The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-08
FARMERS PROBLEMS

H~ousekeepers in the Eastern State
who, in April We're obliged to pa
thirty cents Il quartz peck for SCUM,
apples, do not regard apple GROWN:
as unworthy of attention. Thirt,
cents a quarter peck is at the rate o
$3.50 a buShel. and most people viii
readily concede that it is a good pric,
Tor apples. For several years IN sue
cesslon good apples have been scare,
N eastern markets. and this S~carcit,
was so aggravated in the early day!
of 1909, that Oregon founs
profit in shipping apples to New York
boston and to other Atlantic coas
points, more than 5000 miles distant
The Oregon apples We're beautifully
coloTed and of fine flavor. and the per
feet condition in which the 1rui
reached the end of its long carr,
plainly indicated the great possibili
ties OF the apple trade. The enter.
prise of the Oregon apple grower:
has aroused considerable interest ant
quite a ilttlee apprehension in the or
chard districts in New York and New
England States. and vet there is nc
reason why any W~ide-aWake eastern
orchardist need be alarmed. Pacific
coast apples may wear a little fned
colorinS, but with apples as with hn-
mans. beauty is only skin deep, and
the eastern apple owe have moth
ing to fear from Western competition
when it ono to quality. But this
assertion applies only to those grow
ers Who give their orchards the same
care that is given to other farm pro
ducts. An unfertilized, neglected or
chard, IS Of little to ANYBODY.
4he E~p-to-date farmers Workshop
oWada looks quite like a chemical
"a laboratory. The various kinds of in
sectIe1des and scale dcstroyers. to-
SetheT with the appliances for COM
ponhdlhS and using them. entail eX-
penSe and care and demand ntelli-
Sence and foresight if the farmer is
70 Keep ahead Of the various bugs.
heetitS. worms. lice, fungi, scale and
What rot that threaten everything
above n beneath the soil. And Vet
many OF the most formidable enemies
are easily and i~nexpensivcIy kept
1no@T- hen the potato bugs first
appeared many W were in des-
par. but it was soOn discovered that
farlS green was sure destruction to
the pests. and that it could be applied
With little trouble or expense.
simple treatment of seed potatoes will.
70 i large extent. prevent scab, while
bordeauX-arsenical mixture seals the
-@NN VI ti' totIll -IIlOll ana OF NSCl-
Gus other enemies of the Orchard and
small fruits. But in this as in every
other department o. life, eternal vigil
iance is the price of success.
Ihe editor was recent in receipt
u i letter from q Western boy. which
SdFT'eS I lesson to every country lad
1m2SincS hat in the clty he Will
pe sure to find the primrose way TO
pleasure and happiness. The writer
OF TINS letter is one of the thousands
are annually lured to the cities.
where too often degradation and ruin
aWalt them, and in almost every in
lance dlSl!!uslon and bitter disap-
continent, and he says: am one
has fallen to the lowest depths, |
and ruined not only myself, but my |
nome, and a good one it was. If |
mao known of the infamy of the city |
/ would now be at home. working |
with the horses and cattle" This |
5 not 4 fancy picture, but a real ex-
perience, and it is out one of many
thousands. Instances can bc citeo !
~ every nclShborhood, II the worst
IS seldom told. The true life does
not consist Of q constant round OF
'tE'rlSh excitement, nor in the" ac-
HuIsi,on. OF property bought at the
'pSt Of manhood and honor. but in
d clean and wholesome life, and in
''e1plnS our nciShborS to better living.
no nowhere is it easier to live his
'"an and helpful life than on the
aFn1.
Ihe former who sits down to three
N~eh-coOEcd and substantial meals
o&ily looks With a good deal of dis
N0St upon the l~unch-COuntcr as he
secs It in tho city. where scores OF
men rush in with feverish haste as
though ? mine We're due the next