The Somerset reporter., 1909-04-22
Another Apple King.

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20, ,040, ,339 trees, and New York 1904,
832 trees. The total acreage of apple
and pear trees (mostly apples, OF
course), is 5000, 900 acres.
The total number of apple trees in
the United States is 201, ,974 ,642, ac-
cording to the last census -1908-and
that number will be greatly increased
in the next few years il the plans of
the principal growers of the West are
carried out.
Ii the claims of the Far Western
growers are justified, census five
years from now will show quite diff
ferent results than the above.
AT the Spokane apple show few
months ago Michael Horan an Or
cbardist, of Wenatchee, Wash, was
crowned apple king of America, hav-
ing captured the chief prize of 500
for the best carload exhibit.
There will he many probably to
dispute the title, but, according TO Van
Norden's Magazine, Mr.. Horan's ex-
hibit was marvellous. His carload
consisted or $50 boxes, $4,000 apples,
which scored 96t out of a possible loo
points in quality and appearance
The prize winning fruit was later dis
played in England.
Mr.. Koran is native of Stock
bridge, Mass, which town he left to
engage in breaking horses in Califor-
mia. He went to Washington in 1888.
where he grazed cattle on the present
site of Wenatchee and the valley,
buying thousands of acres of land at
so cents an acre. AT the show few
months ago he was able to say:
"My orchard should yield $4,000
boxes of pears, $4,000 boxes OF
peaches and 5000 boxes of apples in
1909. | have refused an offer OF
500, 900 an acre for the land that cost
me so cents"
In Kansas there is another apple
king, though the dispute between
them has been patched up by calling
one quality king aud the other
quantity king.
The latter is Judge Welhouse, Of
Topeka, Kan. The basis of his title If
the ownership of over 100 acres de-
voted to apple trees. Also he has
raised more than 1000 bushels of
apples and sold them for little over
1926, 900.
At the session of the executive
board of the Maine State Federation
| of Women's Clubs, held in Lewiston,
Thursday, the invitation of the wo-
mans club of Waterville and Dial,
Clionea, and Past and Present clubs
of Fairfield to hold the annual meet
| ing in Waterville was accepted
September IA, 15, and 16 were the
date set, the time being little earlier
than usual.
1t was also voted to hold joint me ct
ing of the executive board and the
chairman of committees in May and
probably in Portland.
Wisconsin friends of good roads feel
that quite step was taken along the
line of seeing some of their hopes real
lied when an amendment to the con-
stitution was adopted last November
authorizing state aid for the building
and improving Of public roads and
highways. If the state aid thus au-
thorized Is done under proper supervi-
sien benefit will come not only from
the roads directly improved. but an OBJ
Ject lesson will be given road super
visors over the state which should aid
them in the work under their charge.
1t Is only fair to state the truth
about sugar beets In their relation to
a maintenance Of soil fertility, and
that is that they take from the soil
a smaller amount Of fertilizing ele-
ments than do potatoes. cabbage or
corn. much less than wheat or oats
and only about one-third as much as
timothy kay. The frequent cultiva-
tions of the soil which accompany the
growing of beets put it in ideal con-
dition for any succeeding crop. In
rotation containing clover, alfalfa,
peas or beans beets would work In
nicely-in fact. could hardly be i'm
proved upon as titled crop.
That tuberculosis has considerable
capacity to spread Is shown In the ex-
perienceA Of one northern dairyman
whose herd at the first testing showed
twelve Injected animals out Of Atty
nine head. He failed to take action
with view to disposlng of the dis
eased animals. and when some time
later a second tuberculin test was ap-
piled sixty-seven animals out of hun
dred gave evidence of being affected
with the malady This instance could
doubtless be duplicated In the expert
ence Of hundreds who are following
the daAying policy to save few dol
lars at the start, but who will find
their delay in dealing with the situa-
tion in the end both costly and trying.
The. cumulative evidence relative to
the operation of the milking machine
would seem to indicate that 1t fs an
improvement which has come to stay.
A number Of tests which have been
studied and tabulated under the direc-
tion of the Wisconsin experiment sta
tf0n show results which are. on the
whole, very favorable, the machines
being economical In operation with fif-
teen cows or more. while the milk Is
freer from germs than when secured
by hand milking. In practice 1t has
been found that the cows shrink but
little In milk flow when transferred
from the hand to the machine system,
and best results were obtained where
the cows were hand stripped after the
machine work was done.
Let the women vote II they want to,
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