Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
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MIR. Mckinney mentioned an ltalan
prune orchard purchased 10 years
ago. In 10 crops taken from the
tract they had secured yield that
had returned them $500 Der acre
over expenses.
The Mckinney family has 400'acneS
i'm Italian prunes and 200 acres in
apple orchards.
Discussing methods of planting, Mr..
McBirney, i'm light soil, where yigor-
GUS growth was not expected, would
plant Is feet apart, 134 per acre; ON
strong soil 20 feet apart, 108 trees
per acre.
Discussions by prominent fruit
growers indicated the preference for
large establishments operated with
ample capital, where these We're not
available the orchardists should soon
prepare a plant that could handle its
own product. A sufficient number of
trees have been planted In south
western Idaho to develop more than
six thousand cars of prunes, one
Thousand cars of green prumes We're
probably all that could be marketed
from southern Idaho in the green
state at a profit. Silas Wilson of
Nampa with 80 acres of the Italian
plune heartily favored amy method
which would give a staple price for
prunes for term of years
ln the discussion ON the marketing
of by-produots G.. j. Simsel stated
that the product must have quality,
quantity and be able to supply the
demand from the wholesale trade as
called for, this thought favored the
large establishment in preference to
the small individual plants.
Joel Priest of the Oregon Short
Lime discussed freight rates. There
seemed TO be am impression current
that those who marketed the citrus
products had a better freight rate
than the apple orchardists. To cor
rect this impression Mr.. Priest stated
that oranges paid a flat rate OF Ills
TO Denver and the same flat rate
Of $115 per 100 pounds to Denver
and the same flat rate maintained
clear to New York. Idaho apples
we're CARRIED to Denver for IS cents
per hundred for the Missouri river
points for rs cents per hundred, 10
Chicago for IS cents per hundred, and
to New York for 81 per hundred.
The rates for apples on the Oregon
Short Lime to eastern territory were
over by 12R to Is cents per hum |
tired pounds than the rates over the |
Northern Pacific. The Northern Pa |
eific asked the interstate commerce
commission to direct the Oregon |
short Line to use the same rates |
rom Idaho territory used by the |
Northern Pacific. This should be
net by a protest from the interested
of Idaho. The Oregon
Short Lime carried potatoes from
Ireeley Col, to Texas points. The
ate ON Idaho apples to eastern mar
lets was tit same as The Utah rate,
Ilthough 40G miles further away. The
= Ves from Paye tie to Blackfoot were
) to 81 cents lower than from Yaki-
.. and Wrl.atchee.
Mrs. Harvey of Bull presented a
interesting discussion of
he Importance Of ornamentdng the
grounds about our homes. She has
fifteen hundred roses i'm her own
rounds with numerous shrubs and
trees. One of the ladies
hubs of Bull secured at wholesale
hree thousand roses and divided
hem among the members of their
lub. Mrs. Harvey's paper was filled
With explicit instructions mentioning
N extended list of varieties which
he had found successful, mentioned
hat she was able to grow most amy
hing that succeeded fin California.
IRIS. Harvey's paper was heartily APP
reciated and highly commended by