The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-09

year, but he is OF the opinion tnat
the prices will get better when the
quality is known.
Finley Mckenzie is shearing and
his wool is being brought in for stor-
age. He will have about 100000
pounds.
Andy Titles clip is being brought
in. Mr.. Little is the largest sheep
owner in the county, and will have
about 100000 pounds.
H. w. Dorman, one of the promi-
nent orchardists of this section of
the county, says that his prunes,
plums, and sweet cherries are all
gone, but his apples will be good
crop. Mr. Dorman captured a num-
Der of premiums at the Boise fair last
year on apples. He is now spraying
his trees for the codling moth.
Collen Mcleod will commence
shearing in a few days and will have
near $4,000 pounds. Hiss wool
is of goood quality and brings
the top price. Mr.. McLeod's
ranch is on Jump Greek
and is so situated tht he always has
an abundance of fruit. He has a
number of artesian wells. which
greatly assist in irrigating his crops.
| W. A. George, whose ranch is
about five miles west of Caldwell and
who is the most successful orchard
list in this section of the county, re-
ports that his fruit is about all kill
ed, altho last year he thought he
had lost all his fruit, but, in the fall
after the crop was harvested, he
found that his crop netted him
$4,000, and it is just possible that
his fruit is not damaged as bad this
year as he anticipates.
| I. S. Binford of Caldwell, is inter
ested in a ri acre orchard west of
the city. After the first frost he
received word that all the fruit was
killed, but a later report is that he
will have fair crop, tho not so large
as last year.
J. H. Lowell has block of ground
in Caldwell that is planted to apples
and pears. He had a Colorado fruit
grower examine it and says that he
will have all the fruit the trees
, should bear this year.
From all information the Tribune
can obtain from Roswell the fruit
crop in that section will be good
Roswell is fast becoming the leading
fruit section of this county.
, There is no doubt but that the re-
cent frosts did considerable damage
to the fruit, but that the damage has
Z been Largely over estimated is equally
: true. There never has been a time
3 in the history of the county when the
= fruit crop was a total failure ant
e this year will be no exception.
), J. w. Graft was in the city Wed
y nesday from his ranch on Succo
o Creek. He stated that he was no
o quite thru lambing, but thought h
t would have a good percentage, We
he was losing some lambs by reason
of having to lamb higher up on tn
mountain this year in order to ge
y water for his bands. The unusuall
v dry spring cut off his water supply a
a the regular lambing grounds. MI
Graft is one of the early settlers o
~ Succor Creek and he says this sprin
&C is the dryest he has ever known.
q N S. Miller, fruit inspector fo
"a this district, which comprises all tn
- territory In Canyon County south an
= west of the dividing ridge betwee
70 the Boise and Payette Rivers, and a
% of Owyhee County. Mr.. Miller hf
70 not yet ben over all his territor,
N but he finds the orchards with bl
~ few exceptions we'll set with frui
o. He says there will be hundreds
bushels of apricots, which is som
thing unusual, as the apricot is
very tender fruit and peaches con
:. next. He finds that there will be
= bountiful crop of apples, some 0
chards he has visited are loaded
such an extent that they will have
:. be thinned out. Mr.. Miller stat
that he is having no trouble abo
getting the farmers to spray as tn
= realize that they will not be perm
~ ted to sell or give away their fruit
1t has scale. A Colorado fruit mi
was with him examining some of t
orchards in this vicinity this we
who stated that this county was
- surprize to him, as he believes it is
much better fruit country than Co
RADIO, where orchards are selling
$4,000 per acre. The gentleman h
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