Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-15
FARMERS Of
STATE WILL
CONVENE
IN |. A.
Fifty-fOurth Annual Conven
ton of Fruit Growers and
Agriculturalists Promises
to Be Largest in History.

Announcement is made by Geo. H.
Hecke, Director Of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, that all plans
have been perfected for the Fifty
fourth Annual Convention of the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers and Farmers
which will be held in the Auditorium of
the State Exposition building, Exposi-
tion Park, Los Angeles, October "a -26,
inclusive.
This convention will undoubtedly be
the means of bringing together the
largest attendance of individual fruit
growers and farmers, of any similar
endeavor in the State of California,
as this state being the pioneer in the
cooperative movement, as we'll as be-
ing foremost in the cooperative move
ment. as we'll as being foremost in
productions and shipment of citru
fruits and agricultural products, many
questions intensely interesting will be
discussed.
The topic for the first day, the Oath,
will be problems confronting the CO.
operative marketing movement dis
cussed by the leading authorities IN
the United States on this subject, IN
cluding such men as C. C. league,
president of the California Fruir
Growers Exchange, and the Callfor-
MIA Walnut Growers associations; r.
N. Wilson, secretary of the Agr.cul-
tural Legislative committee; George
Morrison. of Los Angeles; Colonel
Harris Weinstock, former state mar.
ket director; Frank T. SWEET of ;he
California Pear Growers; F. H. Will
son of the California Peach and Fig
Growers; j. M. Henderson, Jr., April
cot Growers, and w. H. Walker, presi-
dent of the California Bureau Fedora
tion.
The second days program will deal
with the present status of the water
transportation situation, involving re-
lief from the disastrous high freight
rates to eastern markets, discussed
by F. w. Whitcomb of the California
Fruit Growers Exchange, and in the
afternoon, the breakdown in the ma
chinery Of distribution for agricultur-
al crops during the past season to-
gether with an analysis of the rea-
sons for the disastrous failure as we'll
as suggestions for remedying the sit
uation, discussed by G. Harold Powell
Of the California Fruit Growers Ex-
change.
Wednesday, the Goth, has a popular
program from fruit growers and in
vestigators, touching on two of the
most timely problems of California
fruit growing, the reason for the de-
cline of the old orchards, and pruning
practice. The old orchard problem,
both citrus and deciduous will be pre-
sented by outstanding successful grow
ers, F. B. McKeavitt for deciduous,
and C. c. Chapman for citrus, the dis
cussion led by DR.. j. O. Whitten of
the College of Agriculture, for citrus
The pruning question will be presented
by DR.. Whitten, dean of American
pomologists, and discussed by Geo. P
Weldon of Chaffey Junior College of
Agriculture. Dean Thos. F. Hunt will
deliver an economic analysis of farm
ing under California conditions, a dis.
cussion of the utmost Importance il
the present period of high production
costs.
Tuesday evening, the 25th. the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce viii
tender banquet to the several guests
of honor, including Governor VIM. d
Stephens and Secretary of Agricul
ture Henry c. Wallace, who is ex
pected to be present for the convention