Show horticulture IN BOX ELDERS ELDER 4 COUNTY TREE INSPECTOR MAKES DETAILED REPORT TO STATE BOARD SPRAYING IS emphasized report deals nit nat only with prodoc tion but with disposition of fruit through h the kindness of 0 county tree inspector IV 0 knudson we are able to give our readers the gist of his observations and worle work for the bear ear PICKING AND PACKING the prices that prevail here for picking and racking packing fruit are as follows strawberries raspberries Rasp berries blackberries ber rles and dewberries Dew berries all 24 cups to the case peaches go gc per bushel or 2 a day men wrapping lc per box making boxes ac c each for peach boxes and ale c each for apple appie boxes the question of labor is becoming coming lie a serious one it is hard to get the require I 1 JP IN SPRAYING G we have a great many in our county who have secured satisfactory results in spraying during the past two seasons in fact there is hardly a single one who has followed the instructions given them by the inspector and the state board but was well esis as lg number f of our people thought that spraying was of 0 very little value and the reason for this was that they were I 1 not ot cr particular as the preparation used hor tile tho manner in which it was applied BANDING As to banding they did not know how downor nor when to do the work so as to et results it has now been demon rated to the satisfaction of every in elligant ell igent grower that banding tor for the codling moth Is a success that it is easily done and is not so expensive that it eats up the pr brolus olits successful GROWERS some of 0 those who succeeded in growing crowing a splendid lot of apples in the bear river valley this season tire named below sa per cent tree free f om worms worm john larson of east glelnn 90 00 per cent tree free thomas brown ot or corinne Corl 70 per cent free ge brothers broshers of point lookout sa oer cent free gillette crawford itom n u snow rish fishburn burn I 1 mathias alathia s and lubbard hubbard AI 11 over 0 per cent free delei bros of pa P nrose had apples 9 w coni free from worms they v pia 1 ed 1 ilici wic in thi hi spring then banded the e mixture itie used tor for the pra ling ing was avus swift Arwil ar senate ate of lead Mo two iwo miles north or bear river ri er city had apples DS per cent cem free lie ile has ha never used any pla pi a duft except part paris green NURSERIES we have no nur nurse sele it in this county except a faw hw treet being offered by air D 8 lohr of corinne and mr arr S A of 0 brigham these tile the in it looking after CITY CANNERY the vat park h at tile B igmara city canner his vear rear was 2000 cases casca tt cans table peache 4 cans to 0 o the case cases gallon galion cans caas pie peaches pu aches 12 cans to the case 1000 cases gallon cans pie ap 12 cans to the case cases elb cans choice tomatoes 2 1 it cans to the case tile the capacity ot of the cannery is 40 cans per day the largest days run this season was cans 63 65 persons were employed at wages for men running from 2 to per day girls and women all did piece work and earned from to 3 a day the amount paid out for labor this year was aud ad to the farmers and fruit growers shipments are made Ill mostly in carload lots and nearly all to points outside of the state prices for the iro duct is satisfactory with the demand increasing the quality of the drag liam ham city canned goods I 1 Is s equal to that put up in any cannery in tile the united states mr air john L pierce continued on page six horticulture IN BOX ELDER continued from first page has acted as manager of the plant ever since it started here to the en tire satisfaction of everybody con coa berned WILLARD CANNERY the willard cannery this year un uil 1 der the able management of mr R E davis has put up cases aib cans ot of raspberries Rasp berries 91 cases gallon cans raspberries Rasp berries cases of 21 aib ab cans table apricots 25 cases gallon cans table apricots cases gallon cans pie apricots cases gallon cans blue plums 1149 cases gallon cans table peaches cases alb cans table peaches cases gallon cans pie peaches 2267 cases alb ib cans tomatoes 95 cases gallon cans tomatoes 69 cases jtb cans pe peas as jases cases gallon allon cans of offie pie pumpkins cases 2 aib 1 ab cans pie pic pumpkins all alb 2 it cans go 24 cans to the case and all gallon cans 12 to the case the output was readily sold and the company h has as received numerous compliments on the quality ot of the goods put up they are going to add to the present capacity of not over cans per lay day and make it almost double that the company has pale pad for labor this year and for fruit and vegetables laborers have received from 2 to per day the work lone done by the women and girls was piece work at which they earned from 1 to 3 per d day ty 0 SHIPMENTS the further disposition or of tile the box elder county fruit crop this year is about as follows in car load lots knudson bros have shipped 28 cars horsley sons as cars fishburn sons 2 23 3 cars valentine fruit company IS 13 cars snow orchard company 12 carghill man 3 cars james jensen 2 cars and aad 3 cars were shipped out from willard about go 90 per cent of these shipments were peaches the express shipments in less than carloads tor the entire season would amount to about ga cars and shipments by freight would be about 17 cars besides this a great deal of fruit has is been hauled out by wagons that come from the north and west it is not exaggerating to say tuat that as many as as teams have been in town in one day for fruit there are still perhaps 35 car loads of apples stored in ill the county CHOP percentage about SS 85 pel cent of a full crop of ct has been harvested in the county this year as follows plums and prunes SO 80 pears 30 apricots apples 90 peaches 93 95 cherries 50 blackberries 95 strawberries 93 95 raspberries Rasp berries 95 currants 95 gooseberries Goose berries 70 and grapes 90 1 INSECTS AND PESTS the insects that have been encountered in a general way are the codling motil moth red spider pear and cli cherry erry slug green aphis wooley aphis mildew on tender grapes and gooseberry patches there was some come rust on apricots and peaches the instructions issued by the state slate board of horticulture have been followed to good advantage in dealing with the san jose scale crown gall pear IA blight lit and peach tree borer DOES IT PAY As to the question whether or not fruit growing pays in our county the inspector does not hesitate to declare it the chief industry and that it if properly conducted it yields handsome returns PACKING FOR DISTANT MARKET we have packed some fruit tor for distant disant markets aud and it has carried very well but we still realize that too much care cannot be exercised in the packing end of the business proper packing is quite a science APPLE MARKET so tar far tile the white apple has commanded the best price where tt it has been properly grown and has the color size etc the banana apple appie made some impression on the market while the jonathan and the gano have been grown in larger quantities than any other kind CHANGE STATE LAWS the inspector suggests that a change in tile he horticultural laws of the state so as to bring all under binder one management would be a good thing whore where the county commissioners in each county have to 10 instruct the tree inspectors uniform work cannot be done YEARLY REPORT tile the remarks by the tree inspector on his yearly report are arc as follows the crop of cherries has been light the cherries have been large and the market fair tile the trees that bore did well the nursery trees in the county have not been very well taken lateen care of but are looking pretty good tile the largest and cleanest crop of apples tile the county lias has ever had were produced this year there aro several severa varieties that are very good but not no more than 20 per cent of oe the trees planted anted are of bearing age tile the pear blight has nearly killed killed tile the pear industry austry still the trees that have survived are looking better than in previous years there has been a largo large crop of peaches a good market and no excuse for any waste the prune crop this year was light failing to properly mature in many parts of the county in the vineyards there was an ail encouraging absence of f fungus and the crop was larger and better than last ye year ar in the small fruits the crop was over double that of last year there was a freedom from pests ests the market price for strawberries and blackberries was good but mt the raspberry market was low TABLE OF percentages 13 4 f u a g 0 3 U 0 u u u C 0 3 s ca Z ca d 8 S a t 2 s S 3 ii 2 e SJ i co 0 6 P 1 cherries 1 sa sa a nurseries 1 11 2000 apples 1463 3 31 1351 33 1001 pears 1271 sa 90 0 1600 peaches and I 1 I 1 I 1 apricots 1190 25 vineyards 1451 10 sa 5 plum prun arun 2101 10 90 0 strawberries 1101 40 asi as S R ncr der and I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 B der ber 1171 10 90 0 currants and I 1 I 1 I 1 gooseberries Goose berries 31 25 90 0 1950 total |