The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-01
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swered IA a. many n III Ste ~
lots 70 store. nv own opinion ts.s thx$
lss the years 81. III storing VIII incrs aas,
hut profits thereby will decrease. The
ftmere fact "a ~ many cold storage,
houses being available will tend G.
i make apples worth more money III the
fall or at picking time and less In the
lspring. This will no doubt be q good
thing for the producer II not for the
storer OF apples. It Is to be hoped
that more discrimination will be shown
In the matter Of storage Of apples. Too
many poor apples are stored, and the
knowledge OF this Is taken advantage
Iof by certain cold storage men to the
aisad Vantage OF the holders. I.
Cold storage used with Judgment Is
one of the best aids Of the fruit grower
and dealer. but used as it often is, for
storing bruised or windfall or poorly,
packed fruit, 1t Is worse than useless;
1t is q detriment, In general put no
apples In cold storage (unless in rare
cases for temporary preservation ex-
cept those varieties that would keen
fairly well in ordinary storage. "a
soft apple which would be all right to
sell within a day or two after arrival
Is sometimes absolutely ruined BY cold
storage, and a temperature which will
Keep Baldwin or Ben Davis for
months will sometimes bake Duchess
or ripe Snow apple as effectually as
week. OF hot weather. The lack OF
variation in the treatment 81 different
varieties Of apples and even Of the
same varieties under different condi-
lions will explain many puzzling
lack of keeping quality in apples in
cold storage. Cold storage is as vet
only IN its infancy and there Is no
doubt in my. mind that the time will
come. and is not SO very far distant.
when almost any apples properly
picked and packed can be kept from
one to two years in perfect condition
and without shrinkage.
The problem Of liquifled air will no
doubt be an important one, and cleo
tricity Is already iii use in one plant
in Chicago. The cooling agent In most
common use is ammonia, but carbonic
acid gas is now being tested with. rood
results. and its freedom from odor and
from danger in case Of fire, may make
1t a formidable rival of ammonia. II
also is in use in one Chicago plant in
connection with electricity and is do
ing good work.-Renjamin Newhall
Spreading Manure Upon the Snow.
An early and heavy snow fall, while
tending to diminish natural losses Of
plant food, is apt to favor artificial
losses. 1t is apt to deter the farmer
from hauling out his manure supply.
Too many farmers hold to the mistak-
en- notion that spreading manure upon
the snow is wasteful practice, that
much OF Its value is lost by teaching
and by running off of the surface in
the spring. They point to darkened
SHOWS, to discolored waters and to
greener meadows at the base Of the
hillsides. as proof of these losses. It
is probably true that some loss occurs
in this way, but 1t s less than Is usual
ly supposed. Those who are frightened
by this, however, should study the
barn losses, should know that, as Or
dinarily kept, manure deteriorates
more in the barn cellar or in the ma
nure heap than it does in the field;
that it is better for manure to leach
on the soil it is meant to fertilize than
in proximity to the barn and the fam
lily well; that it will ferment less out
doors than it will indoors; that, in
short. experiment and experience alike
show that the housing of manure in
the winter for spring hauling is sell
dom better and generally worse than
spreading it upon the snow as fast as
it is made. Some will be lost If
spread; more, however, will be lost
if kept at the barn; and the springs
work will be just so much the further
behind.
Experiment station bulletins preach
this doctrine, institute speakers pro-
pound it, and farmers are yearly prac-
ticing it more extensively. It is the
modern notion, and the right one. The
winter manuring of steep sidehill
may not be advisable; but moderate
slopes or level pieces Of not too leachy.
land may be safely fortified any day
in the year except straightforward
Experiment Station Buletin.
Value of Feeds.
The animal must have a certain
amount Of feed to produce heat and
energy. and this can be more cheaply