The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17

on agriculture found the Holmes or
chard in Charlotte, VT, one of the
most striking illustrations of the sue i
cess of apple growing. 1t was found
that in 1909 the owner had received
gross income of $4,000 from 100
acres of orchard, and his expenses
were about $4,000, leaving a net profit
of about $4,000. AS forty acres "a
this orchard has not yet reached its
full maturity better results are eX-
pected in the future.
J. II. Hale of South Glastonbury,
Conn. is said to be the leading Or
chardst in New England. Last year
he received from $50 acres of peaches
gross income of $4,000, and from
one ten acre apple farm an income
of $2400. Mr.. Hale packs his fruit
carefully, each apple or peach being
wrapped in paper before being plac-
ed in its proper box. The peach
farm of John A. Martin of Washing
ton, Conn, of rs acres, returned
gross income of $4,000 last year
The committee found that one
of the oldest and most successful of
New England apple orchards which
! they inspected was located in Grand
Isle County, on Lake Champlain, be-
! ing that of r. H. Kinney of South
Hero. 1t is said that apples have
been growing on this farm~for 1870
years, the trees having been twice re-
newed. The report says:
week to the Boston market, con-
"Mr. Kinney has built a cold stor-
age house on his own farm, thus hold
signing them to his son, who Is in the
fruit business in this city (Boston).
On the street in which he lives in
South Hero there are continuous or
chards for distance of two miles,
so that the view from the tower of
his apple house during the blossom
ing season is one of rare beauty"
Other instances cited include Buck
field, Me-, which shipped over 10000
barrels last year, while the value of
the 1909 apple crop shipped from
Shelburne Falls, Mass, was 100000.
1t is claimed that 80 per cent. of the
apples exported to Europe from the
United States are produced in New
England The report of the Boston
committe declares:
"The hope and desire of the COM
mittee is that the farmers of New
England who have from one to ten
acres of apples will deem it worth
while to adopt modern methods and
renovate them, for it is proven be-
You'd doubt that orchards thus
brought up by modern methods can
be made to yield a gross income OF
from 5000 to $500 an acre in three OF
four years 1t is evident that if New
England agriculture is properly adj
vertised the value of our farm lands
will increase, for information has
come from the secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture of Vermont, that
some twenty farms have been bought
in Vermont by people coming from
Western States. The tide has actual
ly turned, and it is reasonable to sup
pose that the Western farmer viii
look toward the East in the very neal
future, rather than pay the extreme
ly high prices for Western land AL
that is necessary is to advertise the
, great possibilities here so close to tn,
great markets of the East. The West
ern fruit growers have organized
themselves into associations not only
for the sale Of fruit, but for adver
= Using and sale of land; and they have
/, carried that system to an eXtremel.
high point of excellence. If we coult
do one-fourth as well in advertiser.
our New England opportunities Their,
would be sharp demand for on
farms here in the East. Just as sool
as cur city people realize that Their
is money in farming it is self-eviden
i that they will turn in that direction.
u Now, that is just what we need t.
:, do in Vermont-adopt modern meth
: DDS and advertise our advantages. w
= must get the best varieties of apples
:. give the trees the best possible care
: grade and pick the fruit with the ut
T. most care and pack the apples jus
) as neatly as the Oregon fir lit grow
II err does. Other things being equa
our nearness to the Eastern market
: gives us decided advantage over tn
y Western growers.
~ Inc rear is expressed lest som
- people, as a result of the widespread
publicity given to apple raising wi
\. go into the business without prope
e knowledge and make a failure, a
e. though it is admitted that there is a
=, enormous field for development.
J. According to the American Agricu
lie turist there has been a steady dc
l. crease in the apple crop during tn
past twenty years, the production i
ID 1889 being 100000 barrels, Will
n, the production in 1903 was % ,000,0
J. barrels. According to Mr. Taylor {
i, the Department of Agriculture, thei
" have been only two years of glut
De the apple market since 1880, and bot
), occurred before cold storage had b.
,g come an important factor in model
s. business life.
o. The Boston Chamber of CONNER,
5. is doing real public service, not on
gs in pointing out the profits of app
i'll growing but In indicating the DANCE
We of rushing blindly into the bushes
-, Meanwhile Vermonters will do we'll
- consider whether our own apple or,
" may not be increased many fold.
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