Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-06

agricultural college of Minnesota at
hand, it is not possible today that the /
agricultural college of today trains /
It's students away from the farm and |
from agricultural subjects. The per-
centage of graduates going back to
the farm may not be as large in Yer
mont as in Minnesota because the
possibilities of agricultural pursuits |
are not so favorable in this state as
in the western territory, either be |
cause of lack of acres or because of
the clay of the land" but the YER
mont agricultural college at Burling-
ton, with all it's adjuncts, including
the experiment station, is doing fine
work in just the field that needs boil
STEERING up at the present time. It
has already succeeded in introducing
improved methods in many sections of
the state, where its graduates have
settled; and it's work is likelv to
grow more influential rather than
ss.-Barre Times.
"Come East Young Man."
In recent issue the Boston Herald
says:
1.-THE concourse of wondering New
Englanders which daily views the
marvellous specimens Of apple grow
ing from the Pacific coastal plain at
the Summer street exhibition, are
being told that there is no place in
the world where such apples can be
grown as Washington and Oregon,
that a little place of ten acres, and
the little work necessary to attend to
its phenomenal apple crop will furnish
a good living for any family. H.
cidentally they are TOLD that the land
out there caA be bought undeveloped
/ for the low. small and insignificant
! price of $500 per acre Also. incident
ally. they are shown pictures of i'm
! proved land, with bearing orchards
and buildings thereupon which sell at
$1,000 per acre.
Acres of diamonds Every New
| Highlander is thereby impressed with
great desire TO go west and share in
the fruits of this new Eldorado. 1t
is tempting proposition, especially
when the great symmetrical Arknan-
sas Black fruit and the juicy WTnesaps
are exhibited in overwhelming profu-
sion, and you know that each apple
would bring anywhere from eight to
fifteen cents at the corner fruit store.
"But what about New England? w.
D. Gibbs of the New Hampshire Col
Iege of agriculture rightly termed
! New EHRldUu LEc virgin SOll VI the
country For when fertility and
general advantages are all consid-
cred, the cheapest soil is to be found
within 100 miles of Boston. Besides
the opportunity on the old abandoned
farms, thre are libraries to be had in
almost every country center there are
good highways, better railroad and
trolley accommoda tons, besides the
many advantages of settled commu-
nifty living.
New England was once famous fol-
her apple crop. Hubbardston has g
national reputation by way Of hel
Nonesueh trees. The climate form.
erly was highly extolFed as the great
producer of fine tasted apples But
this is all changed, and the farmer
with little or no faith in his holding is
easily carried off by the western
propagandists. The very cream of oul
agrcultJralists has been carried off il
succession of waves of western
emigration. The youth of our farms
has been drawn away by the cities
and their factories IS we'll. And the
result is an opportunity in New En-
, glands rural districts today thai
: would make gruff old Horace Greeley
take back his other words and make
the saying-'Come East Young Man
Come East. p"
New England has suddenly awakened
to the fact that Oregon apples ar
selling at dollar dozen in her owl
markets and that it is time that thi
section take a hand at apple growing
There is nothing accidental abou
i Oregon's success. The Apple Shipper
association inspect the fruit before i
I is shipped and rules as to color, siz
I and uniformity OF package are strictl
! enforced. The label attached to tn
D western package is a guaranty as t
e the contents.
New England does not do business i
=. this way.
n In the west the orchards are care
s fully sprayed. This is one of tn
t vital points for the eastern frui
n grower to remember, and one which
: as rule, rs neglected. An orchar
of about $50 trees at Hollis. N. H
i was taken in hand by the son of tn
d owner who had studied pruning an
r spraying. With crudely devise
s sprayer, he experimental and SD,
t. ceeded the first year IN raising tt
yield from $50 to 1850 barrels and tt
IS following year he secured 1900 barrel
e The Boston Chamber of Commert
d finds that an orchard of forty-thre
IS acres, unsprayed. yielded 1928 barrels
lie sprayed one. 346 barrels; sprays
twice. 374 barrels: sprayed thr'
~ times, Ala barrels; sprayed 70,
lie times, $50 barrels. The average i
er come ranged from Sl03. for the u
he sprayed orchard, to S211 for the Of
ey sprayed four times. If we are
is raise first class apples we must attel
a diligently to the matter of spraying
The Herald is right in paraphrasil
HoraceGreeley's advice to young me
Land IS cheaper here than in
60 west. markets are much nearer a
~ ~ as good or better apples can be grow
he he If young man is DESTROYS of Gui
, nc returns let him purchase an orcha
- already in bearing, with sufficie
ne land to set out more trees. Let h
a. cultivate that orchard as the Greg
uy grower does making plans all t
~ time for larger operations and the