The ranch., February 15, 1905, Page 5, Image 5

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frigerator cars on some of the rail
,,,r,H () in the Mississippi valley and
u eJ make their greatest discrimina
!;',„, In the icing of these cars. A firm
L , :irago received a car of melons
from a Point in Indiana, 280 miles
, nvil v. and were charged $45 for the
icing. Cars of melons came to the
same house from Louisiana, nine hun
.jre miles away, and the icing was
on ly $30. An investigation revealed
,!,,. fact that the railroad furnished
: IS own cars and did its own icing
I Yon i the southern state and the $30
charged amply covered the cost, but
10 the other case the Armour com
pany owned the car and did its own
Icing. Investigation further revealed
the^fact that $15 would have been
aO lte sufficient for the icing from In
diana. The president of the United
Stales has taken up this outrage and
says it must be abated. Let us stand
l,v I'resident Roosevelt in this matter
and see to it that our congressmen do
their duty. If I am correctly in
formed the Northern Pacific railroad
uses its own cars and have driven all
private refrigerator cars from its
lines. My experience has been that
the rates for icing are reasonable
with this railroad. If others have a
different experience let them speak
out. There is no question but the pri
vate car monopoly as it has been car
ried on by the Armour Company on
many of the railroads in the middle
west is a swindle and should be
squelched. We should write to our
congressmen and urge them to help
us in this matter. Cry out against it
as the ancient Roman cried out
against Carthage-delena est-must be
destroyed.
* * *
Recently the editor of this depart
ment by invitation attended the Hor
ticultural Institute at North Yakima
and delivered an address on "Profit
in apple growing and some difficulties
to be encountered." The substance of
my address on that occasion has been
given in these columns, or will be,
and there is no need of repitition. The
question brought out some lively dis
cussions. One of the questions that
the writer was called upon twice to
answer was: "Why do the Hood river
growers get a better price for their
apples than we do in the Yakima val
ley?" The answer in substance was,
not because they can or do raise bet
ter apples than we do. The Hood
River growers do claim superiority in
their fruit but that is not an unusual
thing in different sections of our coun
try. I have seen the Hood River fruit
but have seen equally as fine fruit
grown in the Yakima valley, in the
Wenatchee valley, near Lake Chelan
and a number of other places in
Washington and Idaho. Perhaps it
would be quite right to say that while
Hood River growers do not raise any
bciter fruit than we do, they do not
raise as much poor fruit as we do.
There is a very enterprising class of
men engaged in fruit growing at Hood
River and in setting out their or
chards they have as a rule planted
only the best varieties. They are
al ad of us in that respect. Then they
have a very compact organization and
Practically sell all their fruit together.
They are able to hold on to their fruit
• ili they get a good offer and then it
a" goes. The buyers have learned
that a large amount of very fine fruit
(""i be secured at Hood River and
they bid against each other. Then
II '•'■ packing at Hood River is far
11 "ye the average as I have pointed
°ut in these columns in former issues.
The grower is not allowed to pack
l; own fruit, but professional pack
aro hired by the union and go
from farm to farm and do the pack
under the supervision of an ex
! i in the employ of the union. They
!: !k nothing but four tier apples for
n '"ir eastern trade. The other grades
sold near home for a much less
l)r'ce. If the growers in the Yakima
valley can reach a point where they
can offer for sale from 50,000 to 100,
--000 boxes of our best Spitzenbergs.
Newtons, and Jonathans, all nicely
packed, all four tier with not an im
perfect apple among them, then we
can expect as good prices as are re
ceived at Hood River, and not till
then. Can we reach this state of
things? I don't know.
* * *
One of the questions asked at the
Yakima Institute was: "Which is to
be preferred, the whole root, or the
piece root graft?" One of the fruit
growers said that question had been
settled in favor of the whole root
graft. But it seemed to me that such
a view was considerably unsettled be
fore the discussion ended. Prof. Hunt
ley showed conclusively that the mat
ter had been thoroughly investigated
by the experiment stations and lead
ing fruit growers in the United States
and that they had pronounced it to be
a fad worked by certain nurserymen
for commercial purposes. That is the
view entertained by Prof. Budd a
number of years ago. The writer
made a somewhat exhaustive exam
ination of this question some years
ago and then decided that the best
tree is one of its own roots. This end
is attained by grafting a long scion on
a short piece of root, the graft to be
set down deep in the ground. All the
buds on this long scion under the
ground will make roots. When the
tree is transplanted to the orchard,
cut off the piece of root and then you
have a tree on its own roots. The
only office the piece of root performs
is to keep the long scion alive till it
grows its own roots. If apple cuttings
would grow then the piece of root
could be omitted altogether. Apple
cuttings will grow without the piece
of root but the work is difficult and
the root is used to nurse the scion the
first year. After that it is not. needed.
It is claimed by some nurserymen
that crown gall is more prevalent on
piece root grafts than on whole root
grafts. That is very doubtful, but if
that is so, then the method I advocate
would be the best of all for it is
claimed that cutting the tree near the
surface of the ground tends to pro
duce crown gall. For this reason
some plant seed and then bud the
seedlings near the ground. But with
my method there will be no cutting
near the ground and it is not believed
that this kind of gall will develop six
to eight inches under the ground.
* * *
Prof. Fulmer delivered a very inter
esting lecture on sugar beets at the
Yakima Institute. He is a thorough
man and when he speaks on any sub
ject with which he is familiar he is
instructive and interesting. He says
that the sugar content of the beet has
been raised by thorough breeding
from 7 per cent to 22 per cent. It has
taken a hundred years or more to do
this. This shows what the skill of
man can do by cooperating with na
ture. Prof. Fulmer very wisely, it
seemed to me, would not commit him
self to the profits of sugar beet rais
ing in the Yakima valley. Prof. Ful
mer perhaps knows that there have
been many disappointments in sugar
beet raising in the United States.
The Nebraska Farmer is at present
publishing some very discouraging re
ports on the sugar beet industry in
that state. A good many failures are
reported. As near as I can make out
the trouble seems to be with the grow
ers. It is somewhat doubtful if the
average American is willing to give
the care to this line of business that
is needed. The man that has been
brought up to stock and grain raising
is not well fitted to get down on his
knees to weed beets. Swedes, Nor
wegians and Germans as well as some
other classes of Europeans, will suc
ceed better at this business than
Amprleans. Some one may say: "This
ought not to be so." No doubt of that,
but the wise man finds it necessary to
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largest load in 2to 4 minutes. Makes the same amount of manure go three timei as far and
produce better results; makes all manure fine and immediately available for plant food.
II AM DIIIIAUJIDI C DAVE forms a hopper, holds nil hard chunks in contact
nUI1 <> DUII(jIIADLE If AAC with beater until thoroughly pulverized.
run I CCC ADD All is one continous apron, (not a % apron) therefore always ready to
IHULCvw hi nUii load. You don't have to drive a certain distance to pull it back
into position after each load or wind it back by hand; it Is a great advantage in making long hauls.
TUEDC IC lift PEA Dill I 1" about our Endless Apron to break and cause trouble,
InllnCi 10 nU UCAIfIIIU it is always up out of the way of obstructions as it
does not extend below axle. Spreads evenly from start to finish and cleans out perfectly clean.
linfin lUII Clin PATE keeps manure away from beater while loading; pre
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when starting and acts as wind shield when spreading. It has a graduating lever and can be regulated
while In motion to spread thick or thin, 3 to 25 loads per acre.
I IMIT DA ET because the load is nearly equally balanced on front and rear axles.
LI (ill I II IIAI I The team is as near the load as it can work. Front and rear axles are
the same length and wheels track; beater shaft runs in ball and socket bearings, therefore no friction.
Beater is 23 inches in diameter, seat turns over when loading. Machine turns in its own length.
Cltini I ITV There are only two levers on our machine. One which raises the hood,
OllniLiull I locks it and throws the machine in gear at the same time. It can then
be thrown in and out of gear without lowering the hood. One lever which changes
feed to spread thick or thin, making it so simple that a boy who can drive a team can handle it.
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