Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-19
FARMERS WEEK
SESSION OF COLORADO STATE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
LOW FARE ON RAILROADS
Interesting Programs Prepared b.
Farmers and Hortieulturlsts -
Week Of the Big Stock Show.

week OF tHo Dig otoCk oUoWs
Denver.-A farmers convention will
be held at the chamber OF commerce
January 3Oth. 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.
a convention has been arranged TO take
place during the week when the big
stock show IL being held. at which top
les OF vital interest 10 every one en-
gagged In agricultural pursuits will be
discussed.
Secretary Wilson of the United
States Department of Agriculture yes
tcrday tclegraphed that he could not
he present. but would send a represen-
tative to address the farmers on agri'
cultural matters from government
standpoint.
The railroads havo made n rate a
one fare for the round trip. and u large
attendance Is expected. o.
On January ,3ist and February LIST
tho State Horticultural Society will
will hold It's NTH annual convention.
One hundred and sevcnty-fivc. dollars
In premiums has been offered by the
chamber of commerce for exhibits of
fruits and for the best manncr Of pack
ing the same. Following In u program
OF the two conventions:
Farmers Program January 3oth.
20 n. m.-Cailcd To order by Charles
r.
Horticultural Society: invocation, Rev.
Thomas uzxeii: addresses. '''rhc Mar
ket for Our Potatoes" Eugene II.
Grnbb. carbondaic. Colorado; THE
Kansas.Coiorado Water Suit" Prof. l..
q. Carpenter. Fort Collins. Improve
mcnt OF Sugar Beet Culture" W. X.
wintcrhnitcr. Rocky Ford: "Shccp
Feeding Problems" ". A. Drake. Hcst
Collins.
l:.v p. m.-'Thc Wheat Situation ''
John A. Rankin. Greeley: Irrigation
and Tiilagc." W. NJ. Wiley. Holly:
Farm Labor and Tcnnntry." william
q. Clark. Bcrthoud: "Thc Farmer. the
Real conscrvator of Colorndo's Wa.
ter" A. 4. Bent.
7:30 y. m.-"PoaNibiiitics OF Our
Range Horse" Professor c. r. Curtis.
Iowa Agricultural college: Farm
Crops aS an Adjunct to Sheep Rails
inr." Peter Jansen. Jansen. Nebraska:
Development OF Water Storage" r.
G. Cradle. Fort Collins: Railroad
Rates for Farm Products" George J.
Kindci. Denver.
horticultural Program. Jan. 3tst.
$3.50 u. m.-Addrcsa of welcome by
Governor Mcdonald: address by prcsi.
den, Of chamber of commerce: rou
tine business.
1880 y. m.-Addrcssca. Strawberries
and Other Small Fruits" Charles Par
sons. Boulder: "Thc Cherry for
Profit" Eugene Smith. Masonyiilc:
Commercial orchardinE.' II. r.
Rockcf.liow. Canon City: How and
Whore to Plant an Orchard DIR. J. II.
Crowley. Canon City.
1880 y. m. Forestry Scssion-Ad-
dresses on forestry by Professor Long.
year. State Agricultural College: Enos
Mills. Estes Park. and Mr.. Bcsicy OF
the United States forest extension SER
vice.
February !. $3.50 n. m.-Addrcss.
Best Varieties OF Apples. Cherries.
Peaches. Plums and Nuts J. s. Nc
Ciciiand: "Thc Best Kinds of Fruit for
Profit" o. u. Shields. LoyciBnd: "Ob.
scrvations on Horticultural Work." II.
o. Aylesworth and e. p. Gillette. State
Agricultural College: practical spray
ing exhibition by W. $. Haswcll OF
Denver.
1880 y. m.-"cantaloupcs.' Philo X.
Biynn. Rocky Ford: review of proceed
Ing sessions. Prof wcndcii Had
dock. State Agricultural College.
1880 y. m.-Banduet.