Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-30
WANT TO HAVE LAWS
Fruit Growers Think Their Orch
ards Should Be Protected.
DISCUSSION OF muSson CASE


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gan Fruit orossrs association. me
Grand River Valley Horticultural 90
ciefy and the Grand Rapids Fruit
0rowsrS association convened again
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% me previous Gay. ihe a'scus.,ons
% the day were opened BY Robert Ora
ham Of this city who spoke from the
text "What Kind and Amount Of Fertii-
izsrs Should Be Used in Fruit Grow
ms NJ C~.h.n ..fa n. h.d mat
with great sucess~ In the u.s az bone
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prosokea tne usual amount OF oiscus.
sion and called out the experiences OF
many Of thoes present, az was the
ease In al other papers Alexander
Hamilton then discussed the subject OF
commercial orchards and the best
peaches to grow in them- Hr. Hamil-
ton said be had used forty.one varieties
ana 'oonu All pretty gooo'
Afternoons session
There was large attendance ut the
Afternoon session. 8. s. Bailey opened
a lively discussion with paper on free
mail delivery in the rural districtA Mr..
Bailey's opinion was that free mail do
livery would DO good thing for the
| farmer. but that II must first be pre-
coded by good roada With good roads
aud tho aid OF the bicycle it was the
| general opinion that tree mail delivery
IN the country was practical and would
be good thing for the farmers
Judge X. j. Russell Of Hart. told his
experience In spraying fruit trees. The
/ Judge said he had been troubled by the
leaves OF his plum trees growing yellow
/ and falling OF. lie found that liberal
dose OF paris green fixed the trees in
! good shape and that they were not
troubled with the curculio afterwards.
| He also applied paris green literally 10
his apple trees aud peach trees with
good success. Care must DO taken.
however. IN inc use OF the poison Inc
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1se'A " INC injury % INC '''eS
Protection OF Orchards
just at this iuncture. Secretary Whit
ney called upon \ weli-known reporter
for few remarks, mistaking him for
Prosecuting Attsrney Wolcott The re-
porter gracefully declined and Mr.. VOL
| colt modestly. stepped forward and laid
down the Law as TO the protection Of or
chards and vineyards from pilferers.
| The Law 10 that any person stealing
fruit from orchards or vineyards are La
bic to thirty days IN jail or go fine.
w. X. Munson Of Grand Rapids
wanted to know whether 1t was nsces-
s9ry to carry away the fruit in order to
constitute crime.
Mr.. Wolcott said the mere moving OF
the fruit few inches was sufficient to
constitute petty larceny
Then Thomas Ia Brown said: I'VE
farmers haven't got the protection we
want IL man steals stick OF wood
or lump of coal In the city he is
| yanked up before court. This is our
the law and won't have II all
Law Tor the Country Wanted.
K z. Graham or Grand Rapids was
also somewhat OF the opinion that the
city had too much OF the law. He was
Of the opinion that the Law ought to be
changed % that farmers would have po-
lice powers similar to those exercised
by conductors on trains. so that they
might arrest and hold trespassers and
thieves and bring them 70 summary
| Justice
In response to request, Judge Rus
sell said the farmers might hold man
caught stealing. He admitted. how
ever. that in such case the farmer
might be held to have trespassed the
law.
/ Deputy Sheriff w. X. Munson was
then called upon to relate his exper.
fence. already well known, in the arrest
OF young men caught picking grapes in
his vineyard The deputy had the i'll
luck 20 have the case 60 against him,
and had to pay out some bard cash to
avoid a suit for false Imprisonment from
the young men.
Mr.. Munson's experience called forth
several expressions OF sympathy and re-
marks TO the eject that the law ought
TO be changed Judge Russell said:
Only Pcssy Larceny.
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