The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-12
Capt. Lough Made Monthly
Report to Wayne County
Horticultural Society.
POTATOES OF MUCH VALUE
SHOWN THAT THERE is MONEY
IN THE CULTIVATION OF THE
GROUND APPLE THINKS 1T
SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.

The November session of the
Wayne County Horticultural and Agri-
cultural Society was held Saturday at
the Court House. The attendance
was fairly large. Caleb King presid-
ed in the absence of President Dou-
gan and Joseph Ratliff acted as secre-
tary.
Capt. w. H. Tough, who presented
the monthly report on agricultural con-
ditions, said that his investigations
had proved that the corn crop was not
as good as had been expected. The
yield, he said, had been great, but de-
velopments since the harvest began
shows that there is considerable
quantity in this part Of the state
which has been damaged to a greater
or less degree. The yield, therefore
in good corn has been somewhat short
end. Caleb King, in discussing the
report, said that much corn in the No
lands Fork territory had been greatly
damaged by a whitish mould that had
appeared on the ears.
Apple Crop Falling Off.
Nathan Garwood, who submitted the
regular report on the conditions of
the fruits in Wayne county, said that
there was every indication that the ap-
pie crop was falling off each year, as a
result of fruit rot which seemed to at
tack the apples more readily than 9th
er varieties. He gave as a reason,
that in this latitude the warm fall
weather, following the harvest in the
f,rf.tan rIc hnI haI 1fTa
especially those which have been plac-
ed indoors. The suggestion was offer
ed that if apples were permitted to re-
main in the orchard, either in piles up
on the ground or in barrels, the chanc-
es of their preservation would be con.
siderably increased. In the general
discussion relative to agricultural and
horticultural matters, Allen Grave
told of his observations in Minnesota
on a recent visit. Apples were grown
in abundance and seemed to be the
chief fruit of that region. In the veg
etable line, potatoes held undisputed
sway. This brought up discussion
as to the difference in the merits of
potatoes grown in Indiana and Michi-
gan and other northern ATTITUDES. Eli
Jay expressed the opinion that many
inferior grades came from Michigan
and there were indications that they
had been grown in mucky soil.
Potatoes Afford Good Income.
All agreed that the potato furnished
a means of considerable income on the
farm, and it was suggested that if
farmers would interest the boys on the
farm in the value of the potato crop,
and encourage them to devote tract
of land to their cultivation, it might
be a step toward solving the problem:
How Shall We Keep the Boys on the
Farm?"
The address of the afternoon was de-
livered by Judge Luther c. Abbott.
whose subject was Agriculture, and
who sought to show the wonderful
changes that had come about in half
century and the different conditions
that prevailed even now between the
east and western parts of the United
States. The development, the Speak
er thought, had all been for the best
and he and others who took part in the
discussion following, expressed the be-
lief that the next half century would
show as great development as the
past.