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THR RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 7, 
Vegetable Growers Meet at Boston. 
The Vegetable Growers’ Association of 
America opened its fourth annual conven¬ 
tion in Horticultural Hall, Boston, the 
afternoon of September 19. Secretary S. 
W. Severance, of Louisville, Ky., reported 
24 States and Provinces represented in the 
association, with a total membership of 214. 
He urged that more members be secured, 
especially in New England. The president, 
It. L. Watts, of the State College of Penn¬ 
sylvania, in his address called for legisla¬ 
tion on uniform transportation rates, uni¬ 
form packages, pure seeds, and the aboli¬ 
tion of the free seed farce of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, and urged market gar¬ 
deners and agricultural experiment stations 
to “get together” to secure these reforms. 
He also spoke of Boston as the center of 
one of the most successful market garden 
sections of the country, where not only 
large quantities of vegetables are grown 
both in the open and under glass, but 
where the most extensive methods have 
been employed. The evening programme 
included an illustrated address on “The 
French and English System of Vegetable 
Forcing,” by David Luinsden, of the N. II. 
College of Agriculture; and one on “Mar¬ 
keting,” by Paul Work, of Cornell College 
of Agriculture. 
After the question box Wednesday morn¬ 
ing, an address on “The Horticultural Or¬ 
ganizations of Ontario,” prepared by Mr. 
J. Eockie Wilson, was read, by which it 
appeared that they are liberally encouraged 
by the Canadian government, have large 
membership, and do active and efficient 
work for agricultural advancement; sub¬ 
ordinate societies co-operating with the 
central organization, and individual mem¬ 
bers making special investigations to report 
upon. Some tests recenly made have beou 
of potatoes, onions and best sources of 
seed. The work of various business asso¬ 
ciations of market gardeners was next 
mentioned. That of Hartford, Conn., clubs 
for buying orders through the secretary, 
and has reformed the package question so 
15 cents is now charged for each box. The 
Norfolk Hotbed Association selects one 
commission firm to ship to in each city, 
pools orders for seed, gets special market 
telegrams, etc. The Southern Produce 
Company’s work is advisory; it prompts its 
400 members where to ship, sees to loading 
and has secured icing of cars. This is a 
stock company, and gets funds from the 
sellers of their produce who return one per 
cent on their business. The work of the 
Columbus organization was reported as edu¬ 
cational ; and it was agreed that the influ¬ 
ence of these associations generally was for 
more fellowship among producers, with less 
of a spirit of jealousy between them. A 
report from Cleveland told of practical co¬ 
operation in selling there where in the 
Winter a building near the city market was 
jointly leased and used for sale of pro¬ 
duce by the market gardeners. 
Prof. Corbett, of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture, in his address, “The Pre-Cooling 
and Cold Storage of Vegetables,” spoke of 
the great extension of the area of vege¬ 
table production now made possible by 
quick transportation and car refrigeration. 
By these facilities 2.562 cars of cantaloupes 
have been successfully sent to distant mar¬ 
kets, in a single season, from one section 
of our country. Snap beans and peppers 
are now sent in refrigerator cars, and then 
go to the West, recently, from Florida. 
Packing and selling are now the weak 
points in the reaching of distant markets 
with commercial success; transportation 
and keeping on the way are now practically 
dependable factors in the venture, and pre¬ 
cooling or starting vegetables in right condi¬ 
tion was declared important. Fruits, the 
speaker said, were more benefited than veg¬ 
etables by cold storage, celery being one of 
the latter most successfully kept, while 
spinach, cucumbers and. seed potatoes are 
also often held back to profit by the same 
means. 
Upon “Irrigation,” Mr. Roebuck of In¬ 
diana, who has 60 acres under the furrow 
and seven acres under the Skinner system 
of overhead pipes, gave it as his opinion 
that the former is most advisable when 
the grade of land will allow its use, as it 
takes less water, makes fewer weeds and 
saves in cultivation. Asked if overhead 
watering in sunlight was harmful, he said 
no. The furrow system is common and suc¬ 
cessful in Louisiana, said Prof. Tiebout of 
Baton Rouge. “Is drainage needed with 
irrigation ?” was answered “yes.” 
W. R. Cobb of Irvington-on-Hudson gave 
in the evening an illustrated lecture upon 
“Greenhouse Construction and Heating,” 
and II. B. Fullerton of Long Island spoke on 
“Open-Air Opportunities” in New England 
and the East. He told the meeting that 
better vegetables could be raised in the 
East than in the West. New England can 
grow better apples than Oregon, was his 
statement; and the pictures showing what 
had been done in development of fruit pro¬ 
duction of many kinds at his station on 
Long Island, within a very few years, were 
most impressive and corroboration of his 
optimism for Eastern agriculture. Farmers, 
said he. need to have more faith in their 
farms, should stand together and co-operate, 
especially in selling their produce. He has 
solved the "help problem” by giving his 
men cottage homes, work the year round 
and a square business deal, as between 
men. 
Thursday’s topics were: “Truck Crop 
Rotations as Practiced by Hotbed Growers 
of Norfolk, Va. “Good Seed for Market 
Gardeners,” and “What Experiment Sta¬ 
tions Are Doing for Vegetable Growers,” 
and then came committee reports, election 
of officers and the annual banquet. Friday, 
the final day of the convention, was given 
to inspection of the vegetable show in the 
exhibition hall of the building, under the 
auspices of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society. e. f. Dickinson. 
Widening a Public Highway. 
The township is widening an old road 
along my property. The surveyors of the 
highway fixed the price and the court 
granted the road. I never had any notice 
about it at all. did not know anything 
about it until it was all over. They say 
they had notices in store and blacksmith 
shop. Is a person supposed to go to store 
and shop to see if they are going to sell 
his property? The treasurer of the town¬ 
ship brought me a check; said if I did not 
accept, it would cost me lots of money, 
so I took the check. Now they have come 
on, cut down trees and thrown the fence 
down which lets my cattle out in the road. 
Of course this fence is in the road. Did 
they have the right to turn my cattle out? 
Do I have to make the fence? Who Is 
liable for the damages my cows do to my 
neighbors? p. c. 
New Jersey. 
The law does not take the property of 
any one without giving them their day in 
court. In order to widen a highway no¬ 
tice must be served, on all persons to be 
affected, to appear on a certain day to 
show cause why such a proceeding is not 
necessary. Tf on that day the papers 
show that all persons have been notified 
and no one objects the proper ruling is 
entered. The fact that proceedings have 
gone as far as they have would indicate 
that the matter has been conducted in a 
regular manner and that you were notified 
and either did not consider it a notifica¬ 
tion or that you have forgotten it. If you 
want at this time to cob test the matter 
your only remedy would be to hire an 
attorney who would review the proceed¬ 
ings and tell you what your rights were. 
In the meantime you would be liable for 
any damages which your cattle might in¬ 
flict on your neighbors. To accept the 
check and build your fence would at this 
time be the best and least expensive way 
for you to do. 
Farm Boys at the New York Fair. 
Among the many successful features of 
the fair there was one which, while receiv¬ 
ing little attention from the mass of visit¬ 
ors, seemed to meet witli the approval and 
hearty support of both the boy participants 
and those who were interested in the experi¬ 
ment. Commissioner l’earson conceived the 
idea of taking several boys from each coun¬ 
ty. between the ages of 15 and 19. and giv¬ 
ing them a week at the fair, all their ex¬ 
penses to be paid by the fair commission. 
As a result 128 boys were present, and 
seemed to be enjoying the attractions. In¬ 
terviews with a large number of “the farm 
boys” brought out some very interesting 
things. One could but be strongly im¬ 
pressed with the sincerity and earnestness 
of the boys, and their appreciation for the 
opportunity which the commission had 
given them in paying their expenses. One 
night the boys were quite cold in the tents 
in which they were quartered, but the next 
day they were supplied with blankets and 
went into the Grange building to sleep, so 
they were very comfortable. One thing 
which was very gratifying to the men in 
charge was the fact that while there were 
no ironclad rules of conduct for the boys, 
their strict observance of the rules which 
they were asked to follow was almost as¬ 
tonishing. They had certain duties to per¬ 
form in the different departments of the 
fair as aids to the superintendents, part 
working in the forenoon and part in the 
afternoon. They were reported to be very 
faithful and seemed to enjoy it very much. 
There were lectures several times each 
day, especially for their benefit, and while 
they were allowed to use their pleasure in 
regard to attending, the attendance was 
large, and many of the boys spoke of the 
lectures and seemed to have taken a great 
deal of interest in them. They were espe¬ 
cially impressed with wlvat Governor Dix 
said to them, and the fact that they were 
given the entire Grange room for the occa¬ 
sion, while the public was shut out. 
In talking with the boys as to what inter¬ 
ested them the most I found there was 
something which had attracted every one 
of them more particularly than other things, 
several being enthusiastic over the horses, 
about an equal number interested in the 
cattle aud dairying aud in farm machinery, 
nearly as many in fruit growing and a 
slightly less number iu poultry. One boy 
in the Grange building said, “There is 
enough in this building to keep me busy 
a good part of the time.” He had been 
making a careful study of the State indus¬ 
trial departments, the different departments 
of Cornell University and other attractions. 
One thing which was very pleasing and 
quite surprising was the very little atten¬ 
tion the boys had given to the fakes and 
side shows; they seemed all to have been 
deeply impressed with the things that were 
worth while. The ages of the boys seemed 
to be just right for the best results; they 
were old enough to use good fair judgment, 
and at the same time were pliable enough 
to receive the best impressions. The ones 
whom I interviewed were all asked if they 
would like to have agriculture taught in 
the public schools, and were all very fav¬ 
orable. _ c. R. w. 
What Ails the Peach Trees? 
On page 925 L. H. G. of Bloomburg, Pa., 
asks about a peach tree disease which he 
describes, and the question is answered by 
II. E. Van Deman. who says it is quite 
clear to him that in this cake “the disease 
is due to rank growth of the trees.” That 
sounds encouraging, and at the same time 
discouraging. Here in Michigan w.e are 
battling with apparently the identical same 
disease, and we are encouraged to learn 
the cause, but are at the same instant dis¬ 
couraged when we stop to think that it is 
affecting every variety of peach, from the 
best to the poorest, and in every kind of 
orchard, from the highly cultivated to the 
one receiving no cultivation at all. If Mr. 
Van Deman is sure he is on the right track, 
and will come over to Michigan, he may be 
able to give our State horticultural experts 
some valuable information, for they tell us 
they have been studying this disease and 
their conclusions are not definite enough to 
justify the publishing of a bulletin on the 
subject. However, some local experiments 
are being made by cutting away all the dis¬ 
eased bark and applying commercial lime 
sulphur, full strength, with a paint brush. 
Scottville, Mich. J. B. s. 
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