Arizona republican., 1913-12-07
TUCSON AND MORALES
 RECEIVE DEMONSTRATION
 TRAIN WITH ENTHUSIASM
Santa Cruz County Seat Greatly Taken With the Train Work of Last Year Bearing Good Fruit in Increased Attendance
(Special to The Republican,

(SDoCldI to 1ile INepuOIi1t'iAi MORALES. Ariz, Dec. 4-The University of Arizona demonstration train met with an extraordinary re ccption from the people of NeGaIes today who flocked to hear the lee lures and see the exhibition cars. They came from ali parts of the country The chamber of commerce, schools and business men endorse the undertaking, saying that it in creased interest in tEe university and in farm work especially and results in an appreciation ot the work of the states leading educational in stitution. The effect of last veal $ demonstration is bearing fruit. That the train is great success IS con ceded upon all sides. and wherever t stops it is visited by crowds Of farmers from the surrounding region, all finding subjects of interest and al going away with valuable and useful information gathered in their visit.
 w. w. Mcconnell of Phoenix gave an interesting talk on "Selecting Dairy COWS, as follows:
 The task of selecting q dairy herd is one that should be entered upon with a great deal of thought and care. The animal that is to be fed fer beef is chosen for it's supposed ability to make meat, and at the end of a comparatively short feeding per ;od it goes to market Whether it has made money for its feeder or not 1t goes to the block The dairy COW is selected for Ions period of ser vice and if a good COW, should go h,,, fls The intelligent dairyman and busi- ress farmer puts himself in q posi- ton to know which of his cows are being kept at a profit and which are not. The amount of butter-fat given during the wear is the first test Of the value of d dairy cow
 Prof. A L. Finger assistant en- eineer of the Arizona Agricultural station, gave an interesting lecture on Pumping for Irrigation" Prof. Finger said in part: "WindmiHs in Arizona arc one of the commonest features of the landscape, and one of the most pleasing In some sections of the state every homestcad requires d windmill to complete it's equipment, and to the catticmea the Windmlls arc indispensable The commonly used measure of the wind is the mum Der Ct miles that Ii travels. or tha number of miles of WIn that passes by a place. say twenty-four hours. or
 in a month This is called the wind movement and is obtained by means cf q registered ae~onometer. The power of the wind. however. is not measured directly by the velocity. but nv the cube of the velocity. Thus d ind blowing ten miles per hour has eight times as much power as one blowing five miles per hour"
 Prof w. H. Lawrence Of the uni Versity lectUred on Pruning of De ciduous Orchards" Prof Lawrence brought out many interesting points anC in part said: There is probably no horticultural operation about which more dOgmatic advice has hcen given than pruning. Among practiced fruit growers there is much diversity of opinion. and this is due 1 in most cases to the attempt to mas | ter all the details without previously obtaining true conception of the principles involved. The orchardist | who has recently arrived from the | east and who has been accustomed l to the rule of thumD pruning find | himself totally a { sea in the strange 1 climate and soil conditions of the arid southwest. Every fruit tree |