Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-03-26
soon as we have the varieties adapted

| not the least On tnlS SuOJeCt. ue ouo
great trouble with US farmers is, we
don't read enough. And it might also
be said, we don't communicate enough
or if you would rather have it, eX-
change opinions.
Whenever success is attained at any
new undertaking of science, or indus
try land believe that that of horticul-
ture is yet new to this part of the coun-
try) the world is entitled to know it. l
have determined to act my part in
starting the ball (applel rolling.
| have a friend that overheard the
following remark: Talk about model
orchards, but if you want to see one go
to Lawrence Hansen's place q mile
west and mile south of Viborg, and
if you wish to see fruit go there about
the fourth of July. He has Is acres
solid orchard of apple trees mot tree
missing) besides a choice variety OF
plums, cherries and small fruits, and
in spite of the late dry seasons his is
the thriftiest young orchard we have
seen in Dakota"
i l confess that felt a little flattered,
while feel warranted to endorse the
statement. But as in all industries,
some men succeed where others fail.
Some people think there is some secret
: in that, but all the secret / know in
, horticulture l could shortly tell you
yes, all know.
First of all, get the varieties adapted
to your climate, get native trees,
which have been originated and con-
tinually grown under the same con
: ditions of soil and climate as you want
to plant them. OF course you want d
!, nice healthy tree, but be sure you gel
big sound root with it: plant it the
best way you know hew, then cultivat,
the entire ground as you would to raise
good crop of corn. Give your rabbits
! good big shock of corn that they car
call their own during the winter, and
| will go your security in your success,
be the seasons as dry as we have even
: seen them.
t In the first place l secured piece o
d ordinary Turner county soil, being
6 slightly rolling prairie, and it's gooo
enough for me. Then I Immediately
set to work acquiring all the inforna
e tion could possibly get from any reli
i able source.
: | had previously satitied myself tina
;, apples. and the best quality Of apples
las I shall refer to some other time
. could undoubtedly be raised here sue
: cessfully. Not all kinds, but some va
: rieties will fit this place. And it stand
i 10 reason. Though everything els
- may fail, nature is wonderfully true t,
provide our cravings, and fruit WI
must have in this climate or suffer
Consult your own appetite: then com
le pare the summer with the winter: il
t, winter you like meats and fat, thos
!, being heat producing elements, in sum
mer you like fruits, they being coolin
- aud otherwise soothing to the system
And is not the apple the standard frui
of the world? What other fruit hav
A. we that supplies the common wants {
the people all oyer the world like tn
u apple? Truly it seems that huma
ia craving has natural demand on tha
ar one fruit. Indeed, what fruit is NOR
st wholesome2 And such keeping quail
OF ties as TO be with US nearly all the yea
a round, when other fruits fail An
ur then what fruit that is as UNIVERSAL.
lis as commonly and as bountifully grow
ty all over the world, in as.many ditferei
70, soils and conditions of climate? Ar
"a evermore what fruit produces as man
tie distinct varieties? Hence-natural
nd the different varieties for each cl
mate. Apples have been grown su
ae- cessfully hundreds OF years in northe1
,ur Europe, where the cold is much mo-
no intense than here in South Dakota.
we could have but one fruit on earth
art believe the world would choose Il
ne: apple. 1t has wisely been said that t.
K / ''apple is the king of fruits" and
IAN IulB III VI uly pS Soiu Vdoo ~ 10 v
d queen, and finally, what home in Il
me country is natural home without
of Or as Mr.. Tuttle of Minnesota has
.lty 81 don't believe there is a paradise
ion earth where there is no fruit"
pie Then in regard to the varieti
, of adapted to our climate, could make
ry- mistake with such information at ha
see as before stated. And having &C
hat stantly consulted the best authority
it could find; such as reports OF the hor
cultural society of our own state, a
me- government reports, as that of lS
not Many farmers have this book, re
city pages 27O to 2Sl, then fail not to re
S it last part of page 255 and nearly all
,ple next page. All that has come to
yet knowledge bearing on the subject
by simply been another straw to conf
.eat the report of the Minnesota Hortic
sid. tural society. 1t is full of practical
ow- formation, reliable and good for
va state as we'll. On page 96 of That bt