Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-06-20
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New Things in 1897.

has been the Logan blackberry It
gives fruit from two to three inches
in length, and has the blood of the
dewberry It has not been sufficiently
tested to enable us thoroughly to
understand it's possible value. Several
of the new blackberries have been
sent out, but probably none of them
:, will supersede the old varieties
Of new grapes I know of but one
that is certain to be a great advantage
to us. That is Campbell's Early,
large black, early grape; a good crop
per, and having no qualities yet de-
veloped which make it probable that
it will be unworthy of very general
culture. 1t is at least as early as
EARLY Victor, if not quite as early as
Champion.
After the failure of the Crosby
peach to keep it's promise of hardi-
ness and quality throughout the
north, we are hoping that the Fitz-
gerald will Le Inc coming peach for
hardy stock north of the peach belt.
I can report on it only that the wood
and bud ripen very perfectly, and
bid fair to endure the winter
Of the new roses, Princess Bonnie
is a splendid affair; crimson Of the
deepest hue, and a perpetual bloomer.
Coronet is another hybrid tea, per-
fectly hardy, and bearing a flower as
large as Paul Neyron. 1t is an in
cessant bloomer. With these two
roses 1 would class Meteor a deep
dark, velvely crimson, hybrid tea.
The seedsmen who introduced Coro-
net, have secured possession of En-
chantress, which was imported from
England, and will introduce it next
spring in this country. With it will
be sent out magnificent new climb
er, which bids fair to be able to fill
the need so long felt of thoroughly
hardy, superb bloomer, capable of
covering our porches.-E. P Lowell
in New York Weekly Tribune.
Farm Fagots.
With dairy cows, merit must be
settled by actual test.
The making of good butter begins
with the feed and care given to the
COWS.
In storing butter it's market value
is often seriously injured by improper
conditions.
While it is an item to supply a
good variety of food, all radical
changes should be made gradually.
Milk when first drawn contains ami
NAL odors, and these should be per-
mitted to escape before the milk is
shut up in close cans.
If the non-paying cows are not
eliminated from the dairy we may
expect complaints against the prof.
tableness of this excellent industry.
Upon the fact of his having two
or three poor cows in his herd can
often be blamed the failure of
dairyman to make his business pay
N. H. Farmer.
Overproduction of Fruit.
At the annual session of the New
Jersey State Horticultural Society, re-
Gently held at Trenton, N. j., Prof. L.
H. Bailey, of Cornell University,
spoke ON the above subject: what
is overproduction," he asked. ''It is
producing more than the people in
the radius of it's distribution can con-
sumo. This condition is very COM
mon, and in some cases very serious,
as we are limited by distribution
and transportation. We can remedy
the evil effects by increasing the
facilities of transportation. The
rate of consumption may vary great :
2 ly, and we cannot always calculate
| accurately, but the cheaper the pro-
7 duct the greater the consumption,
and there is generally more profit in
t a quick sale at low prices than in a
: slow sale at higher figures. He said
: that the first real Introduction Of New
: York apples in Germany was during
our great crop in 1896. This was a
] great move in our favor, as it created
5 a demand for the American apple
in that country that will be lasting
The easier the crop to grow, the
geater is the danger of overproduc-
ton. A mixed husbandry is a mark
of the highest civilization. The great
lesson now to be learned by the
, American farmer is the greater the
diversity of crops, the less the liza
bility to overproduction.
The largest markets for the far
mer's pOducts are in the cities;
therefore we must raise those crops
that cannot be shipped in from else
. where. Near our large cities we must
develop specialties for the greatest
profit and best results. One man can
develop thousands of bushels of
l wheat, but he cannot of hot house
Strawberries. The growing of special
ties tends to the Capitalization of the
individual. The grower should be
paid for the final product and not
for the largest quantity, just as the
creamery pays for the butter fat in
the milk, paying for and putting
premium on quality, and in this way
overproduction will be to a great
2 extent obviated."