The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
MONTE VISTA FRUIT FARM.


 of the Ozark Fruit and Produce Journal of Fort Smith, was visitor in Springdale some weeks ago, and in late issue of the paper has the following to say concerning one of our up-to-date fruit farms:
 In February We attended meet ing of the Springdale Horticultural Society, meeting hundreds of fruit growers of Washington county, and while there visited C. N. Miller's fruit farm. To say that Mr. Miller has made good in horticulture is but putting it mildly and the trip over his 80 acres of apple and peach orchard was most interesting as we'll as instructive. About twelve years ago MT Miller bought a worn-out farm about two miles southwest of Springdale for S25.00 per acre Year by year he planted about 1000 apple trees and 1900 peach trees. He put up modern fences and beautiful two-story home, barns, poultry houses, etc He began a scientific study of hor- tieulture, consulting Prof. Walker of Fayetteville, and others, and in- troduced scientific methods in grow ing an up-to-date orchard. To SUD- ply water for spraying purposes he dug a we'll 65 feet deep in the cent CT of his orchards. putting in one-horsepower engine and 75 bar rel cement tank, installing thresh- CT pump on top for filling his spray ing machines. He later on built a small barn-board building, installing kettle for manufacturing his lime and sulphur solution, and put i'll 12-barrel cement tank for the so- lution after manufactured.
 Mr Miller uses ashes and bone meal for fertilizer. eight pounds of bone meal and 70 pounds of ashes per tree For cover tops he plants red clover and COW peas When the crop is well grown he runs thru his orchard with mower and later on plows under tfe whole crop, blowing about three inches deep. His orchards are well cultivated and his system of pruning shows his trees in uniform shape and calculated 10 yield the best results, all things considered
 Mr. Miller utilizts all the ferti- lizer from his stock, having stor- age bin convenient. until he is ready to distribute
 He also believes in poultry and his Rhode Island Reds were not iced all through the orchard ad- joining tBe home farm buildings. picking ap surplus bugs and other choice poultry ratfons found in the red clover and COW pea fields.
 Mr. Miller uses the lime and sulphur solution almost entirely ex- cept on one side of the orchard adjoining a neglected orchard Here he uses blue stone occasionally to keep off the attacks of bitter rot from the infested orchard He sprays five times per year and his trees show it They are clean of all scale and fungus growth, show ing uniform co or bordering on red. and when We looked through the orchard one morning with the sun shining through the trees it was a sight We shall not soon for get.
 Mr. Miller sold his crop of 1911 to Joe Ward of Fort smith, pick ed but not barreled, for which he received s2.30 per barrel for the entire crop Mir Ward later in- formed Mr Miller he found only 3 per cent culls in the whole orch ard The place lies ideally for an orchard, with splendid natural and air drainage, and he always has a crop He never has any trouble 10 sell his apples and peaches at top priees.-E N H