Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
vERTlrABlE ARMY EMPLOYED IN
HARVESTING GREAT MILLS
COUNTY CROP.
FIVE PACKING PLANTS
IN TOWN OF GLENWooD
Record Output Of Two Years Ago Will
Probably 30 EquaIsd or Surpassed
Good Prices Being Rsaiizsd-ons
Orchard Of Seventy Acres Produces
10000 Barrels.

Glenwood, Oct. 14.-The apple in
dustry in Mills county is right now at
its height, and it is safe to say that an
army of 1900 men are busy within it's
borders picking. packing and hauling
the fruit for shipment.
G!enwood is of course the center OF
the greatest activity, II it is prob
able that the record of two years ago
will be equa!ed if not ~surpassed.f AT
that time upwards of 500 carloads of
apples were shipped from here.
Other points in Mills county where
apple buyers are buying and shipping
are Malvern. Tabor, Pacific Junction,
Silver City, Baifour and Henderson.
There are also some surplus apples in
the vicinity Of Hastings, Strahan and
Emerson.
TIL o conspicuous objects on the
streets of Glenwood these days are
apple barrels. They are to be seen on
every hand. and speak forcibly OF the
big crop of apples now being harvest
ed in Queen Mills.
ABOUT every aNG'tiL.t team III Hlt!i-
j! wood and vicinity IS now engaged in
hauling. The empty barrels are hauled
in hay racks to the orchard, and a
hundred barrels make a load. When
the harreis are filled. from sixteen to
twenty make a load. Barrels sell at
10 cents each.
The side tracks at the Glenwood
depot are far from adequate to handle
the big shipments Of apples now being
made. There were twenty-five cars
shipped Tuesday. and the yards were
blocked with teams.
The F. J.. Wallace Company has
made about $1,000 barrels. and fifteen
men are busy and will be till season
closes.
The apple pickers receive about 81 a
day for the most part, the pack
ers as high as $3.50 a day.
There are now five apple packing
plants in Glenwood, all busy places. In
addition to these, there are several buy
ers who pack from the orchards.
Hotels. boarding houses and private
homes in Glenwood are taxed to theif
full capacity these days in taking care
Of the army OF apple pickers and pack
ers now at work In the orchards. Many
board at farm homes in the vicinity OF
the orchards. It is estimated that 1900
people are employed in taking care OF
the crop.
Prices and Yields.
The harvest of the Jonathan apples
is now about over. and they have COM
manded the best prices, ranging from
s2 20 SO a barrel, picked and delivered
to the buyers,
The Grimes Golden have been a trifie
below the Jonathan in price, command
ing right around 50 a barrel. picked and
delivered.
Ben Davis apples are bringing from
1926 to $50 a barrel.
Orchard owners make all sorts OF
deals. Some sell by h 100 pounds.
Others sell at so much a barrel, the
run of the orchard, culls and all.
Things are hurnming these days at
the big seveuty-acre orchard OF {. H.
Dyar at the north edge OF Glenwood.
The yield in this orchard VIII De the
largest Of any in Mills county, and WI
be close TO 10000 barrels. TWO carloads
of apples were packed n shipped
from this orchard on Tuesday. Fifty
men are working there.
The orchard OF j. l.. WateEHidi!, dSeHl
of he c. 3. G. O., will yield 1000 bar
re!s.
There are some good yielding or
chards down in Fremont county IN the
vicinity Of Hamburg. and in the sew
eutv-acre Maeel orchard near that
place the total output is estimated 10
be about 1900 barrels.
F.. P. Spencer Of Randolph is a sclen-
tifc orchard.st. He reports that the
Weld on his forty acres this year VIII
he a fourth less than two years ago. he
ia ces the output at 5000 barrels as
against 1000 in 1909. He has one OF
the largest Grimes Golden IN
Iowa. but the yield is light this year.
/ apple picking will likely last three
weeks longer.
The recent rains have helped the
growth Of the late apples very mater
tally.
There is a good crop OF apples al
the state institution orchard, ana ehe
v;el! is estimated at 5000 bEshe's
These apples are all stored away 1o1
,,so during the winter by the children
ard employees. There are 115 acres de-
voted to apples, grapes, cherries aho
other fruits.