Arizona republican., 1919-04-04
HAY CONGRESS OPENS MONDAY
 FUR b|G MEET.
Uniformity in Various Phas- es of Industry Sought - Big Session Planned-Al- falfa Banquet a Feature

The Arizona Hay Congress will open at 10 o'clock next Monday morning. new time, in the Water Users associ- ation building. Final plans and pro- gram for the congtess were pdactically completed yesterday according to an announcement by J. N. Jaggers, secre- tary of the congress, and everything is prepared to make the congress meet ing successful one,
 The purpose of the congress has been defined to legislate between dealers, producers and markets for uniformity Tn handling, marketing and growing al falta, one of the principal products of the Salt River Valley. The congress is to be held under the auspices of the Salt River Valley Hay Dealers associ- alton, which contains fifteen dealers, and representatives are expected from all the larger distributors of Arizona hay.
 One of the features of the congress is the banquet with which it will close Monday night. The banquet will be held in Donofrio hall and every dish on the elaborate menu will be made from an alfalfa product. The banquet is timed for o'clock and all desiring to attend have been urged to get their reservations at once, as the halls ca pacity is limited to four hundred per sons. The all-alfalfa menu prepared for the banquet follows:
 Iced Alf-ine, alfalfa noodle soup, a. falfa croutons, sandwiches of alfalfa bread and alfalfa-fed cold meat, alf-ine Jello, alalfa coffee, alfalfa tea, alfalfa mullins, alfalfa syrup, alfalfa layer cake, alf-ine ice cream, alf-ine after dinner hints, alf-ine assorted candy, and alf-ine chaser.
 Bi Session Planned
 The first session of the congress will be opened at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing by Governor Campbell. Among the addresses on the program, which prom ises to be far reaching and of vital inn portance to every producer, dealer and consumer of hay, will be a spech by Major Carl Hayden, representative in congress, on federal aid for road work. A A. Betts, chairman of the state cor poration commission and also chair man of the congress committee on freight rates, will also speak. c. C. Green of Glendale, president of the congress, yesterday named com mittees which are to gather special NsNeeA OAl eiAA AO0o piiclStS ciltt GiODltlIl of the industry, and urged that each committee begin work at once, that it might have comprehensive report and | recommendations ready for the con- gress. Each committee contains from eight to sixteen members The con- mittees and their chairmen:
 Proper care of hay for the market, A. R. Hineman, Mesa; baling hay, W. J. Osborn, Peoria; freight rates, A. A. Betts, Phoenix; rules for delivery Of hay to car, J. G. Peterson, Mesa grades, grade rules and inspection Leonard Nets, Mesa; committee on resolutions, Rudolph Kuchler, Glen dale; a permanent hay congress, c. c. Greene, Glendale. J. N. Jaggers oi Mesa is secretary of the congress proper
 Discussion at the congress will be devoted entirely to the possibilities of alfalfa from a scientific standpoint, and to improvements needed in the alfalfa and hay industry It is generally ex- pected that the decisions of the con- gress will in the future be the guiding hand for the producing, dealing and marketing of hay in the valley.