The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-02-20
COLLEGE EXPERTS
DELIVER LECTURE
EXTENSION WORK INTERESTING
OrehardlStS Of Different Yicinities Attend
Gatherings and Much Valuable InfOr-
nation Brought Out.

ana Monday morning proceeded on the
Mount Hood Railroad 10 Van Horn.
where at the Pine Grove hall the first
lectures Of the extension course were
delivered. Profs. Boquet, Cordley.
Lewis and Jackson are the experts
here delivering the addresses and an
swerlng the questions of orchardists.
On Tuesday morning the members of
The Agricultural faculty left for Park
dale. AT Pine Grove the work was
done under the auspices of the Pine
Grove grange. A. |. Mason presided
over the meeting.
The first lecture was that of Prof.
Boquet, who talked of truck gardening
and its relation to orcharding. Prof.
boquet told the orchardists that they
would not be able to make a great sue
ces in specialized truck gardening. He
advised the planting of such storage
crops between the trees as onions, po-
tatoes and celery. However, said
the expert. statistics will show that
a great many vegetables are shipped
into the state of Oregon every year.
This is a condition that should be rem
edled. Of course, there are many veg
etables that we cannot raise and that
we will find il necessary to ship into
our state. But there are many other
kinds that we can raise. We should
make an effort to supply our own con-
sumers with this truck. Portland can
be made the central distributing city.
And have been told that many of
the orchardists do not have any home
gardens. There is no excuse for an
orchardst purchasing any of his vege-
tables. He can have vegetables for
his table every day in the summer
months and during the winter as
we'll" "
The expert does not believe that in
tereroppng should continue between
the trees after they are four or five
years old. II the growers have a can
merry, he thinks many of the peas and
beans can be grown locally. Toward
the close of this lecture he told how to
make hotbeds and cold frames. "In
case you do not have manure to put
into hotbed. he said, ''use leaves.
You can also grow your seedlings in
the house or in hotbeds made by plac-
ing heaters under the soil +"
In the discussion that took place
after the lecture the questions brought
out the best varieties of plants to be
grows here. The best kinds of heas
lettuce for local paintings are tn,
Tennis Ball." '"May King anc
Way Ahead" early cabbage. 'Jerse!
Wakefield and "Glory". When
planting cabbage for COW feed the
danish Ballhead" is said to be al
excellent variety. Turnps are also
said to be an excellent winter COW
feed.
ITO get the best results from canta
loupes here" said Prof. Boquet, 81
think you will have to transplant.
Plant your seeds, three or four in 6
box, in your old strawberry boxes OF
in old tin cans, and then lift the entire
earth from the recepticle and place in
the hills. Celery is also a good plant
to be grown here. The celery plants
should bo transplanted Whether it is
potatoes or celery, you should make
the best selection of seed possible
The best cantaloupes for this regior
are the Rocky Fords. You may secure
pure seed from the Rocky Ford SeeC
Breeders Association, which has spent
ten years in producing pure seed -
The growers and the experts dis
cussed the tomato blight, scourgt
that seems peculiar to the ColumbiG
river basin. No one seems to have
been able to find any remedy for it
However, protection from the wind
and sun in cases seem to have pre-.
vented it. DR.. Stanton Allen stated al
the Monday meeting that he had founC
that by applying a solution of lime
sulphur to the roots of his plants he
he'd been able to prevent it as he
thought.
The value of carrots as a COW feeC
was brought out by Prof BOquet. He
declares carrots make one of the best
winter feeds. Prof. Thompson sug
gested that excellent results could be
secured from thousand headed kale anC
corn, the latter to be used as fodder
and the kale as green winter fooC
for both cows and chickens.
At noon the women of the Pine
Grove grange furnished bountifu
luncheon for the growers present. And
in the afternoon the addresses of the
other three experts followed Prof.
Cordley spoke on the value Of lime
sulphur as a spray. "No one fails to
realize its benefits as a winter spray.
he said, land many have come to think
it the best spray for summer ills, such
as apple scab. Bordeaux mixture has
been used for this, but out of l9 exper-
iments by leading horticultursts of the
country l6 have reported that lime-sul-
phur has given better results than the
Bordeaux. 1t has caused less burning
Of foliage and fruit. "
In the questions that were asked of
Prof. Cordley, one that brought out
the greatest lot of discussion was that
concerning the brown aphis. He stated
that it appeared around the rough bark
of the branches and did its work on the
fruit spurs. He suggested that one
spraying might be sufficient for the
brown aphis and the apple scab. "The
best time" said Prof. C0rdley, ''tO
spray for the apple scab is just as the
fruit buds are bursting. While the
best time for the aphis is when the
leaf buds are forming. A remedy may
be found for both by spraying at a
time between these two periods"
The lectures of the experts covered
to a great degree the same ground at
each place. On Wednesday they were
at 0dell and today they are at Park
Grange. However, the discussions Of
the growers Of the respective districts
have been bringing out the problems oi
the individual districts. Prof. Lewis
has been talking on "0rchard Prae.
tice" and Prof. Jackson on diseases