The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
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.

Denver.-A farmers convention will
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 eff
forts of the State Horticultural Society.
a 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 represen-
tative to address the farmers on agri-
cultural matters from government
standpoint.
The railroads have made rate of
one fare for the round trip, and large
attendance is expected
On January 3lst and February 1st
the State Horticultural Society will
will hold its fifth annual convention.
One hundred and seventy-tive 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.
10 a. m.-Called to order by Charles
E. Easlay, president Colorado State
Horticultural Society; invocation, Rev
Thomas Uzzell; addresses. "The Mar
ket for Our Potatoes" Eugene II
Grubb. Carbondale, Colorado; 1.-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;
J Farm Labor and Tenantry," William
G. Clark, Berthoud: "The Farmer, the
Real Conservator of Colorados Wa
ter" A. L. Bent.
7:30 p. m.-"Possibilities of Oul
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" r
C. Cradle, Fort Collins; Railroad
Rates for Farm Products" George J.
kindel, Denver
Horticultural Program. Jan. 31st.
$50 a. m.-Address of welcome by
Governor Mcdonald; address by presi
dent of chamber of commerce.; rou
tine business.
1870 p. m.-Addresses. "Strawberries
and Other Small Fruits" Charles Par
sons. Boulder; "The Cherry fol-
Profit" Eugene Smith, Masonville:
Commercial Orcharding," B. F
Rockefellow, Canon City; GLOW and
Where to Plant an Orchard" DR.. ]. II
Crowley, Canon City.
7:30 p. M, Forestry Sesson-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 1. $50 a m.-Address
BEST Varieties of Apples. Cherries
Peaches, Plums and Nuts" J. S. Nc
Clelland; 1.-THE Best Kinds of Fruit fol
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.
1870 p. m.-"Cantaloupes," Philo X
Blynn, Rocky Ford: review of preced
ing sessions, Prof Wendell Had
dock. State Agricultural College.
1880 p. m.-Banquet.