Show FRUIT CULTURE profitable the fruit interests of the state should receive more attention than is generally given iven them there is s no more profitable arpp than truit fruit and fruit culture has the advantage of giving work to the boys and young mer men who would otherwise be compelled to go a away from home to work at days wages by working at home aman on a fruit farm the young youn man can not only earn as much money but have more pleasant work and more beneficial surroundings than by going away aw ay iy and working in a railroad camp or at any manual labor for wages but his work helps to his home and adds to the value of thi the ho home me this gives him an increased interest in the home and makes him a better man and a better citizen it has a tendency to induce him to invest inland and an orchard and farm of his own and tends to give permanence to his efforts which are too often lacking f in the L man who hasto depend upon a job from someone else for a living every farmer should cons consider laer the advisability of planting several acres of land to fruit this spring it is not any longer an experiment the fruit grower in all parts of the state and in this immediate vicinity are taking more money from their land than the growers of any other crops and there does not seem to be the least danger of the business being overdone as there is a constantly growing demand lud and with aith canneries starting up and evaporating plants in contemplation the loss from a season unfavorable to ta the shipment of fresh fruit can be almost eliminated but with growing a superior quality of fruit and care in packing and shipping there is scarcely a year when the selected fruit cannot be shipped to advantage and the inferior fruit or fruit for any reason unfit to ship can be utilized arid and shipped in a preserved state there is one question ho however w ever that must be given more attention by individuals divi duals and by the state than it has received in the past if the state is to retain its good name for superior fruit and increase the demand for its fruit product that Is the prevention of fruit tree aisea diseases res arid and the extermination of oe arul pests jests many a of the people are careless in this regard and aad vie the careless ones nat mat only injure themselves but they injure their neighbors and the community by permuting permit ing their old orchards to remain as nurseries for all kinds of pests and the result of the study of horticulturists in the matter of diseases of fruit and of fruit destroying pests should be applied and a general and thorough war made on these untoward conditions aich destroy hundreds ot of thousands of dollars worth of fruit every year and tend to give fruit growing a black eye now is the time when a vigorous war of extermination against all kinds a of fruit pests should be commenced as well as an increase in the acreage of orchards made the enquirer |