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FOREST GROVE PRESS. FOREST GROVE. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1913. Forest Grove Steam Laundry Wood, Coal, Cold Storage and Ice. MERTZ & LATTA Ore. Watch and Use the Want Ads and you’ll not need to be a mind reader The tho u g h t has o ften come to you perhaps, t h a t you could easily solve most difficulties if you were a mind read er if you could for instan ce,K N O W who would be glad to r e n t y ou r p ro p erty , o r to buy It; who would be glad to employ you. W a n t ad vertisers, and those who w atch th e w a n t ads, learn th ese things in a B U S I N E S S W A Y—not through occult means. S. A. WALKEK III.— DRAINING AND FER TILIZING APPLE ORCHARD. By G . B. B R A C K E T T , Pomologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Cor. 5th Ave. and 2nd S t., Forest Grove, HOME COURSE IN FRUITS AND BERRIES apple orchard lands should be thoroughly surface drained and uuderdralned. No orchard can endure for a great length of time with stag n an t w ater either on the su rface or within the soil. All surplus w a te r from excessive rainfall or from other causes should he promptly re moved by either surface or suhdraln- age. If the natural formation of the land does not afford such prompt drainage It must he provided artificially. S u r face ditches or fu rrow s between the rows of trees may afford temporary drainage, but they are objectionable on other accounts th a t will he a p p a r ent, for an orchard (bus drained will be difficult to get over In Its necessary care and in gathering and handling th e fruit. Underdrainage Is far better on these accounts. Besides, it is much more thorough, especially If accom plished by means of well laid tile. Temporary Drainage. A thorough breaking up of the sub soil will afford tem porary drainage in u stiff clay oil, but in a few years the soil will again become compacted, when it will require restirring. B ut I d A: II. LIDYARD WALKER & LIDYARD SHOEMAKERS 1st Ave. N., n e a r Main St. We are prepared to do the very best of all kind of shoe work. UP-TO-DATE M ACHINERY Special attention given to crippled feet. WM. WEITZEL Tinning and Plumbing, Sheet Metal Work and Re pair Shop. N o rth F irst A venue, betw een Main and “ A ” S tr e e ts ; phone 863. sv E i.r, L O A n r.it w in e s a t A r rt,tt A*»*- fri { f rom the preparing of the food to the serving, ab so lu te dumbness and painstaking care is observ ed by the Forest Grove Oyster House Everything to Fat O ysters and Shellfish a Specialty. Open Day and Night ED. BOOS, Proprietor M a n u fa c tu re d BUTTER WRAPPER P R I N T IN G at the FOREST GROVE PRESS 100 for $1.25 250 for $1.75 500 for $2.25 thee . all discs th e planter must tic the judge of tlu> special drainage requirem ents of Ills soil and location. T he sell constituting the proposed orchard site should lie carefully s t u d ied. and if found to tie lacking In the essential elem ents of fertility neces sary to m aintain a fairly vigorous wood gro w th fertilizers should I k ? a d d ed before plowing that they may he roine thoroughly Incorporated with the soil ill preparing the land for planting Well Ratted Manure. Scientists and practical orchnrdtsts are geaerullv agreed on th e great val ue of well rotted barnyard m anure for an apple orchard. It supplies not only I ii i i i i i i s . tint It contains a large per cent of other necessary nutritive elem ents for m aintaining health, vigor and fruit fulness of tree and for the develop w ent of the proper qualities for n tine fruit product. Hut as the stock of this sort of manure is not alw ays sufflcleut for the general dem and other agent* have to l*> resorted to. and next til value and In a concentrated form are On lea d ie d wood ashes, which will sup ply to a great ex ten t the elem ents necessary to plant growth. It Is m ain tained by some authorities th a t one ton of nnleacbed w i s h ! ashes contains ns much plant nu trim ent ns five tons of ordinary barnyard manure; therefore, w henever obtainable, ashes should lie usml In preference to any other fer tilizer F e rtiliz e rs . T here arc many kinds of m anufac tured fertilizers, some of which are valuable onty for special soils or s(>e- clal crops It Is difficult to determ ine w hat fertilizer It Is best to use w ithout knowing what elem ents are lacking la the soli T he th ree elem ents most com monly needed by soils nre nitrogen, pot ash and phosphoric a d d . and chemical fertilizers th a t contain the largest per centages of these substances In avail able form will be the most valuable. A fertilizer containing 1>4 to 2 per cent of nitrogen 7 to 0 per cent of available phosphoric acid and 10 to 12 per cent of potash will give excellent reaulta when applied to orchard land In qu an tity ranging from 400 to 600 pound* per acre. Western prairie lands are generally THE NEW MACKINAW. sufficiently fertile for an orchard gro w th and need no enriching until Neat as a Pin Is the trees begin to show signs of w eak This Spring Coat. ness in vigor from crop bearing, and even then they may be Invigorated by tlie use of crops of red or crimson clover grown am ong the trees, allow ing the crop to fall and decay upon the grouud each year. By this treatm ent a large amount of decaying vegetable m a tte r rich In plant food will accum u late upon the laud, forming a moist protection from the hot sum m er sun and preventing deep freezing during the winter, a condition conducive to the health aud vigor of the trees. All lands lacking lu humus can have this element restored to a great extent by such treatm en t, and orchards which have been sown with red clover m ain tain greater longevity, fruitfulness and excellence In fruit product, besides dispensing with the costly necessity of using special fertilizers. As to the Indications when a bearing orchard needs stim ulating the em i nent pomologist. Dr. Warder, once said, “ When the grow th of the term ! nal branches fails to m ake an annual extension of a t least one foot In length the tree should be stim ulated by ma During th e land and giving It thorough cultivation.” T he principal requirem ent In pre paring land for. planting an orchard I Is deep tillage, and the more thorough ly this work Is done th e more certain is success. The preparation bad best be done Inte In the fall, so t h a t the land will be ready fo r early spring ¡ planting or for fall planting If prefer red. Many successful orehardists, es- peclally ln th e w estern states, plow the ground In "lan ds” so as to make an open land furrow where each row of trees Is to be set and then, a ft e r ti e trees a re planted, backfurrow the M O D EL IJi DAIIK W O RSTED M IX T U R E . ground so as to make lands with tree rows In the center. There Is nothing dashing and pic This method affords a deeper tilth tu resque about this n ew outing coat, under th e trees and a t the sam e time which is conservatively severe aud su rface drainage Into the open land trim In style. It Is m ade of dark fu r r o w s midway between th e rows worsted mixture in modified coat which will receive and. If p r o p c l y style, with a stitched belt passiug graded, carry off any surplus w ater through a buckle of the material. which may accum ulate from heavy Pockets at the sides em phasize the rainfalls. outing ch aracter of the model. Distances For Planting. Expensive New Cotton Fabrics. A decision as to the proper d istance Among the washable m aterials which a p a r t to set trees varies with different planters. Some plant 16 by 32 feet— a re newly displayed French ratines are that Is, the trees sixteen feet a p a r t In prominent. They are to be had in five rows thirty-tw o feet a p a r t T he ob colors, blue gray, brown gray, apricot, ject of this method Is to obtain a crop lavender and green. All are in double from the trees until they begin to In width goods and with an inwoven bor terfere with each other, when every der ure priced a t $3.75 a yard. T h e alternate tree In the row Is c u t o u t plain colors are less Some also h ave a leaving the trees In the en tire orchard tine black stripe, alm ost a hair line at a distance of th irty-tw o feet each stripe, running through them. These way. T he trees to be cut out should cost $2.50 a yard. One o f orange color tie early bearing, sh ort lived varieties. and white has the effect of a sh ep This system has the ad v a n ta g e of herd's plaid. Chenille voile Is an oth er more fully utilizing th e laud for fruit of the novelty materials, but th is la It ts of wool voile production until the tblnulng out be not washable. foundations for a chenille stripe, which comes npeessary. O th er planters adopt a distance be Is closely placed an d stan d s up like tween trees of tw en ty, tw enty-four or small ridges on the goods, so th a t the thirty feet a p a r t each way. claiming effect ts t h a t of uncut velvet. White th a t by th e time the trees Interfere stripes of chenille on black aud w h ite with each other th ey will have finished on lavender are tlie only tones in which their gro w th an d th e orchard will be It may be procured. It is forty-live gin to decllue. But It Is generally con Inches wide nnd costs $2.05 a yard. It ceded th a t thirty tw o to forty feet Is Is particularly lovely for the early the p referred sta n d a rd distance. If spring costume. th e distance of forty feet each way Is Good to Know, adopted It will afford ample space be i f you have ever attem pted to em tw een th e row s for growing any crop which requires cultivation, such as broider or stencil a piece of heavy b u r corn, beans, potatoes, etc. Such culti in]) you have doubtless grow n angry vation is highly im p ortant nnd neces and discouraged a t the tendency of the sary for th e m aintenance of moisture edges to ravel. If you had taken tim e to ov ercast all In th e soil aud for the health and vigor of th e trees. This distance will afford the edges this could have been p r e v e n t free circulation of air and abundance ed- But It takes time. Next tim e you of sunlight, both of which are essential have to work with burlap in m ak in g a to th e grow ing of well developed and cushion top or c u rta in s simply stitch highly colored fruit. Small grain tho cut edges on the sew ing machine* should never be growu am ong fruit Make the stitch long a n d th e tension trees, especially when the orchard is loose an d then sew t h e edge In a wavy line, keeping close to th e edge all the young. time. It won't fray, a n d it w on’t ta k e Best Time to Plant. T he question ns to the best time to long to flx It thfei way. T he stitching plant is governed so m ew h at by lati w on't show when the cushion is sewed tudes. In southern latitudes Inte fall up or the curtains nre hemmed. or th e early part of the winter may be A Conservative Spring Hat. safe for plautiug. But In most of the In c o n tra st to some of the extrem e states early spring Is considered the better time. Full planting has the ob styles o f the m om ent this attra c tiv e jection ag ainst It th a t the roots of a little h a t Is most admirable. Its shape tree do not ta k e hold of the ground sufficiently to supply enough moisture to maintain n healthy active circula tion of the sap, which Is required to prevent shriveling of the branches during w inter's extrem e cold and ex naiistlve evaporation from drying Absolutely Safe and Reliable The Bankers & Merchants Mutual Fire Association O f Forest Grove, Oregon Conducted on Economic and Business Principles. The Home Company That Has Made Good. Insure Your Business or Dwelling in The Bankers & Merchants G ILTNER’S ROCERY Phone Main 701 South Main Street, Forest Grove, Ore. Fresh Vegetables Every Day Log Cabin Bread Amber and Fresh Each Morning Golden Gate COFFEE I if > ! i Neat Printing is something every business man desires when he orders station ery. Neat appearing business letter heads, envelopes, state ments, bill heads, cards, etc., are what can be had from the Press Publishing Co. Neat printing Is Our Motto and we endeavor to live up to it at all times. 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