Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-07-11
..vR WHEAT CONVENTION
! .srrs BIG HIT WITH FARMERS
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W anr
n ~ gypsum was not used returned
% tons. He used the fertiliz-
!. the rate of 200 pounds per
80 and paid SIS per ton for the
II gypsum.
Mr.. Curtis also told of his ex-
..anoas with wheat on alfalfa soil,
K so,ating that last year. an unfavor-
Ma one for wheat the fifth con-
snnous crop of wheat on soil that
- hoen in alfalfa for eight years
i arovious to the first wheat planting,
h relded 80 bushels per acre, while
adjoining summer fallow land the
laid was about 13 bushels.
II Luncheon in Gymnasium
n moan E. f, Johnson's address, ex-
,rocts from which appear elsewhere
d this paper, was given just after
+ the visiting farmers had partaken of
ca bo luncheon served by the home &C.
oromics department of the college
!, the gymnasium and the new ex-
nerment station director made a
distinct impression on the visitors,
many of whom met him for the first
,W time Tuesday.
NH The purpose of the meeting was
outlined at fhe luncheon by Roy
" perringer of Belmont, president of
u the Washington State Grain Grow
h ers. Shippers and Millers association,
ononsors for the annual wheat con-
ypntion in January and this year for
III Tho first time the one-day summer
Il session of the wheat convention. The
summer session plan was conceived
" bv Senator r. C. McCroskey of Gar
n field who saw, in the fact that at
This time of the year the scores of
BH grain experiments conducted on the
i. station farm are in state that show
h III concrete results. an opportunity for
the members of the association to
M sain much farming knowledge that
" will profit them in their individual
agricultural enterprises.
Nd In short talk to the farmers SEN
,E ator r. c. McCroskey of Garfield,
~ for score of years a regent of the
Institution urged the Importance of
NM an observance by the progressive
a farmers of the methods employed On
the station farm. He called atten-
ton to the fact that the college pol
r. 81,
and that the college farm produces
w vastly better yields under this plan
than the practical farmer who fol-
lows his own inclinations alone.
Regent E. r. Coman of Spokane
requested the farmers to make
known TO the college officials the eX-
periments which they most desire
conducted and urged that they fol-
low closely the results of these ex-
al periments and visit the station farm
frequently. Houston McCroskey
mentioned the urgent need for the
~ Development of the live stock side
Of the agricultural industry as a part
OF the investigational work of the
station, phase of the work which
has been necessary to neglect to
,MH certain extent because of insuffi-
l@ II Gent funds.
Farmers See Live Stock
~ Inc farmers arrived by automobile
itesday morning and the days pro-
lMH Gram commenced about II o'clock,
~nen the visitors were escorted to
Tue barns and pens on the college
arm TO view the live stock, much
which has won blue ribbons at
ellous state fairs and stock shows.
- especial interest to the visitors
MI was the institutions premier herd
tbd ualry cattle, while the beef cattle,
arg 'aeep and hogs also came in for their
sup 'aare of the favorable comment.
AT 1890 the visitors were guests
veal y the college at luncheon and at 2
'a 0eioeK In the afternoon the farmers
'ere divided into groups for the ex-
uislon over the experimental fields,
@'n group being in charge of COM
bic petent guides.
Ater a couple of hours during
Az '0h the plots were inspected the
"efs We're taken to the college
u''orium, where they were enter
"eu by the faculty of the school
y. %, music at a music recital. Organ
~ b mpefs were rendered nv Professor
SaN ~ w. soprano solos by Mrs. Ina
~ snt Herbst, and piano numbers
OIL mss Miriam Zimmerman. Or
y. parts for the latter numbers
sa prayed on organ and piano by
5si Ps,., Misses Ruth Brockway and
Edith Mcbride.
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