Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-13
PRESENT HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE SLATED
FOR PLACE.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF BOARD
WHOSE FERNS EXPIRE
State Horticultural Society Has spIsn.
did Display Of Fruits at State House
Stock Shippers and Business Men
Demand Employment Of Commerce
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Special to TimeS-Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 13.-Charles E.
Cameron, of Buena Vista county, will
probably be re elected as president Of
the state department of agriculture at
the session tomorrow. Mr.. Cameron is
recognized thruout the state, and the
country, as one Of the very best fair
men of the time. In very modest
and quiet way he has attended to the
business affairs of the Iowa state fair
during the time Of his presidency. He
makes no noise, does no advertising,
but he attends strictly to business, with
the ..sult that the state fair has been
forging to the front under his admin
istration. At the recent meeting of the
representatives of all the big fairs
held in Chicago, Mr.. Cameron was
elected head Of their organization.
William C. Brown, of Clarion, the
vice president. will Of necessity retire
from the board because Of his election
to be a member of the legislature. MI.
Brown is also recognized as very
competent fair man and in the handling
of the concessions and grounds he has
had great success.
Messrs. Cameron and Brown are
tHtSe lOllkCSS SOAAAASSSSA
the Iowa fairs.
Those who retire from the board, I'M
less reelected, are E. J. Curtin, De-
corah: C. w. Phillips, Maquoketa; T.
C. Legoe, What Cheer; John Ledger
wood. Leon; O. A. Olsen, Forest City;
and Charles Escher, Jr, Botna. MI
Fischer is the newest on the board, but
will have to retire because the demo-
Gratis elected him to membership in
the legislature. The others compose
the list Of those whose terms expire.
Most of them will be reelected.
1t is not generally known but II IS
true that the board includes also the
governor, president of the state college,
state dairy commissioner, state veter-
marian, and the secretary.
The members Of the board are e'ected
by what is known as the state fan ners
institute or farmers convention WIN
delegates from the county and dlstrlce
agricultural societies and from the
county farm institutes, also delegates
appointed b. the board of supervisors
In certain contingencies. The boaro
has always been kept non partisan and
entirely free from the slightest sus-
gestion of politics.
The display of fruit at the state
house under the auspices OF the state
horticultural Society is very fine one
this year despite that the fruit crop
was lightsv.-It seems. however. from,
the orchlrdists attending the meeting
that there was some good fruit in near
ly every. part OF Iowa. The greatest in
terest of the session this year is in the
frost fighting schemes of some or
of Fremont
county. who mad such wonderful sue
cess in warming up his orchard during
the frosty nights of last April. was
present to tell of his work. Rev. John
+. Morley, OF Marengo, at the session
today stated the subject was of great
est importance for the frost is the
greatest enemy of fruit in Iowa. He
told of what is being done in other
states to prevent damage to fruit from
frost, and of the use Of wood, coal and
Oil heaters He said what is wanted in
Iowa is good wood heater, or better
still heater that will utilize cobs. He
estimated the cost of heaters at from
SIG to $50 an acre, the fuel at IS an acre
and labor for three or four nights one
man to each five acres.
IF the fruit raisers of Iowa" he said,
SHOULD mutually enlist i'll this fight
against the frost and should do their
work intelligently and thoroughly as 1t
must be done to insure success the
orchards would not only repay all that
was spent on them but pay millions of
profit every year, and all who aided in
the work would have the blessings Of Il
fruit hungry people,"
Tomorrow the park and forestry as
ISOLATION joins with the horticulturists