American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-02-01
CAREY LAND FARMERS LEARN
THE SECRETS OF IRRIGATION
Farmer institute Aberdeen Was Pronounced Success
-xStven Sessions Were Held and All Phases Of
- Irrigated Farming Discussed

line and who devote their entire energy
and time to the growing of fruits.
Among fruit growers are specialists
who grow only one kind of fruit such -
apples, pears, peaches. pIums, grap2
or small fruit. The reason for this IL
largely the demand for intensive meth
DDS. Intensive fruit growing requires
that everything shall be done for the
tree or vine that will pay. The object
is TO grow the greatest amount Of cd
able fruit per acre of the very best com
mercial quality which can be Krowu
with profit.
To accomplish this. pruning. spraying
and cultivation must be carefully studied
and practiced, and the fruit after grown
must be carefully picked and handled.
in order to be marketed to the best ID
vantage.
The successful fruit grower must be
ready at all times to utilize the results
of scientific investigations of the De-
partment of Agriculture and of the ex-
pertinent stations and agricultural
colleges. The successful fruit grower
must be good farmer. He should
understand all about teams and the use
of tools, plows, discs and harrows. He
should have some knowledge of chem
istry so rs to know how to mix his ferti-
( lizers. and study the chemical needs of
the soil and supply the part lacking to
bring his crops to better maturity.
knowledge of plant pathology is essent
l ial and he must keep up with the times
( in order to be able TO defend his trees
and plants against disease, bugs and in
sects. He must read everything about
his fayorite fruit and be quick to dis
card anything that does not pay altho
il is his favorite fruit
The fruit grower on a small place has
the advantage over the man who at
tempts TO work too large place. There
are several reasons for this. Most
farmers are able to give but iina
tied amount of their time and personal
attention to the care of their trees.
Where large areas are planted To trees,
the work and care have to be delegated
to hired help and it is rare that one can
hire hand capable and thorough enough
to successfully care for trees With
small place under the immediate eye of
the owner. the various operations of
spraying. pruning and cultivating may
be well done ard done in time. A few
days delay in spraying may be the
cause of wormy crop of apples. or .
, day or two delay in narrowing or cult
: waiting may cause lot of unnecessary
work getting nd of crop of weeds
/ which if left to grow will surely cause
loss to the crop. would. therefore.
/ recommend small orchards and cooper
) ations in our horticultural work. l. e.
that orchards planted by different
farmers should have the same kind of
2 fruit in order to he able to compete
I with the large grower in carload totx-
! The tendency of modern fruit growers
especially in modern fruit marketing Is
. to produce sufficient quantities for car
{ load shipments.
/ Assuming that we have fairly good
location, all things considered. one Of
. the most essential things to be conssd-
cred is the kind of fruit to grow. In
/ my Judgment. the Jonathan. Cane,
Black Twig. Northwestern Greening,
Rome Beauty. Grimes Golden and hardy
, old Ben Davis are a collection that is
hard to beat While in an orchard Of
, 10 to % acres | would not advise plant
a ! ing more than or varieties for com-
, mercial purposes believe the North
l err Spy and Spitzenberg would grow
! readily in this region.
visited the ranch of Mr.. Humphrey
near Aberdeen last fall and saw a. fine
apples. pears. prunes and plums grow
4 ing as any country can produce The
| trees were in healthy condition a.
, though they were neglected and moi
cared for to bring their fruit to as high
: quality as they could produce.
1 Mistakes in planting the wrong kind
\ should be corrected ~ soon as discover.
[ ed Improbable trees should be pulled
. out or the top worked over by grating
: into some profitable kind. This can b
done readily on apples and pears and
sometimes this can be done also on
peaches. plums and cherries, but wheth-
er it would pay on the latter am not
prepared to say.
Al The thorough preparation Of the sod
0 is = very necessary and important pro-
: cess in planting an orchard. In this VI
. cinity think we can bring orr land IN