The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-07-16
STATISTICS OF
OUR fruit CROP


Mississippi, Minnesota and other To-
calities where numbering is counted
among the chief industries, will doubt
less agree with the department of
commerce and labor that there is no
lumber trust, but the declaration
shows how some people feel about it.
1t may be that there is an agricultural
implement trust, and that there are
other trusts in control Of necessities
of life, and no doubt the political par
ties will try to abolish these trusts.
But the government has ostensibly
been after such trusts for years an
it is apparent that the fight must be
carried on through the courts, and
that capital is hydra-headed, and pos
sessed of more lives than q cat.
Finding Markets.
Nevertheless, it is a refreshino thing
for the farmer that his interests are
becoming so dear to the men who
country. It is fallacious to assert that
the limit of production has been
reached in this country. Under prop
guards, and with such governmental
assistance as is wise and proper, this
conutry can export potatoes, instead
of importing them. It can sell its
pork, and wheat, and hops, and but
ter, to all the nations Of the world.
1t can ship it's apples, and pears, and
oranges, and figs, and dates to the very
lands where such things have had
monopoly OF the market heretofore.
1t can sell its wines in France, it's
beef in England, it's lemons in Spain
and Sicily, its olive oil in all the
capitals of Europe, and its beer on the
Baltic and Danube. But first, it should
cultivate the markets right at the
farm gates, and help the PRODUCER to
get into closer touch with the ultimate
consumer.
King Apple.
Did you ever stop to think how the
production of fruit has expandedf
The census bureau recently gave the
country some figures on this subject,
which were most significant.
And perhaps the most significant
thing about the statistics was that the
apple is king Of fruits, bringing more
money than all other fruits put to-
gether. New York state leads in ap-
pie production. All the fruit produc-
ed in the United States in 1909 was
worth the very tidy sum of $140,867,-
BAT, and nuts were valued at $4,447,-
674, aobut half of this being credited
to the English walnut crop, grown in
California The census bureau shows
that apples were produced in this
year to the value of $83 ,231 ,492, the
production being put at LAT ,522,31S
bushels. City folks who paid from
one to ten cents each for these same
apples might be excused If they
thought the crop was worth about
five hundred millions. Next to ap-
pies, the most valuable fruit crop was
peaches and nectarines, worth $685.
7S1, ,07S, and then came oranges to the
ST. 500, AGA. The lemon crop was
worth $2,993,73s Under improved
methods the orange and lemon crops
are increasing rapidly, and the fruit
is said to be the finest grown in the
world. In fact, it is gaining a ready
market in Europe where the fine
valencias and seedless naval oranges
are highly esteemed, and the smooth
skinned, juicy lemons are considered
beyond rivalry.
Farming Chaucea.
The government does not think that
farming is overdone. In fact, it be-
lieves that the unemployed should be
more generally distributed ON the
farms. and, through the department of
commerce and labor it has just issued
publication entitled agricultural
Opportunities, which can be had free
on application to the department in
Washington. The bulletin discusses
briefly the climate, surface, soil, irri-
CATION and dry farming (where prac-
ticed), principal crops, stock raising,
prices of land and inducements to set
tiers, farm expenses and general in
ducements of different sections. includ-
ing the North Atlantic states, the
north central states, the south central
states. the western states, including
Alaska, and the southern group Of
western states including the Hawaiian
Islands. Those interested are told
where they can get fuller information
Pennsylvania Lemons.
In a recent issue the Philadelphia
Record printed the following item:
"Miss Eliza ]. Baird, who ..ves near
Urfionville, is having success in rails
ing lemons and oranges at home.
s'She has exhibited two immense
lemons, one weighing pound and q
quarter and measuring 13A inches
around, and the other weighing
pound and measuring 1914 inches
around They were grown at her home
ON tree which is FIVE or six years old
and FIVE feet high. Miss Baird has two
fg trees from which she gathered
good figs last year.
Lemon and orange trees, preferably
of dwarf habit, make interesting house
plants. The lemon is seldom allowed
to attain its full size, for commercial
purposes. In California, the fruit is
picked when it is a certain size, as
shown by an iron ring which is slip
ped over it. The lemons are carefully
cut, not pulled. from the tree, and in
every stage are handled as carefully
as possible. They go through long