Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-07-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AcRIcuLTuRiSTs-
isems Up-to-Dste Hints About cait'vA-
tion OF tho soil aud Yields Thereof
Horticulture. yitiouiturs aud Fiorioa'-
tnre.
horticultural Observation.

Among the visitors at the Farmers
Review office last we,.k Was L. Il. BY
ant, Secretary OF the Illinois STATE
horticultural Society He brought
with him some samples OF the apples
he has had in cold storage since las'
fall. II was the Seventeenth OF May
yet the apples were as hard ana lresh
looking as the day they came on the
tree, and their color was excellent nj,
Bryant said that they had been he'u
all through the winter at about % ae-
gress. or this two things may DC saiu'
one is that more apples should De put
into cold storage warehouses. To lessen
the glut In the fall, and another Is that
the Willow Twig is most excellent
apple for that purpose, We DOUBT II
there be any other apple that wiil
come out better in the spring or sell
more readily.
The folly OF planting some kinds OF
trees in the fall in some OF our north
ern ATTITUDES is frequently well Illus
trated by the results OF that practice
Recently the writer OF this had occa-
sion to look over a large mass OF
shrubbery that was planted last TALL,
the planters insisting that that was
the proper time to plant This spring
at least two-thirds OF the plantation Is
dead and most OF the shrubs will have
to be pulled up and replaced. The ad-
vice OF our state horticultural socie-
ties should DO taken. The Illinois
State Horticultural society has given
the matter due consideration and has
declared In favor OF spring plantiag
In all localities north OF Springfield,
In warmer regions fall planting ID
doubtless all right. especially where
the winter supply OF moisture Is good.
The Illinois State Horticultural So
sisty has for a number Of years con
Quoted sub-experiment stations with
more or less success. These stations
number, we believe, eight. and are
scattered over the state The object
OF their existence Is to try the same
fruits In different parts OF the state.
Every new fruit. whether tree, cane.
or bush. Is sent TO each OF the stations.
After several years II IL easy 10 ap-
proximate Its value for the locality In
which 1t Ii being tried, We say ap-
proximate. for even trying Il tru!t In
eight or nine parts Of the state viii
not prove positively what Il might do
In yet another location other than tho
eight. Not only the climate bat the
soils must be considered. and the com
olnattons OF soil are almost lnhnlts
The greatest difficulty Is 10 get msu
that Will properly run these sub-sta-
lions, and this dlfficdty Is increased
BY the fact that little money Ia avail.
able for. that purpose. A mau 10 paid
rental OF about IS per acre per year
Tor the land on his farm actually DC
cupied by the experimental orchard or
small fruits. This land ia at the Pres.
ent time not often In excess Of three
acres. Then the owner gets perbaps
s25 per year for taking care OF tho
plantation, and the trees and plants
are furnished to him free. n the man
be horticulturist by instinct he viii
carry on the work from year 10 year
and VIII got results. Some Of the care.
takers, however, weary Of wcll-doiur
In short time and tho trial orchard
Is neglected There Ia also ano,hor
disturbing tactOr-namely, death We
instance ]. v. Gotta, who was rnos,
thorough horticultural and had cb,raa
OF trial station located on hls farm
When death came the whole wo-L
there was interrupted. and II nos
seems likely that the trial orchard win
cease to be. as the land will mass ~
heirs and the land under the orrb,rJ
Is not owned by the State socto,.
Probably the state will ultimately pro.
vide money for tho purchase Of lana
to be used for such stations bn, Tho
funds Of the State Society will mn, a.
the present time at least warrant In
Vestment in real estate.