Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-10-12
OK tO.Ysar or.hars E.psrImsnt.


A press bullel.u IRON the Iowa
agricultural college at Ames has
the .OloWlng;
Ames, Ia. Aug. "a Special. -
"a apple srJ"ln6 can b. put on a
surs a4d profitable PAS q n Iowa,
sas Horticulture aid sol per. meut-
aisLs a. tne experiment station at
Iowa state college have determined
10 find out how.
ITO this end, the director Of the
station, &. T.. CurtiAs. has leased an
established orchard Of q acres IN
..Oe. a"a-ylD4. couLty, near Co1nc !
-4a--s, .yr perC4 o. ton years.
asre Pro-. 5. 4. leach OF tue hOr-
.4.uiture section ana FrOt. w. II.
Ste ensou OF the soils section and
their assistants viii Apply the best
known ms,hO4s oil cult atom 30
gnat Iowa Or-har-lstb may De pra.-
sicaIy a., 4seu how " put tLe.r or
~nards On paying BASS. Laurence
Greene, station eXper.MentaLs-, wi
nave immediate charge OF tue pro-
.vCt.
The orchard wiz be put into
proper o1nultiou " prunlug and
Jtuvrw.ss as soon as pyssiDl Inc
srounl Will be divided into diff -erent
plots AMI given du.eront methous o.
cultl, at4OB. an tnp sprus an or
canned light against frost viii be
made wluh the best OIL heater appa-
ratus. In the spraying season the
trees will be thoroughly treated Tor
apple pests. In the TALL the fruit will
D. harvested and marke,ed in a bust
4Jss-llke way.
''lhe STUDY OF the soils of the or
chards ana their response to elf
-er.nt treatments promises to be
One OIL the most valuable features of
lue experiment. Very .ew orchard
IS s IN iowa realize the importance
u maintaining the fertility Oh or
cnarI soil. They rob it year after
Year, without putting anything back
mo it ana then wonder why apples
ara not successfully grown. For
mis- experiment the orchard has
0een divided into SIX plots, running
across the rows OF trees, which in
clude a dozen varieties, so that ey-
~ plot contains all the varieties.
Plot No. Is seeued TO clio, er which
Will be blowout and allowed to re-
man ON the ground as a mulch;
q, cry second year this plot Will be
plOweI AMI re-ssCded to clover. Plot
= wall D. tHOrOus hly cultivated each /
year until midsummer and then /
seeded TO some le5uminous cover !.
crop winch VIII be allowed to grow /
and then plowed under in the spring. 4
Plot Will be given clean cultiVa-
ton throughout the summer. The .
.Our.u p4Jt IS s-eu4e TO bluegrass,
which will be cut and allowed to re-
4.a.A On Lne ground as a mulch; this
plot will not be plowed, howe er.
The fifth and sixth plots will be
roa,eu as the iirst ana second.
the effects o. these methods on
he humus, moisture and plant-food
Jltent OF the soil will be carefully
and also the effect on
he trees in Jneir growth ana iruit
Books upon every phase of
ne experiment will be kept careful
7 50 that as the experiment pro-
resses it may be pretty definitely
a.uer d rom r, suits whether sCien-
fic orcharding can be made to pay
1 iowa as wen as in oJner sections
. the country. The records will
now also what methods ara most
lus.aOIUry. The orchard chosen
,r the exp riment is a fairly repre-.
.l,a,ye orchard and what may be
Jne with it may be done with most +
va orchards
Those in charge of the experiment K
d faith in IOwa's ability to pro-
ice apples succO ssiully. They hope =
pro, their faith and show how Z
wa orchards may be made to pay. a