Arizona republican., 1913-11-29
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Visit of the Demonstration Train to Tempe Most Satisfactory - Farmers Express Pleasure With Lecture Course
Especial to The Republican)

 homes and education and industry the home of the Normal school and the city Of high pressure fire protectiOn-one Of the most beautiful places in the Salt River valley was the scenes of the eX- hibits which are now visiting the lead ing towns in behalf of the state of Ari- zona
 The demOnstra tiOn train was crowd ed all day and much interest was dis played by the many ranchers from all parts of Tempe and the surrounding country, automobiles, cabs, carriages and what not carried the people to and from the train from the time the cars appeared until they closed late in the afternoon.
 Frank Reed Sanders of Mesa inter ested a large crowd of dairymen with his lecture on Selection of the Bull' and said:
 Many Of our dairymen in the Salt River valley have an excellent herd of grade or native cows. The following methods are recommended for the inn provement of the herd Select a regist- cred bull of the Jersey, Guernsey. Ayr shire or Holstein breed whose ancestry has a good advanced registered record, after using this animal for or years, procure a bull of the same breed with little better ancestry in power of large production (milk or butter) and at the end of another three years select an other bull of still better breeding along dairy lines
 After these pure bred bulls have been used for or 10 years, the young ami mals that take the place of the present herd will be found nearly equal to the best registered stock in the production of milk and butter and they will be- come 7s per cent in the breed selected. This is an inexpensive and satisfactory way of improving our dairy herd"
 Prof. w. H. Lawrence of the Univer- sity of Arizona horticulture depart ment discussed Building the Orchard"
 MT. Lawrence said that great care should be taken in planting the trees and that the roots should be free of any dicease known, to trees and that the planter should guard against crown gall which infIicts and kills the roots. The professor also advised the farmers about the right methods of pruning. showing for illustration a two year old trees
 Mrs. w. H. Lawrence gave an inter- esting lecture to the Normal school girls and ladies of Tempe in the chair car on Household Helps" and every one seemed impressed and went away feeling satisfied that they learned something out of the ordinary. the nor nal girls especially.
 pr A. F. VinsOn of the University of Arizona spoke very fluently on Dates" and pleased the many men and woman that crowded into the chair car.
 Dr. Vinson said that the people of this country have very little to worry about when it comes to date growing. for in cleanness and packing of the fruit Americans far surpass the for eigners. but since they have the ad- vantage of experience over this country in picking the date Americans. how ever, are fast learning the methods of picking, which are different from the foreigners. pr. Vinson said that the date will grow on most any soil but that it needed large quantities of wa ter and warm weather. and that the people of America, should eat more of this fruit as it is a delicious breakfast food. He recommended the Berkett date in the highest terms as the very best for Arizona commercially l.. L. Bates, the Prescott dry farmer, who won 80 per cent of the dry farm ing premiums at the recent state fair is now travelling with the demonstra- tiOn train has on exhibition some of the finest specimens that can be found in the state MT. Bates has nine diff ferent kinds of beans, potatoes, pump kins, alfalfa sorghum fesenita, kafir corn, milo maize, turkey red wheat Jerusalem corn and many other varie- ties too numerous to mention. Mr. Bates has been congratulated many times for the fine specimens he has placed for the public inspections.
 c. c. Cash, principal of the schools here and many students visited the train ea".y in the day and was much
 delighted with the exhibits
 M. U. Buttenbourgh one of Tempe's leading real estate men carried in his auto a party of professors to. see the many fine farms here and all the pro- fessors- voiced their opinions in the highest terms in behalf of Tempe's fine farms.
 P. Aepli, the enthusiastic farmer of Tempe was among those present and liked the exhibits so well that he re- marked: T wish the train was here for q week, I wouldn't miss a day" = F. H. Simmons, the date grower. viewed the exhibits and was delighted with the work being accomplished by the farmers of the valley. MT. Sim mons has 36 different varieties of dates on exhibition in the demonstra- tion train.
 Dr. A. F. Vinson, pr. A. w. Morrill, and Prof. w. H. Lawrence leave for Chandler tonight where they will lec- ture and meet the train tomorrow at Mesa.
 Prof. A. M. McOmie was detained in Phoenix and will join the demonstra- ton train at Mesa on Saturday.