The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-11

| FARMER snOuI0 give ulo ii1''
vines, etc, some attention IN Tue way
of pruning aud fertiizIng. Id mas
been nv observation that Compare
lively few farmers have CIV n Che"
fruit trees proper attention. 80 many
failures have been recorded the iast
few years that many orchardists nave
become discouraged aud In many
sections of the state they are re-
moving fairly good orcharos, Che
owners being of the opinion tha1 tue
same land planted to corn, alia'la'
etc, will return them more money
Possibly this is true 10 ind'V'uual
cases but it will be found in general
that it was corn or alfalfa man who
had attempted to grow apples ana
had failed.
Had the grower given the care TO
his orchard that would be necessary
to the successful growing or corn or
alfalfa The chances are that different
results would have been obtained. A
great many farmers were impressed
with the large returns that some or
the pioneer fruit growers secured
fifteen to twenty years ago ana
| Jumped blindiy into the orchard wurK.
They gave little attention TO cnolce
of varieties, location Of orchards and
other things. equally important TO
successful orcharding. Others planted
a much larger acreage than they were
able to care for, the es.lt being
ragged unkempt orchard. Again, as
the couRtry became more thickly
settled we have imported nearly all
the insect pests and fungus diseases
that are known so that IL we are going
to raise the kind of fruit that brings the
best price we will in the future be
Obliged to pay some attention to the
Conditions previously noted as well as
the latter.
Experiments carried on by the
agricultural department and state
experiment stations have demon
strated beyond doubt that from 70 to
80 per cent of perfect fruit can BE-
grown If the proper precautions are
taken. Practical growers throughout
the country who have practiced spray
ing are almost unit as to its value;
in fact perfect fruit cannot be grown
any other way
The past season the late freezing |
weather eliminated most OF the apple |
crop, yet no withstanding this, we |
ind that some few growers had fairly |
good success. One orchard that the
writer knows of in Jewell county |
produced some very fine Jonatha IS.
Another In Leavenworth county
az A. produced 10000 bushels of
York that sold for good prices. Many
Others in various parts of the state
did almost as we'll.
All told, the country probably pro-
duced several million barrels, some |
writer places it as much as twelve |
million more the past year than In |
1908, yet the price of apples Is us
high as 1t has been in recent years,
II all the orchards in our state were
well treated and cared for the apple |
Industry would mean several million |
dollars annually added to our wealth.
The extension department OF the
Agricultural College believes that
much can be done toward rejuvinating |
no my of the orchards In the state and
IS prepared to assist Individual
growers 10 various parts of the state
by correspondence or by personal
visits to the orchard. Growers VINO |
may be interested should send in
their name fer the orchard blank /
which will be furnished free. !
Problems that are of such nature
that they cannot be solved from the
information returned on the blank |
may require a special trip to the
orchard, in this case the owner Will
be ex ected to pay the actual expense
of the exert. This may be consider
ably lessened if the grower will send
in his application in advance so that
several orchards may be visited on
the circuit, in which event the ex-
pense will be prorated. Applications
should be sent to the Extension
Department, X. S. A. c.. Manhattan,
Kan.-C. v. Holsinger, destitute
Assistant in Horticulture, Kansas
State Agricultural College.
Never soak rice or macarOni before
cooking. Well wash the former. but !
not the latter, and place both 10
boiling water'to cock.
Prof. Gossard, of the Ohio Expert
ment Station, sums up the results II
his experiments ia spraying As fol-
lows:
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