La Grande evening observer., July 11, 1921, Image 3

MONDAY, JULY 11, 1921.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE THREE.
Elgin Orchard Subject
of Magazine Article
In the June SO issue of the Oregon
Farmer, one of the most influential
farm papers in the northwest, Kalph
Erskino, field editor of that paper
contributes an article entitled "Finds
Money in Orchard." The orchard
which inspired Mr. Erskinc's article is
the H. !1. Weathcrspoon orchard near
Elgin. Mr. Erskinc's article follows:
We seldom think of a commercial
orchard in a dry farminjr district, and.
in fact, there arc few in such locations
thut can actually be called "commer
cial." There is, however, a large com
mercial orchard in Union county, Ore.,
which, it is claimed, will produce at
pies of quality. This orchard is owned
by H. U. Weathcrspoon of Elgin.
The owner has licen shipping fruit
by the carload for more than five
years. Four main varieties have be
come established by this grower as
the best paying apples to grow under
local conditions. These arc the De
licious, Rome Beauty, (Winter Banana
and Newtown Pippin- There is a
better demand for these varieties and
they bring in greater returns than
some of the other claplc apples that
are grown in the west.
There is something about the soil
and the weather in this altitude that
seems fo produce a better Delicious
and Winter Ranana than some of the
well known fruit districts," said Mr.
Weathcrspoon. ' "We have a. better
chance to regulate our water supply
since it is all done by cultivation, j
The soil is ideal for an orchard and j
there is less danger from frosts since
our trees arc all on side hill land. An
apple tree needs a rich silt loam with i
a soft clay subsoil to supply the min-1
era! matter for the fruit."
Clean cultivation is carried out re
ligiously, both for the purpose of
keeping down the weeds and to con
serve what moisture is in the soil.
By using a tractor the owner finds
that he can cultivate closer to the
trees and do -as much work with one
man as could be done with two men
nnd six horses. Plowing is never at
tempted between the tree rows be
cause the soil is light enough so that
it can be easily worked with n disc
which is followed by a "slicker" or
weeder which kills the smnll weeds
nnd creates a dust mulch- This pro
cess is stopped by the first of August,
so that the fruit will ripen naturally.
"Thorough cultivation is the secret
of keeping the fertility of the soil,"
according to Mr. Weatherspoon, "and
.we will not need to manure the land
or grow green manure crops for sev-
,'eral years, beciuse there is enough
' plant food to last for many years.
While the trees were young we grew
'such crops as strawberries, potatoes
and other cultivated crops that could
be marketed so as to bring something
in. until the on-hard -nmc into liear-
OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE
ing. Now wc don't raiso anything
of the kind except for our own use
because we don't have time and then
the trees need all of the plant food
they can get since they re produc
ing heavily.
"I started in on a small tract, put
ting out what new land we could get
cleared each year, 1 raised practical
ly all of our nursery stock as it was
needed. I planted several acres of
trees such as the Spokane Beauty,
which proved to be too largo and
poorly flavored for this altitude. 1
have them practically all grafted to
Delicious scions and will have better
trees in a few years. I believe that
1 am the only man in the country
that has tried out asphaltum for
grafting wax. I get the D grade
asphaltum and heat it so that it will
stick easily and graft in the usual
manner. So far 1 have been able to
get 90 per cent of the scions, thus
treated, to grow."
The spraying is dune by the dry
method and the owner claims to be
the second man in the state to try out
the plan. Dry Icad-arsenate is mixed
half and half villi wheat flour and
the mixture is blown onto the trees in
a thick "fog. If there is a seven
mile wind blowing the trees will need
the dust on only one side, but when
the air is still it must be blown onto
both sides. The owner has used the
plan for the last three years and has
had only 10 boxes of wormy apples
out of 2900. This has not been tried
for dormant pests because there has
been little need of such in this sec
tion. "I have had no trouble in market
ing my crop each year," continued Mr.
Weatherspoon. "I have. my markets
established and I ship to the same
localities each season. I have never
had to consign a carload of fruit and
I think wc should get away from
the system if we expect to get any
thing for our products. I sell all my
fruit through bona fide sales and 1
have not lost car of apples in the
last three years. 11 is not difficult to
establish a market if you have the
quality to give your customers.
"The trouble is with consigned ship
ments, the consumers get an uneven
supply. The commission men have
a number of cars shipped to them and
they arc not going to lose on the
deal if they can help it. They will
then lower the price in order to get
rid of the product and the grower has
to stand the loss.
"I have always been an easy seller.
I would rather sell all my crops at a
somewhat lower price than to sell only
part of it at a high price. That is
why I have tried to put up my fruit in
two or more packs. I find that then!
is a demand for the jumble pack if
the apples are good enough to stand
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cultivation nnd only raise a green
manure crop as the land needed it.
I would try a crop of rye occasion
ally instead of alfalfa as it is easier
to get started, does not come up the
second year, and makes nlmost as
good fertiliser when turned under."
Mr. Weatherspoon told how ho had
worked as a telegraph operator for
several years "before taking up the.
orchard. lie had only saved up a
few hundred dollars and the place had
to be built up from the beginning.
"I know of no better way to create
values," he remarked, "than to im
prove l iiui nnd build up a home. We
started in with this place 10 years ago
and it cost us 17500 for the 280 acres.
Now there are fully 110 acres in bear
ing orchard and wo would nut take
$tiU0 an aero for it today.
"There la much satisfaction in see
ing work done right and to know that
you are gitting somewhere," the own
er concluded. "It suits me much bct-
t.,v nvnn thmitrh it is 41 htu-il trrind ik t
timuu thun ,,11 tin, itiiltli,. lift, IhuL ,1 1
man could ask for. I h ive something
to show for the past 1(1 years' time
and the money that I have been put
ting Into the place is just like put
ting It into a bank. I can draw on
it any time." ,
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inspection. There are families in the
middle west where apples are not
plentiful and they like to buy apples
by the box when they can get them
small enough to eat out of the hand
without getting an extra fancy apple.
They like them to put in the chil
dren'! lunch anil there will not be
the waste that there would be to a
larger apple. For a cooking apple
the demand is for a medium sized
apple as well as one that sells for a
moderate price.
"This is why 1 have been putting
out a grade that will go without
wrapping and need but little packing.
It cleans up a great quantity that
would otherwise be sold on the local
market or wasted."
The owner then told how many or
chards in the irrigated districts ap
peared to be hampered by the growing
of alfalfa between the rows. It is one
thing to put nitrogen into the soil :ind
it is another thing to grow alfalfa
continually and create too much fer
tility. There is almost as much harm
from too much nitrogen as from not
to have.' enough, according to Mr.
Weatherspoon.
"When an orchardist grows hay be
tween the rows of trees he will get
an uneven distribution of witcr, be
cause when it is time to cut the hay
the ground must be dry ami before
the hay can be taken off the trees are
in need of water and then the water is
turned on in abundance. Such a prac
tice will soon weaken the trees and
they will go into the winter in a semi
(lorm'.int condition. Such trees will
generally bud early in the spring and
get caught by the frosts quicker than
when they are kept healthy all the
year round. I Ins is what causes
some trees to have a yellow appear
ance and the leaves to be somcwlut
smaller.
"If I were to raise nn orchard un
der irriration I would practice clean
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