Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-12

AaiMfr- W mN ehA ny h0t8 8hVfa7
far ~ know, ye; the late Mr. Dickin-
son once told me that they damaged
him yearly. thousands Of dollars, BY
sNting and wasting many kinds Of bis
ssedA
To recur 20 my text, Friend Lee asks
us to stop add think bow much fruit
We would have II Il were not f1r the
birds. Well, have; and have come 20
the deliberate conclusion that would
have - much, and q great deal more,
10 some cases. 1t is true that there is
. certain balance Of nature, as it is
called, or in other words . continual
struggle for existence and supremacy,
among ali Lying things, man included,
and in this struggle sometimes one iu-
sect, bird Or animal. a. the case may be,
gets a certain advantage and increases
very rapidly for time, but its enemies
soon increase by having better and
more chances to live and Increase, and
they 10 turn get ahead in the process
sion. So as q rule, II we can afford TO |
wait long enough, something will get
in and grind up cur insect foes,
but life u too short for me TO |
wait on the birds to eat up the pests
when we have practical chemists to fur
nish Us poisons to kill them of effeetu-
ally and expeditiO1sly. With my pres
ent outfit am not in the least afraid Of
san jose scale, woolly aphis, green
aphis, coddhng worm, slugs, caterpillar
borers, or anything else in the way Of
insects in the orchard and if my neigh
bors want to feed and harbor them,
am perfectly indifferent, and more he
hiss, the better sale will have for good
fruit.
think We will need protection our
selves, though, from soma Of our fool
friends who are importing strange birds
and animals into our climate without
knowing or caring what effect it will
have in the future. as the man in Aus
tralia, who took rabbits there because it
, would look more like home. We aIl
know the result.
When man sets out to raise q crop of
, any kind, including fruit, he disturbs
this socalled balance of nature" by fur.
, nishing certAiB kinds Of insects an ex-
! traOrdinaFy amount Of food prepared
ready FOR their use aud As q matter OF
course they will proceed to multiply
, until either the food supply gives on,
or their enemies increase enough 10
prevail over them.
We hear great Of the great benefc-
; enee Of nature and her products, but
: from my experience and observation
nature goes il blind. she produces mil.
lioDs of seeds, where one grows, and II
is not the best that survives in thG
struggle, it Is only the stronger. physi
cally, without any reference to value
> Here man steps in with the intelligence
to direct and then the rssalt is different
instead Of the crAhaRpls Of nature, We
have the Spit2eRberg. Instead Of the
wild thorn apple We have the Bartlett
pear. IRAleAd Of the little wild straw
berFiea We have the lordly Sharpless,
D Wilson, ,Matteson, etc And 30 it will
! be and must be with the fight against
our insect enemies.
We must depend on the intelligence
Of our chemists, not on nature, or W.
will soon be as far behind the proees
z sion as the wild crab is behind the lus
s cious GrAvenstein.
Gentlemen, am done, I thank yoC
9 for your attention.
Among those present from abroad
> are II. NJ. Williamson. Portland; II. E
DOsch, Hillsdale; E. c. Armstrong, c
= E. Hoskins, NJ. BOwermAn, Newberg
; d. o. Quick, Suver; Levi Morris, Tai
: ent; A. h. Carson, Grants Pass
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
President II. w. Cottle, Of the Ms
= rion cO0nty society called to order an
!. has been very active, aud with Mira O.
! tie, is looking after all the de'"''
: making it great success -''lS Al
, Salem fruit of fruits Is made
J.F growers.
~ Albert, the banker, made C.
Al hit in his address of welcome Wh
he said:
~when forty years ago l looked up
ne the little village OF. Salem and
di- broad expAnse Of rich country 81
IN rounding II, I then thought the paone'
no. and missionaries who had nrst eho
m in this country, acted wisely In sele
ing this locality for their operAtlo
ous and Marion county for their hom
oy and 1 have not since changed my mil
mt Forty yeArS ago Marion county shipI
nat more fruit 10 San Francisco than
ou' the rest Of the state combined,
ing made q great deal Of money on app
'o,e pears and other fruits and notwi
n'h standing the great advance and en-
IN prise in other sections OF the siats
Oo' think you may yet justly claim TO o
me- the Advanes-in the extent OF y