Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-22
KNOCKING IOWA.
Mason City Times.l

Mason lily
VIVA. Is the use of sending the infof-
nation broadcast turnout the country
that the apple crop Will only be 81 per
cent OF what 1t was last year ms
kind Of dope is featured up from tue
statements made at Ames ana from the
state house farmers at Dies MONIES
giving the state the worst kind OF
black eye It was this KIND OF aove1
Using that put the state OF ne" 'e1
sew out OF the running az horticoieul
q! state. Every spring regularly news
paper reports were sent from eie
that the early frost had killed. the
sew peach crop. The world oeheseu ~
and finally the people OF Ne"
themselves commenced 10 peiie.e 10.
the state was failure as a peaeh e.o
The peach trade was changeo .io1A
New Jersey to Goshkonons' NO. Mnee
the sun kissed peach OF 'he SUM.
Slope fruit farm came INTO plo'i'.ne
and has occupied first posi'ioii ~
crates Of the fruit jobbers. co'1i'iiss'oi
men and retailers. Ihe Jersey pe
In seldom heard OF In the cenea'
The Koshkonong peach suppiah.eu .,e
,erssv peach by boosting advertising III
Missouri and BY calamity Knochi'is os
the press correspondents OF the pfes'-
dents own state
The state of Iowa VIII nov nave
short crop Of apples this year oecao su
this is not apple year IN iowa
president Pearson and professor be1''
are able to make apple trees pear an
nually, instead OF bienniaiiy we "i
have this condition, which Is a hA.uie
and not a theory. Horticulturists ciann
that apples and cherries are ahhuais
hut they have been unaoie 10 Japan
why the trees bear every otne. ssa-
There are growers who claim 'iat
ing picking time BUDS lot the
ing year are pulled on. Inns mo "
true but no official statement mas p.ea
given out by the fruit professors ,ia.
confirm this opinion. Year before ias'
.he-e vas very poor crop OF apples.
The year before that there was
h,,r,ner crop. Last year there was
| bumper crop. Apple trees seem 10 eA
| banst al their resources during one
year and then lay by for year. .he'
do not have that regularity which cnar-
| o...,,as the trees of Michigan. New
work and Maine Like the people OF
iowa however. the apple trees live d
| s,s, life while the living is good. Inc
|
In one year and he makes oespeia.e
| effort to secure 1t. But. like the MUS
steamer with the diminutive boiler, III
| whistl,ng for the dock exhausts all i.s
Steam and then has Il wait In MO
stream until sufficient steam Is Sc
cured TO run the vessel to the DOCK
The Iowa APPLE tree performs accord
| ingly.
The dope sent out that the apple
crop in Iowa this year will be failure
Is misleading. The professors who
make the statements are entirely on IN
their com PARSONS. The '-'.it crop this
year should not be compared with the
crop Of last year because ias'
year was the year for ap-
ples and this !s not. The statisticians
should recognize the apples as biennia
REGARDLESS of what the professors say
and then figure accordingly. During
the years OF general elections the Iowa
annie crop ts about as profitable al
running for Office.
II the orchardists will spray theil
fruit trees and take care of them ac'
| cordIng to the directions which Pro
| lessor Beach will furnish fire. of cost
Iowa will have the greatest apple crol
). during the year 1915 in the history o.
any western state.
II Iowa does not have an apple crol
during the even numbered years 81
j what Ia the use Of knocking the stat
on this account?