Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-17
CITRUS SCHOOL
FOR VALLEY TO
START JUNE S
Cameron and Hidalgo Coun-
ties Will Each Have Three
Days Of the Sessions.
Prominent Experts Coming

The citrus schools, which will be
held in Cameron and Hidaleo counties
next week. will De the most extensive
educational work in connection with
the development Of an industry ever
attempted in the Valley. The list of
federal and state extension service ex-
perts and Valley growers who have had
many years of experience in citrus cul-
ture. j. the most imposing ever pre-
sentcd Valley people. assuring a citrus
school which will be Of incalculable
value to the Valleys citrus industry.
DIR. W. W. Yother of Orlando, Flori-
day, entomologist of the u. s. Depart
ment Of Agriculture. who is rated as
one az the greatest authorities on in
sects injurious to citrus, has been Sc
cured. and will discuss citrus insects
and their control A number Of other
Department Of Agriculture experts will
participate. and their work will be sup
plemented by several Valley growers
who have made a close study Of the in
dustry in the Valley and are well in
formed in the conditions which are
found in no other citrus section Of the
United States.
In Cameron county the schools will
be held at Harlingen and Brownsville.
commencing Monday. June 25. and
closing Wednesday night, June 2s The
sessions will be held an the Rialto
Theatre at Harlingen and at the high
school auditorium in Brownsville. The
mornings will be devoted to lectures
and the afternoons will be largely de-
voted to field work.
In Hidalgo county the schools will be
held at McAllen on June 2s; Donna,
June 20 and Mercedes, June 30, accord
ing to the announcement by the Hidal-
county agent, Jno. W. Kirkpatrick.
In Cameron county the three days
session will be held in both Harlingen
and Brownsville. the Chautaqua system
Of utilizing lecturers at one point and
then transferring them to the next
point, having been adopted The morn
ing sessions will start at 3 O'Clock, and
the afternoon sessions mt 1870. A night
meeting will be held in Brownsville
Monday and at Harlingen Tuesday., the
night meetings starting at o'clock.
A. T.. Swallow. who has been connected
with the departments work in the Val
ley on former occasions will arrive here
Friday, and Saturday afternoon a meet
ing OF the Valley growers who are to
participate in the schools will be held
at Harlingen to conclude final arrange
ments.
County Agent Alsmeyer last week
sent out 125 questionnaires to Valley
growers requesting their opinion on
the various features Of the citrus
schools held last year. Fifty replies
were received. only one Of which con-
tained n severe criticism, which Is
taken TO indicate that the interest in
the schools Is general over the Valley
and that their value is fully appreciated
by the growers.
The speakers will be: DR.. W. w.
Yothers. Entomologist, u. 3. Depart
ment Of Agriculture, Orlando, Fla:
Ernest Barber. New Orleans, La; who
has been employed by U. S. Department
of Agriculture for the past IS years;
II. ii. Williamson, State Agent, Exten-
sion Service. A. 4 NJ. College,; Geo. w.
Johnson, District Agent. Extension Ser
vice: A. p. Swallow, Horticulturist Ex-
tension Service; r. L. Lancaster, Rural
Organization Specialist Extension Ser
vice: J. s. Sanders, w. p. Sutton of La
.Feria; 4. w. Halstead, Mission, j. b.
Chambers. Jr. Harrington; Sam J. Bak-
er. Los Fresnos: and J. A. Hickman, Rio
Hondo, President Of Lower Rio Grande
Valley Citrus Growers Exchange.