Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1912 — ORCHARD TRIMMING DEMONSTRATIONS [ARTICLE]

ORCHARD TRIMMING DEMONSTRATIONS

Prof. W. D. Palmer, of Purdue, Will •Show Proper Method of Treating Fruit Bearing Trees. Orchardiets should not fail to witness the demonstration of fruit tree trimming by the Purdue experts who have been sent to this county for that purpose. Wednesday Prof. W. D. Palmer gave a demonstration in the orchard of Bert Robbins at DeMotte, Thursday in the orchard of Henry Schmitt, of Kniman, and Saturday in the orchard of Elmer EL Pullins, of Gillam township. Another meeting has been arranged also for the Leslie Alter farm at Rosebud, for Wednesday of next week. County Superintendent Lamson considered it a timely matter to have Prof. Palmer give a demonstration here during the time the institution is in session and arranged ito have his brought to Rensselaer this Thursday evening from Kniman, and to give two demonstrations Friday of this week, both at the W. H. Randle residence on North Forest street, about a block north of the depot. The first demonstration will take place at 9:00 in the morning, and the second at 2 in the afternoon. There is no expense to witness the demonstration. Trees will be trimmed after the methods found successful at the Purdue experiment station and Prof. Palmer will be pleased to answer questions along horticultural lines at any of the meetings he conducts. Even though you have only one or two trees on ' your premises you should not fail to accept this opportunity to learn how to trim them to get the very best results. The demonstrations also cover spraying and cultivation methods.