The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-18
FARMERS week /
SESSION OF COLORADO STATE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
LOW FARE ON RAILROADS
Interesting Programs Prepared by
Farmers and HorticuIturists -
Week of the Big Stock Show.

Denver.-A farmers convention will
January Both, 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 eff
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 list
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 program
OF the two conventions:
Farmers Program January 3oth.
20 a. m.-Called to order by Charles
E. Easley. president Colorado State
Horticultural Society; invocation, Rev.
Thomas Uzzeli; addresses. "The Mar
ket for Our Potatoes" Eugene Fl.
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. M. Wiley, Holly;
Farm Labor and Tenantry." William
G. Clark. Berthoud; "The Farmer, the
Real Conservator of Colorado's Wa
ter" A. E. Bent.
7:30 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
Governor Mcdonald; address by presi-
dent of chamber of commerce.; rou
tine business.
80 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.. ]. II.
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 /, $3.50 a. m.-Address,
BEST Varieties of Apples, Cherries,
Peaches, Plums and Nuts ]. S. Nc
Clelland; 1.-The Best Kinds of Fruit for
Profit" o. ID. 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.
| ing sessions. Prof. Wendell Had
/ dock. State Agricultural College.
7:30 p. m.-Banquet.