Show UT UTAH An JURISTS MEET 44 AND PLAN fOR BETTER fRUIT What President says Damage to crops In tho the United States annually by Insect pests pes is estimated at at tho stupendous aim uni of A largo large amount of 01 this loss is homo borne bore by hy the fruit frit industry 0 One of the tho problems to bo be b solved Inthis in inthis inthis this state sat ia Is how bow to turn tun to profit that tat which goes to t waste in the orchard Ono One cannot but be Impressed with the canot b te vast amount Ut aO of fruit and other products pro ducts duct of tho the farm fn that tat are arc arc allowed to togo togo t handling han ban go to waste wat and which by proper cUing might mgt be turned to a a profit We need more moro canneries Jelly jely and ad Jam factories evaporators vinegar factories factories fac fac- fac tories and ad such other industries that toes will wiil wi turn t into commercial products the to waste from tho the farm farni Crl Almost Alost from front the te beginning of time there tee has Iu ha been ben raised the te cry cr of or over over- production Is there thero thee danger dager of overproduction overproduction over over- production of ot fruit We Wo answer yes y thee there is always danger daer of ot an overproduction of inferior fruit frt But who has ha ha ever duon seen any ay market maket overstocked with first class products of any kind r rIn 4 kid In 1895 th there re were vere grown in the te gow United States barrels barels of apple apples ap ap- pies ples in i 18 1896 6 barrels barels from these dates date there there has bas been boon a gradual decrease in apple growth notwithstanding lag ing the te fact fac that the west wes has been en Increasing increasing in in- creasing in output i A part of or tho the mind md energy of or tho to tofit fruit pa grower should be given to a a study tudy b shoud fit of ot how bow gower to make his hs home borne more pleasant pleast his surroundings more sanitary and ad beautiful With an attendance of about of the leading fruit frit growers of Uth Utah tho the fifth annual convention of the tbt State Horticultural society convened con tins this morning in armory hail ball for a two tto nays days days' ay momi session ion With tho the opening of tho the meeting meet meet- Wih in ing th the spirit of enthusiasm which will wi prevail throughout tho the convention was evident and ft it t is apparent that the hor bor- horticultural interests of the state tato will wi bo be given n a decided boost J en During the meeting e everything of interest in- in in Durn terest to tho the industry will wi ho bo brought up and settled Questions which have hae bothered the growers for lor years war past put both scientific and natural will i be sctt set act tied d bj by persons who nr are expert epert in in tho the t various lines line Questions of pests planting irr irrigating fertilizing picking shipping and seln selling will mi be bemon among mon the discussions Tho The growers crower will wi go o back to tl their farms prepared to to start in in the fruit frit industry in a now I light ht and under better conditions than heretofore beter The Tho attendance this morning morin was far above o abo that thaI expected for th the tho opening which goes noes to show that interest in fruit growing rotin in iu Utah is rapidly in creasing Tho The session ws opened by bJ an invocation tion ton b by John P. P count county hort- hort horti- horti inspector Presidents President's Report The Tho annual report oC of President ident James G. G of Provo Prove was wa received with enthusiasm I It was a n remarkable summary summary sum sum- mar mary of tho the industry of fruit growing from tho the standpoint of planting raisin raising raising rais rais- in ing fertilizing picking shipping and aud selling of tho fruit fruit It I was compi compiled Her alter extended experience Ho lie said Up to t the th year rear 1896 when the state 1 board of rd of or horticulture luro was appointed b by GO ov Heber M M. M Wells Well elp under Ulder the law Jaw creating cre cr that board there had not been ben shipped out of the state In solid foUd car cr lots lota to o exceed ten cars re of fr fresh h fruits DurIng During Dur Dur- ing the year eai 1908 there thero were shipped more morl than 1200 cars In addition to tho vast Vt quantities sent nt out b by express By careful care care- ful ml calculation taking tho the tho number 01 of i- i ie acre e of of trees j no now In fn b bearing and th the tho number of acres cr s planted but not in bearing bear- bear lag ing It Jt U Is estimated there will wl be b shipped out out out-of of the state within tho next fow few years veers at ft J least at cars of ot fruit frit annually when to these th 80 estimates Is added the product of the large acreage that will 1 be bo planted every year tar one can cati cn h begin gln to form an anIdra Idea Idra vCr of the wonderful future of the fruit Industry of our state tate There should be farm farmers farmer erA o organizations I in e every ery ry county and district of the tho state At the meetings of tho those e organizations conditions the welfare of oC the time I farmer should be m and methods method for tor Improvement adopted Ono One branch of or these organizations la Is I for fOt th the marketing of tho the farmers farmers' products Where here organizations I are art effected for this purpose It I should be borne bore In mind that time the pur purpose so of tho the organization Is I to place the product on the tho market so 10 as an to procure tho the marcet market mar mar- ket kd price not for tor the purpose of trying to get exorbitant prices from th the dealers Preserving Fertility of Soil son It l i Is estimated that annually annual In Jn tho the United States Is la lo lost t b by waste of ot manure Not one load loa of this precious material In this state should shoud be allowed d to go JO to waste where by reasonable expense ex ox- pence pease It can an be got gotten n Into the orchard It la Is 1 but a matter matr of or a A few tew years ear when tho the unfed d orchard will become ble Not only l by the use uso of ot stable manure manureS but b by other methods method of oC fertilizing the sell Mn should hould tho the fruit grower keep up the time fertility of or hi his orchard Experiments conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by hy th the tho New Jersey experiment station for a period covering ten years car to test tt the effect of ot manure commercial I fertilizers and without manure manuro or commercial com corn mercial mem-cial fertilizers upon the productivity of ot peach trees trets gave the following result results result Average A yield per ler acre each cach year car with manure 19 1047 baskets fr A Average yield per acre with commercIal commercial commer commer- cial dat fertilizers 18 1834 baskets Average Merate e yield per acre without manure manure- manur or fertilizers ers baskets In the camps lal large cUe cities and nt at some fome other points In the tho state along the tb ln line lino of tho the railroads there thero are arc annually vast ut quantities of manure that goes to wate waste Wo Yo h have o thought that th the railroads rail rall- ral- ral roads roada could well en afford to furnish fr free o ocar cars car to th time the farmers who would take the tho manure from these places where h re It Is go- go 0 lug Jug to waste and place It I upon their farms farm Think of or the enormous tonnage this would give tho the railroads through In Increased In- In creased productiveness of ot tho the farms and onha orchards t. t Governor Not There Tere Governor Spry was to have given an m but his bis absence from tho city ci caused that part part of the pro program am to bo be I postponed until tomoro- tomoro tomorrow Tho The second I speaker was Dr E. E W W. Ball Bal director of or I the Utah experimental station staton A A. A C. C U. U nt at t Lo Logan nn Utah His subject was arsenical arsen arsen- ics ical spraying and nd i its effect upon fruit fUt I trees He lie dealt at considerable length len th upon the tho subject from the tho standpoint that arsenic poisoning docs does not injure tree trees treel This was interesting to tho those pre present because o of the recent issuing uin of or a bul bulletin bulle bulie- tin tD in in Colorado Colordo to tho the effect that arsenic poisoning is tho the cause caus of the time death of the trees of the west B He lie said eaid in parts part The most mot common causes of the dying dy dy- dy in ing of nf apples trees in the intermountain tam tam tain region are arc First The First Tho rising of the ground round groundwater water charged with alkali and thus choking and kiin killing the roots of ot th the trec trees This condition grows crows wor worse o and worse wore as the tho tree grows older and the II roots root penetrate farther Irow into the tho olka- olka line lino Jn waters water beneath Second Second A A A largo large o lar number of trets trees e especially of tho the Ben Davis Davi and Gano varieties are arc arC din dying in Utah from what 1 ia is commonly called cled collar colar rot which manifests manifest itself at tho crown of the tho tree trpe whore where tho the bark bak dies and deaf decay de do- cay cays af the tree dying within ono one or two years thereafter The causo of ot this di disease is not well wen understood This is il a con condition for careful and thorough h in eti investigation That ar arsenical ical poisoning is is th the primary cause causo of tho the death deth of ol a single tree o of ot tho the thousands that have 0 come under under m my observation I am mt not willing to admit That it could not havo have been even a factor in inthe tho the death leath of by far the greater geater part seems ems definitely established in the h light bt of the facts pre presented That there is a possibility of ot danger from this source is lS however r unquestioned If I the tho bulletin bulle buIe bule tin tn by b- Dr of Colorado serves a 1 a warning warDin and a stimulus to thoro thorough h investigation it will wi have served ed a good purpose If I however it i should hould be he taken literally and tend to discourage spraying it will wi do serious cerious injury to the fruit frit industry of the time lestI west lest If I taken in tho ri right ht spirit this bulletin bulk bulle bulc tin will wi do a great deal doal to hasten haton haton the tho da dl day when every everyone one will wi adopt tho the new methods of spraying in that have havo been developed by the Utah experiment station sta eta staton tion ton by bv which the codling moth can bo be controlled more moro successfully by ono single sin sin- sin sin- gle 10 thor thorough uch spraying than by half hal a a dozen ozen applied by br b the old methods and which may Day possibly endanger er tho the life lifo of tho the tree trel through h the tho excessive o amount t of poison used I Afternoon Session Shortly Shorty before noon the th business of appointing committees on resolutions ons and nominating of officers was taken up Th The following were appointed members of oC the resolutions committee J. J E. E Taylor Salt Lake Prof E. E G G. G Titus Tius Cache county W. W O. O Knudson Box Elder county X J J. J Knight Utah county A. A D D. D Miller ler Davis county Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph erh Wright Weber coun county counts J The committee on nomination consists of if C. C G. G Box Elder county R. R n D D. D Utah county N. N R. R Wade Wadley Broby Drob Cache county Leroy Weber I county Fr Francis McDonald Salt Lake count county Orson Cazier county I This afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock dock the thA Fe ion opened with wih a talk tatk by hy I E. E H. H manager maner of tho the Hood River Fruit Growers Growers' a association and assistant assistant assist assist- ant editor of tho the publication Better Fruit Fri Other talks this thia aft af afternoon will wi bp ho that tha of Prof E. E G. G Titus entomologist entomologist gist ciRt at the A. A C. C U. U of Logan Lou on Troublesome a Insects and md Mrs Sarah J. J Konold of oi on the subject The Tb Women in the Orchard Tonight beginning at j 30 0 o'clock dock another session cession will wi be ba held The speak speak- erse will i be Enoch Farr Parr of Ogden and J. J E. E Taylor secretary of the tho board of horticulture Tomorrow morning the second days day's session will wi ho bo taken up at 10 iO 0 cock |