The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-01-18
ORCHARD MEN
SURE TO FIGHT
Parties Are Lined Up At Prosser
for Battle Over the Fruit
Marketing Question.
GOOD NATURED CHAFF is
OPENING DAY FEATURE.
Northern Pacific Man Tells of a
New Pest He Has Discovered
and of the Methods He Took to
Destroy 1t.

PROSSER, Jan. 17.-war is in
the air Orchardists OF this state
are to have the finest fight on their
hands Wednesday, or Thursday at
farthest, that they have ever had to
settle. The lineup Is complete. Tho
men and guns are all on the ground.
The only thing that is in doubt La
when the battle will begin. Both
sides. the Northwestern Fruit Ex-
change on the one hand and the
Independent growers on the other.
say there is not the slightest doubt
as to the result.
Five hundred fruit growers are
here in attendance at the annual
meeting of the Washington state
Horticultural association. The Yak
ina valley Is represented by two
carloads from North Yakima. one
each from Zillah and Parker ana BY
large numbers OF growers from
Sunnyside and Grandview to say
nothing of the Mabton, Prosser ana
! neighboring contingent wenatchee
has contributed a carload. The three
hotels of the town are filled to over
flowing.
Too Many Apple Prizes.
Too many apples are seeking
awards at the various state. county.
Interstate and other fairs of the
northwest, according to John w.
Pace. secretary of the Washington
State Fair commission. who present
ed a paper at the meeting In which
he asked for a reduction in the prize
list so that it would include only the
real commercial apples. Growers,
he said. are now being encouraged
to produce fruit which has little
value except that 1t Is recognized
by fair officials in their respective
i prize lists. Two fairs In Washington
this past year. he said. gave prizes
to over 400 varieties of apples. A
committee was selected to prepare
schedule OF apples entitled to
wards and to present 1t to the fair
associations OF the northwest for
adoption.
| Finds q New Bug.
George N. Chase. superintendent
OF the Northern Pacific Model ORCH
ard at Prosser made the hut OF the
day when he read paper on the
snout beetle which no claims a. .
new bug and which has been named
Sncopei Chasii, after It's discoverer
hnd annihilator. This bug mas .
long snout and pokes 1t into the
buds of honest orchardiste. After
spelling the bud the beetle falls to
the ground. Mr.. Chase reported that
he had applied to the experts at
Pullman Tor advice and hal been
told t. cid an umbrella unde- the
trees and then shake the trees This
he did not find practical as the
orchard contains 5000 trees and
there was only one man In s'rosser
who hal an umbrella.
Much Good Natured ChaR
There was much good natured
hitting back and forth between the
growers and the state college ex-
perts. the scientist taking the cuffs
of the practical man and the prac-
teal man getting back when he ran
against the scientifically impossible.
Mr. Chase, however. said that prop
erty worth $4,000 had been en-
dangered and that he saved 1t by
pouring kerosene emulsion on the
ground where the bugs had entered.
whereupon the bugs had promptly
put their shouts into the emulsion
and as promptly died. Prof. Me-
lander. the state college bugolist.
justified his advice on the theory
that 1t had been intended for men
smart enough to walk to the trees
before the bugs had fallen from
them.
Professor Thornber advised that
pruning be delayed as long as pos
sihle and taken up as late as pos
sible before blossom time in order
to prevent the danger of winter kill
ling where wounds we're made.
Facts About Irrigation.
+ l.. Jayne, of the United tSates
Agricultural department bureau OF
irrigation investigation said that the
possible production by irrigation In
this state was s1O0.O00.OOO, which is
equal to the timber or grain produce
ton. There are less than 100000