Show last thursday evening the oregon short line farmers demonstration train composed of a baggage car two passenger coaches an exhibit car and a buffet pulled into frigham shortly after 6 having ou board eugene II 11 crubb jerome idaho consulting engineer twin falls land irrigation kompany om pany also alie great potato ey of the united states II 11 L edgerton potato seed expert of carbondale colo thomas ia SIa honey secretary of the grand junction chamber of commerce W J guilford of jerome idaho director of agriculture twin falls north side land water co tool L pi lest of idaho industrial agent ot the choit line L A merrill director of the extension work of the utah agricultural college and editor of the des arct farmer and J edward taylor silt lake city secretary state board oi horticulture the gentlemen were met at the depot by a committee from the commercial club and escorted to the utahna utah na hotel where supper was served after which a meeting was held in the commercial club rooms which biad previously been supplied with chairs to accommodate upwards of one hundred people there was a good attendance at the meeting but the rooms should have been crowded with fruit growers and farmers to got the information which the experts gaie on potato culture and orchard heating president E W dunn ot alie commercial club called the meeting to order and introduced the speakers mr K H gnibba as introduced first as he is the premier of the party and a gentleman of great knowledge along his line having prepared a bulletin on potato culture for the department at washington which has just been issued by the government mr grubb spoke as one having authority tho rity on the question of raising potatoes before the meeting one member of the party in referring to mr grubb in the remark he talks just like a potato and a better term for expressing that gent lemans talk could hardly be imagined mr grubb prefaced his remarks by complimenting utah upon winning the beautiful timophy cup at albuquerque New as well as the oilier ali call this griat state had made in agriculture and horticulture the gentleman stated that he felt very happy in the privilege of traveling through the state of utah and talking to the farmers launching forth into his subject mr grubb said that no one thing offered so many opportunities to man as well as woman as in this branch of industry woman is equal and even greater than man a fact aich is demonstrated by the unusual success attending the efforts of the prominent women who have taken up agriculture in a scientific manner sir grubb paid a high compliment to the state agricultural college saying that the great strides ivsich the profession is making are due to the vork of the agricultural colleges the land and alie r A C stands in the front ranks for it is the only school of its kind which aid irom the national government in carrying out iniga alon experiments for the reason that it is the only college or its kind which is getting aiom those experiments ns the potato is one ot the biggest money makers for the farmer it han aled properly bogli before planting and alter digging at carbondale colo alie farmers used to get from 45 to per car for potatoes selling them to the brokers which was a very low price ilen were sent out to investigate alie markets buy sacks boxes and other things and the far iners at home organized all working for the up building of a reputation in potato growing that would last and demand higher prices for the product alie result is that today carbondale potatoes sell for over 1 per bushel sir grubb illustrated by s an views tha different types ot potatoes showing the difference in value urged the growing ot one type in a and en refill selection of the decd in order to produce the best potatoes the gentleman stated eliat potatoes which were knotty and full of eye holes while selling at 50 cents per bushel would be more expensive than uniform smooth onus which would sell for upwards of 1 per bushel for the reason that in aaning the knotty ones would lose so much that the waste amounted to more than the difference in price ot the two kinds air grubb was very emphatic in declai ine that the farmer could make the price for his product if he would erade it lip and care for it properly potatoes arc juat like animals if the stock for planting is not carefully selected and taken care of the harvest ill not be of the kind the farmer desires which he cannot afford as there Is nothing on the farm that will give greater returns in proportion to the capital invested than potatoes mr II 11 L edgerton the potato seed man was the next speaker sir edgerton has a most convincing way of expressing and his talk on the selection of seed was a gem the gentleman urged the necessity of keeping the people on the farm where they can get close to nature and deeloy with the soil to sturdy man and womanhood in selecting varieties mr edgerton stated that is was best tor the grow era to get together and decide on one variety then grade up until a perfect continued on page three THE demonstration TRAIN continued from first page potato has been developed it Is too common among farmers to select the small potatoes tor for seed which means that small potatoes or else nothing but vines will be the harvest the wild article was a little crooked warty potato which the farmers have intelligently telli gently bred up tip until a perfect be beauty auty has been developed mr IT edgerton said that one single tuber would produce 4 potatoes and in his efforts to grade up his stock lie he selects the very best potatoes which are planted and cared for until harlest time then the best of those are selected for next years seed and so on until a perfect specimen has been produced the gentleman warmed up when lie he spoke of the dishonesty exhibited in ili the packing of potatoes for shipment either in car lots or in sack lots ile he could hardly find words to express the contempt lie he felt for any one who would do such a thing ITT thomasf secretary of the chamber of commerce at grand junction gave a practical illustration ration of how the fruit growers in his section saved their crop last season by orchard heating I 1 ur mr mahoney exhibited several makes ot of heaters but refrained from commenting on any of them only to say that the temperature could be rais by using any of the heaters to the point v here frost would not do any damage the gentleman while admitting that he knew practically nothing ft a lout fluit culture was nas chuck full of good r od suggestions as to how to work conjointly in a community for the preservation of the fruit crop ile he st stated it time and again that orchard heating was insurance on tile the crop and the banks in n the grand grafia valley today when ahen approached for a loan on orchard bearing land first ask what protection the grower has against frost last year the beating and si smudging nudging cost the grand valley front from 1 12 1 2 to 3 pet per cent of the crop which he considered very cheap insurance the gentleman stated that many of the had a thermostat which Ili cli is an instrument like a thermometer in and alarm clock combined the instrument can be regulated for iny any temperature desired and when the atmosphere reaches that degree of cold an alarm rings in the house or by the side of the growers bed awakening him so that he can i get out and light his pots before the killing frost comes air malloney told ta id f the various methods of filling and lighting the I 1 heaters as practiced by the grand valley and described in detail the part the chamber of corn coin merce took in the saving of the fruit j crop by acting as a central bureau and employment agency he stated that the business men and all citizens combined to light fight the frost contribute ing their services for each realized that if the fruit crop was a failure the entire population would suffer while hile the salvation of the crop meant lots of money in circulation and increasing land values the two greatest necessities in fighting the frost are plenty ol of fuel and means tor for luick buick lighting because I 1 a very few minutes can make them the difference between the saving and losing of the crop in ili closing mr mahoney TIa honey urged the fruit growers to make preparations and then save their crops J C knudson in behalf of the corn com cittee appointed by the commercial club to take up the matter of a better rate on crude oil with the railroad officials reported that the committee had succeeded in ill securing a tate rate of 45 cents per cwt cat on oil from california to brigham which was a i on the regular tariff prof ij A Il merrill errill was called for and in a few spoke his appreciation of tile the work being done doas by mr D E burley and the passenger department part ment of odthe tile 0 S I 1 11 railroad in sending out this farmers demonstration train and lie he heartily commended led tile the words of the gentlemen who had addressed the meeting to the farmers and fruit growers lie ile was heartily in accord with the work and predicted gibat things for these in ter mountain states la ill tile line of agriculture ri and horticulture by unanimous vote the oregon short tine line passenger department and the visiting lecturers were given a vote of thanks and the meeting adjourned |