The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-30
PRODUCTS
Will Be
SHIPPED
Time Is Soon Coming When
Local Supply Transcends
Local Demands
Mr.. Headley Reads interest
ing Paper Before Farm
ers' Association

Tile Truckee- Carson Farmers Associ-
alton held its regular monthly meeting
in the court house Moaday afternoon.
The attendance was good, about thirty
five members being present, besides II
number OF visitors.
The meeting was called to order by
President Shober J. Rogers. Secretary
Marean and Treasurer Burr being pres
ent.
Mr.. Marean, as chairman OF com
mittee appointed to confer with the
Southern Pacific in regard to rates for
farm products shipped from this valley,
read letter which the committee had
sent to Traffic Manager Jones on the
subject. No reply has SO far been re-
ceived. ss the letter WAS not mailed un
til alb ut week ago owing to delay in
getting the signature of one Of the mem
berr OF thu committee to IL.
The following new applications for
membership were presented \. A..
Phillips. |. A. Taylor, August Ahlborn,
&. A, Bennett, d. A. Moore, Marion
Parks. Fulton II. SEARS.
Treasurer Z. W. Burr offered resolu
tion that the president be instructed to
appoint committee Of five TO draw pp
an amendment to the by laws providing
for district organization. After brief
argument, in which one member op.
posed the resolution on the grounds that
1t WAS premature, II WAS adopted.
Under the head of new business, II
{. Taylor called the attention of the
members to the impassable conditions of
the country roads from the overflow Uf
waters while irrigaiing, and advocated
the building Of strong levies to prevent
The same. He said the ranchefs should
be careful IN this respect. and that it
IL nuisance for which there is no ex-
ruse.
On motion, the program committee
was instructed to secure the services uf
Gordon II True, professor 0f agriculture
at the University of n yadn, to give a
course of lectures on the different
branches of agriculture before the mem.
bers, illustrated by sfereoplicon views,
the lectures to be given once week and
At night.
Df. Z. A. Hascall advocated the form
Ing of ronniy agricultural society fur
th. pupose of n holding AN annual coun
ty fair for the display of live stock aud
produce.
Hundfeds OF packages ot garden seed
which had been sent from Washington
by Senator Newlands, in care of the
reclamation service, we're distributed
among thoss present.
Mr.. Headley. Of the experiment farm,
read the following paper;
II Ia apparent that there are many
dificuliies, many agricultural problems
that srs calling for solution in this sec
ton and 1t Is the purpose OF the expert
inent farm that is established here to
answer these questions as soon as pos
sible.
There is the problem, In some places,
Of the alkali land--how best to treat il
and what crops to grow upon 1t. Again,
there are areas Of clay or adobe soil on
which it is very hard to get seeds 20
germinate or crops to grow. Work is
being done to determine the best meth
DDS Of treating this soil 10 get the best
results.
l find that there are many practices
followed in the methods of tillage and
there seems to be no very uniform id a
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