The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-01-15

State College to be present at Pullman
during the meeting of the County
Fruit Inspectors Institute and deliver
two or three lectures on horticulture.
It is not yet decided whether he can
go. Aside from anything the writer
might be able to do, these institutes
should be of great benefit to the state
at large. We take far too narrow
a view of the work of fruit inspectors
of the state. They should be some
thing more than mere bug hunters.
They should enforce the law against
the "1awless and the disobedient" and
should be upheld in this work. But
there is a large class, including prac-
tically all the commercial orchardists
of the state, who need instruction
and not the swinging of big stick.
Such men as Profs. Thornber, Melan-
der, Beatty, Fulmer, Lawrence and
Thatcher can give the inspectors such
instruction that they will be able to
go back to their counties and tell the
fruit growers what to do and how TO
do it in order that they may control
the ravages of insect pests, fungo1ds
and bacterial diseases. This will do
vastly more good in cleaning up the
orchards than the mere Watcn1ng
around for someone who is trying TO
eyade the law. The law should be en-
forced against the men who will not
do the things required in the law, but
most of the fruit growers are not OF
this willful class, but belong to the
class that comes short because they
do not know what to do. The spread
of intelligence such as comes from
our agricultural colleges and the bull
Ietins issued by the experiment sta
tions and the department Of agr1cul-
tire at Washington, D. c., Is doing
ten times more good than the punish
ment of law breakers, however much
This class deserves the punishment.
T have known instances where the
fruit inspectors watched around the
cities to pounce upon some injected
fruit while the orchards and the fru1t
growers in the country went on with
out consideration.
Fifty boxes of Yakima apples were
furnished in Yakima for J. J. Hill to
be used by him as presents to some OF
the crowned heads of Europe and dig
nitaries Of America. These apples
were furnished by Yakima growers.
but none of the growers knew where
they were to be used. About half the
number were sent out by Agent Meeks
to Mr.. Hill and the other half were
shipped by the Northern Pacific ex-
press company. These apples Mr..
Hill will give to his intimate friends
in the east One box will go to Pres
ident Roosevelt and the rest OF them
will be sent to King Edward, King
Wilhelm, the car and the rulers or
other countries. The apples are the
best that were grown in the Yakima
valley last year and fancy prices were
paid for them. Such recognition OF
the superior quality of Yakima over
other apple growing districts OF Amer
lea is something for the people here
to be proud Of"
The above clipping Is from the Yak
ina Republic and indicates how high
an estimate is put on our Washing
ton apples by such discriminating
man as the president of the Great
Northern railroad Mr.. Hill secured
lot of his apples from Chelan county,
about Wenatchee and Lake Chelan.
This kind of advertising of the fruits
of our state is of the very best kind.
If royalty wants thing very many
others will want it, too. The future
of the apple growing business in the
northwest depends very much on NOV
ing our high grade apples to distant
markets The appearance and quality
of such fruit are so high that we will
scarcely have any competition In the
great markets of our own and foreign
countries. This demand for our best
apples in the distant markets will
make it better for those who do not,