The Harrison times., 1912-03-30
Library and Exhibit Room.

Quoted can be made one OF the most
helpful institutions in the county,
not only TO the members Of the hor-
ticullural society but to the citizens
in general and to home seekers who
come to our county
Publications. from the L. S Dept.
of Agriculture, from our Expert
ment station and from other expert
mcut stations, agricultural prrlodl-
Gals, catalogues from reliable firms,
nurseries, scedmcn, orchard and
farm machin ry, orchard heaters
and spray materials are now being
gathered to. ether. Later it is plan
ed TO hold entertainments to raise
money for the purchase Of borticul-
turaI encyclopedias and other books
on important horticultural subjects,
Statistics, newspaper clippings,
letters relating to horticulture in
Boone County and valuable papers
read at the meetings will be placed
on file,
This will furnish material close at
hand for the horticultural meetings,
ANY subject under discussion can be
easily referred to and the opinions
of the best authorities secured with
out delay. Any person wanting in
formation on any subject can go
to the library and read up on that
subject or take literature home for
limited time. For instance, one
wishing to take up strawberry
growing or cantaloupe growing and
lacking the proper information can
go TO the library, refer to the litera-
ture and get a general idea on the
subject, consult the catalogues and
compare prices of plants or seeds
and at the county or local meetings
discuss the subject with those who
have had experience or who have
observed the experiences Of Others
and in a short time he may start
on his new work with the necessary
information 20 insure success,
In the exhibit room any material
useful to horticulturists will be
named and placed; well grown and
d scascd or insect injured nursery
stock, diseased or insect injured
leaves, branches, trunks or roots Of
trees vines, fruits or vegetables and
also fine specimens Of well grown
fruits and vegetables, Insects and
larya viii be mounted and put up
N bottles
Any one wishing to plant an orch
ard and lacking the knowledge en-.
abling him to select good nursery
stock may come to this room, COM
pare specimens Of healthy well
grown stock with specimens Of dis
cascd, insect injured or poorly graft.
ed stock and learn how to make
the proper selections for q good
orchard, Many orchardists have
after planting and giving proper
care and cultivation to their trees
found a part of these trees dead or
dying or in an unthrifty condition,
An expert has been called to ascer.
tain the cause and the grower has
been informed that the nursery
stock has been infected with disease
or insccts-crown gall, hairy root
woolly aphs or borers; or that the
trees have been improperly grated
and that rot or other disease has
entered ut the point Of the imperfect
union Not only a loss Of time and
money was sustained by these orch
ardiSts but the soil was so infected
by the germs Of disease that sound
nursery stock could not be safely
planted till the soil was cle0nsed,
This feature of our exhibits, if
studied would save orchardsts in
this county thousands of dollars,
lfthc orchardist finds something
wrong with his trees he may take
the affected parts Of the dead, dying
or injured trees and compare them
with parts of trees in the exhibit
room and ascertain the trouble him.
SELF then consult the bulletins or
other publications and learn the
remedy lrinsccts are iniuring the
orchard or crops specimens may be
compared with the mounted speci'
mems on exhibition and identified
and by consulting the necessary it,.
eruturc the remedy can be learned,
Home seekers coming to our
county may visit this room and see
fine specimens Of fruits and yeges
tables and learn the horticultural
advantages OF Boone County Any
one wishing to donate material for
the library or exhibit room may
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