The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-30
PROF, TH0RNbER
GIVES fine TALK
Noted Horticulturist Visits Straw
berry Fields and Lectures
at School House

According W tlle ooh0iui0 oil
ranged by the Highlands Improve
ment Club and the Commercial
Club of this city. Prof. W. s.Thorn-
ber, the noted horticulturist OF Lew
;ston, spent Friday and Saturday
in Kennewick, opening the series OF
lessons, lectures and demonstrations
which he is to give during the sea-
son.
Accompanied by a committee
from the two clubs on Friday he
visited the strawberry fields of the
vicinity. The route covered the
whole length of the Highlands,
closing by trip thru the lower val
lev, including a visit to the fine
fields of Messrs. Allison, Storland
and Desgranges. He especially
noted soil conditions and methods
of cultivation and fertilization and
advised as to future treatment.
He heartily commended the AS
sociation's grade and pack, exprest
bis surprised at the magnitude which
the industry has already attained
and predicted a great future for the
strawberry in Kennewick.
A trip to Richards famous ber-
nv fields was made Saturday which
increased the Professors enthusiasm
for strawberry culture in the Kenne-
wick -Richland district. The result of
his observations will be embodied
in a talk at some conference with
the growers in the near future,
probably at the time of the next
visit which is scheduled for June
13 and IA.
These extended trips were made
possible through the great kindness
of Messrs. Hess and Rudkin who
placed their automobiles and their
services as conductors at the dis
posal of the committee.
The lecture Friday evening at the
high school building on "The Build
ing Of a Community" was study
Of the conditions necessary to the
health, wealth and happiness of an
agricultural community. The city
aud the agricultural district sur
rounding it have common interest
and should work in complete har.
mony.
He showed the lines of division OF
responsibility and emphasized the
need of honesty in all relations.
The Commercial Club should see
that there was honesty in the city
weights and measures, that state
ments OF accounts made were habit
ually correct and that fair dealing
was the rule always. The rural or
ganization should see that the farm
produce offered for sale was always
up to the standard, an honest grade
and an honest pack.
He instanced town where out
OF some three dozen scales exam.
med only two were found correct
and strangely enough none of thu
faulty scales erred in favor of tht
buyer, and he might have instancec
the fruit packages that go out from
the rural districts beautifully facec
on the surface but filled with in
ierlor and often worthless stuff be.
low. He emphasized the necessity
OF good schools with practica
courses OF study, good churches wei
patronized by all the people.
The whole lecture was packed
full OF excellent thoughts and sug
gestlons illustrated by actual ex
amples and pictures of actual scene,
,hrown on the screen by his excel
lent lantern.
ihe next lecture of the serie,
Will be given IN the rooms of tn,
commercial Club on the evening O
June IL. The general topics O
winch he will treat at his next visi
WIN De connected with peach grow
ing and the questions on strawberr,
culture suggested by his visit las
week.
Inc afternoon and evening O
last Saturday were spent in confer
ence with the fruit growers and tn
oommlttee at the Commercial Clu'
rooms. 1t is hoped that all frui
growers of the vicinity will feel fre
=" consult Mr.. Thornber in thes
iai'ernoon conferences on any prob
lems that may arise in their work