Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-02-10

There is no use planting and de
velopjng an orchard up to bearing
with any expectation OF making
money out Of 1t unless you are Will
ing to put both time and money into
it 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 al
the same time there Is nothing IN
western agriculture in which per.
son can make ais great failure as
they can in orchard work. The people
OF the East with the great markets OF
our country right at their doors often
make a fair amount OF money on or
chards that receive little or no care.
They raise cheap, inferior product,
but being close to the markets with
little or no freight charge to pay,
they may be able still to dispose OF 1t
at d profit. With us of the inter-
mountain region, the problem is quite
different. The freight on a 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 product that Is
in every way superior to the home
grown product and will command
superior price. An apple grower
anywhere In the state OF Ohio has
approximately 100000 people who
want his apples within q radius OF
100 miles. The Sintermountain fruit
grower has on the other hand less
than /, 100000 people to eat his apples
within a radius of 500 miles, and
practically all the world markets
open to his products are from 1000
to 1000 miles from his door and worse
than all this, those miles are In
every case over the worst Of noun
tain roads, with heavy grades and
high freight charges. A box OF ap-
les selling at .$1.00 may be sold at
loss. Another box OF apples selling
at $1,50 or $500 or, In the case OF
our fancy fruit sometimes much mores
may yield handsome returns. II IT.
costs $1.10 to produce box OF ap-
pies that sell for $1.00 and a conse-
quent loss, $1,20 may produce box
OF apples that will sell for $500 and
handsome profit. Where, then.
shall we spend the extra 10 cents
per bushel.
The first requirement Of a market
axle apple is that 1t be free from
worms, Two and half to three
cents, therefore must go to spraying
that box OF apples and when we say
spray in the Western country, we
mean spray thorough, persistent, In
telligent work. We have as the re.
suit of good many years Of effort
developed method Of spraying which
can be depended upon to give results.
The important feature Of this meth.
Cd are, first that you have an out
fit capable OF handling consider
able amount Of liquid at constant
pressure OF 1850 to 200 pounds. The
largest size barrel pumpr double actp
ing pump, and power outfits will do
this, and 1t makes no difference which
one of these outfits you have. With
reference to the efficiency Of the
spraying, the best spraying that has
ever been done In this state and as
good as has ever been done In any
other State has been done with a
Pomona Barrel outfit, costing $1,000,
but that outfit must have one ac-
cessory that Is hard to purchase In
the open market and that Is q man
with a head ON him to run 1t. There
are certain accessories besides the
man that are necessary In order to
do good work, rs feet Of 7-ply hose,
a bamboo pole, 10 to II feet In
length, q crook on the end Of this
pole, and On this nozzle that will
throw a coarse spray five or six feet
before 1t breaks into mist. With
this outfit and platform or tower
so that the man handling the nozzle
can get above the trees and spray
down into the calyx cups, spray side
wise into those that stand out on
the side, spray up into those that
that turn down below, taking care
to see that every single blossom on
the tree receives Its share OF the |
poison, truly efficient spraying can 10,
done.
The number OF times to spray and
the poison to use are questions that
must be settled by local conditions.
Lead arsenate at present prices, five