The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-12
Pierce Gets Cup.

Hamilton.
Pierce Gets Cup.
The Flathead cup was awarded to
NJ H. Pierce of Plains. Two papers
were read at this mornings session,
one by r. C. Bean and one by M. c..
Read The latter spoke on Removal
ing an old orchard" his address being
largely of a technical nature. He pre-
scribed a careful system of pruning
as the most efficient renovatol, r.
C. Bean spoke on The fruit industry
of oregon"
In the afternoon Professor D. B.
SWingle and Fl. o. Buckman of the
agricultural society gave demonstra-
don of the best method of making the
Bordeaux spraying mixture and Pro-
fessor Buckman also gave a brief ad-
dress on Soil fertility and it's conser
vation."
After Dr. Harkins came E. A. Will
son, whose paper dealt with the dairy
as an adjunct to the farm.
At the afternoon session the society
also passed a resolution asking the
legislature to empower the county COM
missioners Of any county to appropri-
ate $2,500 annually for the eXtermina-
tion of insect and fungus orchard pests.
the money to be used under the direc-
tion of the state board of horticulture.
This resolution was introduced by Sec
retary NJ. J. Elrod as was another
which follows: Resolved, That the
legislature Of the state of Montana be
requested to submit to the people of
Montana an amendment to the consti-
tuition of the state authorizing an as
sessment on orchards and orchard
trees, said assessment to be used for
the protection of horticultural inter-
ests in the state of Montana" Rev.
j. G. Clark, a member of the state
board, introduced a resolution calling
on congress to pass a bill prohibiting
the manufacture, sale or transportation
| of adulterated or misbranded fungi
cides and insecticides.
Sugar Factory.
Hamilton, at least some OF her citi-
| zens, have an idea that the location
! of sugar factory would be of great
| benefit to the town, and as conse-
| quence Hamilton was thirsty for in
| formation about the sugar beet indus
| try. For that reason the final meet
| ing of the Horticultural society was
devoted to symposium on sugar beet
| raising, and now Hamilton is no lon
ger thirsty for great draughts of in
| .ormation were provided tonight by
4 Chemist Mendelson of the Billings
factory, F. B. Linfield, director of the
| Montana experiment station, and I. D.
| O'Donnell, the alfalfa king of the
| northwest.
These three were the speakers on
tonight's program and they enlight-
ened a large audience on every detail
involved in the raising of beets for
sugar. w. B. Harlan presided at the
final session of the society. The COM
mittee on resolutions reported at this
evenings session, extending the thanks
of the society to the people of Hamil-
ton, the Valley Mercantile company
the Hamilton Business Mems club the
press of Ravalli and Sanders counties
| to the Mcintosh orchestra, to ]. O.
Read, to l. d. O'Donnell and to M. j
| Elrod.
! The society indorsed the proposed
agricultural course in the Missoula
high school, decided to memorialize
congress with regard to reducing the
| tax of denatured alcohol machinery
and planned to confer with the state
railroad commission in regard te
equable rates for fruit shipments
| The state board of horticultural in q
meeting held this evening decided tc
appoint an inspector at large who is
to have full charge of the administra-
tive work Of the organization. This is
to quote one Of the board. a tentative
plan to be put in operation in case
the proposed bill abolshing the board
and creating q commissioner of horti.
culture fails to pass the legislature
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