Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-09-22
At Eagle Point.

~CHNol Wv 1okAN Oihe q
institute was held of forenoon, after
noon and evening sessions. The at
tendance was large and the farmers
took a deep interest in the proceed
ings. The program was interspersed
by fine vocal and instrumental selec.
tions and by music from the Eagle
Point brass band. the musical
features added much to the interest
Of the institute and were given
through the courtesy of X. w
Buffum, leader of the band and a
musician of fine accomplishments
The sessions were presided over by
County Commissioner George Brown,
who with his sons conduct large
store at Eaglo Point and they are also
extensively interested in farming. 1t
was largely through the energy and
broad mindedness of Mr.. Brown that
the institute was the slendid success
that characterized its sessions. The
address of welcome was made by
Hon. Ii. Won der HELEN. who with
his sons have large stock ranch and
fine farm near Eagle Point. Mr.. Won
der HELEN is strong believer in the
work that the farmers institutes are
doing in stimulating the farmers to
higher ideals and better methods in
their vocation, and in his address of
welcome spoke of the splendid work
farmers institutes were d ing to ad-
vance the interests Of the farmers in
other states where these gatherings
have become very popular with the
farmers, and he felt confident that
when the farmers of Oregon came to
fully understand the advantage that
these institutes were to them that
they would be held at least once a
year in each farming section OF the
state Mr.. Won der HELEN was one of
the members for jackson county IN
the last Legislature and as chairman
Of the committee on agriculture he
was largely instrumental in getting
an appropriation made to provide the
State Agricultural College with fund
to meet the travelling expenses of the
professors that are TO be sent out on
institdte work. While this appro-
priation is small it Is beginning to-
ward making the farmers institute
permanent feature of the work of the
Agricultural College in advancing tn
interests Of the farmers Of Oregon
Though this was the first institute
ever held at Eagle Point the attend
ance at all the sessions, forenoon,
afternoon and evening, was large and
an urgent request was made to DR..
Withycombe to hold another institute
at Eagle Point at his earliest conven.
fence.
Eagle Point is famous for its big
onions and as one of the largest onion
growing districts of Oregon, many
carloads being shipped each season to
the Portland and San Francisco mar
kets, but this industry is in danger
of destruction from the same pest that
has made such havoc with onion
growing in Evans Greek Valley, and
Prof. Cordley was shown many Of the
diseased onions and asked to tell of
method for exterminating the pest.
This pest Is new TO Oregon and P.of.
Cordley thought it had been imported
with diseased seed. 1t is fungus
pest the spores of which live in the
ground and attack the roots of the
onions and then spread TO the bulb
causing that to decay In the form of
a dry rot. From the nature of the
growth of this pest it is impossible
10 kill it by spraying with wet or dry
preparations the only means for exter.