The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-12-18

vide protection against winds and
storms. A frame can be made Of rail,
or sapl 'ngs, about which corn stalks
and straw can be piled. A tight roo!
can be made of tllatch. Tho construc.
ton of roofs of thatch ~ an art tha,
has been sadly neglected in this coun
try, and should receive attention in
all parts of the west Some of our
fOreign-boru farmers practiccd max ..ny
roofs of tliatcll in their old homes, and
they could bc of great service to tler
neighbOrs in teaching them the art
rhe Supply OF Apples.
While apples are reported to I've
"ankle deep" in Connecticut and 9th.
err of the eastern states, they are
scarcer than oranges in many parts Ot
the country. Thousands of bushels oil
good apples arc being fed to cattle
and hogs on the ground in several
states because they do not bring
enough in the local markets to pay for
picking and hauling them u few miles.
Still, a tow hundred miles distant
farmers would be glad to exchange
wheat for apples, bushel for bushel.
This state of things should not be al.
lowed to continue after the present
season. The trade in apples is very
poorly managed for both the producers
and consumers. There is no good
reason why apples should be ten cents
IL buslcl in Connecticut and $3.50 in
Iowa. 1t costs no more to transport
apples from the east to tho west than
il does to carry corn and small grain
from the prairios to tho seacoast.
Many of the cars that carry grain east
come back empty. They SHOULD come
vol laden with apples. Grain. owing
to the employment Of elevators and
tight cars, is now transported Mt a
comparatively small cost. Apples
might be transported and distributed
at rs small an expense. There is no
good reason why apples should be q
luxury in any part of the country that
is reached by railroads and steam.
boats. Ii tho same ability was dis.
played in the marketing and transpor.
portat;on of apples that thoro is in the
handling and Shipment Of grain tllcrc
would DO no surplus apples in one
part of the country and no scarcity in
another. 1t il n curioms commcnf,rv
on orr boosted svstom Of transn"r,s
tinn that annles rot m Tho gr"%nI IN
ono state while ..children cr" for
them, in another Accordine ~ tSa
last monthly report Of the NATIONAL do.
partment Of agriculture the crop Of
apples for tho country ut largo is an
average ono. The statistlcian says on
usually large weld NJ annlas Tor
An odd or non hearing yrar. In
some sections tho cron il r.norte'i
as above that of an ayerayc HEARING
year both in quantity and duality buf
this ia USUALLY In those reo'ons wher.,
for some reason tho nrod,5ct last va,r
was short. That tho largo cron of
some localities is abnormal or tI,n RI.
Snlt of some local nrcnlinr.tv If soa.
son, "a shown NV tho fact that in FL.
same stat. cnnunIties lyina almost ssIs
Inv s.lo mako widely 1lifiSrent roturms
I'he "ron is largo IN all IN" Nav Enm'
land statos IN. nro,Inct as comnore,l
With nm average crop ranyin~ from &c;
in Maine TO 100 in Connecticut. With
this abundant Weld comes complaint
of little demand and low prices thonoh
The quality of tho frmit il unifnrmiv
yooI In Nav York and tho n,;j.iie
STATES tl,e cron i, If oooI omal;tv and
fairly n.lont. exc,nt in New .iers"v
where the weld is yorv liyht In
Pennsylvania thc rcnorts v.rv ,yr,otiv
from "yery scarce" in ,Juniata to $50
n,eni;fni ti,at thev ara f,einu fea ia
Stock" in Renvcr ne cSn"is heov