Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-31
Papers on Matters of Inter
est to Horticulturalists at
Annual Session of State
Association Now Being
Held.
REPORT GIVEN BY
STATE INSPECTOR
Guy Graham Tells of
Work Done by His De-
partment During the Year
Interesting Address on
Glover Growing in Orch
ards by E. F. Stephens.

The attendance at the second day s
session of the Idaho State Hortcultur-
al association numbered more than 100
members with half as many visitors.
Guy Graham. state horticultural in
spector, opened the morning session
with Il report on the work of the past
year in his department. He told of how
some of the badly infected orchards of
the state had been cleaned UP and OF
the division of the state into districts
SO that the work Of keeping it clean
could lie easily handled He also spoke
of the manner in which the department
wished to cooperate with fruit grow
rrs for the interests of the industry.
Mr.. Graham's report was we'll received
and was interesting throughout
William Oberia@ yer, who with his
brother. are amoa the extensive grape
growers of southern Idaho, having "A
acres in grapes near Emmett gave an
interesting paper on Grape Culture
He told of the varieties which did we'll
in this section, the yield prices receiv-
ed for the crop and the possibilities OF
grape culture in Idaho.
Clyde Beatty, superintendent Of the
Kellogg ranch, near Twin Falls, which
is a branch of the famous kellogg
straw berry farms originating at Three
Creeks Mich, gave some interesting
figures and statistics on the culture of
the delicious small berry and the prob
able growth of the industry in the
state.
E. f. stephens, the we'll known or
.hardiss of Nampa, gave an interesting
paper this afternoon on Glover Crop
in the Orchard
Quite a number of firms gave fruit
to horticulturists TO rexhibition and a
treat to the members and visitors.
Those contributing were the Idaho Pro
ducts company of Boise, four boxes of
choice apples and a box Of pears Den
ny G. Co.. five boxes of apples to be US
ed and given away during the session
and L. T. stephens of Nampa, Who
supplied the officers of the organiza-
ton with apples for the visitors.
ENTERTAINMENT.
The entertainment last night was
ono of the features of the session
Solos were given by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Tracy, Miss Mayfleld sang two vocal
numbers, Miss Hawley rendered a
piano solo ana Little Miss Yost gave a
reading. ID. r. Hubbard gave his Idaho
Jews with his interesting lecture on
Idaho" Apples were served and the
affair was most enjoyable occasion
ADDRESS BY MR.. STEPHENS.
t. +. stephens. in his address this
morning. after telling of the experiences
Of the Stephens Orchard company, in
speaking of securing commercial re-
turns from orchard land before the
trees came into full bearing, said:
1T did not seem to me TO be judicions
to attempt to grow any farm crop in
the orchard, COR the reasons: First
that all the available moisture was
needed for the best development of the
trees; second, that the present prices of
labor and ordinary value of farm crops
made it very doubtful whether crop
grown in the orchard could on the aver
age be sold for enough to cover the
expense of hired labor This might not
be true in the case of family able to
10 their own work and under condi
tons where the supply OF irrigation
water was sufficiently ample to give tho
orchard trees all the moisture they
hSc0cO anu also grown an lHteTcrOp
within the orchard. Under our condl-
tions it seemed wise to postpone the
growth of a cover crop until the four
teenth interest which our district owns
IN the ArroWrock reservoir should have
reservoir water to supplement our sup
ply from the Boise river. In 1914 we
seeded 40 acres to red clover: in 1916
about $50 acres of red clover and alsike
clover: in 1916 all of the remainder N
The orchard was seeded to red and al
ske clover. save Is acres planted In
1911, which we preferred to continue to
cultivate rather than to seed.
CANYON COUNTY ORCHARDS.
by favor of Professor c. c. Vincent
have been favored with a part of an
advance copy of the orchard survey
made by the extension department III
the university of the orchards Of Can
yon county. From this report we learn
that '265 of the Canyon county orch :
ards under eight years of age were
clean cultivated, 10 per cent alternated
with clean cultivation and alfalfa. 1853
intercrop alternated with alfalfa. IL per
cent clean cultivated and intercepted
showing that over one-fourth OF the
young orchards were clean cultivated
1uring the past FIVE years. The great
er number Of the orchards ( Canyon
county were three. four and Ave years
old. Usually the large orchard COM
panles clean cultivated; it being i'm
practicable for these companies to
raise intercrops between the rows. In
general, the soil after four years OF
clean cultivation. especially IL the ORCH
ard was planted directly after the clear