Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-14
The Horticultural Augmentation.


EDITOR JoURNAL:-The fight Of the
ST At board Of horticulture for its life
and the state money for its use, seems
to have degenerated into personal
warfare against Mr. Clark aud Ions
dale, of Ysmhill county simply becauss
they have tried to show up the alleged
usefulness Of the "board." Now, Il
seems to me that II we are to have any
retrenchment In expenses and are to
abolish any commissions and boards,
we must begin at some place, and, az a
fruit grower OF Marion county, mot by
proxy, either, wish to say that / con-
slider the board. II not useless, at least
not worth Its cost; aud that the objects
sought can be attained by one or two
provisions Of law, to be enforced by the
usual officers that we now haYe.
For instance. to protect fruit growers
from neglected orchards, make such
orchards alnuIsance. Specify each and
every bug or worm or parasite that is
known 10 be dangerous aud then the
law Of nulsAnces will apply and no ex
pense 10 the state at large. But great
many seem TO think the pests as
they are called, should be olassed as
smallpox, cholera, etc, and dealt with
instantly aud summarily, but the .par-
allel Ia not nearly exact. In these
diseases after exposure the disease mutt
run its course and there Is great danger
10 life, but In the case Of these pests"
there are none that cannot be- eradi-
Gated at any stage OF the attack and
the medicine used II worth all 1t costs,
~ a fertilizer, outside It's use ~ In
seotIde. 80 ifthe infested orchards Of
my nelghbors are on all sides Of mine,
and all the pests In the catalogue In
them, can keep my orchard clean and
raise clean fruit as well as though they
were clean aud as eheaplyas can now
too. because must spray for the gen
eral bsneiit Of the orchard aud to keep
cut such "pests' ~ come from the
forest around me anyhow, and few
more OF leas does not matter.
The board has been Of benefit 10 the
stats, ~ an educator, yet whether 20
the value Of lts oosl Ia debatAble ques.
ton bat when many Of the taxpayers
ia the state can scarcely feed their
battles aud those depending on them
aud know not where 10 turn for the
money 10 pay our present taxes, Il is q
poor time 10 pile on another 90 900
bond,
The real or financial union of The
state board with tho state frult growers
s0cleiy, w having the same oflieem,
baa reduced ths soclely % about .
haksF's dozen ~ paylng ulemhsTs from
snlonE thousands oi practical fruit
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lsndsncs ~ che Portland annual most
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