The Springdale news., 1918-07-12
SUMNER MEETING
OF ORCHARD MEN
x,,.,. City Packer Sends Staff Cor
,..t Here, Who Gives Ex-
tended Report Of the Meeting

.,,ou;ng comprehensive report
-. reeent meeting of fruit men IN
springdals is from the Kansas e'''
Packer: -, ,.,,u 5-Tbe an
81 op 'nmmer meeting of the Arkansas
1 %ar.;"nltural Society was held here
,a0t week. 1t was in the nature OF
t .as1 meeting and several orchards
l ,.'ers inspected and various addresses
s seas discussions we've enjoyed as to
a of fruit growing. Quite a
nv orowd was in attendance. The
trip to the orchards was mace |" a0
tomobiles. IL
,ard Of w B. Brogdon, A. P. Boles,
~ the Farm Development Division OF
the Frisco Railroad, made few in
.roductory remarks and thanked the
society for the opportunity OF meet
;no in connection with them and the
orcbardists for attending at tins time
when he knew they were SO very
hnsy He introduced Mr.. English,
sunerintendent of the Agricultural
penartment of the Frisco, who spoke
of tbe relationship of the farmer and
the railroads. Mr.. English assured the
growers that his department was en-
deayoring to give all the assistance
nossible and said he felt that the dit
ficultes between the grower and the
railroad had decreased. He considers
his department a go between for the
farmer and railroad-a kind of shock
absorber you must loci: to tie rail-
road Administration instead OF local
authority for solution of your trans
portation problems" he said. MAKE
rhe best of bad situation until you
can do better. There probably will be
insufficient labor to do the necessary
things after the war, therefore shape
your work to meet these new condi-
TONS" he continued Fruit growers
produce more food value per man unit
than many other lines of farming.
Statistics from the army show that
fruits have higher standing with
the army than at the outbreak of the
war Apples are now considered war
food, and the government is expert
n1enting with new process of drying
apples for the army"
In the absence of Mr. Isley of the
State University who is doing some
experimental work with codling moth
at Bentonville, his work being at such
stage that he could not leave it to
attend the meeting, Mr. Boles asked
Mr.. Brogdon to give some of his
practical experience. Preliminary to
this, Mr. Boles asked how many men
present had ever seen the moth in the
orchard and out of some $50 there
were only two. Most of them had
seen the larvae. 1T is the work of
sueh men as Mr.. Isley," said Mr..
boles, that is eliminating the guess
from spray schedules"
Mr.. Brogdon's talk was mostly d.
lecled to answering questions. Some
OF them and answers follow:
WHAT'S the best fertilizer?" Barn.
sard manure. When you can't get
tnat use commercial
Would you use it every vearqy
les sir, and between times if | could
get it" 1''
time" any
:, 10 You cultivate it in?" Some.
van. the essential thing is to
get II on-and in-when Won can yo,r
teaching" y ''os' oi the
r.oa ~ :, you use nitrate?' Eyes. we
t sssu 'nis year four pounds to the
!. costs $105.40 per ton and
W. 81. nave ia obtained good results.
n "e got :, a third more apples where we
used it last year., "''ee we
... 20 You cultivate it in?" "No. not
sail al.. It Il, is soluble; much like
- ss'', and will go into the soil in two
eood Ave days, depending on weather
rssa ';Oos' 1t will show in the fol.
Aa aN,, IN ten to fifteen days.
N.. "hen do you put it on?s aAhon+
hold 10 ! ehe best time; it helps to
n rsa =, me bloom. That's the tim ,' ,s 70
bloo a ,o,1 Of Vitality. We ALWAYS vs. sa We
ss9 ne enough, bnt to get the annie lst &c
IT, and stick is the problem te a0 ana to
'". ., I helps.s 0'e'' ana
: ;. Do DO you use lime: ~ ~ . rn.. 49,.
me" S'' Tor You but IT doesn't pay
lover ana a' n you thinh it will heIo
chard?" nv .v N that way he'll, your or.
prefer i Yes it helps clover g'I b,t Or :
1t doesn't get ss,l my results mere direct.
ten ,s' So phosphate and bone a's m ese
see .nr 'n.l per tree, ana could never never.