Arizona republican., 1913-12-04
DEMONSTRATION
 TRAIN AT YUMA
Great Interest in Visit of Travelling Experiment Station Exhibits and Lee tTers to Scene of Grow ing Yuma Project
Special to The Republican,

1 YUMA, Dec. 1.-After an aH-night r,de the demonstration train pulled , into Yuma al an early hour this morning and immediately after 9:&0 tke pupils of the Yuma high school and their principal, Grant Van Hoose, crowded through the we'll equipped trains for ever an hour and a half. Many of the students were busy talk ing notes while others were eagerly engaged viewing the many interesting exhibits.
 Miss Louise Boehringer, county superintendent of schools. also at tended the exhibits and took great delight in the interest displayed by her many scholars.
 Dr. c. c. BossIett. assistant state entomologist, gave an interesting lee ture on Spraying and Our Various Leaf Pests and in part said:
 The citrus pest is the principal pest in Arizona. It is minute in sect measuring only about one-thir- tcenth of an inch in length when full grown. The injury from the attack of the citrus thrips consists in curl ing and stumping the young tender foliage and in soaring the fruit rinds. The market value of the fruit is ser iously affected on account of the it's external appearance. Fortunately il prefers the outside fruit and does practically no damage to the fruit grown in the interior of the trees. The damage in Arizona is not so general or so sever as in the San Joaquin valley in California but in several groves it would pay well to spray to control the pest"
 F. R. Sanders. of Mesa, who for the past two weeks has done so well with his lectures was forced to leave the train on account of busi- ness
 w. w B. Mcconnell. of Phoenix. took MT. Sanders place and today MT. Mcconnell gave his first lecture which was very interesting on The Paving Cow" In part Mr Mcconnell said, The COW that does not give 200 ID. of butter fat per year should gC to the butchers block, but most ct the time it's not the cows fault that she does not give butter and milk but the owners because nine out Of ten times the dairyman does not take proper care of his cattle as he should
 Mrs. w. H. Lawrence spoke on Relation of Home Canned Fruits and Vegetables to Family Health" Mrs. Lawrence recommends that ev- cry family should provide a diet of f'uit and vegetables for every day iT4 the year. This would do much to eliminate the need of patent medicine laXatives that figure so prominently in many Americans bill of fare. II every home kept on hand enough canned products so that there might be can of fruits can of greens and a can of vegetables for every day in the winter there would be little need of IaXatives now so reg uIarly purchased from the corner drug store" Mrs Lawrence also said There would also be greater economy in the substitution of an in expensive food for more expensive ones"
 Prof s. F. Morse of the agricuI- tural experiment station of Tucson gave a mast interesting lecture on
 Maintaining Soil Fertility" It is commonly thought in this section of Arizona little attention need be paid to the fertility of the soil. Whereas the fact is a matter that should be provided to from the start The his