Gilpin observer., 1906-01-18
FARMERS WEEK
SESSION OF COLORADO STATE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,".
LOW FARE on RAILROADS
Interesting Programs Prepared by
Farmers and Horticulturists -
Week of the Big Stock Show.

Farmers and Horticulturists -
Week of the Big Stock Show.
| Denver.-A farmers convention will
be held at the chamber of commerce
January 30th, to be followed by two
| days session of the Colorado State
Horticultural Society. The farmers
convention is something new. In for
mer years there have been conventions
for the bee men, the stock men, the
| beet men, ETC.. but the plain farmer
| has been neglected.
This year, however, through the ef-
| forts of the State Horticultural Society,
| convention has been arranged to take
| place during the week when the big
| stock show is being held. at which top
| les OF vital interest to every one en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits will be
discussed.
Secretary Wilson of the United
States Department of Agriculture yes
terday telegraphed that he could not
be present, but would send a represen-
tative to address the farmers on agri-
cultural matters from a government
standpoint.
The railroads have made a rate OF
one fare for the round trip, and large
attendance is expected.
On January 31st and February 1st
the State Horticultural Society will
will hold its fifth annual convention.
One hundred and seventy-five dollars
in premiums has been offered by the
chamber of commerce for exhibits of
fruits and for the best manner of pack
ing the same. Following is a program
of the two conventions:
-
70 a. m.-Called to order by Charles
E. Easley, president Colorado State
Horticultural Society; invocation, Rev.
Thomas Uzzell; addresses. THE Mar
ket for Our Potatoes" Eugene H.
Grubb, Carbondale, Colorado; THE
Kansas-Colorado Water Suit" Prof. l..
G. Carpenter. Fort Collins; Improve
ment of Sugar Beet Culture" w. X.
Winterhalter. Rocky Ford "Sheep
Feeding Problems" w. A. Drake. Fort
Collins.
lou p. m.-"The Wheat Situation"
John A. Rankin, Greeley; Irrigation
and Tillage," w. NJ. Wiley, Holly;
Farm Labor and Tenantry," William
G. Clark, Berthoud; "The Farmer, the
Real Conservator of Colorados Wa
ter" A. E. Bent.
7:3O p. m.-"Possibilities of Our
Range Horse" Professor C. F. Curtis,
Iowa Agricultural college; Farm
Crops as an Adjunct to Sheep Rails
ing" Peter Jansen. Jansen, Nebraska;
Development of Water Storage" F.
c. Cradle, Fort Collins; Railroad
Rates for Farm Products" George ].
kindel, Denver.
Horticultural Program, Jan. 31st.
$3.50 a. m.-Address of welcome by
u l.,
dent of chamber of commerce.; rou
tine business.
1:30 p. m.-Addresses, Strawberries
and Other Small Fruits" Charles Par
sons, Boulder: 1.-The Cherry for
Profit" Eugene Smith, Masonville:
Commercial Orcharding," B. F.
Rockefellow, Canon City; How and
Where to Plant an Orchard" DR.. ]. H.
Crowley, Canon City.
1880 p. m, Forestry Session-Ad-
dresses on forestry by Professor Long
year, State Agricultural College: Enos
Mills. Estes Park, and Mr.. Besley of
the United States forest extension SER
vice.
February /, $50 a. m.-Address,
BEST Varieties of Apples, Cherries,
Peaches, Plums and Nuts" ]. S. Nc.
Clelland; "The Best Kinds of Fruit for
Profit" o. d. Shields. Loveland; "Ob-
servations on Horticultural Work. B.
o. Aylesworth and C. P. Gillette, State
Agricultural College; practical spray
ing exhibition by w. S. Haswell of
Denver.
1:30 p. m.-"Cantaloupes," Philo X.
Blynn, Rocky Ford; review of preced-
ing sessions, Prof. Wendell Had
dock, State Agricultural College.
1880 p. m.-Banquet.