Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-26

IcembeP, 1911, Demonstration Train
There is no use planting, culti-
waiting and developing an orchard
up to b"arng with any expecta-
ton OF making money out Of it I'M
less you are willing TO put both
time and money into it after il
reaches the bearing stage, ano
there is probably nothing in West
ern agriculture that will pay you
better for the time and money you
spend than this same orchard, pro-
yided you spend enough. And at
the same time there is nothing in
western agriculture in which per
son can make as great a failure as
IT. orchard work. The people of
the cast with the great markets of
OUr country right at their doors
often make fair amount of money
on orchards that receive little or
no care. They raise a cheap, in
feriOr product, but, being close to
the markets with little or no
freight charge to pay, they may
be able still to dispose of it at a
profit. With US of the intermoun-
tain region. the problem is quite
different. The freight on box of
apples from here to Ohio is on the
average as much as the Ohio man
gets for his apples. In order, there
fore, that we may get anything
for our product, we must put on
to the eastern markets a product
that is in every way superior to
the home grown products and will
command a superior price. An ap-
PIE grower anywhere in the state
of Ohio has approximately 100000
people who want his apples within
a radius of 100 miles. The inter-
fruit grower has on the
other hand less than l,000,0 900 peO-
pie to eat his apples within a radi-
us of 500 miles, ana practically all
the world markets open to his pro-
duets are from 900 to 1000 miles
from his door and worse than all
this, those miles are in evevry case
over the worst of mountain roads,
with heavy grades and high freight
charges. A. box of apples selling
at si.OO may be sold at a loss. An
other box of apples selling at $50
Or $500, or, in the case of our fan
" fruit. sometimes much more. /
may yield handsome returns. If 1t /
costs 81. 10 to produce a box of ap-
Dles that sell fer 500 and a con-
loss, si.2O may produce a /
box of apples that will sell for $500
and a handsome profit. Where, /
hen. shall we spend the extra 10 !
tents per bushel.
The first requirement of mar
letable apple is that it be free /
rom worms. Two and half to |
hree cents, therefore, must go to /
spraying that box of apples and |
when we say spray in the western
country, we mean spray-through /
intelligent work. We /
nave as the result of good many |
-ears of effort developed a method |
If spraying which can be depended 1
lpOn to give results.
The important features of this
method are, first that you have an
outfit capable of handling con-
siderable amount of liquid at
constant pressure of i5O to 250 lbs
The largest size of barrel pumps
iouble acting pumps, and power
outfits will all do this, and 1t
makes no difference which one OF
hese outfits you have With ref
.rence to the efficiency OF the
praying. the best spraying that
las ever been done in this state
md as good as has ever been done
n any other state. has been done
With a Pomona Barrel outfit, cost
ng s22.O0, but that outfit must
AVE one accessory that is hard TO
purchase in the open market, ana
hat is a man with head on him
o run it. There are certain ae-
essories besides the man that are
lso necessary in order to do good
Tork. % feet of 7-ply hose, a bam-
100 pole, 10 to ~ feet in length,
rook on the end of this pole, and
n this nozzle that will throw
oarse spray five or six feet be-
ore it breaks into mist. With
his outfit and platform or tower
o that the man handling the nez-
lie can get above the trees and L