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The Springdale news., 1908-02-21

about 5000, ,0OO. The next four years were practically off years. " Then in 1900 there was an inn nense crop again. There was a smaller percentage of q crop in 1907, although large total yield, owing to the fact that many of the younger orchards had come into bearing Owing to the almost total failure of the crop this year in many of the important apple producing states, the crop as far as disposed of has brought high prices. It is esti- mated that the crop of 1907 Ill Northwest Arkansas will amount to about 5000, GOO. Our farm CTS and bankers seem to be in good condition and 1t is said scarcely felt the recent financial furry. Much of the fruit has been disposed of for the cash in the orchards before this eondi- ton had been heralded. Such Is some of the history of Arkansas orcbard1ng
 The first area i'll the history of apple growing in Arkansas began in the earlier days with the family orchard where 1t was discovered that the soil and con- ditions were we'll suited to this fruit. Some of these old trees of the earlier days are still found here and there of giant size. In those days were found here and there valuable seeding gs-pro- ductions of-Arkansas soil and sunshine. It seemed as though conditions We're especially favor able for the birth of good new varieties. Prof. J. T. Stinson, for some years horticulturist of the Arkansas Experiment Station gleaned the histories of q num- Der of these local varieties and preserved them in bulletins 49 and GO of the station. Bulletin No. +9 Is HOW out print.
 The second era in Arkansas apple history began with the building of the Frisco railroad through Northwest Arkansas some twenty-tive years ago. Conditions prevailing there have already been described. It was tile beginning of the commercial orchard. The orchardists were recruited mainly from the ranks of those who had previously been simply farmers. They turned from their old employment to q new without experience. This they have gotten since. Under the conditions they have done as we'll as could have been expect ted. In later years men trained in business pursuits turned to apple growing. As rule they were guided by prevailing errors; but possessed q great advantage in the business experience they had acquired. This had its influence. So 1t happened that in Arkansas the business side of apple grow ing made much more rapid strides than skill i'll production.
 ERA OF SCIENTIFIC DEGRADING.
 The third area has been ush- cred in during the past few years. II is the area of scienhfiic fruit growing. It k difficult to say just when t began. but Il is a matter of the past few years. With few men 1t began several years ago. With many others it will likely Tot begin for several years vet. possibly never. Many practical men misunder>tand the term scientific a> applied to az fieulturai Praetiee=regardine the term as SYNONYMOUS with theoretical We have had our era of theory applied to the app pie orchard theories galore. like Goldsmith's 'mongrel CUTS of high and low degree. ' Sclen. { i, d totally different thing A
The Springdale news., 1908-02-21


 two men could readily push over such trees. Not a few were in- clined to attribute this trouble to the fact that the trees were orig inally 'piece-roota trees. For this reason 1t was supposed that these trees must have a weak or superficial and poorly balanced root system, or else thev had not properly developed tap-root (which no mature apple tree ever had). The whole-root" tallacy then arose. Truth begets truth; but even more so it Is true that error begets error. All these troubles doubtless contributed to the theory that in the Ozarks orchards are short-lived'
 The tendency of trees to bear young and the belief that CT chards Were short-lived led to close planting. The effect of this error, in connection with poor soil and other notions men toned, wa> to strengthen the be lief in the theory that orchards here are short-lived.
 In the earlier days bugs and fungi gave comparatively little trouble, but the prevailing con- dition of orchards afforded these pests ideal conditions to multiply and rapidly ''replenish the earth They became year by year more abundant. Even un- der conditions of neglect orchards bore ole or two good crops, but as the seasons passed crops were borne at longer and longer intervals. of years" be- came very frequent Il q larger and larger proportions of the fruit produced were rendered all but worthless by bugs and fungi At least 67 per cent of the apples in tie average orchard  of the kind described were wor- my. Seab was omnipresent. Few apples eseaped. cureulio sting or two. Bitter rot from time to time caused serious losses. More recently the worst plague of all has been added to the or chardist> troubles, viz, the "ap- pie blotch phyllostlcta).
 The system, if such 1t may be termed, bore its natural fruit. Some Wise ones even said the orchard buseness has played out. . Many growers were discouraged. Some said pruning would help, and pruned heroically, leaving stubs of varying lengths, from an inch to several inches. Natur- urally the stubs did not heal, but died back Some orchards thus were hopelessly injured. Some heard of the merits of spraying as proposed by the ex- pertinent stations and tried spray ing in a Adoubting Thomas" half hearted way. They made serious serious mistakes in many in- stances. Spraying k of nc value, they said. we have tried
 GROWTH or APPLF INDUSTRY IN
 NoETHWEsT ARKANSAS.
 In tie meantime tree planting went aerrily on The big erof of 1s97 anne and fresh interest wa~ created, not n the better care of orchards, but in planting more trees. In 19ol there was , bumper crop, and interest 1T planting more trees rose nightly Tine fresh interest seemed invarI- take the form ol increased plantines. Prior tozt this Benton and ashington counties had beeom5 famous throughout th5 land ana a many lands for i'm mensc numbers of bearing apple trees. In the number of trees they Were, and are still un- equaIed 6Y any siuil ar areas in the world. X vast increase iii nev
The Springdale news., 1908-02-21

ing practical man has neither the time, facilities, nor as a rule the scientific knowledge for sol ving his difficulties. But the government bureaus and the numerous state agricultural experiment. stations, equip ped with all the necessary facilities and students trained for the work of investigation, have come into existence to do freely for the farmer and fruit grower what they could not do so satis- factorily for themselves. Many of these men today are equipped with years of practical experience in addition to their broad ae- quaintance with the sciences.
 If, therefore. the era of scien- tific fruit-growing has dawned, 1t should be hailed by every prac- tical fruit grower and farmer as the golden age of agriculture and horticulture. The dawn of tie era was very opportune. Diffi- eulties arising from our past blunders had increased to such all extent that many a poor or chardist and farmer was at hiS wits end.
The Springdale news., 1908-02-21
MISTAKES WHICHHAVE
 nI AhIe h T. slN M Il iist

The most general and worst of all these erroneous notions was the belief prevalent some years back that apple trees would four ish even upon poor lands without care or expense. In accordance with this notion the poorest DOT ton of the farm was utilized in many instances for planting ap- pie trees When lands became exhausted by ordinary farm crops like corn and by continuous cul- tivation of such crops without To- tation, 1t was thought that they could be plantfd III orchard trees.
 No more pernieious, misleading and ruinous idea ever got into thr head of l man on tie farm. II las been tAe parent ol num- Der ef other @retehed errors. Under the BelieE that the trees did not heed eare, many man pat out orchards toe large by far for one m9n ta hook after even falrlE well, even had he been ot o5 de opinion that care k nee- essaf}.
 Another erroatous idea whicl, gained a footing wa, the notion tllia aPple trees oto4fY aa H8t need pruning. but that its fata- b prane them in this climate. Aga5a. the large orchard qadei the negiectfa4 method, naturally created the impression that or ellards in tlle O1arks are short. lived, the three score and ten for all apple orchard being con sidered about fifteen years. Or chards were often planted upon recently cleared oaklands where later root-rot occasioued the death of the fruit trees. IL af- fected trees to I less extent on older soils.
 This trouble appeared witt trees of any age, but the general impression prevailed that ir about twelve years apparently healthy trees would become tor heavy and were liable to topple
The Springdale news., 1908-02-21
Story of tbe Improvement of an Old Apple Orchard in Wasbingtou County, Arkansas

\ gentleman who Is familiar with conditions and values in the most progressive fruit regions re- gently spent some time i'll Arkan- sas. He was impressed with the great possibilities of our lands for fruit growing both deVel- oped and prospective. He ex- pressed astonishment, however, at the low valuation of orchards. In some of the regions i'll other parts of the country where luten- sive methods are practiced and the highest results are realized, from five to twenty acres are con- sidered a fruit ranch and the lands are valued at from S2oo to S1o00 an acre; while in the o. arks improved orchard lands may be lad at prices ranging from S40 to s100 an acre In a number of cases values ale higher where better methods prevail and better results are realized. Values also are improving Generally ' speaking, however, orchard lands may be had at what seems to all intelligent man all absurdly low price.
 What is tile cause?
 It may be read, in part at least, between the lines just written. Where small areas are highly cultivated the largest returns per acre are realized The possibili- ties of the land are revealed in dollars and cents. Demand fol- lows and values ascend to high figures. From five to twenty acres have been considered d very small orchard III the Ozarks ex- cept in the early days. Orchards counted as orchards have ged from 30 to 50, s00 and 400 acres, while the acreage of some or ehards run into the thousands. Along with this, as might De sup posed, orchard methods, gener- ally speaking, have been very crude i'll tlle past. OreEarding Is comparatively young in the Ozarks, and until the past few years erroneous and widespread notions regarding the proper care of apple orchards have eXerted a most pernicious influence in much of the planting.
The Springdale news., 1908-02-21
THE TURN OF THE TIDE.

Wit = =0titi.
 THE TURN OF THE TIDE.
 The change has come, how ever. Phenomenal progress is being made. Old theories and errors are being cast aside. Many of our growers are pran- ing, eultivating, fertilizing and spraying according to the latest information, and are obtaining highly satisfactory results. Numbers of our orchardistS are now provided with power spray CTS. The period is one of re- neWed hopes and rapid devetop- ment. Arkansas Is great but her future will be greater. "T he half has new. been told. If with the methods of the past tie state=has easily produced s5,oo0- % worth of apples in a couple of counties. what will be the result when the majority of our grow CTS adopt the better methods which st1ence las shown 10 be 50 sueeessfuI2. The products from present plantings would easily be from three to five times their value in the past. What would be the effect upon land valuesz Yes, and taxes too. Higher-ot course and plenty of money to pay them.
 Overproductionz
 Let 1t come and cut down half or two-thirds of your trees If that is necessary. We can get our present yields from much smaller orchards. Why have the expense of cultivating two or three acres when one will give the same and better yields with much greater profit and far nore satisfaction2 Moreover It is well to remember that the pro- dueers of poor apples will prob- ably be always in the majority and be the ones most to fear com petition and over production.
 These things seem we'll nigh self evident but let us see.
 T he majority of orchards, mot here only1 receive indiffer- ent care. What are the returns m such orchards, and in orchards given reasonably good carez l have in my mind two orchards of theformer type. One is the proper ty of man who has practieed and taught all tile old time faIlacies regarding orchards. II is ii1 a miserably poor condition. The past season when apples were about three prices this orchard of thirty acres, although 1t had q crop, did not barrel one carload of respectable apples. no not one barrel of sound apples. The preceding year he had only a small crop, when orchards well cared for had bountiful crop. His business seemed to be the production of poor grade of drying apples and vinegar stock 1t : to l0c q busIel, while good annlas 4he same year sold from
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-30
DEATH-DEALING CYCLONE
Portions of louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama Visited By a Destructive
Storm Yesterday, killing 200
and InjuriRg About 100.
and Injuring About 100.

A wind of cyclonic proportions swept
over portions of Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama late yesterday, leaving a
trail of dead and injured.
Most of the dead are negroes. Per-
haps dozen white persons We're caught
in falling buildings and either fatally
injured or SO seriously disabled as to
require medical attention.
The loss of life was chiefly in the
quarters of G where the wind
destroyed their cabins, burying the
occupants in the debris, or in the farm
ing sections of the country, where trees
were uprooted. telegraph and telephone
poles tori up and general destruction
became an accompaniment to a storm
which swept with almost tornado
fury through the country.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-30
THE PARDON Mill.
Ii Turned Out The Following GfiSt
Today.
Especial to The ARGUs.)

RALEIGH, April Ex-Governor Glenn
issued three pardons today as follows:
Joseph Jordan young white man,
convicted in Richmond county for
burning a church and sentenced to
twenty years. He has served sixteen
years, and a pardon is requested by
the solicitor, the trustees, the prose-
cution and a great number of the best
men and women in the community.
Jordan was only seventeen when the
crime was committed, and was the
cats paw of an older person; Bessie
Freeland, Durham county, two years
and q half for larceny. Sentenced
August, 1896; Andrew Lane, of Wayne
county; sentenced in September, 1898.
to seventeen year for manslaughter.
He killed a man by shooting pistol
recklessly and without malice. He
has served ten years.
-Pardons were refused Chas. Isaacs.
Watauga county. murder in second
degree. convicted in 1906 and sentenced
seven years; Sam Jones, Union county,
for selling liquor, sentenced in 1906 to
three years; Joseph Edge rton, Ruther.
ford county, assault with deadly
weapon. Given tour years in 1905.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-30
Especial to the ARGUs.)

New Orleans, April 25.-Up to 10
O'Clock his morning it is estimated
that 200 are dead as the result Of the
tornado that swept over Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama yesterday.
Concordia parish has ga dead; Annie,
south of Natchez, is practically de-
stroyed, with 25 to 80 dead.
several negroes were killed on the
Garter plantation at Vidalia; II were
killed a. Pine Ridge and Giles Bend;
eight on two plantations at Churchill,
Jefferson county.
A score of small towns in Louisiana
are wiped out. They include Anil
City, Arcadia and Independence.
In Mississippi, Belle Grove, Melton,
Lamoirie, Pine Ridge, Quitman Land
ing, Fairchild's Creek, Purvis and Lum-
berton were seriously damaged.
In Dova, Ala, there were four killed
and so injured. The injured were car
riad to Birmingham hospitals.
Atlanta, April 25. A dispatch re-
ceived here at 2 O'Clock this afternoon
puts the list of dead at 80 and the i'll
jured over 100.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-30

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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-30
NEWS OF
THE COMING WEEK.
Especial to the ARaUs.)
Washington, D. c., April 25.

Washington, D. O., April 20.
The coming week holds in promise
an abundance of events that will inter
est newspaper readers. Politics, Or
eign happenings, church celebrations.
conventions, sporting events and the
entertainment of the battleship fleet on
the Pacific coast will share in the pub
lie attention.
More State and district political con-
ventions will be held next week dur
ing any similar period since the pres
ent campaign began. Ofthese the ma
jority will be Of the Republican party.
Secretary Taft will carry off the honors
in the most of the States, but in the
number OF delegates he will be beaten
out by Senator Knox, for whom the
held at Harris burg next Wednesday,
will instruct the siXty-eight delegates
from that State.
Republican conventions, State and
district, will he held in two New Eng
land States during the week, Vermont
and Maine. From present indications
both are likely to follow the example
of massachusetts in sending an unin-
the majority of the Individual mem
pers presumably tor TAFT. The Taft
managers expect to get the Colorado
delegation and also nave hopes of cap
turing Wesi Virginia, W hose State con
ention is to meet at Parkersburg
tuesday. OF the Southern States i'll
which Republican State conventions
will be held during the week, Maryland
and South Carolina are regarded as
somewhat doubtful in their choice tor
the Presidency. Arkansas, MISSISSIPPI
pi and North Carolina are placed III
the Taft column. The anti-admisis-
tration Republicans of Alabama will
NEE III State convention in Birming-
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The week will likewise be one OF
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Chief interest will center in the State.
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III Connecticut and New Jersey. In
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convention.
The Presidential aspirants of both
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IN several parts OF the country. Will
liam J. Bry an will circle through the
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day night in New York city and Gov
ernor johnson has accepted an invita-
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night.
The American battleship fleet will
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Santa Barbara, where an elaborate
round of festivities in honor of the
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The centennial celebration of the
New York diocese will be the cynosure
of all eyes in the Catholic world, at
tended, as it will be, by all of the dig
uitaries OF the church in this country
.ud ~Sevoral from abroad.
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