The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-08-26
AGRICULTURlSTS VISIT
HOOD RIVER
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special study of fruit raising, He has
travelled widely and his opinion is
regarded as decisive by his fellow
worker. lie said:
al believe that you have here just
the proper climate suited for apples,
and the trees are healthy AMI thrifty.
think the success is mainly due to
the excellent methods of growing and
the application of intelligence to
farming. The reputation of the fruit
is already established but that is on
account of the quality. The apples
are we'll known in the East, but one
thing which we do not know is the
prinoiples of modern farming 10y
which these apples are developed.
Some of the trees are planted a
tritle too closely together, and when
the trees get larger they will cause
some trouble. This is due to the
Western hurry to get quick results,
but it would be better to wait little
and put in more permanent Oroha rds
with the trees wider apart. 1t will
soon be necessary to use a fertilizer,
such as is now being used in the
orange groves of California and in
the famous Nova Scotia apple or
chards.
81 think you people out here have
set the world an example 10 the bust
ness methods of handling fruit, " de-
clured W. p. Brooke, director of the
MASSACHUSETTS agricultural experiment
station. "In this and in giving ab-
solute confidence that Hood River
apple will be good lies their success,
not that the conditions are not good
nor the fruit not good, for both are
ideal. But there are other parts or
the world where the conditions are
such that fine apples Can be raised
81 was surprised to learn Of the eX-
tent of straw wberry raising 10 the
Hood River valley Ihe growers are
going more an more to apples un &c
count of the lesser amount Of work in
raisil & then, but ty planting straw
berries between the trees young N Il
without great capital can get along
we'll If they are willing to work. In
fact. they can get along almost with
no capital until their trees begin tC
bear, when the harder aud more siren
GUS work can be replaced by entire
attention to the far moIe profitable
apple CROP"
DIR. W. j. Kerr, president of the
Oregon Agricultural College at Cor.
Wallis, said: This is my first visitetC
this valley. What strikes me is the
clean cultivation, even of the Older
bearing orchards. That is one OF the
methods TO insure success CoDserv
lug the moisture by means of the
dust mulch. This Is a remarkable
region and shows the effect of sys
tenn" nlhe following were in The
party:
DR.. W. j. Kerr, president Oregon
Agricultural College, Corvallis.
". L. Hutchinson director Missis
sippi station.
q. P. Gilliteet, Colorado Agricul
tural College, Fort CoiiUs.
W. p. Headden, Colorado AgricuI
tursl College, Fort Collins
K. W. Doane, Stanford University
j. G. BIedwell, q, A. c., Corvallis
Ii. Garman, Kentucky station, Lex
ington.
S. b. Doten, University of Nevada
Reno.
D. May, Mayaquez, Porto Rico
Ii. c. Atwell, Oregon State Board o
Horticulture, Forest Grove.
q. A. Gigault, Quebec, Can.
A. W. Stewart, Iialt, Fla.
Mrs. +. 9. Hill, Smithville, Mo.
W. Il. Jordon, director Geneva sta
tion, New York, aud Mrs. Jordan.
G. X Graham, Hampton Institute
Virginia and Mrs. Graham.
Arthur Goss, director Purdue sta
tion, Lataytte, Ind.
W. K. Newell, CASTOR, Ore.
} G. Hardy, pr si!ent MississipT
Agricultural College aud Mrs. Hardy
Thomas f. Hunt, Pennsylvania Stat
College, and Mrs Hunt and MI'
Hunt.
Homer G. Price, dean Ohio Stat
University, Columbus