The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-02-17
SECOND DAY OF SESSION OF
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
is SUCCESSFUL.
TRAINS BRING SPEAKERS
Corps Is Practically complete-Dr.
Elrod, Secretary OF Organization, Is
complimented For Excellent Ar.
raneement OF Program.

Plains. Feb. -tSpcciat,--Thc scc-
ond DAVIS sessions Of the thirteenth
annual meeting of tho Montana Hort-
cultural societ. We're no less interest.
ing ana instructive than the opening
gatherings had been. Delayed trains
came pushing In through the snow
today. their passengers adding To the
corps Of instructors and lecturers,
which tonight ~ practically complete.
On the early train this morning. hav-
ing spent the night nj Paradise. came
Director i.inficld and Miss Brown Of
the agricultural college, Charles j..
Dalman and others of Missoua. II. y.
Satherlin Of Great Falls and several
Sanders county people. This gave the
day q good start. though the early ar
rivals are not enthusiastic as a result
Of their first experience In Paradise.
AZ the through trains made their ap-
pearance this afternoon. others Of the
Missoula and Bitter Root delegations
arrived G. NJ Allen OF Loo and
| w Y. Harlan of Como are here at
Last, representing the extremes of the
| Bitter Root valley. There has been
characteristically hospitable greet
| ing to these folks from the Plains
people and the good cheer which per-
vades the session Is one of Its most
| delightful phases. IL is In marked
contrast with the meeting Of the
society which was held in Plains 10
years ago. That was the stormiest
session ever held by the organization.
but 1t resulted In placing the policy
of the society on the right track,
where 1t has remained ever since. This
meeting, the decennial anniversary Of
that old time revolt. has received ad-
ded interest from the celebration Of
this 1oyear anniversary.
PROGRAM is Good.
The presence of such eminent agrl-
culturists as Professor Shaw. Profess
sor Cooley and Inspector Dean has ad-
ded To the value OF this years ses-
sion. There has never been a series
of sessions In the histor.' of the
society which has possessed the prac-
| tical value of those Of this years
program There have been many
compliments paid to DIR. Elrod, the
societys secretary. for his successful
efforts In bringing about The arrange
mcnt of the program. Indeed. DR.
| Erod Is the hero of this session, as he
has been Of 80 many others. He and
President Read make team that
| would be hard tn beat in the manage
ment Of the affairs of tho organlzn
tion.
Fred Whitesde was a valuable
member of the instructors today. his
practical talk on top grating, Illus
tratcd by the performance Of tho
actual operations. WAS greatly APP
arccinted So was the explanation Of
the methods Of handling apples from,
trnn To market and SO have been the
discussion Of the selection of varic,"s
md the talks about pests. All in all
he papers and the lectures Of toda.
we're the best ever offered In Il single
lay to the members of the society
There Is one day more of the meet
ing. Thursday night ii viii close with
a reception and banquet by the people
If Plains 10 the visitors. There are
great preparations being made for this
event which will furnish ii fitting
climax for the most successful meet
ing In tho history of the organization
A New Department.
An important feature Of the sessions
today was the organization of thf
Womans department of the society
This Is a branch of the work that has
never been attempted before in thi,
state, the manner in which it was in
augurated today gives promise of {
useful existence of the new branch
There was good attendance of wom.
on and there was much interest showr
i'm the work of the day.
The selection OF varieties, basec
upon the principle of the survival o
the fittest was the theme of the morn.
ing session, presented by Professor
Cooley. Professor Shaw took an activ,
part in the discussion and there wa
an interesting statement of persona
experiences by the members in gen
eral Apple shows in general and th'
Spokane show in particular were dis
, cussed BY Mr. Harlan and others
There Is a strong sentiment In favo
T of the encouragement of these shows
, as fully as possible; the society Is en-
, listed in support of the Montana shoV
, and of the national show, as we'll,
The discussion of publicity method
for the promotion of the orchard in
terests of Montana was led by Secre
tary Odea of Hamilton's chamber o
commerce and proved an excellen
feature of the day.
: Packing and marketing furnished al
; opportunity for straight from the
shoulder talk. This was led by In
) spector Dean, ". D, Ticdt and Profes
; sor Whipple. and before 1t was dis