Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-10
SIX AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS
ASSEMBLE AT DAVENPORT
HOTEL DECEMBER 13
M. L. DEAN ISSUES PROGRAM
Meeting Will Be Devoted to Organi.
zatiOn, Marketing and Pro-
posed Legislation.

affil :ated associations, which meets
in Spokane Monday evening, Decem-
Der 13, at o'clock in the evening
has been issued by M. L. Dean, head
of the horticultural division OF the
state agricultural department The
meeting will be devoted to organiza.
tion, marketing and legislat on. Held
in conjunction with the meeting will
be the Washington Grade and Pack
Conference, Northwest Fruit Grow
ers' Conference, Washington State
Beekeepers' Association, Inland EN-
pire Beekeepers' Association and the
Northwest Potato Association Con-
ference. The meeting will be held
at the Davenport hotel and will con-
tinue until December II. The open
ing evening will be spent in q gen.
eral meeting.
Bohlke Will Make Address. =
December IA the conference will
open at 9 o'clock n the morning. with
tha~ call Ito order by H. c. -Rohlke,
followed by an address of welcome
by w. s. Gilbert. president Of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce.. re-
sponse, F. A. Virgins. vice-president
Of the Washington State Horticul-
tural Association; presidents annual
address. by H. G. Bohlke; How to
Keep Mice From Girding Trees" by
Theodore H. Scheffer of the U. 8.
Biological Survey; Small Fruit
Growing" by j. H. Stahl of the West
ern Washington Experiment Station
at Puyallup; ''The Grape in Wash
ington." by R. T. Reid, president OF
the Western Washington Horticul-
tural Society; discussion, led by II.
G. Darwin of Lewiston, Idaho
The afternoon session will open at
1915 o'clock with talk on the life
history and control Of the leaf roller
by Leroy Childs Of the Oregon Expe-
riment Station at Hood River; dis
cussion, led by R. H. Thompson OF
Derby. Montana, and J. c. Wood of
Big Fork, Montana; "Arsenical Resi-
due on Sprayed Fruits" by e. ].
Newcomber of the U. s. Bureau of
Entomology: Observation In Pest
Control" by DR.. A.. l.. Melander.
The evening session, which will be
devoted to spraying, will open at 8
o'clock with a talk by Professor c.
c. Vincent of the University Of Idaho
on the Effects of Dormant Oil
Sprays" and continued with dor
mant Oil" by B. G. Pratt Of New
York; DRY Lime Sulphur" by A. j.
Gunderson Of Cleveland, Ohio; Lime
Sulphur Solution" by C. J. Da Wise
Of Yakima; "Arsen,cals' by w. C.
Mills of San Francisco, and values of
other horticultural accessories by
representatives.
Discuss Apple Diseases Wednesday.
Wednesday morning session will
open with a discussion on apple scale
by D. F. Fisher of the U. S. Bureau Of
Plant Diseases: result of apple defects
in storage and transported tion by r.
r. Pailthorpe of the U. s. Bureau OF
Markets; diseases of the apple by
DR.. F. D. Heald of the State College
at Pullman; temperature effects on
fruit trees by Prof. o. M. Morris OF
the Washington State College; soil
fertility by Roy Larsen, soil expert
OF the Washington State College;
alfalfa, a soil builder. by E. S. Rob
ertson of the extension service Of the
Washington State College: "How t.
Prune for Efficiency" by Hon. w. p
Sawyer Of Wapato. 49,.
The afternoon session will be
opened by a talk on fruit transporta
ton problems, water versus railway
by J. Curtis Robinson. trafiic expert
Of the Northwest Fruit Exchange
discussion, by I. d. Richards, super
intendent Of transportation for th'
Northern Pacific: "The Northwes
Opportunity" BY c. I. Lewis. man