The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-25
FRUIT men
TO ORGANIZE

Under the auspices of the Roswell
Farmers institute Society the fruit
growers of this section of the valley
met at the court house yesterday TO
consider the subject of organization
and hear some papers, talks and ad-
dresses on fruit and its marketing.
The meeting was presided over by the
new president, Charles D. Keyes, and
there was a good attendance, consid-
ering that the subject appeals to only
one branch of the farming interest.
The important step taken by the meet
ing was the decision it made to Or
ganize fruit growers association,
and to do so at once. By motion,
committee of three was ordered ap-
pointed to take up the matter and
push it through at once. The COM
mittee will be announced later.
At the morning session Robert
Beers read an interesting article on
the National Apple Growers Show OF
1908, which he attended at Spokane,
Washington last December. The ar
ticle has been secured for publication
in the Record. MIR. Tins, an organl-
ger of farmers, gave a talk, favor1ng
organization of the fruit men. Col.
Parker Earle, R. c. Nisbet, John Shaw
and others spoke on the same subject,
the sentiment being unanimous for
up such subjects as the kinds of fruit
to be grown. The care of orchards,
pruning etc.
In the afternoon Col. Parker Earle
spoke on spraying and pollonization.
Clifton Chisholm read an article on
spraying that was recently published
in the St. Joseph Fruit Grower. A. j.
Crawford talked of the fertilization of
orchards. Mr.. Jordan, a practical
fruit packer from California, spoke on
organization, advising it strongly, and
answered questions as to the manner
in which organization should be bro't
about. Capt. Murray spoke on pack
ing and various others took part in
discussion, etc.
AS the meeting drew near the close
it was decided that a better plan
would be to have five on the com:
mittee that is to have in charge the
formation of plans for organization.
The original motion had been for 5
and with the consent of mover, it was
amended. President Keyes appointed
the committee as follows: r. S. Cook
chairman, J. c. Hamilton, H. j. Sch
wartZ, John Shaw and Robert Beers
They are to meet at once and after
investigation are to formulate plans
for organization and report at a meet
ing of all the fruit growers of the en-
tire Pecos Valley, TO be held at the
court house in Roswell Saturday,
March 13. At this meeting the fruit
growers association is to be formed.
Address of Robert Beers at Fruit
Growers Meeting.
The National Apple Show at Spok-
ane was formally opened December,
1908. when President Roosevelt press
ed the button in the White House at
1920 o'clock. This was the signal
for blowing of factory and locomotive
whistles, ringing of church and school
bells, other noise producing apparatus
taking up the strain till the air trem-
bled with vibrating sounds from Ca
non Hill to the timber bluffs on the
north.
There was a program of speeches
at the State Armory, which formed a
part of the festival embracing a floor
space of $4,000 square feet. l saw
fine display of apples at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago in 1898; another at st
Louis in 1904. They were mere drop
in a bucket in comparison to the ap-
pie show at Spokane, Wash, in 1908,
comprising in all about fifteen car
loads. There were nine solid car
loads of $50 boxes to each car. The
balance were made up of individual
exhibits of from ten to one hundred
or more boxes and these exhibits
were from many different states and
territories, also Canada Thirty-five
Thousand dollars we're awarded as
premiums. Michael Horan of Menat-
chez, captured first prize of $1,000 for
the best carload exhibit. There were
$4,000 apples in this car. H. NJ. Gil
bert of North Yakima, was second,
with a car of 70,560 winesap apples,