Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-28
Program for the
Western Maine
Fruit Growers
Meeting at Auburn

DO you dare to eat your apples in
! the dark" This is the question that
is being asked of orchardists in in
wiling them to attend the big West
| ern Maine Fruit Growers Annual
Convention which will be held Feb.
IL and IS in Auburn hall, Auburn,
under the direction of the Maine De-
| partment of Agriculture and the Au-
burn Chamber of Commerce cooper
ating.
"Come to this conference and we
will tell you how to grow the kind of
| apples you will like that will sell at
| a profit" the invitation reads. AL
most every phase of orcharding will
| be discussed during the two days, and
| largely attended and very profitable
sessions are anticipated. Among the
| speakers will be Paul G. Stark, presi-
| dent of the American Pathological
| Society; f. J. MacDonaugh. scientific
entomologist at Middleport, n. y;
| A. X. Gardner. crop specialist at the
| University of Maine; and State Com
| missioner of Agriculture L. P. WASH
| burn.
The program for the sessions was
announced Saturday by State Horti-
culturist G. A. Yeaton as follows:
| TUESDAY. FEB. IL
| 1000 A. NJ. Registration and exam
| lining exhibits.
| 1915 AM. Address of Welcome,
Mayor c. S. Cummings. Response,
| Fred s. Irish of Turner.
| 1880 A. NJ Containers for Shipping
| and Marketing Fruit" Wilson H.
I r,f p,,nI-Go1d Af "a
| oxford Bears Fruit Growers Asso-
citation.
| Ills A. NJ. Demonstration of grading
and packing apples TO hold in cold
| storage. Fred c. Sturtevant, State
Dept. of Agriculture.
| 1870 +. NJ. Results of Spraying and
| busting Experiments in 1929" Will
liam L. Doron. pathologist, Mass.
| Experiment Station.
| 2.45 =. NJ. Pruning and Its Effect
on Fruit Production" Professor II.
! =. Sweetser. professor Of Horticul-
ture, University of Maine.
$50 p. NJ. Round Table, in charge Of
State Horticulturist Yeaton. This
| will be a clearing house for all or
| chard troubles.
! Ais p. NJ. Examining exhibits and
/ social hour.
100 p. NJ. Supper at New Elm
| House, Evening session In dining
room. busting the Orchard and
How to do it,
WEDNESDAY. FEB IL.
go 4. NJ. Orchard Insects and
How to Control Them" F j. Mac
Donaugh, scientific entomologist
! Middleport. \. Y.
! 1915 A. RI. "Fertilizing the Orchard"
a. X. Gardner. crops specialist
University of Maine.
10.45 AN. Effect Of Neglected Or
chards on the Fruit Industry" DR..
G. NJ. Twitcheil Of Auburn.
! 1l.30 A. NJ. Legislation to Compel
! the Cleaning up of Neglected Or
| chards as Passed by Other New
England States" Hon. F. P. Wash
! burn, Maine commissioner of agri-
! culture.
100 p. NJ. 1.-THE Cannery as a Mar
| ket for Our Apples" E. E. Conant
OF Buckfield.
| 200 p. NJ. Outlook for Orcharding
| in the Future" Paul c. Stark. pres
| ident Of American Pathological So
| ciety.
zoo P. NJ. Round table and general
| dicussion.
/ ROUND TABLE TOPICS
The following topics win be taken
up in the round table discussions:
| What is the business outlook for
the next few years in growing fruit?
| What Is going to be the trend Of
fruit growing in Mainee
What experimental work is needed
along fruit line in Maine?
What dust mixtures have given the