New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
Fruit Growers
Should Combine
YEAR PROMISES TO BE A COOP
ONE FOR APPLE PRODUCERS
HERE.
ASSOCIATION NEEDED TO LOOK
AFTER THEIR SHIPPING.
INTERESTS.

With the prospects of an unusual.
good apple crop for this section during
the coming season, conditions are right
for the formation of one of those farmers
cooperative associations which are do
ing so much to secure for the farme,
better marketing conditions for his
products. Owing to the fact that
last year the orchards in this vicinity
bore very small crops, there is every
chance for the production of record
crop, and at the present time other
conditions also look favorable. Also
the spring is showing just the required
tendency to delay it's advance and
this will discourage the fruit trees
from putting out any buds to be nipped
by late frosts and when they do get
started they will have a clear track.
In view of these many favorable con-
ditions VIM. Pfaender, Jr., feels that
an Apple Growers Shipping Association
should be formed in this vicinity that
will enable the owners of orchards to
handle their product to good advan-
tage. Excelsior has such an association
and they work in conjunction with the
Minnesota Fruit Shippers Association
IN Minneapolis which takes the fruit
from the growers in carload lots ara
disposes of it to all the nearby markets
at the least cost of transportation
and the least spoilage, especially in the
case OF summer apples which have not
been source of much profit to farmers
here thus far. Mankato has a Berry
Growers Association which looks after
the interests of the members, the body
being able to secure results that the
members working singly could not
hope to accomplish.
Among those who are interested in
apple growing in this vicinity are
numerous West Newton, Milford and
Cottonwood farmers. On the Loffel-
macher farm at Fort Ridgely is a 5
acre orchard and another of like size
on the J.. c. Brennesholz place. The
three Drummer farms all have good
sized orchards which produce in the
neighborhood of Is to 100 bushels of
fruit each per year. Alvin Resoft,
VIM. Palmer and Henry Biebl all raise
apples for commercial purposes. The
Lotfelmacher farm owns large auto
truck and would no doubt find it most
convenient to ship from New Uim if
they could work in conjunction with
other producers to bring about better
shipping conditions for all. Ed. Henzel
of Milford has an orchard of some
fifty trees that will yield him 200 or
more bushels in a good season. Fred
Rollotf figures on hundred bushels
in a good year and Fred Meyer harvests
about 200 bushels when conditions
are good. August Frank and Gust and
Ernst Radloff are other Milford farmers
who have orchards. There are numer-
GUS orchards in Cottonwood also, two
well known ones being the Joe Wiesner
and the Fortwengler ones, just across
the river. The Massopust farm in
West Newton has an acre in apple
trees which tho young are beginning
to bear nicely and they would get the
benefit of any association formed to
take care of the surplus fruit. L. P.
Buschard also has fine orchard and
many others in the territory surround
ing New Ulm. It would look as the
there should be plenty of reason fu
the formation of fruit growers asse-
citation.
Mr.. Pfaender tells the Review that
he is willing and ready to assist in the
formation of an association and asks
that all who may be interested COM
municate with him by phone OF postal
In talking with number of the re-
preventative farmers of the neiphbor-
hood, Review reporter learned that
many OF them favor such move and
it only needs some one person to get
behind the movement and push it to
a successful organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Walther left laa
week for long trip to California. Thes
expect to go thru the Twin Cities and
spend few days and will then leaue
Monday evening on their trip. They
will be accompanied by granddaughter
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