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HICUl.TUIlAI, COLMMIJ AT COIIVAI.I.I9, . ITS M.I.U AIM IS TO AID AIIIUOI11.TUIII8T8.
Conference Week at O. A. C.
m) pinco somo of the lending re
I lnted facts of Oregon's most itu-
portnnt agricultural and rural
social conditions In a single picture
wherein each Is portrayed as It Is and
also In Us relation to other great
events, Is one object that the Agri
cultural College Extension division
hnd In preparing the work for Far
mers' Week.
The Instructional work Is offered
In the belief that It Is of sufficient
value to tho people of the state to
justify them In coming to tho Agri
cultural Collcgo to attend tho exer
cises. Tho lectures and demonstra
tions will be practical and to tho
point. Tho Bubjcct mnttcr will bo of
Interest and profit to farmers, busi
ness men, housewives, and all men
and women Interested In tho advance
ment of tho Industrial progress, the
social betterment and tho general
welfare of tho state.
A number of conferences will ho
hold during tho sessions for tho con
sideration of particular Interests. A
serious attempt has been made to
outllno plans of campaign which will
bo cffcctlvo In securing results dur
ing tho next year. ... . ,
Everything possible will bo done to
ninko It pleasant and profitable for
thoso who attend tho exercises. Com
mittees of tho faculty and studontB
will meet guests at tho trains and as
sist them to sccuro accommodations.
Throughout tho week guides will bo
avnlluhlo to assist thoso who wish to
Inspect tho collcgo plant.
Amnio and sultablo accommoda
tions will bo available at very rea
sonable rates. Tho hotels of tho city,
tho student roomlug and boarding
houses and tho collogo dormitories
will bo opon for service.
Iform Livestock Interests.
Monday Meat demonstration with
llvo unlmalR, by J. 12. Forrcstol,
Union Meat Company, Portland. Or.
Tnoaday "Tho Housing of Sheep,
by U. L. l'ottcr; "Recont Progress In
the Marketing of Wool," by O. M.
Kelson; shearing demonstration by
C. 12. Robinson, assisted by profes
sional shearers: "Fitting of Sheep for
Show," 0. M. Hubbard: "Shccp
Drcedlng Problom In tho "Willamette
Valley," Frank Brown.
Wednesday Judging mnrkot
classes of cattle, by E. L. Porter;
"Cattlo Feeding Experiments at tho
Enstern Oregon Experiment Station,"
Robert Wlthycombe: "Capital and
Equipment In Beef Production," E.
L. Porter: organisation of Willamette
Valley Shorthorn Association: "Tho
Early Days of Shorthorn Brooding In
Oregon," by Georgo Cannula: "Prcs
' wit Day Shorthorn Cattlo and Short
horn Breeders," by Frank Brown.
"Tho Smull Brecdor In the Produc
tion of Shorthorn Cattle," by A. D.
Dunn.
Thursday Mnrkot classes or hogs,
by E. U Potter; "Hog Feeding Ex
porlmentH at tho Oregon Experiment
Station at Corvallls." by G. 11. Asm
son : "What tho Farmer Can Do to
Prevent Hog Cholera," by Dr. V. H.
I.ytlo; "Hog Feeding Experiments at
tho Eastern Oregon Experiment Sta
tion," by Hubert Wlthycombo; meat
demonstrations by William Constan
tino. Portland. Or.
Friday "Methods of Horso Feed
ing In Oregon," by E. L. Potter; lec
turo and demonstration on unsound
new In horsos, by Dr. U. T. Slmms;
Judging draft horses, by C. X. Ken
nedy: "Artificial Impregnation und
A lac of Intrir.tlne l!rnn from
t'ortallU will uttmiatn In I he furm J
Mfrl.l) wllli u per uf nt nolf
(ruin tlm Vt'utlilugiuu Mate Cullrxe
u( rullnmii, 3bt Mill afford an In
Irriliuace u( tlrwii fruni Ibe (ho bis
agricultural rollrgr of (hr North.
f.t that lioulil priitr of iraetH to I
ilia rraurr, ror nut inttltulluna Ural
Mill) tlmllar (irublrrut.
tho Physiology of Breeding," by Dr.
B. T. Slmmsj organization of Horso
Breeders Association of Oregon.
Friday night, horso show.
Saturday Special programme for
tho Oregon Pure-Bred Livestock
Breeders' Association; "Grading
Livestock nnd tho Mnrckt for Pure
Bred Sires," by E. L. Potter; "Breed
ing for Economical Production," by
G. It. Samson; "Breeding for Wool
Production," by O. M. Nelson.
School Officers to Confer.
Tho first thrco days of Farmers'
week will be of special Interest to
County Superintendents and Super
visors. On Monday, February 1, Mr.
O. II. Benson, agriculturist for the
United States Department of Agri
culture and specialist In boys' and
girls' club work, will bo at the col
lege. Having been a Couuty School
Superintendent himself and having
hnd more experience In boys' und
girls' club work than anyono else in
America, Mr. Benson will havo many
good, practical talks In Btoro for
thoso who can attend. Mr. Benson
Is also a specialist In canning, und
ho will dcmonBtrato the latest meth
ods of canning fruits, vegetables and
meats on both days.
Ou Tuesday the conference of local
nnd county fair workers will be held,
and this work will bo of very great
Interest to nil County Superintend
ents. On Wednesday nftcrnoon, Febru
ary .1, will be held a conference on
"Tho Rural School Us a Community
Center." Tho Hpenkers at this meet
ing will Include President Shownltcr,
of the Cheney Normal School: State
Superintendent J. A. Churchill, Dr.
Joseph Schnfer nnd Professor H. T.
French, 0. A. C.
On tho forenoons of each of theso
thrco days collcgo specialists will
glvo demonstrations and lectures on
tho teaching of agriculture, manual
training and household economics In
rurnl schools.
Itoail Builders' Conference.
Tho purposo of tho road builders'
conference Is to bring together In
mutual aid and conference tho Bond
Supervisors, County Judges, County
Commissioners and othor citizens in
terested In securing tho most effi
cient construction, management and
maintenance of our public roads. It
is hoped that this meeting can be
made of very great assistance to all
Road Supervisors of tho state, and
especially bo to tao newly-appolntcd
oncn who nro now taking up their
work. Every effort will be put forth
to make tho meeting Instructive along
practical lines. It Is not the Inten
tion to cover n Tory wide range of
subjects, but to do what we do nt
1ompt In such a way llmt each one
will feel well repaid for his attend
ance. In order that the programme may
ho of tho greatest interest and value
to thoso attending, the college, In tho
preparation of tho same, bos Invited
tho advlco and co-operation of tho
County Judges of Lano, Linn and
Benton counties.
Anyono desiring information upon
any question relating to roads or
bridges is invited to hand in the same
us early as possible and an answer
will bo given clUier at one of the
porlods devoted to questions or pri
vately, as may seem best.
Tho tosting laboratories will bo
running on samples of local material
with plouty of asslitants in cbargo to
answer ull qeustions and glvo the nec
essary Information to visitors. Vis
itors will bo supplied at tho door
with microscopical copies or printed
descriptions of tho tests being run
and the proper interpretation of re
sults, tho purposo being to show tho
practical valuo of tho tests in deter
mining tho valuo of tho material for
road purposes.
Work in Horticulture.
Tho division of horticulture dure
Farmers' woek will conduct threo
special days in addition to lectures
which will bo given tho thrco remain
ing days. ' ...
Ono of tho Bpeclnl duyn will bo tho
by-products day. Mr. W. S. Brown
will tell about work of tho Northwest
by-products committee, of which ho
Is a member. Professor C. I. Lewis
will glvo an address on "Establishing
and Maintaining tho Cannery." Mr.
F. S. Brown will glvo his latest find
ings on loganberry juice, nnd nlso
his recent Investigations on the evap
oration of fruits and vegetables.
Professor A. G. Bouquet will tako up
"Vegetables for tho Cannery."
Tho division has decided to havo a
pruno day. Tho topics will bo:
"Priming tho Pruno," V. 11. Gardner;
"Now Prunes nnd Plums for Ore
gon," C. 1. Lewis; Professor Icwls
bus been getting somo special statis
tics on varieties of prunes nnd plums
for canning, evaporating and ship
ping for Oregon conditions. Mr. F.
It. Brown will glvo nn address on
standardizing and drying tho pruno,
In which ho will glvo noino notes on
the two years' Investigation of this
subject. Mr. "W. S. Brown, field man
In horticulture, will glvo a lecturo on
the pruno outlook. Mr. Brown tho
pnst Summer has visited many pruno
orchards and obtained much data
concerning tho problems which tho
prune-grower has to face.
The third day will Iks devoted to
pruning and will bo a very unique
programme. Dr. Atwood, of the bot
any department, will give an addresB
on "Plant Physiology ns Related to
Pruning." This will bo followed by
an address by Piofessor E. J. Kraus
on "The Study of Fruit Buds," which
will deal with fruiting habltB of trees,
variety charactorlstlcH and factors
that control tho bearing habits. Pro
fessor V. it. Ourdner will lecture on
"Pruning tho Bearing Tree."
Tho nddrcsscH start at 8 o'clock in
tho morning. In addition to lectures
listed there will bo ono on "Nuts,"
ono on "Strawberries" and ono on
"Cano Fruits" by "W. S. Brown.
"Fruit-Marketing Problems" will bo
hnndled by Profehsor C. I. I.uwls;
"Pollination of Fruits," 12. J. Kraus;
"Plant Breeding for Practical Fruit
and Vegetable Grower," V. it. Gard
ner; "Tho Outlook for Iiitonslvo
Farm Crops. Onions, Celery, Cauli
flower, Tomatoes," etc., A. G. Bou
quet. Professor A. L. Peck "will glvo
two illustrated lecturer on "Land
scape Gardening Applying to Rural
Conditions."
On Tuesday and Wednesday thnro
will be a conference of fruit inspect
ors to consider matters of interest In
connection with Inspection and quar
antine of horticultural products.
Confrrt'iicc ou City Muikct.
"Tho Public or City Market nnd
Its Relations to tho Farmer" will bo
tho subject of onu of the conferences
of farmers during Farmers' week of
this year at tho Oregon Agricultural
College.
In holding such a conference at
this llmo we feel that wo aro under
taking tho discussion of a subject
that is of tho greatost impnrtanco to
every producer, namely that of tho
disposition of the goods. It Is de
sired that tho question of tho rela
tion' of tho public or city market bo
considered from every vlowpolut and
angle, both toward the producer and
tho consumer. For this reason It Is
planned to havo present at this con
ference representatives of all bodies
who aro personally interested In tho
city market and Its activities.
Tho reports of city markets tho
state over -will form a leading iart of
tho discussion: reports of city market
masters or thoso who havo been
largely instrumental In caring for tho
market will bo heard nnd considered;
also reports of producers catering to
tho market will bo freely discussed.
The morning of tho conference
will be given over to various mem
bers of tho collego agricultural staff
discussing tho marketing of tho vari
ous kinds of farm produce at tho city
market, Instructor Samson dealing
with tho meat market, Instructor
Lamb the marketing of poultry nnd
poultry products, and Inuron.
Bouquet discussing methods of 2
kotlng horticultural products
Agronomy Conference.
Tho eonforonco of tho seed gm
era, potato growers nnd tlioso Int,'
ested In Innrt drnlnngo In this uu,
all threo of which havo boon callM
to moot during Farmers' week nrn
Ibo to bo well attended If corrcS
once coming in to the department
ugroifomy at tho present tlnio U ,
indication. Farmers from every 2
of the stato nro showing Interest In
these threo conferences, iilthounh ,.
mlcht bo oxnwtn.1. ti..,'.!...! T'?n'a
franco will attract Its 17;
tondauco from tho Willamette- Vnl.
Icy. "'
Tho potato grower, however, kit
from every portion of Oregon, and
Eastern Oregon Is by no means nn.
represented with Heed-growers a
considerable ntnount or alfalfa seed
Is produced In ISantcrn Oregon ana It
Is of good quality, while somo seed
potatoes aro also grown and consider
nblo Boed grain. Tho vetch seed and
clover seed and potato seed growers
of tho Willnmotto Valley will bo in
attendanco iu numbers.
Tho progrummo for all threo con.
forences nro practically completed
nnd nro strong nnd Interesting, in
both tho seed growers' and poUto
growers' conference boiiio of tho moro
Important subjects already placed on
tho programme nro:
"Present Markets and New Possi
bilities for Oregon-Grown Seed and
for tho Oregon Potnto," "Breeding
Methods for tho Production of licu.
drailu Seed," "Standardization of
Oregon Seed Crops," "Seed Produc
tion From tho Practical Growers
Standpoint," "Seed Crops and Pota
toes From tho Standpoint of tho
Buyer and Warehouseman," "Potato
DIspuso and Insect Control," "Manu
facturing Possibilities for tho Pota
to," etc.
Every Important Bood crop in tho
stato will ho given consideration.
Oregon is unusually well favored,
both from tho standpoint of cllmato
and soli conditions nnd ns to market
possibilities, or high.clasa nnd vary
protltublo Bccd production, nnd tho
seed-growing Industry should bo
greatly developed. Tho purposo of
tho conferenco in to show Just how
this development may proceed.
Tho drainage conference will tako
up not only the costs and methods of
dralnago as related to the Individual
farm and tho experiences nnd results
of many practical farmers who havo
profitably undertaken drainage, but
also -will give attention to tho sub
ject of dlBtrict dralnago tho costs
und procedure in connection with or
ganization for the same.
Dairy Cmiri'utlou.
Tho leading speaker for tho dairy
convention during Farmers' week
will be Professor C H. Eckles, chief
of tho dairy department of tho Uni
versity of Missouri. Professor Eckles
Is pcrhupu tho foremost authority on
matters jMirUiluing to dairy produc
tion Jn tho United States. Professor
Eckles hus conducted many experi
ments with dairy cattlo, the rosults
of which havo attracted wldo atten
tion and havo been of much impor
tance to tho dairy industry.
He is the man who a few years ago
discovered that a cow carrying n
great deal of flesh at tho tlnio of
freshening and fed lightly for a few
weeks thereafter would draw from
this body flesh to supply nutrients
for tho production of milk nnd tbnt
this milk will contain an abnormally
high percentage of fat, showing that
many of tho large present day tests
are a direct result of this high fat
content of tho milk.
A few years ago he went abroad
and studied dairy conditions in tho
European countries. He comes hero
almost direct from Massachusetts,
whore ho addressed the Massachu
setts State Dairymen's Association.
Prufessor Eckles will nddress the
Oregon Jersey Cattlo Club and the
Oregon Holstoln Brooders' Assocla
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