Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-23
-Four Varieties Of Apple,
y Plum nm an, and Black Walnut NJ:
Trees Are Grown; Bees,
!. Chickens And Cattle Aid
r.: In Diversi6cation Of Farm
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Near Larinnore.

Just because a man farms seven
Quarters of land, that is no reason
why. he can't have apples and honey
from his WI yard for the winter.
A. least, his large farming interests
ana the constant and heavy work In,
vowed have. not prevented w. A.
tolHers OF Larimore from raising
prize apples. The day the Herald
visitor called to sec the trees that
had raised the apples and crab APPLES
shown at the LarimDre fair, Mr..
tolkers. was away threshing. but MN.
) folkers was perfectly capable OF. CIV
ing the desired information.
y We planted these apple trees about
nine years agb.'' she said. There
are four kinds of apples here and two
kinds of c~rab-apples. Some of these
fine. Two of theltrees bear an excel
lent variety jof large cooking apples.
have been using apples from these
trees since August. They are fine
apples for pie, cooking up nicely and
having a good flavor. We have all
the apples we\ need for winter use
from these trees,
Prize Winners.
THE crab-apples were the prize
winners at the fair, the/ deep red
Hyslops. I use them for canning
whole, and they make lovely pre-
serves pickles. The other crab
apple is a good for Jelly, making
1t a nice amber color. We have taken
two bushels of apples so far this year
off the three trees that are bearing
picked as the deepest red apples are
best after a touch OF frost.
I'VE have ten plum trees OF differ
ent varieties, and the plums from all
arc a lovely favor.
There are three black walnut trees
down at the foot Of the garden. They
seem to thrive quite as we'll as any Of
the other trees, but they are not old
enough to bear yet.
THE garden Is really, lovely in fhe
spring when all the fruit trees are In
bloom, and the bees enjoy it quito as
much as we do. We have thirteen
swarms Of bees. They help YER. much
in the development of our fruits and
vegetables. l certainly wouldn't want
to be without them. They are not
very much trouble.
Plenty of Honey.
80 far this season we have taken
off seven supers, each Weighing about
twenty-four pounds. There are TWEEN
ty-three supers,. on now n all o.
these will be filed by the time the
bees stop work. for the winter. Thai
will mean about i720 pounds Of honey
-much more than we could possibly
|Hlse. We have NJ difficulty in finding
a market for it." \
The orchard and garden are sur
rounded by tall trees that shelter THU
fertile space and concentrate hes sum
mer's heat on. it. The soil is fine
light sandy loan, ideal for gardening
and fruit raising.
Hcrcforda Profitable. !,
Mr.. Folkers is known as an extern
sive raiser of Herefords. He recent!
shipped 120 to, Iowa. and even theI
had about sixty head left. They wer'
all out grazing on the sweet clover
that late fall day when the Herald
} visitor called. ',
we are milking fourteen Of TIN
Hereford cows" Mrs. Folkers said
Now that they are out on the clover
they are milking as IT, they were jus
fresh. We are feeding five littl!
calves whole milk and about sixteel