The daily sentinel., 1914-01-28


have made big money the past year,
and some of them are out towards
Fruitvale, and | will do this in the
future. but / am now endeavoring to
stir up an increasing interest in
raising a better quality of fruit by
taking good care of the small Or
chard 1t is a mistake to pull out
trees until fair trial has been given
them.
There are some varieties of apples
which are said to be biennial bear
ers; bear one year and lay off the
next. This is a matter of habit, and
the habit can be cultivated of bearing
every year. The Winesap, Geniton
and Missouri Pippin can be taught
to bear every year II they are prun-
ed and thinned properly, but we have
not been doing this to any extent.
They produce vast numbers of twigs
on every limb and when they bear
there are clusters of fruit on every
spur. If we take a small pair of
shears and prune out one-half the
small spurs in the winter; then thin
those left down to n single apple at
least eight inches apart we shall
have large fruit and crop every
year When trees, and especially
the three varieties, are allowed to
bear heavy crop there is no vital
ity or nourishment with which new
wood and fruit spurs can be devel-
oped, and whole year is then nee
essary. The same facts are true
with respect to all varieties OF pears.
1t was stated a few days ago that
the county commissioners were
of electing three road su-
pervisors. This certainly must be
mistake, as law only provides for one
man at a salary to be fixed by the
board. This man shall be practi-
cal road builder" not a day laborer
ON the roads. A special man who is
to have charge of all roads and
bridges and take the entire respon-
from the board. He must at
tend at least one meeting of the
state highway commission every
year; he shall form all road dis
tricts for the purpose of road drag
ging and repair all roads and bridg-
es when the expense does not go
over $500.
In fact he is to take over that part
of the duties of the board connected
with the roads, and relieve it of a
large amount of its work which has
caused it to run over the
salary limit. Therefore the board
should be careful in the selection OF
the man; he ought to be better qual-
flied for his work than even the
other county officials because the
work is more largely executive and
demands judgment and expert
There ought to be a
man in the county qualified, but they
are very few.
An incident brought to my atten-
ton recently in farm magazine en-
phasizes the importance of poultry
raising. Around Hebron, Neb., there
is a large settlement of Quakers;
they need a new school building, nut
had no ready money. AT a meeting
held to discuss the matter some one
suggested that the eggs laid on the
Sundays for twenty-six weeks ne
laid aside to create a fund for the
building, and every member of the
body agreed. 1t developed that there
we're $4,000 hens, and they laid
650 900 egg on those Sundays
when the returns we're in there was
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children have their new building.
Another item furnished by citi-
zen of Grand Junction illustrates the
same idea as to the importance oil
small savings. The gentleman nine
years or more ago took out one share
of stock in building and loan asso,
citation for his little daughter ana
paid so cents per month for lio
months when his stock was worth
500, and has cost him 500; he then
took out another share, and the
profits on the first share is keeping
up the payments on this second
share. At the end of another period
he can take out two additional shares
and they will cost nothing but the
interest ON the first two; this is
simple case of geometrical progress
sion, but very practical for the poor
man who can save but small
amount each month.
"Si." Read of Palisade was in the
city a few days ago; he had Just
returned from months visit to his
former home at Guthrie Center, Ia,