Show I NE tW SUB SUBSTATION WARMLY f ENDORSED ORSO Fruit Growers Discuss That Tnt and aud ud Other Matters of oC Interest to lort ur SOME INTERESTING PAPERS Mr tr lr Presents Instructive tu I on Oil Apple an Pear Icar Trees At AI the meeting of the Iho Halt Hol Lake 8 County Horticultural held on 0 Saturday afternoon In Iii 11 the tho Commercial the he proposition to 10 establIsh a 1 substation for horticultural experiment ment was WOI thoroughly discussed by the tile following gentlemen Interested In II the tho f fruIt i tilt Industry of o tho the stole state President William C Burgon A W Casey I use e Conn ty Iy Commissioner of o Davis lavia oun coun un ty tip Statu EngIneer Doremus Mont Mons Pet Peterton PetIon erton Ion and others The Tle speakers acre wera quite 1111 showed the tho pressing fr need of nil an al experiment station that would benefit the fruit trull growing district extending from Brigham City on the north to II county count on the tho While there was evas some como om discus dl alan olon as IS to the Iho Proper location of ot the statIon It was 11 tho the of ot Ion Inn that Hint that matter hall hail hotter better be lie tie do till tl after the tho desired legIslation was scouted for the tho of IC the station it I Is II confidently that this will wi be lie accomplished at itt n t the tho next lext session seMon of oC the Legislature AH As Al It I will wi ho bo a I desirable thing to have 1110 In iii a neighborhood there here t In II no 11 douht ii on ht mn any will wil ho he ready realy to donate land for the tho station when It Is II needed neede A W V Casey asey stated that Hint hula orchard A W Casey asoy dialed that an nn orchard of six Irre coming under his tion ton owned by Mr r Alwood 1 rw I of ot hind had yielded near noar worth of fruit 1101 would have done redo even CPI better betor than title thin hut but for tor Injury ic cc Ie suiting from frost frostIn In behalf of thin Ih Estate n orla lon J L I f Perken nuked the associatIon to 10 nn an exhibit of trull mIt 11 tumid nd vege vell to hi oH at lt n t the lie I I I to u ik on 01 o II the oc on occasion casion of if tho the visit I 1 of tho Knights Tom Tern Piar to thIs lt It AMUR Au 11 28 rIte Tho Invitation I thIn tion nH ns H accepted It Il nuts Wil agreed that Hint thin Ihn nn association make as al Rood good a showing n 1 ia on 01 that thai occasion The interesting paper pallor on K was teas read by b I 1 1 11 rn with wih UK Its 11 fine climate and auth Its cx Ix litigation system IH is II by hy mountain whose peaks manges me are art covered with evel lasting snow Inow of anter rU front from these res rca to 10 the tho uleys are arc lre with wih fertilizing elements that have been blen burled In III 11 the tho rocks rocko for or ages It I Is IB this which makes the Ile soIl oi stud and In In fart fact makes lakel tim tha Ideal ell land for fruit growing Tue h gravelly bench land near lell the tIle Is II adapted for Cor the Iho of or peaches cherries nod grapes while hl the th valleys lleR with their Ih lr rich deep deeper er or soil Roll 81 and heavy heny clay cilY subsoil are arc the natural home homo fo to fl the tho and anIl thin tho pear should holl by hy EIght lead tho world In Iii 11 the thic Ihl production of these fr mIlls ls In lit fl tItle thIs county we e have havo hiI our Horl ul lural club dub whoso members member Homo of ot the most experIenced perhaps In the state It ht 1 h has han M been our aim to 10 promote the fruit Crul Industry In II every pe ever possible way Ia autO In order that Hint Utah shall be 10 Herond ond to 10 none 11 In this brunch branch of ot horticulture To sero Ker my lY part In this thin purpose I have havo been re to requested reo quested to 10 go glee today my experience In apple and 11 growIng growl ni N OF OP OPI I would first frAl anyone who la ha about to sot not ft out an ott oi apple orchard to 10 select a 1 piece of ground free from om reeds Meeds antI and with weeds I 1 Include grass clover find and lucor Thin The of 01 the land tram front weed seeds needs and roots utter after tho the IH its II set sol Is multi multiplied plied many times ImIA After having select selected ed the Iho trees tress budded ami a II year old pro pre erred frred they should he ho planted plan led about 25 15 reel feet apart and auth 1111 rut cut lIt buck back to 10 about two and amid Ild a n halt half hal feet from the ground The following spring thin the trees leel should bo be pruned BO so 10 an os to 10 leave heave three principal limbs or branches two of ot which should be II on tho the side of the tho tree tIle the I lIng 1 I winds nil strike Ike These Theao limbs should leave leavo thin tho trunk nt at II different distances noun the ground for tor If the tho forks are started opposite ono one or the tIle othor branch Is 18 Ismore more inure than likely to 10 split by weight eight of fruit or other cause CIURe In after yen is t I think It preferable to plant In Iii II tho the orchard potatoes corn com corl or some comae other clean cell growing hoed crop for or the Ih three or four On providing you apply plenty of ot barnyard manure or other oilier good fertilizer to 10 offset what these crops CPI muy take from front tIle the sell sol If IC I not hot fertilized thou then clean clenn cultivation Is necessary After At r four years nothing should be 10 planted In the orchard and clean eleun cultivation should be ho tho thin rule The Tho advantage of ot cropping the land bonti for tor thin tho first nr t three thren or four M Iii II In II not only obtaining u it 1 m re revS lint but to keep the tho soil poll Foi well wel stirred and amid the this whole surface well wol watered and cared for The trees t whim while joung oung oun should be pruned with judgment so 81 5 that In II utter after years no heavy heny limbs need lice be taken en out to lo give glo tho the fruit trul the light lahl of at tho the sun sunI I N AND HOW HOV IfO TO SPRAY Y The he real labor commences when the tho trees tree Iroe commoner to bear It Is necessary to 10 spray at lt least I live tInier In the sea sen soil Kin In The Ihie lle Out first la is done In II late 1110 before tha tho whiter or very ry early erly spring leaf buds hutla begin b ln to op open n This Is with the lime salt fait ni and sulphur mixture Then when the tho blossoms hlo olo have fallen alien jim Jho spiny sll with wih Is I done thone lon tend and right hero It I IH Is to DO no noted that great care cne should be bo taken to make tho tim list spraying with wih the Ihl corn com compounds COl pounds very Ir thorough In to two t 10 weeks repeat and again when tho the second crop crOl of oC codling cacHing moth hatches tiles Mies Iles The ihie he second set lt of oC sprayings Just men Honed toned will vill wi bo he h trout tram about abolt the middle of ot July Jul to about the thie of oC September according ll to 10 the season and anti tho the two tao sprayings alter after this tha Ihl u Inter tainter tire to coin com bat bitt bt the codling moth and ond In hit tItle this ef effort effort fort tort judgment amid Ind diligence mutt be ho 10 the Ihl sprit churn log Ing Ilg the tl treel trees are to II he be banded with Ith gunny Hacking or burlap to trap the worm AS I he pusses pu down Ilon the trunk of th the tree tre tret The bunds should be le put around the thin trunk just ju t below helow tim tho main branches branched about abut the first of June The Tim he larMi of ot this the moth goes oel from the Ohio treo tree to the this ground grund to 10 work out Its Il life changes and ant If it not nol then Ihen destroyed will 1 breed breech again and anil HI thereby therel ensure a n Block Iloe of the post host ot for tor another year eRI The hands bands mare arc mug tug with wih a n tack of oC size so 80 Hint It may la lila be easily 1111 taken out anti and replaced and amid nt at molt mORt every nine tho thin blends bunds are ore examined and ond alt all al the her lar herSie Sie HP 11 killed This Title requires close cl persist persistent ent work as the worms are lre filet to hide hilo end I nd assume th color lolor of their surround surroundIngs surroundings Ings hils hotter Better Heter no n banding Hum negligent ut treatment of them After Atler tho the first of oC September the th Interval of Inspection of oC the bands bandu bandl may he be extended to two week C tiek eek and this curried carried on till ti the fruit Is II picked i AUK Ally OF I AND TREKS TREES TlE There IH Is another feature In ill connel LIOn ton with tho the ol of orchards for lor codling moth not usually mentioned that U is are earn care cof of ot ground The Tha ground should bo ho 10 w wel evell ll and watered especIally e when tho the brunches branches are load loaded loaded ed with wih nuit sand And It I Is Ie advisable to 10 keep th the earth moist around the trunks The rhe worms frequently travel by their web or thread from the outside branches to tho the round ground They rhey dislike cool cOl moist soil on to breed bread anti and shelter In Iii Inand II and ond If It they tile tho find Ind It thus Ihus they Iley try to reach the tho tree again and Ind are ure caught In Iii II the tho bands on their upward trip lInt Hut If the Hie ground la is dry tiny antI and ald at this season most of ot this the Ile worms that leave the f i toil and Ind reach reoh the ground will wi stay there and come out the following spring to 10 attack the this op I As A to prunIng thero thoro OHU Is nothing to be added beside the points men mentioned Thu rho tree treo will Iret wi grow groat according lo to tIle the of t thin the soil noil ol tIme tho location and 1111 the tue supply of evater with wih and Ind OtiS one onE must use se judgment nc ac cording to circumstances If IC I the tho trees tree me are Ile studied as IS they the ought to be le tho the re reo of ot pruning will wil be he readily relly suggested by b the conditions till its lS devel doel developed olied Now No the tho question 1 ho bo Does DOOM It I pay PI to 10 raise taise fruit Tho TIme answer Is plain It If taken Inken cute cine 10 of yes If I not no lie 10 Tho rho results result reslin will wil pay 11 pa for or all ni your care It If you jou 01 start right and keep kerp over ever lastingly ly at itt lt It I but no one need lined 1111 expect I satisfactory profit profitable Iron able sible Ible ir If they tile sit ll Idly le by and amid leave lele the orchard to struggle along without care or cultivation A LITTLE HISTORY Perhaps I 1 cannot el I not better boier Illustrate what list t an 11 apple orchard will call wll I do iho than thuan by giving a It I little Itlo history of a I part of ot my myown l own 01 In lu 1894 I 1 planted GOO COO 1111 pear treeS mostly apple In lii II 1900 1000 the sixth year yel BO 50 0 Urn lien Dm In amail Jon Jonathan athan aPple trips trl were Crete counted and the tha fruit from frol those these tahiti and Bold lold result was bushels of ot market marketable able apples which brought brol hl Jl II I a I bushel No account 11 taken of tho the wormy or apples Thins Is at It the tho rain rul of ot Iwo two bushels to 10 the tIle tree Irre ouch and thin tho price pie was n a nominal one for or apples At AL S Si 10 O a 1 bushel which WIH tIme the Ile price plo In iii II 1903 tho the yield would ho bo hon 3 a n tree Iree I will wi state stale It another way WiY The rho trees were score planted In iii 1894 In 11 tilt the 11 fifth year the tho 1111 was bout about 0 nh n ii I half bushel to tint tho tree tice of good apples In Imi II 1900 tho the fifty tic trees etH H were lall etl cd to 10 get an au 11 average n with wih the time results men mentioned lel In IDOL 1001 there tholo came caine an tali 11 unusual unusually Iy ly late Into frost trost and no crop crOl was WI estimated In 1902 1002 thin tho el eight bushels to in tho the tree treo Irlo tint thin price rire was 1 1 25 n a I 1903 1003 was nn nl oft off or year eil often after the tho precIous heavy holvy yield and Ild situ the yield was tour Incur bushels to tIme the tree and the tho greater by 11 b reason of ot the crop wins was Wil 1 50 Tho Iho present year nar thin tho yield to 10 be ahead of two yearn Cars ago ngo Thin The lo trees mire arc Iro loaded to 10 the tho ground arid mil the time fruit remit will vIiI wil tun 90 00 10 per colit cont from and per Iler perhaps haps 95 9 per 1111 cent cont The Tie varieties men mentioned lel as its 18 measured In iii the tho year rIO of if tho the earlier bearing kinds kind but hul those coming coining COl III In II later will wi make up thin the averages These trees tl eR will wi continue ad adI ld mt I believe to 10 increase their yields lehIR stub mil Joel jett jet to usual for tot many sears How Hol long 1011 a it good goot apple appletree appletree tree Irle will wi boar If I well cecil 11 cared for I do ro not nol know I 1 doubt If it anyone here con can connet cal set net pt the limit I I I I have three trees treel two to toot of ot them thel and ono hut II a seedling needling They rho rhe me are 25 or 26 years yearn old olih Two wo years sign ago Igo they bole boto bolo together 65 bushels of at apples Taking out live Jve bushels for poor ioor fruit and Ind they netted at nt least sixty hushell worth north nt at It least II 11 IIa n a bushel This year of at 1904 1901 all 11 those these three treen will wil yield 75 7 of fruit In condition the o statements one whether can nn Ill draw IsIs his hi own oun conclusions fruit growing pays f PLANTING A As to 10 Pears In planting u it I pear or ordill chianti chant dill the tho same caitie le faro care car should bo be taken In Iti needing land free tree front from weeds w wand and nd lucent lucern at the time outset The trees bo b planted a I rod oil apart making ItO to 10 Ho the acre Three varieties are aio 10 nil all that thai Is necessary tho the Hartlet Buer luer ic 10 0 DAnjou and Ind P 1 henry A 4 pear or 01 orchard I chard should bo be 10 well evell wel cultivated from franc the Iho beginning but bitt should not lint bo be as 1 In ili II the east capo Ca e with apples n Al as thin the trees lire lre loser closer dOler and tut t I ut ll i ground IH its Il lost while they are arc Browing to bearing size The fhe treatment for fOl spraying is 18 the saran name as al directed for tor amid the tho codling moth Is IR fought In Iii II about the same mime lume way And imd right lure here I will silI wil say cay 1 that In my opinion thin the th codling moth Is II thin the worst pest post with wih which tile the horticulturist hits has hasto hll to contend for It is 19 only by lIghting them constantly and on every line lne that they IhlY can call be bo controlled Penis are Irl peculiarly subject to blight rho Tho treatment tre IH Ii to 10 watch closely and auth RII cut nit out every affected twig as nB soon ennui loon as 11 blight One Ono should thoroughly acquaint himself with wih tIme the appearance of or tho the trees when the thie list stages of Ohio tho o disease show In Iti II older older to 10 control it from diseased cd lImit limb Tho rho sup sap will wi ooze a n and alli thousands of oC Insects and oven ovenbirds ovenbirds ovenbirds birds flying Hying 1 about n bOll will wi carry the germs erm the affected should they thoy light upon places and thus the InfectIon Is spread other to other parts paris of thin the tree anti and to 10 trees U It I particularly catches upon tIme the tender now growth twigs upon the tho blossoms Tho TIme experienced horti horticulturist hort will wil recognize tIme the disease 11 by bythe bythe the first Indication of ot a slight discolor atlon of the tIm bark At this time tImmie the part should bo be removed nt Rt once If pon Bible cible cut off two feet Ceet below helow the tho this en eased ed portion porton If I delayed at nt thin stage limo tho ooze mentioned will viii wi come out Olt and thin tho contagion Immediately spread There be le provides provided a I small cnn of oil ell oi with wih n a 1 |