The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-08-03
APPLE WILL BE
CHIEF INDUSTRY
Spokane Man Speaks Before Chi
cago Irrigation on the King
of Fruit.

CHICAGO, H.. July 30.--"While
apples are not vet the principal pro-
nets Of Washington, Oregon, Idaho
Montana, those who are familiar with
the unrivaled climatic. soil and other
conditions believe the time is near
when the apple yields Of the four
states will be worth 100000 900 and
the culture of the king of fruit will
be the chief industry"
Fl. L. Moody of Spokane. where no
is a member of the cham Der of COM
meroe and other organizations, said in
an address on Apple Culture and r.
rigatiop in the Northwest" at the first
meeting of the Chicago Irrigation as
socjation in the La Sale hotel here
Judge Charles F. F'ishback was toast
master Mr. Moody added among
other things:
Much UndeVciopcti Land.
Fedora! and state engineers say in
reports to their respective depart
ments there are approximately ZOO
900, acres of undeveloped arabic
lands in the United States west of the
@Sth meridian, and men Versed in aE
liculture assert that under proper cul-
tiyation this area could be made 20
produce between 1000 100000 and A.
500, 100000 bushels of wheat yearly
or other crops in proportion. The
settlement of these lands would mean
homes for no less than 10000, 900
population and a source Of added food
supply, and, as consequence, per
manent prosperity.
The four northwestern states con-
Montana, SO, S060SO; Oregon. $751;
$50: Idaho. 58,960,320; Washington,
44.24t,90e. Less than 4 per cent OF
this land is occupied by farms and
the total population is no more than
100000 in an area of 397, 700 square
miles. More than 0J,000.900 acres of
this land is adapted to irrigation.
Planted to apples and properly water
ed the minimum crop at maturity
would be a matter of 10000, 900 900
bushels, or about 40 per cent of tho
total crop of the United States in
1903. when less than 100000 bar
rels OF apples were harvested.
Apple Iise Gold.
Il mention thes facts merely toI
show the possibilities OF the country
as proof that as gold was the strong
magnet which sent the first American
across the continent to the California
coast in 1919 50 today the apple is
attracting thousands upon thousands
more people from eastern, middle
western and southern states to the
great orchard belts of the Northwest.
The apple is King throughout the
vast northwestern domain, and it is
conceded 10y genealogical experts that
no district in America stands highe.
m fruit production. Washington has
now more than 200. 600 acTes in or
chards, and the value of fall fruit
crop would undoubtedly equal 800
O00,G9Q
Demand Growing Daily.
Regarding possible over-produc-
ton in the northwest. / may say that
the demand i growing greater every
day not only throughout America,
bat in Europe, Australia and the
orient, Although population and the
domestic demand for these fruits has
increased and exports continually aug
mented strangely enough, the produc-
ton OF the apple has steadily decreas-
ed The apple crop for 1903, reported
to be less than 5000, 900 barrels, for
example. MAS only slightly in excess
of one-third of that for the years
1896 and 1890, and much less than
the crop for 1905. when the produce
that The production in the United