The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-11-11
Apples Growers Should Unite


Before 1873 members of the Maine Po-
biological Society and invited friends at
Portland last week able speakers discus
sed the possibilities of the State of Maine
as an apple growing State and told how
it would be possible to place Maine on
the map as she has never been placed be-
f0re.
A fine dinner was served in the Con-
Eress Square Hotel and at its conclusion
resident VIM. H. Conant of Buckfield
salied the diners to order and introduced
Charles F. Flagg, president of the State
Hoard of Trade, as POSTMASTER.
George A. Yeaton of Norway, vice
resident of the society, was the first
speaker and said that while Maine had
heen producing apples of good quality the
spple growers must get together and CO.
gperate, unite their capital and get into
the game in a real business way. He
told of the Maine man cut in California
VINO made the Sun Kist orange known all
lver the world and how he accomplished
i and said apple growers could do just as
vell as we produced the best apple in the
world and if marketed in an intelligent
way the State could be put on the map
10 stay there.
President George E. Crossman of the
Chamber of Commerce spoke of the &C.
tyitles of the Chamber, what it had &C.
complished and what it hoped to accom-
Ilish, especially with the agricultural
bureau.
Col. Fred N. Dow, president of the
me address and he told some exceeding
To- CT He of ho
Indiana whom he met down south who
sneered at Maine as being poverty
stricken, God forsaken place and after
aoking up statistics he told this man that
Maine had SAG per capita more than the
-reat State of Pennsylvania 500 per CAPT
Ia more than Ohio and S147 per capita
more than Indiana. lie plainly showed
the man from Indiana what the State of
Maine really was.
DR.. Robert J. Alley, president of the
University of Maine, spoke On Individual
esponsibility and said the great war
4eross the water was placing on US re-
sponsibility we have never before had,
and that in the destruction of property
and men it will result in world poverty
that will place upon this country great
-esponslbility.
He spoke of our economic development
AID compared our education with that of
the old world and said that here they are
not subjects but citizens and there was
al the difference in the world between a
subject and a citizen. He told of the
Inference in our plan of education and
said here we look to educate the individ-
ual to his full possibilities. while in other
Countries the subject is educated in
rould. He said he believed that the
most needed educational development is
more development that will give the in
7ividual a chance, that we should open
up the way for the individual to go just
Is far as he can go, that this was coun-
try of equal opportunity and that the
2ountry has always stood for this, which
is fundamental principle of democracy.
and the only cure for our democracy was
more democracy. The speaker said the
man whose education stops in the verna-
eu!ar Of the day was dead one."
Following President Alley George S.
Hobbs, vice president of the Maine Cen
trail railroad, spoke.
Pres. Conant's Address.
The annual address of W. H. Conant
was as follows:
Officers and Members of the Maine
State Pathological Society:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Another year has rolled around and
We are again gathered in annual session,
and, in behalf of the officers and mem
bers of this society, | want to thank the
Portland Chamber of Commerce and the
citizens of Portland, for their untiring
Efforts and generosity, which assured the
success of this meeting.
We are gathered here today briefly
to review the past and to consider pres
ent and future problems of vital import
ance to the fruit industry of the State.
The year 1915 will 60 down in his
tory as the most unfavorable season for
the fruit grower recorded in recent
years. The spring opened full of bloom
and good set of fruit, the prospects
We're favorable for fair crop, but our
hopes were soon blighted, for on June
3rd came heavy frost which ruined so
per cent of the young fruit then set on
the trees and other unfavorable weather
conditions which prevailed through the
growing season have reduced the crop to
about 20 per cent. of a normal yield,
Yet with all these extremely wet and I'M
favorable weather conditions under which
1rult has grown, there is little evidence
81 appl scab. Especially is this true
Where thorough spraying has been prac-
us7d.
"A large amount of injury has been
cone to fruit the past season by insect
PESTS, such as the apple worm, bud
moth, apple maggot, aphis and tarnish-
cd plant bug, large percentage of
"alch can be controlled by thorough and
Htelligent spraying.
Every orcl ardist should make care
Il Of &c
I orchard pests, and use his best efforts to
control them, thereby increasing the
yield and improving the quality Of the
! frult produced.
The storage problem is an important
A one with every commercial orchardist.
What is the most economical storage?
10 what advantage is cold storage?
How can we prevent storage scald?
What varieties should be stored?
Would preceding plan at shipping
point be a paying proposition?
Such important questions are con.
Inualy coming up in seasons of large
4 crops.
Il An appropriation was asked for at the
asst session of the Legislature to provide
an experimental storage plant at High
moor Farm, believing that much vaiu-
aoie information could be secured by
uur experiment station on this important
subject. The measure was poorly sup
Rofted, and consequently was defeated.
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