Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-26
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CITRUS FRUITS
ATTEND SCHOOL
Cameron County Citrus Fruit
School Has Auspicious OPP
ening- Change Program


ed the first session of the citrus fruit
school in Brownsville this morning, in
the district court room, at which the
principle numbers on the program were
talks by Mr.. c. II. Alsmeyer. county
farm agent, and Prof. c. II. Potts of the
A. & NJ. College. The Harlingen school
viii open tonight.
According TO Mr.. Alsmeyer. the pro
gram as outlined is going to be carried
out in spite Of the flood conditions, "a
there is "a large quantity of work tina;
must be done and Prof. Potts and Others
who are down here doing the work, will
not be able to remain longer than the
specified time. Prof. W. II. Friend was
not able to be here on account of the
washout, so his subject, Location OF
the Citrus Fruit Orchard and the Use OF
Nindbreaks." was handled by the other
two speakers, Mr.. Alsmeyer talking on
the location of the citrus fruit orchard
and Prof. Potts on the use Of wind
breaks.
Ia speaking of the location Of the
orchard, Mr.. Alsmeyer stressed the point
that il should be as near square as pos
sible. should not be too close to the
road. but should be near the house in
order To ensure its care and make il
convenient TO the owner. Ii should be
on deep soil that is easily irrigated and
drained
On the subject of windbreaks, Prof.
Potts brought out the fact that trees
such as the eucalyptus. date palms, or
fan leaf palms are good for windbreaks.
He said that what the citrus fruit grow
er needed was not a solid bank, but
something TO check the wind an ALLOW II
TO sift through. Trees that were used
for windbreaks should be quick growers
and should not harbor any kind of
pests that might be injurious to the cit
rus trees such as oleanders do.
DIR. Richardson's comic monolouge was
enjoyed by all.
In his regular talk of the morning on
the care of young citrus trees Prof
Potts asserted that better care should be
taken Of citrus trees while they are
young. as a citrus tree will live for
fifty years. and when YOU take care Of
one you are preparing for the future.
IT is better. he said, TO sacrifice some
other crop than to sacrifice the young
citrus trees.
From l:l5 10 las free picture was
shown at the Dittmann Theatre on fun
igating citrus trees and also the growing
of commercial dates instead Of orna-
mental dates only. Following the pic
ture. Mr.. Alsmeyer talked to the school
at the district court room on the sub
ject Of commercial date growing. He as
serted that dates could be grown AT
less expense than citrus trees. and that
they were as valuable is not more so
The Valley may develop into date
growing sector some day, said Mr.. Ais
meyer.
Prof Potts will give an illustrated
lecture towommow night n; s o'clock at
th. Queen Theatre. The Queen orches-
trs will entertain the audience with mus
ic. The lecture VII be on orchard man.
agement.
In the intervals between the talks
interesting discussions were held in
which large numbers of those present
took part. Questions were answered
which had been placed in the
question box, and more were asked and
discussed in the session. Samples OF
many kinds Of citrus fruit were used
in the talks and discussions. and lively
interest was shown hy all present
throughout the session.
Program for Tuesday, June p as fol-
lows:
g:O0-9:I0 a. m.-"Hsrvesting and Pack
ing of Citrus Fruits" by Prof. a. +.
Potts.
a:s0-9:l5-M Musical number.
9;45-I0: 30-"The Showing and Display
of Citrus Fruits" by W. ii. Friend OF
Rio Hondo.
10: 3O-ll l0-The proper heating Of the
citrus orchard and frost protection,
by w. Il. Lanham, Asst. director OF
Ext. service.
Musical number.
li:l5- Noon Marketing of Fruit. by ].
A. Hickman, president of Lower RIO
Grande Valley Citrus Fruit Growers
Exchange.
l:s0-s:D p. m.-Demonstration. Or
chard management, by Prof. A. 7.
Potts.
7:30-s.00 p. m-Band Concert.
S:00-s 25-" Extension Service Work and
Polic.es." by W. Il. i.anham. assistant
director OF extension service. Texas
A. a NJ. College.
s:25-9: :30-Illustrated lecture, Orchard
management.
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