Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRiCULTURISTS
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, yiticulture and
Horticulture.


Illinois horticulturists are delighted
at the success of the Illinois apple ex-
hibit at the Paris exposition, where it
obtained first prize. The varieties of
apples exhibited were Ben Davis,
Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Salome.
Stark, Willow Twig, and Winesap.
The principal exhibitors from Illinois
were S. G. Soverhill, III. M. Dunlap,
Arthur Bryant, Fred Shaw. f. 5.
Phoenix, L. r. Bryant and l.. F. Din
tleman. This award is said to be the
fourth successive first prize won at
Paris by members of the Illinois state
horticultural Society. Illinois has
great possibilities as an apple grow
ing state, and is likely to catch a good
deal of the future foreign trade in
apples.
note Is going the rounds of the
press to the effect that Russia has
forest area in Europe alone of about
5OO,OOO,000 acres. This is said to be
one-third of the European-Russia
area. 1t is likely that these forests
VIII be preserved, as Russia will take
TO heart the lessons that the other
European countries have learned by
experience. The destruction of forests
IN several European countries has re-
suited in rendering the land untillable,
especially on the mountain sides
where the soil is exposed to the action
or torrential rains. In the United
States there is a growing sentiment in
FAVOR OF preserving the forests we
have. In time wise legislation will
place laws on our statute books that
will at least protect the public for
ests.
The strawberry crop this year is re-
ported to have been quite remunera-
tive, due largely to the fact that there
was not large surplus to force down
prices. The prices in some sections
were kept up by canning factories
taking large quantities of berries. This
is a strong point in the disposal OF
any crop. 1t is the surplus that de-
moralizes the market. We do not be-
lleve in making people pay high pri-
ces, but we do believe in the producers
out of their product the cost of rails
ing plus fair remuneration for capt.
tai invested as well as pay for per-
sonal services. There are many cases
where fruit goes to market and sells
at less than cost of producing and mar
| keting. In time our fruit growers will
learn to combine to the extent of pro-
viding for the disposal of surplus sup
plies by means of canning factories or
cooperating plants.
A report of the Michigan state
Board OF Agriculture says: The vari-
cites of Strawberries that have been
reported as being most profitable are,
in their order, the Wartield, Wilson,
Bubach, Hayerland, Crescent, JESSIE
Parker, Earle and Candy. Among the
varieties that have proved profitable,
but which are not so commonly grown,
will be found the Brandywine, Beder
wood, Clyde, Greenville and Mar
shall" We call attention to the fact
that the second on the list is our old
friend the Wilson, which was declared
to have run out ten years ago. 1t is
one Of our oldest varieties, probably
the oldest in this list yet it ranks
ahead of most of the newer varieties.
The popular theory that varieties run
out does not find much encouragement
in this case. Under proper methods
of culture and propagation, the Wilson
is probably today as good a berry as
1t ever was.