Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-09
TO CELEBRATE SOON

&suIT GROWERS OF IOWA WILL
OBSERVE FoRTiETH ANNl-
vERsARY NEXT WEEK
Mig Meeting, Beginning Monday, Will
Be Held In the State Capitol at Des
Molnes-Wapello County Members
Will Attend-complete Program.
Members of the Iowa State Horti-
cultural society from Wapello county
will attend the fortieth anniversary
Will be appropriately observed In Des
Moines next Monday, when the annu-
] al meeting will begin. The society
will meet four days in its rooms
in the capitol. An exceptionally fine
exhibit of fruit will be made in the
corridors Of the state house, and $375
Ais offered in premiums. 8. P. Hart
Man Of this, city is a member of the
AM,ciety, but will be unable to attend
agt@xt weeks meeting.
1.-THE Iowa Park and Forestry asso-
will meet in the room of the
sriety on Monday and Tuesday, Dec.
llp12, at 2 and 1880 o'clock, p. m. On
Iaae evening of Tuesday Dec. ~, the
Ego societies will hold joint conven-
4pn. On the afternoon Of that date
so, the horticultural society will
Meet with the State Farmers insti-
geute in the department. of agriculture
at the capitol. The opening program
Of the fruit growers at 10 a. M, Tues
. day December IL will be as follows:
Invocation - @. G. Blodgett, Mount
Pleasant.
Address of president = P. F. Kline,
Storm Lake.
Z Report of secretary w. Greene
Davenport So
Report of treasurer = Elmer M.
! Reeves, Waverly.
The Relation Of Cold Storage to
commercial Apple Growing 8.
III Fulton, Washington. D. G.
4 Big Banquet Announced.
4 On Wednesday evening, Dec. Is,
Hon. Wesley Greene, for a long time
secretary OF the state association Of
fruit growers, will tender a banquet
o the members of the society at the
'Sayery hotel at $3.50 o'clock. This is
AlA accordance with the custom of Mr..
sHfreene, who entertained about 200
uests at the Elliott hotel last year
I4ihe other Wednesday and Thursday
fograms are as follows, the election
officers occurring on Wednesday
|SNtening:
Mi Wednesday Morning.
TsTk rtfpThn Sfro WI o,,r1y SVyIv Hrou, 7
q. ]. Councilman, Boone.
VI First Fruits on Seeding Plums,
1905'-Charles F. Gardner, Usage.
walt, Carroll.
Assessment of Nursery Stoke.
g. Patton. Charles City.
~ "Pollination of Flowers'-W. r.
iSETorth, Mondamin
sjAs "Wednesday Afternoon.
4 EsfWhat Should be the Horticultur-
\ Mis- Mission Pm. C. Wragg. Waukee.
~ The Future of horticulture in
|s,S wa"-S. Bailey, Mount Ayr.
g"I Told You Sow. A. Burnap,
IN ear Lake.
"The Flower Garden"-J. F. wag-
I'M r., Sunbury.
History of the Chrysanthemum"-
Julius Erdmann, Ames.
III "A Plea for Wild Flowers"-L. H.
n Pammel, Ames
K Railway Rates as Applied to Ship
ss;ning Of Fruit" M. Bomberger, Har-
sIs.
flAlsS Wednesday Evening.
EE,s Nature Study"-Miss Estella D. Fo-
Vocal solo Miss Ora Brandt
~ School Gardens Miss Grace
gTroutner.
Domestic science'-Miss Mary F.
Il Rausch.
4 Observations During Trip to the
! Orient" = G. l.. Watrous.
A song - BY quartet.
IA "a New Vineyard" - William Lang
ham,
Thursday Morning.
Report of delegate to state meeting
in Wisconsin; in Nebraska; in Mime
sofa M. E. Hinkley, J. P. Jackson,
C. F. Gardner.
Spraying for Profit" R. Bech-
tie, LIE Mars.
Spraying; Necessity Of IT'D. A.
SaPidgeon, New Providence.
~ Orchard spraying"-F. o. Harring-
,fon, Williamsburg.
III Status of Experiment Stations of
|%#fhe State Society,"-s. A Beach,
SAmes.
Thursday Afternoon.
Caring for Orchards" P. Jack
son, Glenwood.
How to Make an Orchard Bear Ap-
pies" - ]. W. Murphy, Glenwood.
Commercial Orchards" - B. F.
Ferris, Hampton
H Apple Orchards in Northern Iowa"
II, g. Clute. Manchester.
sa Future Markets for Fruit" - G. H.
Efan Houten, Lenox.
E!M Cooperative Marketing of Fruit"
As3-W. H. Hanchett. Sparta. Wis.
Thursday Evening.
top Grating - G. A. WINS, Iowa
salls.
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