Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-02-23
PR0V0LT HAS THE
BANNER INSTITUTE
Has a Large Attendance-Fine
Program and Splesdid Din
ner and Supper.

state experimental station at Corval-
lis, accompanied by Professor A. l..
Kinsely. chemist Of the agricultural
college; E. L. Judd, of Marion
county, and VIM. Schulmerich. of
Hillsboro, Washington county, held
a farmers institute here last .Satur-
day. The meeting was called to order
by E. N. Provolt, after which a song
was sung by the audience, then prayer
and address of welcome was offered by
Elder Badger, then the meeting was
turned over to the professors for the
forenoon. Dr. Withycombe opered
the meeting by defining its objects
and the grand possibilities and the
future outlook for this country as an
exceedingly fine dairying section and
advised the people to take up that
line of industry and If they would
there we're great treasures in store for
them by following the dairy business
on the Applegate. DIR. Withcyombe
claims that one acre OF alfalfa at the
experimental station will support one
COW and if this is truly the case Ap-
plegate will support within six miles
of where the institute was held, ex-
Guiding the Williams creek section
from tbs Provolt school district
boundary, line in the neighborhood OF
1900 head Of dairy cows which would
bring TO this section one OF the lar
gest revenues that could be brouhgt
by any industry. The Doctor also ex-
planned the great future outlook for
this Applegate section as fruit
growing place. But the Applegate at
present is practically in its infancy
along the line Of fruit and hay grow.
ing as there are hundreds Of acres OF
fine land under irrigation that is only
waiting improvement and the APP
plegate river affords an abundance Of
water for all the land along the valley
yet unimproved, which will no doubt
in short time be improved and rails
ing large crops for the dairy COW.
A. L. Kinsely took up the subject
of analysis of the different soils and
plant food and explained which crops
were best adapted to different soils.
The question was asked, "Why in
some alfalfa fields there would be
places where the alfalfa would not do
we'll aud would only grow to be about
foot high then the leaves would
turn rusty ON identically the same
kind of soil and the same irrigation?"
The professor explained that it was
lack of nitrogen in the soil and the
alfalfa on this soil had failed to form
any nodules ON the root so as to enable
the top to take in nitrogen from the
air, and explained that in most cases
1t could be overcome by taking sol
from where alfalfa was doing we'll
and sowing it all over whore it was
effected or by using stable fertilizer,
and that either of these remedies
would place the germs IN the soil
that 1t was deficient in.
The subject of dry rot in apples was
brought up and he explained that they
had found no remedy for such at the
experimental station yet. Prof
Kinsely also showed and explained on
a chart how much lime, potash, nitro
gen and phosphotic acid the different
fruits and grains took from the soil
and why summer following was injur-
ious TO the soil in so many places,
and how summer fallowing would
expose the nitrogen in the soil 30 that
it would form nitrotes and 20 off in
the drenceing rains, which would be
great loss to the soil in plant food.
After many other questions had been
asked and explained, the meeting ad-
journed for dinner, which was soon
served by the ladies.
When the meal was spread on the
tables everyone present was invited to
come forward and help themselves.
Everyone present could we'll be proud
Of the meal and especially the ladies
who cooked 1t, for taste of the food
would be plenty Of evidence that the
Indies who cooked il were not from
Missouri, for they needed no showing.
They received many congratulations
from the Professors aud everyone
present for their fine cooking. There
was enough food left from dinner for
supper and enough from supper for
about 10 or 100 for breakfast, aud this
is good evidence Of what some OF the |
people our little Aptlegate valley
POSSESSES are.
At 80 the meeting was again call
cd TO order by Chairman Il. N. Pro.
volt and FIRST ON program was a song
by Il, f Bailey's graphophone, then
song by the audience. The chair. |
man then introduced Mr.. Schuimer. |
ioh, who made an interesting talk ON
darying and dairy herds in particular.
He recommended breeding that breed |
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