Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-17
Fruit Growers Are Concluding
Their Sessions Here This
Afternoon.
SOME INTERESTING PAPERS.
Chairman DuiIin OF the Executive Staff
Announces the appointment Of Sew
cral Committees for Ensuing Year.

The horticultural convention is con-
Guiding its sessions this afternoon, with
a paper ON Farmers Unions by j.
G. Duffln of Provo. an address by Prof.
VI. r. Porter of Ogden, q paper on
Drainage" by c. r. Brown of this city.
and one on Canning" by A. L. Brewer
of ogden.
Tuesday afternoons meeting was at
tended by nearly 100 people. when Prof.
Il. S. Northrop of the Agricultural COL
lege spoke on Root Diseases" He said
they are among the most serious that
are met with, as being hidden In the
ground they are not easily discerned.
He urged that trees be secured only
from reliable nurserymen, exhibiting
specimens OF diseased roots This
stirred up an animated discussion
among the nurserymen present who did
not seem to think the professors re-
marks were very well timed, and cast
reflections.
William G. Roylance of Provo gave
an interesting talk on Marketing.
speaking on 20 years of experience. He
said the growers must produce fruit of
good quality, and in such quantities
that 1t can be shipped in car load lots,
SO as TO take advantage of the world ,
markets. Then ii must be properly
packed, as from improper packing the
state has in the past suffered in repu-
tation. c. A. Hickenlooper of Ogden
spoke on Spraying. He gave special
attention to the codling moth, with a
description of the Ball system of get
ting rid of the pest. He referred to the
value of winter spraying, as we'll as
the different methods of doing this. In
the evening. Prof. Homer of Provo
lectured on the Pear blight, with stere-
opticon Illustrations in the Y. NJ. G. A.,
showing how the bacteria develop and
are communicated to healthy trees.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
At this mornings session there were
over so present. b. II. Bower of Provo
read the paper on Relation of the Nur
seryman to the Grower" that he was
to have read yesterday morning He
made a point OF the close relation be-
tween them, and spoke along the line
of the grower being given a better line
of stock at the least possible cost, He
made it plain that nursery stock costs
| Just so much for production, and If the
| grower thanks he can get II elsewhere
| cheaper. he gets inferior goods The
| speaker brought out the Importance of
| doing a cash business. rather than do
| ing business on long credits, and dep
| recated nurserymen giving fresh trees
! in the place of those that had died or
| the growers hands.
| DIR. j. A. Widtsoe of Provo was 10
| have spoken this morning, but was un
| able to appear; so the first event of the
day was paper by W. o. Knudsen of
| Brigham City on Irrigation" He ex-
| planned the system now In vogue at
Brigham City, where land formerly Of
| little value had been raised to valua-
| ton of $500 per acre. 1t had cost him
worth 5000 to him. The speaker urged
| irrigation wherever possible,
| II. Z. Clark, the government forester.
| at Murray explained what the govern
ment is now doing in that line in this
| section, and the beneficial effects of
| the forest regulations. The provisions
| under which timber might be cut were
| stated; also, what the grazing permits
were accomplishing, how to control for
| est fires and the effects OF vegetation
on the increase of the water supply.
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED.
Chairman Duffin of the executive
committee, announced these appoint
! ments:
Committee or Resolutions-ProfR r. S.
| Northrop OF Logan. NJ. Brereton Of
Provo, j. P. Sorenson of Salt Lake.
Committee on Legislation--J. G. Duff
fin Of Provo, C. A. Hickenlooper of Og-
den, w. o. Knudson of Syracuse Chas.
Smith OF Centeryille, r. .. Wadley of
| Pleasant Grove.
Committee on Nominstions--J E.
| Taylor of Salt Lake City. Roy Marsh
of Syracuse, Moroni Mortenen Of Bear
River City.
Committee on Constitution and BY
Laws-The Horticultural society board
| of directors.
Officers will be chosen this afternoon.