Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-13


product the best that is shipped from
oregon. SO successful have beer
some of the experiments in Iowa that
1t is undisputed evidence that the
Hawkeye state could equal any OF
the other states in the union in the
matter of apple production II the
crop was given the attention in pro-
portion that is now bestowed upon
small grains and corn. One of the
most successful orchards in Iowa is
that owned by G. e. Daley, at Hill
Crest fruit farm. in Black Hawk
county. Mr.. Daley tells of his apple
harvest, and the necessary labor last
year, rs follows: an order to get
Iowa to the front as an apple state,
| will say In regard to my crop this
year. I have In my original orchard
100 bearing trees from which /
picked 1900 bushels Of very nice
apples, that sold on the local market
for an average OF 80 per bushel. We
finished picking early In October.
They were picked by hand. by expert
pickers. put in the cellar then sorted
and graded into three grades, No. l
grade sold for SO per bushel. No. 2
for. 50 and No. 8 for 81. lost less
than one per cent-only 10 bushels
Of the 1900 that did not sell for at
least 81 per bushel. They were all
sold by Nov. 20. The varieties are
Greetings, Canoes, Wealthy. yellow
Transparent, Whitney No. 20 and a
sweet apple. I do my own pruning
and spraying, and it is done properly
at the proper time. I use a power
sprayer with a 10-foot tower Of my
own make. use two lines of hose
one with spray gun and one with
an extension rod and two muzzles.
The sprayer carries 200 pounds. My
orchard is put In good. shape and will
go into the winter in fine condition"
Home Growing Ice Under Difficulties
! To make natural ice, one essential
is water. and the other is freezing
weather. The trouble is that in
many cases there is plenty OF the
right kind Of weather, but little or
none Of the water, at least the kind
Of water that will be still long
enough to be frozen. There are sew
eral ways Of getting around this
difficulty, according to Harvesting
and Storing Ice on the Farm" q
farmers bulletin issued by the United
States department of agriculture.
Suppose a farmer finds no suitable
lake or pond in his neighborhood. He
can create an artificial lake by di-
verting q stream into an excavation
or by building dam across a low
piece of ground. Some farmers have
made artificial lakes In their front
! yards. and they have been pretty IL
summer as well as useful in the win.
| ter. One thing that must not b
! forgotten is to keep these lakes pure
and clean. How to do that is de.
scribed in the bulletin.
But suppose a farmer has no place
| for a lake, altho cold weather pre-
!! walls in his part OF the country 70,
| freeze his Ice in metal cans or specia
| paper bags. @
j, The cans may be made in an.
convenient size by q local tinsmith.
says the bulletin, and should be O.
galvanized iron reinforced at top ana
! bottom with iron strips.
| "The bottom is made smaller thai
the top, to make the removal of th
! ice easier. The cans are placed nea
the water supply, filled with. water
and left exposed to the weather.
/, shell Of ice soon freezes around tn
inner surface, and when the shell
from IL to 2 inches thick, hot waite
is poured over the outside of the cal
and the shell removed. A hole i
broken thru at the top Of the shel
and most of the water inside is thel
poured out. AS the freezing prog
resses water is poured into the shell
a little at a time until a solid blocl