The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

special days in addition to lectures
which will be given the three remain
ing days.
One of the special days will be the
by-products day. Mr.. w. S. Brown
will tell about work of the Northwest
by-products committee, of which he
is member. Professor G. |. Lewis
will give an address on Establishing
and Maintaining the Cannery." Mr..
F. S. Brown will give his latest find
ings on loganberry juice, and also
his recent investigations on the evap-
grafton of fruits and vegetables.
Professor A. G. Bouquet will take up
Vegetables for the Cannery."
The division has decided to have a
prune day. The topics will be:
Pruning the Prune," V. R. Gardner;
New Prunes and Plums for Ore
gon," c. l. Lewis; Professor Lewis
has been getting some special statis-
tics on varieties of prunes and plums
for canning, evaporating and ship
ping for Oregon conditions. Mr.. F.
r. Brown will give an address on
standardizing and drying the prune,
in which he will give some notes on
the two years investigation of this
subject. Mr. w. s. Brown, field man
in horticulture, will give lecture on
the prune outlook. Mr.. Brown the
past Summer has visited many prune
orchards and obtained much data
concerning the problems which the
prune-grower has to face.
The third day will be devoted to
pruning and will be a very unique
programme. DR.. Atwood, of the bot
any department. will give an address
on PLANT Physiology as Related to
Pruning" This will be followed by
an address by Professor e. ], Kraus
on THE Study of Fruit Buds" which
will deal with fruiting habits of trees,
variety characteristics and factors
that control the bearing habits. Pro-
fessor V. r. Gardner will lecture on
Pruning the Bearing Tree"
The addresses start at o'clock in
the morning. In addition to lectures
listed there will be one on Nuts,
one on "Strawberries" and one on
Cane Fruits" by W. S. Brown.
"Fruit-Marketing Problems" will be
handled by Professor G. I. Lewis;
"Pollination of Fruits" E. j. Kraus;
PLANT Breeding for Practical Fruit
and Vegetable Grower" v. r. Gard
ner; The Outlook for Intensive
Farm Crops, Onions, Celery, Cauli-
flower, Tomatoes" etc, A. G. Bou-
quet. Professor A. l.. Peck will give
two illustrated lectures on Land
scape Gardening Applying to Rural
Conditions"
On Tuesday and Wednesday there
will be conference Of fruit inspect
ors to consider matters OF interest In
connection with inspection and quar-.
antine of horticultural products.
Conference on City Markets.
"The Public or City Market and
Its Relations to the Farmer" will be
the subject of one of the conferences
of farmers during Farmers week oi
this year at the Oregon Agricultural
College.
III nOluiuS SuCH CUulcTeuCc d'
this time we feel that we are under.
taking the discussion of subject
that is of the greatest Importance tc
every producer, namely that Of the
disposition of the goods. It is de.
sired that the question of the rela'
ton Of the public or city market be
considered from every viewpoint and
angle, both toward the producer and
the consumer. For this reason it Is
planned to have present at this con
ference representatives Of all bodies
who are personally interested in the
city market and its activities.
The reports of city markets the
state over will form leading part ol
the discussion; reports OF city market
masters or those who have beer
largely instrumental in caring for the
market will be heard and considered;
also reports Of producers catering te
the market will be freely discussed
The morning Of the conference
will be given over to various mem
bers Of the college agricultural stat
discussing the marketing Of the vari
ous kinds OF farm produce at the city
market, Instructor Samson dealing
with the meat market, Instructor
Lamb the marketing Of poultry ant