The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-01-16
STATE H0RTICULTURISTS
Meet IN Annual Session In Van Buren,
aud Hold a Profitable and Interest.
Ing Meeting OF Three Days.

The growers of fruit from all over the
state and part of Missouri were the
guests Of the citizens of Van Buren, for
three days this week, and were right
handsomely taken care Of. The occasion
WAS the twepty-fourth annual meeting of
/ the State Horticultural Society Of Ar
kansas.
! Delegates began arriving last Monday
night and rs each train came in there
were members Of the reception com
mittee on hand to take them in charge
have them register and then assign
them to rooms, but not until the south
bound cannonball came in Tuesday
did the bulk Of the delegates arrive
To await the arrival of this train the
commencement of the session was
postponed from 10 o clock, the hour
previously set, TO l0:45, at which time
the delegates were called TO order by
/ President Jno. p Logan. Secretary
Ernest Walker be e unable to attend the
meeting, owing to illness, RI. Nelson
of Fayetteville was placed in his seat to
record the proceedings.
After calling the meeting to order,
President Logan called on Rev 7. d.
Stanley to call divine blessing on the
assembly, which he did in feeling and
eloquent manner. Following this Mayor
Woolum on behalf of the city DR.. W l..
Gulett on behalf of the fruit growers
Of Crawford county and Geo. h. Wood
on behalf Of the business interests
welcomed the delegates to Van Buren,.
Their addresses Of welcome were re-
sponded to by President Logan in a
neat little speech, thanking them on
behalf of the delegates for the hearty
welcome extended them and expressing
the belief that the meeting would be
among the most successful ones of the
society. At the conclusion of these ad
dresses recess was taken until 80
p. M. for the delegates to satisfy the
inner man.
At the appointed hour for reconvening
\ good delegation WAS present, which
WAS increased rs the various trains ar
rived from the north, south, east and
west. Hon John Hamilton farmers
institute specialist Of the agricultural
department WAS the first to address the
delegates and he did so in manner that
impressed each and every one of the
necessity of having farmers institutes
In this state, one of the very few states
wherein the Ia, bandman is deprived Of
the benefits resulting from such insti
tutes
Hon p, A, Rogers, president Of the
Ozark Apple Growers Association, nd.
dressed the members, his subject being
How to Grow an Orchard a subject
which he handled In most thorough
manner.
At the close Of this address President
Logan announced the following com
mittees:
Resolutions. w w Turner, Nash
Vile; NJ Cook, Fayetteville; W
Corbell, Charleston.
Legislation d w McMuller, Oar
duelle; 0 w Patterson Gentry; L S
Freeman, Green Forest,
Exhibits. Il Henthone, Bentonville
A V Swaty Texarkana WIN Norwood
Rhes.
CONSTITUTIONAL S Lincoln, Benton
Vile, NJ f II Smeltznr, Van Buren
L S Shibley Green Forest II Mailer,
Mena.
Special Committee 70 Ascertain the
Origin aud Identity OF the Black Ben
Davis and Gano Apples w q Vincen.
heller Fayetteville; A w Pool, Ozark
j Il Rrnnolds, Green Forest.
TO show what Crawford county could
do In the way " raising apples very
nice display Of fine fruit was made on
the front Of the stage and It caused con-
siderable comment among the delegates
Tor Crawford had not heretofore been
associated, IN their minds, with the
growth Of this delicious fruit,
The night session was taken mp by an
Illustrated lecture on The Diseases OF
Fruit Trees, Their Cause and Cure, y
by Hon, Geo G. Hedgcock OF the U s.
department Of agriculture, He used a
stereopticon TO show how the variou,
diseases and pests affects the fruit trees