Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-08


bearing with any expectation of max
ing money out of it unless you are
willing to put both time and money
into 1t after it reaches the bearing
stage, and there is probably nothing
IN western agriculture that will pay
you better for the time and money
you spend than this same orchard,
provided you spend enough. And at
the same time there is nothing in
western agriculture in which a per-
son can make as great failure as
they can in orchard work The peo-
| pie of the east with the great mar
kets OF our country right at their
doors often make a 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 to
still dispose of it at a profit. With
US OF the intermountain 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 or
der, therefore, that we may get any
thing for our product, we must put
on TO the eastern markets product
that is in every way superior to the
homegrown product and will com
mand a superior price. An apple
grower anywhere in the state of Ohio
has approximately 100000 people
who want his apples within 4 radius
Of 100 miles The intermcuntain
fruit grower has on the other hand
less than 100000 people to eat his
I apples within a radius of 500 miles,
5 markets open to his products
are from 1000 to 1000 miles
= from his door, and worse than ali
this, those miles are in every case
over the worst of mountain roads,
: with heavy grades and high freight
charges. A box OF apples selling at
Sl.O0 may be sold at a loss. Another
box of apples selling at $3.50 or 81 90,
or, in the case of our fancy fruit
sometimes much more. may yield
handsome returns. II 1t costs S11C
to produce box of apples that sell
for sl.00 and a consequent loss. s1.2C
may produce box OF apples that
will sell for $500 and handsome
profit Where. then, shall we spent
the extra 10 cents per bushel?
The first requirement of a market
able apple is that it be free from
worms. Two and half to tire,
cents, therefore. must go to spraying
that box of apples and when we sa!
spray in the western country. W,
mean STRAIGHTFORWARD, persistent, in
telligent work. We have as the re
suit of a good many years of effor
developed a method OF spraying which
can be depended upon to give results
The important features of thi
- method are. first that you have al
!" outfit capable of handling a consider
able amount of liquid at a constan
ue pressure of $50 to 200 pounds. Tn
- largest size of barrel pumps-doubl
acting pumps. and power outfits vii
do all this and it makes no differenc
which one of these outfits you have
] w
- spraying. the best spraying that ha
ever been done in this state and a
good as has ever been done in an
-. - other state has been done with Pr
mona Barrel outfit, costing $500
80 but that outfit must have one acce
sorry that is hard to purchase in tn
,,lt open market, and that is man wit
head on him to run it. There al
certain accessories besides the ma
that box OF apples, and when we sa
,,o do good works. feet of 7-ply hose,
bamboo pole, 10 to IL feet in lengt
IT., a crook on the end Of this pole, an
on this a nozzle that will throw
. coarse spray five or six feet before
breaks into mist. With this Quit
and a platform or tower so that II
man handling the nozzle can e
above the trees and spray down I'M
he calyx cups spray sidewlse IN
those that stand out on the slu
spray up into those that turn 40"
below taking care to see that evel
single blossom on the tree receive
lis share Of the poison, truly ehicie
spraying can be done.
The number of times to spray al
the poison to use are questions IN
must be settled by local condition
Lend arsenate at present prices, II
, pounds to 100 gallons, is probably
/ good a poison as can be used. Pai
Green. one.third Of n pound to
barrel. has, however. given Just
l. good results. where there was not I
much rain or dampness at spray
c time. The number of spraylnss
nends ON the number of worms t
nrevious year. If uncertain in rega
N this factor. spray twice. once j
az soon as the blossoms fall ir'
: he trees. and again in ten days
p. two weeks Band every tree WI
here appears more than two OF tnr
m there apears more than two or I'M
nor cent of worms in the first Dro'
The Price Mark.