Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1909 — HORTICULTURE DEMONSTRATION TO BE HELD IN JASPER. [ARTICLE]

HORTICULTURE DEMONSTRATION TO BE HELD IN JASPER.

Pnrdne Experiment Station To Aid Fruit Growers of This County at Meeting To Be Held Soon. Through the efforts of some of Jasper county’s progressive fruit growers arrangements - have been made with the Department of Horticulture of the Purdue University experiment station to hold one of their practical demonstration meetings in this locality. These meetLngs are being held in various parts of the state and are proving of great value to the fruit grqwers. Especial attention is given to the home orchard, and general fanners who are interested in fruit growing will be given a valuable opportunity at the coming meeting to Ifearn how to make the orchard pay. In this locality there is a great need for Just the soft of practical first-hand Information here offered. The meeting will be held at Rensselaer on Thursday, Nov. 4. Mr. John E. Alter, chairman Of the Jasper county farmers’ institute, Is taking care of the local arrangements for the meeting, and has secured a conveniently located orchard. The program will begin at 10:00 a. m. sharp. There will be an adjournment for dinner with a second session In the afternoon, beginning promptly at 2:00 o’clock. The Purdue men will show how to prune the old trees to the best advantage; they will point out and explain the various orchard troubles in the locality, and will give the best methods of treatment. They will show

how to make and how to apply the sprays for the San Jose scale, the apple scab and the coddling moth. The work will be In the nature of a practical demonstration and questions in regard to orchard troubles will be gladly heard and fully discussed. If you have a tree disease you don’t know, bring a specimen to the meeting. Full particulars in regard to the meeting may be obtained from John E. Alter, Rensselaer, or by writing to C. G. Woodbury, Purdue Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind.