Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-21
GREAT fruit CROP
IS PREDICTED In Northwest
STATES THIS, YEAR.
Smudge Pots and Orchard Heaters
Knock Fears of Late Frosts-In-
creased Acreage and Trees in Idaho,
Montana, Oregon and Washington
Will Result in Boomer Crops.

Officers of state horticultural associ-
ations and commercial organizations in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana say in reports to the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce there is every
indication that the fruit crop this year
will be the largest and most profitable
in the history of the four states. There
is no danger of late freeze, but
should the unexpected happen the own
ers of commercial tracts are ready to
do battle with hundreds of thousands
of smudge pots or orchard heaters. 1t
is predicted that higher prices will pre-
vail as a result of the heavy damage
to the fruit crop in the middle western
states
F. A. Huntley, state horticultural
commissioner, says that Washington
will produce twice as much fruit in 1910
as in 1905, the year of the record crop.
Including peaches, apricOts, cherries,
berries and other soft fruits the yield
will be at least doubled owing to the
increased acreage, he adds, while the
apple crop will show an increase of
about 25 per cent. Oregon, Idaho and
Montana will have equally large crops
as the result of increased acreage and
trees coming into bearing this season.
With increased transportation faeilf-
ties and the steady influx of settlers, the
early attempts in the valleys and up
sustained and systematic. Dry farm
ing is practiced extensively and irri-
cation plants have been established by
private individuals and corporations,
also by the United States government,
which is expanding enormous sums in
retaining the volcanic wastes SO won
derfully rich and fertile and SO peculiar
~ adapted to raising fruits, unblemished
and perfect in size and color The
apple is king. More than 100000 acres
of lands are devoted to orchards in the
four states and pomologists estimate
the value Of a full crop would IN
doubtedly equal $l75,0OO,OO0.
Northwestern apples are in demand in
the eastern and middle western states
and in Europe and Australia and the
markets are being extended year by
year. American and foreign experts,
who have studied conditions in the
northwest, refer 10 the Pacific states
as - the World Is Fruit Basket, - adding
there has been established in com
paratiyely short time domain where
the first foot of soil, properly cult
waited, Is worth more than all the mines
from Alaska 10 Mexico and all the for
ests from the United States boundary
10 the Arctic sea.
As gold was the strong magnet which
sent the first Americans across the un.
known wastes of this continent 10 the
Califorpia coast in 1919, 20 today the
apple the emperor Of fruit, is attract
ing thousands ~ the western orchard
belfs Millions of dollars have been in
vested in apple lands west Of the Rock
ies during iAe last decade and beautiful
orchards of young trees today mark
fhe spois whore hut yesterday Nae .
waste of broNpi bafgen fagebrusl.
covered desert
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