Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-22

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20 to the expense of thoroughly in
vestlgating all the markets. Utah. he
thought, had many small districts
where it win be hard to build UP n
business because you have not the vol
ume ITO deal with this problem, .
the speaker said. we have branch
houses. ! am inclined to think you
could have a string OF associations
in Utah on this plan. You can do 1t
nicely IL you have a telephone ser
vice.
My advice is to sell and not con-
sign. You can't do that with some
perishable fruits. We netted less than
ST box on these cars we consigned
this fall That is less by 20 cents a
box than on any apples we sold.
You can't make success of fruit
organizations until you have the bust
ness to justify it. The manager OF
such an organization should be famil-
lar with traffic and freight rate ques-
tons
TUESDAY EVENING.
DR.. Il. d. Ball, director of the expert
ment station, was the Iirst speaker In
the closing session of the frultgrowers
convention Tuesday evening. His pa
per was on the value of Parasites"
He prefaced his talk by referring to
the discussion had last night on the
ravages of the cooling moth larvae.
While 1t was true Utah had plenty Of
wormy apples, It is an injury to the
state to make so much of the fact and
overlook the more pleasing fact that In
many commercial orchards OF the state
wormy apples were practically UNI
known due to the thorough spraying
methods now in vogue. So sure was
a Of In IL
claim that he had a standing offer of
dollar apiece for every apple infest-
ed with worms from the cup calyn OF
the fruit, In many orchards that he
might name.
PRUNING.
Mr. Leroy Marsh. tree in
spector of Davis county. presented
q timely paper on Pruning" The prob
lem of pruning was of vital Importance
in successful orcharding, as trees neg
lected soon lose vitality and produce
small and inferior fruit, of little or no
commercial value. Pruning, he said
and shaping the growing tree is one of
the most fascinating labors in the or
chard. The speaker suggested the
forming of low headed trees selecting
three foundation limbs distributed
evenly around the tree and at varying
distances from the ground, so as to
avoid crotches. At the end OF the first
season each branch has developed
three or more secondary brano hes
these are reduced to two on each
primary branch, and these are cut back
one half. The pruning after that is to
help in the formation of a symme-
trical head, open to air and sunshine
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
DR.. j. a. Widtsoe. president of the
Agricultural college was the conolud-
ing speaker of the session. The hearty
applause with which he WAS greeted,
showed his popularity among the fruit
growers OF the state. Speaking OF the
possibilities of fruit growing IN Utah,
he said that this industry Is destined
TO become the leading agricultural pur-
suit in the state, and ii would become
such by the intelligent efforts OF edu-
Gated farmers. Speaking to his sub
ject. Industrial Education" DR. Widt-
soc deplored the effects of the old
system of education which had little
or no relation or connection with the
necessities and activities of life, and
very often untitled the greatest stu
dents for the every day duties of life.
An awakening In educational thoughts
Is now taking place and industrial,
practical matters are receiving some
little attention, but not TO the extent
tlments of the majority OF his hearers
when he said that agricultural science
and Industrial pursuits should be
taught IN the public and higher schools
of the state and the teachers trained In
the university. how TO teach these
things IN the schools, He recently
procured a complete set of the books
used in the public schools and had
looked through all from cover to cover
and had failed to find one item in any
of the books that dignined agricultural
or Industrial pursuits. The system was
all wrong and reformation should he
demanded OF legislators and school
trustees and uperlntendonts through
out the state.
Directing attention TO the one-sided-
ness OF present methods OF education.
he said that nearly two-thirds of all
the school children followed industrial
and agricultural pursuits, and only
four per cent followed the professions
vet all the schooling impaired failed to
touch the industrial side of life.
Referring to the popularity of agri'
cultural studies at the Agricultural
college, the president stated that this
season the classes In agriculture We're
more than double In numbers that OF
any other year, and the enthusiasm
was unbounded.
President James q, Dunln made a
few closing remarks, felicitntlng the
members on the success Of The CON
vention which was the largest and
mast enthusiastic of its kind ever held
In Utah, and expressed the hope that
the present year would be the most
prosperous In the history OF the hor-
tlcultural Industry In the state. He
expressed the thanks OF the society
10 the press for the excellent write ups
given the sessions. and To- those who
had taken part on the programs.