The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-01

ARRANGEMENTS have been
- about completed for the Far
mers' Institute meetings to be held
in this county next week, beginning
at East Sound on the 9Th. Ben E.
Harrison, the Orcas island member
of the executive committee of the
county institute has been working
most earnestly to promote the sue
cess of the first meeting of tie kind,
addressed by Instructors from the
state college, to be held on Orcas ISL
and, and it is to be hoped that tie at
tendance will be large and the ses
sions most enthusiastic in every way.
They are sure to be very interesting
and instructive to all progressive
farmers and orchandists. Mr.. Har-
rison har arranged a definite pre-
gram for the East Sound meetings,
as follows:
Prof. E. E. Elliott, Supt. Farmers Insti-
tutes and Dean of Agriculture at the State
College; Prof. w. S. Thornber, Horticul-
turist, State College; L. w. Hanson, State
Dairy inspector.
1880 p. M, Combating Orchard Pests;
Drof
Discussion.
Pear Growing on Orcas Island, Geo. w.
Meyer.
Relation of Dairying to Soil Fertility,
Prof Elliott.
Production and Care of Milk, L. w.
Hanson.
Fruit Growers Unions-discussion led
by Ben E. Harrison.
SD. m., How the Office of the Dairy
Commissioner Hopes to Help the Dairy
Farmer in Washington, L. w. Hanson.
Improvement of Home Surroundings,
Prof. Thornber.
Science and what it has done for the
farmer, Prof. Elliott.
Both afternoon and evening programs
will be interspsrsed with songs and mu-
sic by local talent.
The first session here will be held
Friday evening. Unless preference
is expressed in the mean time to Mr..
Culver, president of the county asso-
citation, for hearing the speakers on
other subjects, Prof. Elliott's subject
will be "Science and What it Ilas
Done for the Farmer" Prof. Thorn
Der will talk Of 'The Improvement Of
Home Surroundings, and Mr.. Han
son will tell "How the Office of the
Dairy Commissioner Hopes to Help
the Dairy Farmer of Washington. u
The Saturday morning session will
convene at $50. Prof. Thornber will
talk of ''The Tillage of Orchards, " or,
if preferred, of ''Plant Diseases and
other Troubles Mr.. Hanson will
speaF on the subject Of Production
and Care of Milk" or 'Dairies and
Dairymen, and Prof. Elliot will talk
upon any subject upon which the far
mers present most desire to have him
speak, as for instance, Feeding
Principle and Problems" Relation
of Soil Fertility; 'The Openings for
Live Stock Production in Washing
tom; Growing Grass for Pasture
and hay" or any one OF several other
topics upon which he is an ever ready
! and always entertaining speaker.
Whether or not there will be an
afternoon session Saturday depends
upon the. arrangements made for
taking the instructors to Anacortes
and the hour of their departure. II
should BE understood that the lectures
are free and that everyone interested
in progressive farming and improved
home life is cordially invited attend
The new furniture for the Fores.
ter's lodge arrived the first of the
week and is now installed in it's place
in the Capron building. The boys
hope to have theil. hall ready for oc
cupancy today and it is pinned tt
have smoker and supper in the new
quarters tonight. The room has teer
newly papered and painted, wired fol
electric lights, and new and tasty Gx
lures put in place.