The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-04-04
WEST SIDERS
HEAR TALKS
o. A. C. MEN ADDRESS GROWERS
Hood River 0rchatdiSts Are Close Stu
dents, SAYS Gardiner SaifrO
Tells of Sprays.

The latest formed of the Hood River
/ Valleys improvement clubs is that
composed of the citizens Of the west
side, who the first Of the year organ
lzed 20 study horticultural problems
aud the promotion Of progress on the
west side One of the most enthusi.
astlc meetings of the new organization
was held at Park grange hall Tuesday
afternoon, when the large number OF
citizens present were addressed by
Pruts. Gardiner and Stafford. of o. A.
1 g., and Prof. Lawrence, county fruit
Inspector
Prof. Gardiner took for his subject
Orchard Economy. BY a system of
statistics he showed what the orchard
lst may expect TO receive in yield from
/ the crop, PIof. Gardiner had taken
an average year and found that the
average yield per tree for New York
had been z of bushel, for Pennsvl-
yania .6 of bushel, and Michigan S.
Coming west he stated that he found
that the average yield per tree in
creased. In California the yield had
/ been found to be l.3 bushels per tree.
The western and northwestern or
chardists are always going to find their
average yield better, he stated be-
cause they took better care of their
fruit. This average yield, he declared,
might be discouraging to the CONNER
cial orchardist, However. he said,
the orchardist should remember that
all trees in the country were used in
computing the average yield. Many
Of these are no more than blanks for
in every part of the country orchards
are set in places never intended for
fruit.
Prof Gardiner advised the orchard
lst not to make the mistake of secur-
ing too small tract for his orchard
labor. 81 have often heard the talk
lately, he said, 'of ten, five and even
one acre tracts. The orchardist, to
get the Target profits from his labors,
should at least secure a tract of as
much as 20 acres. "
In the beginning of his address the
o. A. c. man stated that it was with
hesitancy that the scientist came to
Hood River to talk for all Hood River
orchardists are close students of their
industry and it was better place to
learn than to teach.
Prof. Salfro, who has been here for
the past two years at intervals to CON
duct experiments in orchards, stated
that one of the great troubles with
orchardists that they were too pessi-
mistic 'An evidence of some pest or
disease is found in the orchard and the
grower is ready to howl calamity" he
said, when in fact the trouble is in
significant. Prof. SatTro's lecture
was for the most part taken up with a
discussion of sprays and the methods
Of applying them. He stated that dur
ing the coming season, if warm rains
were to fall during the latter part of
the month, apple scab might prove
troublesome. For this pest he recon-
mended three sprayings of lime and
sulphur, one between the time of the
opening of the leaf and fruit buds, one
after the fruit buds had fallen and
third in two or three weeks after the
second.
Prof. Lawrence again discussed the
pest and warned the
growers that it should be eradieated to
prevent the premature rot IN storage
caused by it.
The college men were escorted to
and from the grange hall by c. W. |
Hooker in his automobile.