Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-04
over 600 CITRUS
ORCHARD FOLKS
TOGO TOSCHOOL
County Agent Louis H. Ais
meyer Announces Program
For Coming Events
(By L. n. AIsmeyer. County
Farm Aqent)

The subject ~ citrus fruit growing
a. one that il paramount Importance 20
the Valley farmers. They are beginning
., realize this more and more each day.
They also realize that we have an iD.
~ nse amount of capital invested IN the
CITRUS fruit industry. vet the Valley
frrmer is less informed If the care OF
the citrus orchard than aLy other branch
o. agriculture or horticulture.
4 great deal Of the future Of this Val
ley will depend upon the development cf
the citrus fruit industry Ia its proper
IIace in our agricultural program.
large part of the future of the Vale,
d.pneds upon the successful develop
ment Of this industry. But the Valley
farmers cannot carry out their plans
and hopes in those matters il they are
not properly informed ard guided.
With these facts in mind. We have
arranged 10 hold two citrus fruit schools
IN Cameron county. The schools VIII
Ia held at Brownsville and Ilarlingcn.
Tlat nj brownsville will bc held in the
district court room int he equity court
house. The location of the one nj liar-
l;ngen has not been announced vet. bat
the school house has been selected a
being a desirable place to hold H.
These schools will be held June 20 to
90 inclusive. and will be held simultan
etusly. The speakers and instruct
ors will be divided into two squads ard
they will change from one town to th'
other IN Tuesday night. One squad
will be in charge Of Mr.. Geo. w. John
son district agent and the other will
be- in charge Of County Agent Louis III.
Alsmcycr. This grouping Of the in
siruciors ard the changing from one
school to the other will give all Of the
people i'm the county n chance 10 benefit
by their instruction and advice.
The morning sessions will he devoted
fo lectures and class room work. while
the afternoon sessions will be devoted
Ia field or demonstration work such aS
spraying. budding. heating. irrigating,
etc. There will he one or two night ses-
sions ~ which time over two hundred
l.ntern slides will he shown in connec
tion with an illustrated lecture on part
of the citrus fruit industry. II is plan
ned 10 show n reel nf films on date
growing in the United States nnd two
reels of films on fumgation of citrus
orchards for tho control of insects.
A question box will also be operated
IL connection with the citrus fruit schooi
and both the county agent and the home
demonstration agent are ready for the
rcoplc To being to send int heir ques-
tions for the citrus fruit school.
This school will hc given by the ex-
tension service of Texas \. A VI. t"l-
icre. and will be offered free to the
Valley citizens who arc interested IL tn"
sucrcsSful development Of the citrus
fruit industry. At present over six hum
dred men and women have enrolled for
these two schools and il Is expected that
over two hundred more will enroll br
fore the orcning day.
The following is the program:
'Tyncs and Varieties of Citrus
Fruits" bv Sam Baker of Los FreSr"S.
Cost of Raising Citrus Fruit Or
chard 10 Maturity in the Valley" by
Sam j. Rakcr.
Methods cf Budding and Suitable
Root Stork for the Valley" by j. Il.
Hatton of Ia Feria.
THE Location of the Citrus Fruir
Orchard and the Protection bv Use oi
Windhreaks." by W. ii. Friend of Rio
Hondo.
Showing and the Display Of Citrus
Fruits" by W. Fl. Friend.
Heating and Frost Protection for
the Orchard" by w. :. Iarham, Assist
ant Director Of Extension Service. Tex
ns A. & NJ College.
Growing and Managing the Citrus
Fruit Orchard" by Prof. \. T Polls.
horticultural Dept Texas. \. N. tol-
lege.
"IIarvcsti and Packing II CrtrnS
Fruits" ~ Pref a. H. Pn:.s.
insects of the Citrus Frrt Grove"
~ r. r. Reppert. Extension S"r,irc
Entomolorist.
Spraying Citrus Trees" by Il Il.
Rcppcrt.
''Dscasrs of Citrus Fruit Trees" hy
T.. W. Halstcad. Citrus Canker Inspect
or.
Marketing e Citrus Fruits" official
Of Lower Rio Grandc Valley Citrus
Fruit Growers Exchange.
Cover Crops for the Orchard" h.
T. G. Richardson. Lvford.
"Snb-Trorical Fruits by County
Agrnt. Louis IT, Alsmeycr.
Canning and the Utilization of Cit
rus Fruits" hv Mss Myrtle l.ovelacc.
County Home Demonstration Agent.
Citrus Fruit Exhibits NJ the Houston
Fair" by Mort J.. RiNier. Houston.
See. Houston Fair Assn.
'''rhe Valley Fair" hy Paul J.. rhipps.
Harlinscn. president Of The Valley Fair
Association.
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