The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-02-09

Ing and developing an orchard up to
bearing with any expectation of MAX
ing money out Of it unless you are
willing to put both tine 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 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 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 a product
that is in every way superior to the
homegrown product and will COM
mand superior price. An apple
grower anywhere in the state of Ohio
has approximately 100000 people
who want his apples within radius
of 100 miles. The intermountain
fruit grower has on the other hand
less than 100000 people to eat his
apples within a radius of 500 miles,
and practically all of the world
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
$1.00 may be sold at loss. Another
box of apples selling at $3.50 or $500,
or, in the case of our fancy fruit,
| sometimes much more, may yield
handsome returns. II 1t costs $1.10
to produce box of apples that sell
for S1.00 and a consequent loss, s1.2O
may produce a box of apples that
will sell for $500 and a handsome
profit. Where, then, shall we spend
| the extra 10 cents per bushel?
The first requirement of a market
able apple is that it be free from
worms. Two and a 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 features of this
method are, first that you have an
outfit capable of handling a consider
able amount of liquid at a constant
pressure of $50 to 200 pounds. The
largest size of barrel pumps-double
acting pumps, and power outfits will
| do all this, and it makes no difference
which one of these outfits you have.
| With reference to the efficiency of
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 Po-
| mona Barrel outfit, costing $780,
but that outfit must have one access
sorry that is hard to purchase in the
m ND hot icN rffEt,
head on him to run it. There are
certain accessories besides the man
that box of apples, and when we say
do good works. feet of 7-ply hose, a
bamboo pole, 10 to IL feet in length.
crook on the end of this pole, and
on this a nozzle that will throw a
coarse spray FIVE or six feet before it
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 sidewise into
those that stand out on the side,
spray up into those 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 be 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
pounds to 100 gallons, is probably as
good poison as can be used. Paris
Green, one-third of a pound to a.
BARREL has, however, given just as
good results, where there was not too
much rain OF dampness at spraying
time. The number of sprayings de-
ponds on the number of worms the
previous year. If uncertain in regard
to this factor, spray twice, once Just
as soon as the blossoms fall from
the trees. and again in ten days, or
two weeks. Band every tree with
there appears more than two or three
there apears more than two or three
per cent of worms in the first brood, |
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