Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-06-30
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Agss 9ro~n ga has aossse Iasa~ aad
,oli how they we're plsased ed cal
tI,a,ed tbe sl,o sho~ed sa0Ssl.s a
wheat growing on Posste 1rosssd aad
on cal ground Tkss - poisia
ground was three tsus..s ~ tssar and
thrsi,y a. the other. showing thai
oats impover,shed the soil ssd ahould
not se followed by wheat.
The secretary then resA = payer
on ''Experiments With ihy Caulaie
Grasses by A H. AcCoonsli Il
Doyle. II was thoroughly As.esssed
by W l.. Bennett, Prot Css3yk aud
Prof Olin. This paper aud tAe dis
caselon the News Champsaa viii
pablish at length in aHa4kes ISSUE.
and the same Is true Of th~ sb1s pa
per on Alfalfa by j. A. hsysAk er
aud one ON "A Ranch Crssusery By
Mrs. A. Hartman. We do tAis be
cause the papers were we'll psepared
and discuss live subjects shsa viii
be Interesting TO nearly esoryoaf
Before dinner, a short bot lively
business session was held With Vice
President 7 W GRAY in the char
The secretary explained the knsnces
OF the association. stating that the
small amount for dues, only 25 cents
a year, made large nnRber Of
members necessary, As expesses ran
t. ten or fifteen dollars q nssting
II was moved and carried tAat a
committee be appointed TO secure
new members. Those appointed were
Mrs Jessie Purrler, Mrs. q. c. Fish
er and l.. Rouviere This commit-
tee secured SO new members bslore
the meeting adjourned. A small
balance still owing for supplies was
quickly y raised by 80 cent ssbscrip-
tons 1t WAS moved and carried
that the rules be suspended saA the
date of next meeting left to ~ dis
cretion of the executive board. This
meeting will probably be hslA in
December.
Don. Profit Of the coanty hlGA
school stated that pupils Of the
school were preparing an exhibit Of
grains and grasses for the Pueblo
state fair in September and asked
assistance of the institute members.
1t was agreed that such assistance
was good thing and that the idea
was excellent. Details of exactly
what is wanted by the boys will be
published later.
After noon, A. r. Craig, superin-
tendent OF the Gunnison forest re-
serve, gave a short talk ON grazing
in reserves and answered many
questions. He asked that people
suspend judgment until they saw
how things were run, then If it did
not have the support of our leading
men, he would say we ought not to
nave tne reserve.
Prof. Olin handled the question
box in lively manner To the in
qulry whether plants in fish ponds
would give out enough oxygen to
keep fish alive during the winter,
II. 5. Crooks thought they would,
providing there were not more than
| 900 fish to the acre. However, it
depended on a number of other con-
ditIons.
Whether the rubber weed was a
success or not had not been deter
mined, according to Prof. Olin. He
thought it was in the experimental
stage Luther Burbank, the Cali
fornia plant wizard, has taken hold
of it and it might in time become
very valuable.
What are poison weed e1peri-
ments accomplishing" brought re-
ply from Prof. Carlyle that up to
date they had no definite results.
In the mountains 80 per cent Of
poisoning was due to larkspur and
on the plains 80 per cent. to loco
They were going to experiment for
a year or two at least.
As to which variety of roses wa.
best adapted to this climate, the
ladies were unable to agree. Prof.
Olin recommended trying the Grim
son Rambler.
The question as to whether we
own too much land or not called out
difference of opinion. Prof Car yle
thought we did or else we do not
farm extensively enough. We do
not get near as much out of the and
as is possible. I. W. Gray thought
we had to have a good deal OF and
TO start with il. this country but the
professor disagreed and believed it
better to thoroughly take care If a