The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-07
GRAFTERS At
DEADW0OD
South Dakota Horticultural So
Ciety to Meet In Hills CITY
FOR 10Th ANNUAL CONVENTION
Varied Program of Much Interest
Is Offered

The twentieth annual meeting of the
South Dakota Horticultural society will
be held in the city of Deadwood Tues.
day, Wednesday and Thursday, Janu.
ary 19, 20 and q. A splendid program
has been prepared and everyone in the
state who is interested in the develop
ment of horticulture should make it
point to attend. The program Is as
follows
First Session, Tuesday Afternoon.
Address of Welcome-Hon. w. u.
Adams, mayor of Deadwood.
Response-G. H. Whiting, Yankton.
Presidents Address,. V. Gardner,
Piedmont.
Nursery Topics.
Notes for nursery men and tree buy
ers-John Pfantz, Lisbon, Iowa.
Distribution of nursery stock-C. w.
Gurney. Yankton.
Change in nursery Lave. N. Nc.
llvaine, Huron.
Experience letters.
Tuesday Evening Session, 1880 o'clock
The fora of the Black Hills-Prof.
A. ID. Humbert, Rapid City.
Perennial Phlox-W. f. Fryer, Man
torVllle, Mimi.
Hardy roses-H. c.. Warner, Forest
burg.
Dahlias-E. ID. Cowles, Vermillion.
| Hot house flowers twenty-five years
ago and now-Wm. Nichol, Watertown.
Flowers of the Black Hills-Miss Mar
garet Thompson, Spearfish.
Some things l have seen-Prof. N.
E. Hansen. Instances of his third
trip around the world.
Wednesday Morning Session, 9 o'clock
! Questions on small fruit
Fruits in Minnehaha county-Geo.
Cassidy, Valley Springs.
Grape grOwing-A. A. Freeman, Len
nox.
lotection-Olver Gibbs Melbourne
Beach. Fla.
Small fruits in the Black Hills
Prof. T. J.. Cook, Spearfish.
The farm garden-L. E. Spicer,
lWatertown.
Tomatoes--O p. Huetson, Vermil-
lion.
How we live on twenty acres-J.
Fl. Berry, Armour.
Experience letters.
Take in members
Wednesday Afternoon Session, 1880
Message from the state board of
agriculture-C. N. McIlvaine, Huron.
Orchard management-T. J. Douthit.
Violin.
Pruning-T. c. Kemper, BeIvidere
Grading fruit for markets. M. Tot
ten Vormillon.
Testing fruits and plants for hardi-
Iness-Thos. f.. eastman, Owatanna
MINI.
The apple, the leading fruit Of the
Northwest-D. NJ. Dickerson, Elk
Point.
Evergreens, their value to the home
maker-Iver Eitiem, Cotton.
The ease of setting evergreens when
you know how-A. Norby, Madison.
Peo'nning Ito make a home beauti-
fuD-N. o. p. Synoground, Groton.
| Experiences.
Wednesday Evening Session, 1880
The forest tree of the Black Hills
Hon. Seth Bullock, Deadwood.
| Action of plants at an altitude of
$500 feet-T. w. Beckwith, Evanston.
Wyoming.
| How to make farm life attractive
M. J. Andrup, Taylor, Neb.
The lack of ornamenting school
grounds-Mrs. Carrie l.. Chase, Colum-
bia.
Our native birds and their habits
Rev. Craig S. Thoms, Vermillion.
| Birds helpful and harmful-Some
new orchard insects-Prof. Robert
Matheson. Brookings.
Thursday Morning Session, 7:3o
Secretary's Rcport-Prof. ~ E. Han
sen, Brookings.
Treasurer's Report-M. J. DeWolf,
Letcher
Report of Vice Presidents.
Election of officers.
Fruit list.
Thursday Afternoon Session, 1880
Soft wood trees for the prairies--
NJ. p. Beebe, Ipswich.
Forest trees-G. A. Tracy Water
town.
Forest tree culture-M. J. DeWolf,
L.etcher.
Shelter belts for prairie homes
Geo. H. Whiting, Yankton.
Random observations of an amateur
Prof. J. H. Kelly, Brookings.
Some tree growths-E. d. Cowles,
Vermillion. ...........