Arizona republican., 1913-11-30
FARMERSCROWD
 THROUGH TRAIN
Mesa and Chandler Furnish Large and Enthusiastic Crowds for Expert Agri- culturists' Demonstration on Southern Tour
Especial to The RepublicanO

cry clly, turned out Tn large numbers 1 to view the interior of the demon | stration train which arrived here | from Chandler this morning at | 11:47. The largest crowd that has | ever visited the train this year view | ed the exhibits with the greatest in- | teTest
 This is the home town of Frank | R. Sanders, the noted cattle breeder i and farmers within a radius of | thirty miles came and heard MT. l Sanders talk on cattle and live stock 1 in general. MT. Sanders spoke for | fully an hour and a half on the | Paying Cow He compared the body of the COW from the shoulders to the hips as the boiler of the COW and said if this particular part was kept in good order that the farmers need worry but little about their stock MT. Sanders spoke on each of the cows which are on ex- hibition individually, describing the necessary means of keeping each in good order
 Mrs. w. H. Lawrence as usual in terested a large gathering of ladies with her fine lecture on Household l Utilities. Mrs. Lawrence again lec | tured in the evening the car to- 1 day was full to seating capacity. No doubt the fireless cooker will be used more than ever before in the valley 1 for the women folks here seemed to take more interest in this cooking | devise than all other kitchen utilities 1 combined. After the lecture Mrs. 1 Lawrence said "she had never be- fore spoken to a more enthusiastic l audience in her experience" | Miss Myrtle w. Ferguson, the in
 structor of domestic arts of the
 Mesa high schol was among those
 present and took notes continually of Mrs. LaWrences statements.
 w. B. McBrayer of the Mesa Free 1 Press viewed the exhibits and com plimented the farmers of the valley
 in the highest terms and said that the Arizona Republican deserves
 great credit in sending a man along
 to accompany the train. It shows 1 interest in their welfare that is com 1 mendable"
 l Judge Irwin of the Mesa Conner l cial club was among those present and expressed his opinion and said
 that the cars this year are a great deal peter than those of last year both in an educational and conner
 cial way.
 w. A. Mcdonald of Mesa has Pn
 exhibition in the demonstration trf'in the Ayershire cow This COW is used to illustrate the type of cattle that Mir Mcdonald has taken most in terest in. He is the pioneer breeder | of this section and the first man to introduce the Ayrshire into the valley. This COW is the daughter of 'Ex- ception" She was unbeaten in the 1912 coast fair and won high honors at the eastern fairs in 1913, she is d typical Ayrshire
 pr. A. w Morrill,. the store ento- mologfst, gave a very interesting lec-
 ture on the The Cotton Worm and
 the Cotton Boil Worm" and said
 in part:
 'The cotton worm so far as known attacks cotton only. It is well known
 to cotton planters in the east where it becomes exceedingly abundant about once in three or four years
 and strips the foliage from the plants unless poisoning is resorted
 to- This insect multiples so rapidly
 that in one season the progeny of a
 single moth amounts to over 300 bill
 lion individuals-enough to encircle
 the earth or the equator three times
 A few specimens of these insects
 were found by myself on cotton in
 the Salt River valley and near Tue
 son during August 1913"
 As far as known, however, they
 were not injuriously abundant. Dust
 
 green by means of dust gun or by
 means of bags fastened at the ends
 of pole and carried by man on
 horseback is a satisfactory method
 of controlling the cotton worm
 Prof. G. F. Freeman of the Uni
 versity of Arizona, gave very in
 teresting talk on "Cultivation of AL
 falfa," and as a summary, said: At
 a trifling cost varying according to
 individual circumstances, cultivation
 kills the weeds; destroys the egg deposits and larvae of injurious in sects; breaks up the silt blanket re- sulting from the use of muddy ir- rigating water, allowing better pene- 3 tration of water and air to the roots of the crop; and to some eX- tent incorporates beneficial sedi- ments and fallen alfalfa leaves with ? the soil" f-i q pr. $. F. Morse of the University ] of Arizona, discussed very fluently Farm Management" He pointed out by means of a large chart the right and wrong methods of building 8 and buildings on the farm, how each R section should be part of the whole 4 instead of having the different build \ ings scattered all over the farm \ they should be so arranged to be in Il direct cooperation with one an \ other.
 A. c. Bartlett assistant state en- K tomologist was a busy man as usua E discussing the different insects with the many who passed through the agricultural train.
 Prof A. M. McOmie of the eXperi- ment station. returned to the charge k of the demonstration train having taken two days to complete arrange ments for the southern tours. He refrained from going on the pro- gram at Tempe, Chandler and Mesa K as six other men from the university were present and he wanted them tt get acquainted with Salt River val ley farmers. He arranged a double header for Friday night leaving Dr IO C. Bartlett, Mrs. w. H. Lawrence