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

poultry products, and Instructor
Bouquet discussing methods OF mar
keting horticultural products.
AgronOmy Conference.
The conference of the seed grow
ers, potato growers and those inter-
ested in land drainage in this state.
all three of which have been called
to meet during Farmers week, prom
ise to be well attended IL correspond
ence coming in to the department of
agronomy at the present time Is any
indication. Farmers from every part
OF the state are showing interest in
these three conferences, although, as
might be expected, the drainage con-
ference will attract its largest at
tendance from the Willamette VAL
ley.
The potato growers, however, hail
from every portion of Oregon, and
Eastern Oregon Is by no means un-
represented with seed-growers. A
considerable amount of alfalfa seed
is produced in Eastern Oregon and 1t
is of good quality, while some seed
potatoes are also grown and consider
able seed grain. The yetch seed and
clover seed and potato seed growers
OF the Willamette Valley will be in
attendance in numbers.
The programme for all three con-
ferences are practically completed
and are strong and interesting. In
both the seed growers and potato
growers conference some of the more
important subjects already placed on
the programme are:
Present Markets and New Posi-
bilities for Oregon-G Grown Seed and
for the Oregon Potato" Breeding
Methods for the Production of High
Grade Seed" Standardization of
Oregon Seed Crops" Seed Produc-
tion From the Practical Growers
Standpoint" Seed Crops and Pota-
toes From the Standpoint of the
Buyer and Warehouseman," Potato
Disease and Insect Control" Manu-
featuring Possibilities for the Pota-
to-" etc.
Every important seed crop in the
state will be given consideration.
Oregon is unusually well favored,
both from the standpoint Of climate
and soil conditions and as to market
possibilities, for high-class and very
profitable seed production, and the
seed-growing industry should be
greatly developed. The purpose Of
the conference is to show Just how
this development may proceed.
The drainage conference will take
up not only the costs and methods OF
drainage as related to the individual
farm and the experiences and results
of many practical farmers who have
profitably undertaken drainage, but
also will give attention to the SUBJ
ject of district drainage-the costs
and procedure In connection with Or
ganization for the same.
Dairy Convention.
The leading speaker for the dairy
convention during Farmers week
will be Professor G. H. Eckles, chief
of the dairy department of the Uni
versity of Missouri. Professor Eckles
Is perhaps the foremost authority ON
matters pertaining to dairy produc-
tion in the United States. Professor
Eckles has conducted many expert
iments with dairy cattle, the results
of which have attracted wide atten-
tion and have been of much impor-
tance to the dairy industry.
He is the man who few years ago
discovered that o COW carrying a
great deal Of flesh at the time of
freshening and fed lightly for a few
weeks thereafter would draw from
this body flesh to supply nutrients
for the production Of milk and that
this milk will contain an abnormally
high percentage Of fat, showing that
many of the large present day tests
are a direct result Of this high fat
content of the milk.
A few years ago he went abroad
and studied dairy conditions in the
, European countries. He comes here
almost direct from Massachusetts.
where he addressed the Massachu-
sets State Dairymen's Association.
; Professor Eckles will address the
Oregon Jersey Cattle Club and tho
Oregon Holstein Breeders Associa-
(Cnncluded Piazza