Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-31
BEE, FRUIT AND BUSINESS
PICNIC PROVES A SUCCESS.

| The beekeepers', businessmen S and
! farmers picnic held Thursday was a
| big success even though the crowd
was not as large as it might have
| been. 1t is an interested audience
such as was present that makes an
occasion success.
! N. e. France of PlatteviIIe gave
very instructive talk on the benefits
derived from the honey bee. He en-
phaticalIy mentioned the value of bees
/ to farmers in cross pollination, which
| directly helps increase crop produc
! ton.
The trip through Ralph Twins Or
chard was treat to all fruit growers.
The orchard showed plainly good
spacing of trees, pruning for good
fruit and low branching and spraying
! protected the foliage and apples, al
lowing clean fruit and strong trees to
! develop. F. r. Clifford, state fruit ex-
tension specialist, carefully pointed
out a model tree which had been pur-
posely pruned by him for Mr.. Twins
! benefit
The picnic dinner was enjoyed by
all Immediately after dinner, c. Fl.
! Baxter gave a good address of well
come He very urgontly and wildly
brought out the formula for success
in the rich county of Grant, which he
aptly and clearly expressed in three
words: "WORK-SAVE-P
The Mt. Hope boys spray team gave
an excellent demonstration on the con-
troll of orchard pests. Arno Cairns,
the team captain, started the demon
stration with a talk about the home Or
chard possibilities in Grant county
He was followed by Ralph Cairns who
told of different pests. Fenton Abrams
next took up the control of different
pests. He explained the time and ma
terials to use for each spray His
team mates assisted him with charts
and actually mixed the materials i'll
| the correct proportions ready for the
! spraying.
The demonstration concluded with
the team captain explaining the use
and efficiency Of the different spray
outfits. Mr.. Ziegler had two Meyers
hand spray pumps on exhibition for
the boys to use and the Montfort spray
spray, this being used to show the
use of the power spray. The boys did
so we'll that Mr. Clifford decided that
they deserved trip to the state fair.
E. NJ. Cox, their local leader, will &C
company them.
The demonstration was interesting
and instructive to all and we are very
proud to know they are the first team
of boys in club work to demonstrate
the control of orchard pests in the en-
! tire United States. Their parents and
Mr.. Cox deserve much credit for the
J 4,,-s e.
proud that the boys are going to the
state fair to show their work to folks
| from all over the state of Wisconsin.
/ Prof. Roberts, state research spec
iaist, followed the demonstration up
with talk on apple grading and mar
keting. Prof. j. G. Morse, state Horti-
culturist, concluded the program with
telling how to pick show apples and
the value and benefits of home or
chards. He carefully told that uni
formity of color was more important
than uniformity of size. Both, how
ever, are very important in the snow
game.
John Morehouse undoubtedly did
more to make the picnic a success
than any other one man. We are glad
that such men as he are helping boost
Grant county. The beekeepers and the
fruit growers wish to thank all who
joined in making the picnic a SUCCESS.
The Rock school spray ring and
community club were well represent
ed. They not only had neatly printed
red ribbon badges on each individual,
but they also had posters on the wind
shields of their cars.
The Montfort spray ring also wore
neatly printed ribbon badges, whit4
with black lettering.
Joe Palmer and family represented
the Potosi section. Val Gunderman
and John Richards and sons repre-
scented the Keller district. Chas. Met
calfe and family represented North
Andover.
County Crop and Honey at State Fair
The county agent will be at Mil
waukee on the state fair grounds this
week He has charge of the exhibits
| in the county building and w. A
Johnson is in charge of the honey ex-
hibit.
Two truck loads of materials went
out of Lancaster for the state fair on
Friday to enable us to get the exhibit
in place by Monday morning. Co.
Agric. Agent.
The railroad bridge at Greenville