Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-08
DR.. PAMMEL, OF AMES, MAKES
PLEA FOR PRESERVATION
OF NATURAL PARKS.
WEALTH OF MATERIAL IN
ALMOST EVERY COUNTY
Picturesque Places Near Boone, Steam
boat Rock, Fort Dodge and in Three
Counties Of Northwestern Iowa
Striking Demonstration of Benefits
of Spraying. "F.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines Dec. S.-Dr. l.. II. Pam
mel, of Ames. made a plea for pre-
serving some OF the beauty spots Of
Iowa in his address at the state horti-
cultural convention this afternoon. His
subject was The Preservation of Our
Wild Flowers"
I'VE have a wealth of material at
our doors in almost every county in
the state" said Professor Pammel.
These places were made for our pres
ent enjoyment and for those that are
to come. Should not the state of Iowa
, do something along this line. She is
rich IN her matchless soil and what IT
produces. Let the state put aside just
q little while the idea that everything
must be for agriculture. Let US rather
encourage the idea that more should
be produced on the ground that we
now till. Let US now and then muse
in the woods and enjoy the beautiful
around US. II will make better men
and women"
Dr. Pammel referred to some of the
picturesque places in Iowa, including
the lodges about FIVE miles from Boone
in Boone county; Steamboat Rock in
Hardin county and the Lodges along
the Iowa river near there; Woodman's
hollow near Fort Dodge. a series of
sandstone lodges along the Des Moines
river about fourteen miles south of
Fort Dodge; northeastern Iowa, espe-
cially in Allamakee, Winneshiek and
Clayton counties.
"One region has interested me for
years" said Professor Pammel, the
Yellow river country. not many miles
from Postville. Here was the old mill
tary road from Fort Crawford on the
Mississippi passing thru a timbered
and sparsely settled country westward
to Fort Atkinson in Winneshiek coun-
ty. then an out post Here il was
shat Jefferson Davis spent a part of
his military career guarding frontier
settlers from the hostile Indians. The
old pioneer mill on the Yellow river
near what is now Clark's farm in its
day made many barrels of flour for
pioneers Not far from the mill and
on the other side of the stream are
the high limestone cliffs with large
fresh water springs coming from the
base of the cliffs. These springs add
their water to the stream"
Benefits Of Spraying.
A striking demonstration of the ben
etits of spraying an apple orchard oc-
CURED this season in Theodore Porst-
mans orchard at Buffalo, Iowa. 9. X.
Bliss. county crop agent in Scott coun-
~, gave the facts in his paper today
al the meeting Of the state horticui-
tural society.
One row of trees was left unsprayed
thru the entire orchard in order to
compare the crop on the unsprayed
trees with that OF the sprayed trees.
The yield from the unsprayed trees
averaged one-half bushel per tree and
20 per cent Of this was wormy and
only 40 per cent was clean. The yield
from the sprayed trees adjoining av-
eraged two and One-fourth bushels per
tree 70 per cent of which was clean.
In speaking of a trip thru the west
this past summer Professor Bliss had
opportunity to compare western OPP
portunities in fruit with those here in
Iowa, 1T was noticeable in Washing
ton and Oregon that hundreds Of acres
of young trees were just coming into
bearing, said Mr.. Bliss. "One can not
help wondering what will be done with
these apples, especially in view Of the
fact that during the past three or four
years thousands Of bushels Of apples
have been allowed to rot under the
trees in Oregon because fruit could not
be picked, sorted. boxed and shipped
to the middle west to sell at less than
$50 TO 80 per bushel. While these
Oregon apples were rOtting good apples
in Davenport always sold readily at 81
to $3.50 per bushel. We are convinced
that apples can be grown and put on
the market here at - cents 10 81 per
bushel and bring good profit to the