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Show I ;' - THE CONVENTION Jf. MATERALKES. j Farmers Meet in Accordance With Pro- I gram Published Last Week. I J, MAYOR GEO. MIDDLETON'S ADDRESS. ---Jjpr Professors Ilutt and Merrill Talk V Interestingly on Fruit Culture, 1 f Use of Water, Gtc. K I" nccordanco with tho program itk which wo published In our lust issue jJmt the farmers of Iron county begun their ' wW flrst convention last Moudny in this W, city. At the first meeting tho building E was not crowded, In fact it was not MM more than half fall, but n good repre-IjB repre-IjB 8f ntntlon of the practical farmers was "t ; present, and what they lacked In nuni-Hf'. nuni-Hf'. urs they made up in interest. Some K little difficulty whs experienced by the 'm Chairman, IIou. John Parry, in secures secur-es Ing some- one to conduct the musical K part of the exercises, but when he did "B succeed It went oft in line shapo under - the leadership of Mr. Willnrd Jones, Willi our friend John L. Jones of Enoch, nnd the organ, a clou second. 'M Mayor Mlddleton's address of wel-3f wel-3f enmo was made In that gentleman's J usual happy style, and served to put W , the visitors nnd tho farmers at ease 1 with each othor and contributed much JB to the interest of tho occasion. Ills TT Honor said ho considered an address of U welcome as called for by the program, unnecessary, as. our welcome would be shown by the way wo treated our -ylei tors, and although we are not very dera oustratlve at this first meeting, which ir Is probably owing to the fact that this ;' te temperance burg, aud nolhipg f- stronger than buttermilk Is obtainable, -&fe.. aur-rionds will And that before they fctfWM' " "theinVTh our1 heaxte. The g4ntlcinen. from the Agricultural experiment ntu- S tion ure here to t,lve us the benefit of their experience fn the science that lies at tho foundation 'of all prosperity, the J great science of agriculture. Numbers p" of people acquire fame for discovering a" new species of insect, or some pecu- !. llarity of the species that uro already 2 known, how much more Important are JLr- the discoveries and researches of men i along lines, such as the ones-that i we are to have presented to us at this r convention. It is said that at one time I' a mail who had ncquir.ed skill In shoot- log peas thru tho eye of n needle was '.- broughtboforo Alexander tho great to give that monarch an exhibition of his t . skill. After seeing the man's expert- iiths the king turned to one of his ofll-cers ofll-cers and told hlmto give the man u bag of peas, saying he believed In reward- Ing everyone according to his merits. - -In conclusion his honor tendered to tho gentlemen the freedom of tho city. Prof. Ilutt wnsinucji pleased with the welcomu extended and said It had not needpd tho wordsof the mayor to rauke ( '' them aware that they were among friends; they had uot been In our city an hour, before they were made to feel perfectly at home. lie was glad to learn that ho was In a temperance town and that the numerous bottles and flasks with which the road was lined between hero and the railroad had not ' ' been emptied by tho farmers of Cedar. The college had been requested to have their representatives talk on a considerable consid-erable number of subjects, allot which they would not be able to reach: but they would endeavor to sny something that would be of benefit to tho people. Each'member of tho faculty had his ... special lino of work assigned to him " and some of tho topics mentioned n tho letter sent to tho college did not come within the scope of the work that himself him-self nnd Professor Merrill had been do-ing. do-ing. Tho farmers must understand that the experiment Station could not sparo all of Us workers at ono time, and they only sent out those that wore of tho least use; tho ablest men being kept at homo to manage the station work. He liked tho looks of tho land In our county and was of the opinion that much of It that he had seen, especially on tho benches, Is admirably suited for fruit raising,' which is ono of - the particular branches that hqis work-i work-i '. W "P llt to Stftle WUerlmont station, - - thhj and vegetables being his special- tlesi Wo have it in our power to raise lltier fruits In the arldroglous thau can i! bo raised in any other part of the United States, owing to our ability to control tho water supply. This is also tho case with vegetables. Take potatoes pota-toes for Instance, tliey can be made either soggy or mealy, just owing to how and when you apply tho water. Tho soil is alwavs richer aud deeper in an aria climate than in a rainy one. This is owing to tho fact that there has not been sufficient rain to wash the fertility fer-tility out of It. With these favorable conditions within with-in our reach, hiv. wo getting what wo ought outof our orchards? Ho thought not. Pruning nnd spraying must bo done; the sunlight must be allowed to get at the fruit, and the insect enemies must be destroyed. He knew of no crops that would yield so much profit per acre ns a fruit crop, nor so much profit for the labor bestowed. In setting set-ting out an orchard the question of location lo-cation is an important ouo. Uench land Is tho best, and In a climate whero there is danger of frost a slope to the north is to bo preferred, ns tho warm sun in early spring does not bring tho trees Into bloom so soon and consequently tho blossoms are not bo iiKciy w oe Killed by the frost. In setting set-ting out nn orchard tho best varieties of trees should always be selected, nnd as far as possible those grown at home should be gotten. Trees nre not so liable li-able to live when they havo to travel a thousand or two miles as they arc when they can be obtained within a comparatively short distance of tho place whero they are to be planted. Auothor reason for preferring the home grown trees is that they aroaccllmated. If trees cannot bo procured ut or near home, rather than take chances-on chances-on importing from a great distance itf Is "belter to plant the seeds and graft or bud the yarletles that are wanted.! It is a common Idea thnt it requires ex-! traordluary skill to do successful grafting, graft-ing, but this Is not the case. When I was a boy.-said the speaker, my father employed an expert to do somu graft- work just-as well ns he did. Tfie trees" in muny orchards are starving to.death. Weeds are allowed togrdw among them nnd consume tho moisture aud strength that is in the soil. The ground shtiuld be cultivated and its strength preserved for tho sustenance of the trees that stand on t. Grass among trees takes away the sustenance that should go to tho tree. ' " (To bo continued.) |