El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-06
FARMING
BUMPER APPLE CROP
ROSWELL EXPECTS
Many Additional Acres of Orchard TO
be Planted; Bees Not Injured;
Preacher to Raise stock

be Planted; Bees Not Injured;
Preacher to Raise stock.
Roswell, \. NJ. Feb. 6.-Several hun
dred acres of apple trees are to be
planted this spring in and around ROs-
We'll The Berrendo company win
plant at least 100 acres. For filters,
most Of those planting apple trees viii
use pear trees.
Harry S. Bond, former accountant
with the Great Northwestern at Chi
cago, who came out here a year ago
and bought 10 acres of the J. J. Beck
place, near the COuqtry club, has proved
tne advantages OF this section on
MS eight year old orchard trees and
inns spring viii increase his orchards
Dy planting the other seven acres.
Many of the farmers are beginning
70 prune, are gathering up their
smudge pots and VIII soon place them
around the trees ready for the early
spring smudging.
some early varieties are already be-
ginning to let their buds swell.
Bumper Apple Crop Expected.
FROM all indications Roswell and
the Pecos valley are 10 have a bumper
apple crop in 1913 Fruit men and Lx-
perts IN the city are of this opinion
Preparations are already in the max
ing TO handle the big crops. Represen-
tatives are in the east arranging with
commission men to handle the fruit
much correspondence is being carried
people VIII IN the next few days, COM
plete the organization of their apple
association.
Zee Industry Not Injured.
me recent extreme cold weather
hurt the bee industry but slightly.
Two hundred bees TO the colony was
ABOUT the average all over the valley,
and considering a colony is inhabited
ny -9,uUO little workers, and that there
are 600 colonies in the valley. the &C.
l,5O0.OOO. In the valley there are ap-
proNimately 162. 10000 bees. which not
only furnish the local markets, but
gamer enough sweetness during he
year 70 allow IS carloads to be shipped
from the valley
This year it is expected that she in
0ustry VIII increase much more, by
the end OF the season it is thought
mere viii at least be zoo, 600, 600
workers.
Preacher Becomes Breeder.
me Pecos valley is more and more
raising thoroughbred stock and pOul-
tiy' realizing that outside of the ini-
IA expense, the cost is the same, and
Ihe profits greater.
heV. A D. Grille, pastor of the Trinity
t-ulneFan church, yet who has time 10
emo 10 MS 40 acre tract in the Ber-
SH6o irrigated Farms company, also
an 81 acre tract east Of the city which I
ne ana Nelson NJ Percy, a leading sur |
Sso1 OF Chicago, has bought, viii turn
ms 80 acre BerrendO tract into a high
lass thoroughbred breeding farm. He /
~ Suy has the DurOc Jersey hO6s, |
.--u uEoilZe turkeys, having Weeded out K
me white turkeys as they were not /
> > esanuard weights. The bronze weighs /
% pounds, while the white only %. 1
ne also has black Minorca single comb 4
cnlckens, three full blOoded Jersey |
COWS, and eight graded cows and is /
now IN the market for a black pedi-
steed percherOn stallion. The feed he
expects to raise on the two places. He
expects to put in silos.
4noQSh pastor Of a prominent church
IN chicago for years, having been in /
me ministry II years, Dr. Grille is a
iuQge Of stock. especially horses and !
ihlckens. He has always taken farm
ana poultry journals, and derived much |
II his Information from them as well |
IS being a close observer.