be
cultivated at all, 1t must be, only to
seed at once, to prevent washing. The
orchard on level land should be sown
to COW peas.
Prof, T. ]. Burrill talked on the Bit
ter rot Of the apple and the efforts
made to control 1t by spraying. Spray
Ing infected trees showed some re-
suits In favor Of spraying, but not
enough to warrant Its advocacy. Prac-
tically all that can be done with the
spray Is to prevent the bitter rot by
covering the apples with the spraying
solution before the coming Of the
disease. Prof. Stinson Of Missouri
said that in his state 1t had been found
to be a most difficult matter to pro-
tect the trees against bitter rot. One |
season the spray seemed to prevent |
rot, while the next year the spray |
would be found to be Ineffective.
IL. Doan talked on cultlvatlng and |
pruning the peach tree. He advocated
planting 20 feet apart each way.
Peach orchards should not be cropped
after the third year. 1t Is easy to
produce an over-growth on strong
lands. These trees bear tardily and
are not productive. They run to
wood. Peaches that overgrow are
likely to suffer In winter
The farmers garden was discussed
by ], L. Hartwell. He said that In
addition to the tools needed, every
farmer should have some kind Of
horse cultivator, wheel hoe and a
garden seeder. A greasy rag Is
necessary accompaniment Of this out
fit and should be applied to every tool
as often as used, | have seen but
few spades that are not rusty, and the
average farm hoe Is entirely unusa-
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Mr.. James Handy spoke on the
benefits or organization. He said
hat local organizations although com
prising but few members, could be
established in all neighbor-
foods. ft
Pruning Of the apple orchard was
he subject Of an illustrated lecture
" Prof. John Craig Of Cornell Uni
,ersity. He said that trees should
lot be allowed to develop according
0 their natural tendencies. He had
,een such orchards knotted and
,roken after many years. Low
leading, he said, was becoming the
ccepted method Of shaping trees in
bis country; as this gave a we'll
haped head and protected the trunk
rom sun.scald. =
Prof. S. A. Forbes, state entomolo.
list, reported on his inspection Of MUIR y
cries In Illinois, during the past year. a.
he total number inspected was 291, a
hree others remaining to be In !,
pected. There are 294 nurseries In ;,
10 state, The total cost Of inspect "
lg these 291 nurseries was $1,106.11, !
n average expense of $3.50 per nur- !,
Dry. This Is 40 cents more than the !,
verage cost of last year, which was :,
$40. During the past year 24,231 :,
ees received thorough insecticlde =,
eatment, and 1,119 trees were de. y
royed as worthless on account Of -
10 extent to which they were in !,
'sted by the San Jose scale. About L
miles Of Usage Orange hedge had '.
zen inspected, Of which about l6 :,
lies of 1t was found to be infested !.
Ith the San Jose Scale. ~
Prof. John ". Lloyd told Of the ex. ~ ~
riments made to ascertain the pos -, 4
oility Of controlling the second brood ~
the cooling moth. He advocated y y,
raging as the only thing that would W
any way check the insect at this :,
ne. :.
The growing and the keeping Of y.
lit for exhibition was treated Of by ~ y,
A. Riehl Of Alton, Trees should be ~ ".
perfect condition as to health and ~ ~
sor II they we're to be expected to 81 81
ar fruit that would DO exhibltable. W
is means that the orchard must re- ~. "a
I've good cultivation, not only dur W.
the year when the show fruit Is
rne, but for several years previous
that, With both apples and peas NO,
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