Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-07
AGRICULTURISTS ARE
HOLDING CONVENTION
PAY VISIT TO SALEM
Came From Corvallis To In
Vestigate LOganberries
And Prunes

Famous agriculturists to the number
of S5, men holding responsible positions
in the colleges and agricultural institu-
tions Of the northwest, we've visitors
in Salem today. They are members of
the Western Agrieulturists society,
holding its first annual session this
week at Corvallis.
Arriving from Corvallis this morning,
the party was taken in autos a short
ride out to the Cunningham loganberry
tract and this afternoon to Rosedale to
investigate prune conditions in that Sec
tion.
The program for the first annual
meeting this week at Corvallis opened
Monday morning with an address by c.
1. Lewis, professor of horticulture of
the o. A. c. ''Some horticultural Prob
lens in Utah" was the subject of an
address by M. C. Merrill, professor of
horticulture of the Utah agricultural
college. "Clover cropping and building
up Of orchard soil in British Columbia y
was discussed by B. Hoy, assistant pro-
vincial horticulturist Of Kelowna, B. c.
R. L. Ringer, who has a number of
friends in the city addressed the soci-
ETY. on "What the U. S. bureau of mar
kets does for the fruit grower" He is
now with the department of agriculture,
bureau of markets.
A subject Of interest to apple growers
was discussed Tuesday by G. P. Weldon,
chief deputy commissioner of horticul-
ture, Sacramento, Calf. He spoke on
''The work we are attempting in Cali
fornia and its relation to the apple in
dustry of Washington and Oregon" F.
G.. Reimer, southern superintendent Ore
gon experimental station at Talent, Ore
gon, spoke Tuesday before the society
on "Oriental pears and their Importance
to American horticulture. :"
The horticulturists were initiated in
to the mysteries of Loju, Phez and Ap-
plju before returning to Corvallis this
afternoon. They will spend Thursday
with an inspection trip to the expert
mental plots of the Oregon experiment.
al station and Thursday start for a
camping out trip to Mary's Peak, the
highest point in the Coast range. While
on this trip they will be the guests of
members of the division of horticulture,
of the Oregon Agricultural college.
Among the men prominent on the
coast in horticultural work who attend
ed the first annual meeting at Corvallis
and who were in Salem today are the
following:
G. 1. Lewis, professor of horticulture
Oregon Agricultural college.
NJ. C. Merrill, professor of horticul.
ture, Utah Agricultural college.
B. Hoy, assistant provincial horticul'
turist, Kelowna, b. G.
E. &. Bennett, field hortieulturist
University Of Idaho.
II. L. Ringer, bureau Of markets, U
s. department of agriculture.
R. j. Barnett, professor of pomology
Washington State college.
L. D. Bachelor, University Of Califor
mai.
E. j. Kraus, professor of horticulture
research, 0. A. G.
G. P. Weldon, chief deputy commits
sioper of horticulture, Sacramento, Cal
A. D. Shamel, bureau Of plant indus
try, department. of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. G.
M. S. Middleton, provincial horticul
turist and inspector Of fruit pests, Of
British Columbia.
+. M. Clement, University Of Britisl
Columbia.
r. C. Treherne, Dominion entomolgist
f. G. Reimer, superintendent southern
Oregon experiment station.
M. L. Dean, chief division of horti
culture, department of agriculture, o.
Olympia, Washington.
C. B. Wood, of the horticultural com
mission of Yakima, Wash.
Others who registered today ana wh'
are prominent in the agricultural worl
of the northwest were: c. c. Vincent
Moscow, Idaho; E. F. Stephens, Nam
pa, Idaho; Guy Graham, Boise, Idaho
+. S. Coe, White Salmon, Wash; j. R
Fletcher, Vancouver, Wash; M. S. Mid
dleton, Victoria, B. c.; w. L. Hunter
Pintistae, B. c.; Chas, Knight, Vancou
yer, Wash; E. w. White, Victoria, B
c.; Luke Pouelle, Prosset, Wash; F. M
Rhoder, Seattle; J. L. Stahl, Puyallup
Wash; A. L. Strausy, Missoula, Mont.
G. +. Kinman, U. S. department of ag
riculture of Sacramento; A. F. Barss
Corvallis