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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1906)
hJfvi "ARVtSTING THE APPLE CROP. -jpyi j6jai GOV EtllOTT MITCHttl W JSVS5iL!il of the tree is considered or t no comfort of the picker. Any ladder which must be set against the tree is a constant menace to it. Probably the bost tyie of tall step ladders is one having three legs, two comprising the legs of the ladder proper and the third actinic as Its support. It is easily set up securely AW m)M j llr- f it fi .11 ! It Is an easy matter to go out Into the orchard, shake or pick the apples off the trees and throw or drop t'.iern Into barrels for hauling to the town or cross roads grocery where the fruit may be exchanged for a tolt of muslin rcalleo.orsoiucthingelse tieo;l In the house. But this Is not very :ro.1table. The progressive farmer has found that It pays to give strict attention to the sorting and packing of his crop in or der that It may bring for him a much larger amount of money. Just when to pick Is one of the se crets of the trade which all orchard ism do not appreciate. The time of picking red apples Is commonly guaged by their color and that of yellow ap nie hr the color of the seeds. The latter is the only reliable test of ripe ness, for an apple picked just as the seeds have turned a light brown, and before they become dark around the edges, will be found to have not only full flavor, but the best keeping qual itv. But red apples are often left for some time after the seeds indicate ma turity to allow them to put on more color, which they ao rapiuiy unuer me Influence of the bright days ana irosij nights of autumn; and indeed this is the only way or ootaining coior ou fruit in the shady portions of the tree. Growers should bear in mind, however. that to defer picking after the seeus Indicate ripeness. Invites watercore and shortens the life of the fruit in stor age, often to a serious extent with the midwinter varities. TOO LATE TICKING Much of the corrplaint recently lodged against the Jonathan because! of rotting at the core, according to a report of the Idaho Experiment Sta tion, is believed to be attributable to late picking. Unless this trouble is cor rected the sale of this valuable var iety is sure to be hurt The purchaser Is completely deceived Dy tne peneci appearance of the fruit, not a sign of decay being visible until it is cut open, when the flesh for some distance about the core is discovered to be brown, radiating In narrow rays to wards the skin, which, however, it sel dom reaches. It Is worse than a worm hole, for that can be cut out. A box containing even a few such specimens makes the consumer distrustful of the f anrii, nunc uau vi uiwi v c i . j n i - i , . - ,wi,tf,. f-ionrf f of legs at the bottom makes it especial Brother Jonathan " ,y stable- For work on ,a trees the Few farmers are considered capable j f?Pne" ty,e .f ladder,- whch he of Backing their own apples, as their "u":,ec, lu. n""1 "l " "p statement is made that, as regardsi " "An i 1 . . ?ni, .?L' iiu uuuris is a. Millie rim w uu pegs projecting from the sides, but it is least safe and comfortable for the i:ser, and is not liable to become wide ly used. Every picker has his own opinion as to the best style of receptacle in which to place the freshly picked, frnts. Buckets, baskets and bags l ave their devotees, and some even go so far as to provide the pickers with cor.l scuttles. The latter, however, too strongly suggest pouring ail such rough treatment is not to Le thought of with apples any more so than with eggs. 'Where bags are used, as is com monly the case, they should be liaej with burlap though this should not rai;i-e any relaxation of care in plac ing fruit in them. Bags are open to the objection that the fruit in tiiem is easily bruised where the ba brushes against a limb or ladder. The usual form of packing does not admit of removing the fruit exce;t by pour ing, and this is objectionable. The bot tomless sack overcomes this difficulty a.? It allows the fruit to roil from the lottom when the chain is released. S't-h treatment might r!o with oranges, l-'it with ppples never. The average Picker could never withstand the temp tation to let them shoot from the bag the moment the foreman's back was turned. large percentage of the crop from the ground or with a very low ladder. Nevertheless you can scarcely make a dwarf tree by any amount of pruning, and in every apple orchard ladders of some kind soon become a necessity. HANDY TYPES OF l..IlKUS Of all the numerous styles of ladders. I gome form of step bidder Is best adapt- j ed to the orchard, whether tne welfare of apples are honesty and uniformity that Is the apples in the middle or Nxtom of the tack, whether It bo a tox or barrel. Should lie Just as good as those on top and nil perfect; all of an even size and proerly colored and every package packed with the an mo degree of care and skill, so that the buyer may feel certain that It Is not fruit In old or soiled boxes. When these are hauled to market they should always be covered with a tarpaulin to Keep ott ram or dust. If box material Is carried over from one year to an other It should be carefully housed and covered to keep it clean and bright HONESTY THE BEST POLICY Two essentials of n perfect packing IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE. TUB SCHOOL UOiSK Hi 17 SO TUSKS ASI Art I 'LASTS IS AX KCOSOMIC MISTAKK, Government Bureau of t'orcntry Has lurl an Attractive Illustrated t ri Bulletin on hool anti Hum Inc Punting. Thousands of school houses entirely sturdy sapling, and Anally become a luck the simple surrounding mat j great tree, leaving forth each year Mould Insure beauty and contentment ami affording shade and comfort for We mean ly this not n paucity In arelil- tho occupant of tho home. If the lecturni design, but In the simple mat- young mind grows up among such ter of beautlficatlon through planting. scene and amid such environment, which. In many cases, can Ih attalucil It will prove a mighty factor In the APPLE SCENES IN IDAHO. Picking Aprons and Ladders Designed by the Idaho Experiment Stntton. on uneven ground and the wide spread ..J L . .. It .... ' i; 'Jim SIXOLK ItAIL r.Anr.ER. A Very Light Purm for tin; firehard. seeing worm holes, their eye-sight is deficient. Where there is a fruit un ion, the Idaho bulletin suggests that a rule should be adopted forbidding any members thereof from doiiig their own picking, but, they should pro fit by the employment of the same body of trained pickers successively at the various orchards. Even the isolated growers should endeavor to have a group of expert pickers, and employ tne same ones, as far as possible, year "fter year. This is the way to build up a reputation that has a great cash value. PACKING IN P.ABBELS While the simplest method of pack ing apples is the old barrel cf the east In which the bottom and top are faced, the apples in the middle being simply poured in. this is a slovenly, not to say deceitful method, for it requires no grading expert to sort out the best ones for facing. The Western box method, on the other hand, is more desirable, especially in cases where one wIsheB to cater to the fancy trade. One of the pretty points about tho box package is that the exact n umber of apples contained therein is always known, and If stamped on the box as it should be, gives information much ap preciated by the buyer. Of course this only applies where the packer adopts one particular method of placing the apples in the box. A prominent orchardist made the statement that It costs money to step on a ladder in an orchard. This or chard owner finds that there Is a waste of time In climbing up In order to reach the uppermost branches of the tree, bo that It Is considered advisable that effort should be made through pruning to start the head of the tree low and keep It low In order that the most profitable Investment can be made out of the trees. It should be possible for eeveral years to gather a (A 60) a case of sight unseen. Attractive labels add much to the appearance of the boxes, and arc a valuable means of advertising and building up a spe cial trade. Whether labelled or not. however, the box should be marked o:i the end with the name of the variety and number of apples contained, and the grade, espeemlly if the latter is anything but firsts. HE SECI UEIi TOP PBICES That careful packing is as essential ,:s good fruit may be gathered from a by arousing the Interest of the scholars themselves. Some city school have no space for planting at all, although some contain u good arrangement of flower beds and shado trees. In tho towns and villages, also. It Is possible to point out many examples showing great care and attention. It Is In the country, however, that the Improved school ground Is rarely found. Tho Ideal school ground, which should really be as much a part of the building Itaelf, and where the pu pils can be shown the wonderful oper ations of nature, serves two distinct purposes. First, it becomes a technical labora tory, whore the Intelligent teacher can ixiint out the marvelous chemical chan ces which occur with each appearance of the seasons the starting of plant hie. with tho warm days of spring, the fuller growth of summer with Its bios- soi:,s and fruit and the matured wood growth, when the leaves drop In the f.ill a cycle In the plant's history and Second, the Influence that such study has ujK)n the growing mind. With a reasonable amount of this sort of edu- ciMl.in, coupled with the three It's, the child will never develop the tendency to rip to pieces the shrubbery of bis own home or dig out and trample un- k r foot the young plants In the garden. Furthermore, he will likely take his school garden for his ideal, and use his lniluence to make the homo yurd Us c;.ual In appearance. If not Its superior The object, too, of school yard plant Ing Is strictly utilitarian. School .ouse. some of them splendid brick ructures as well as sod house build rati lx found which are absolute devoid of tree or shrub planting uli the winter winds and the summer heat operate upon them with un hecked violence. Why not plant trees ind Inaugurate the assistance of the pupils In so doing, which will not only net as wind breaks, but afford shade? In connection with this subject the Bureau of Forestry of the Department f Agriculture has Issued a Farmer's Bulletin (No, 134 on Tree Planting for Rural School Gardens. This can be obtained without cost, by writing Ither Gifford Pinchot Forester. V. S. Oepartment of Agriculture, Washing ton, P. C. or to your 17. S. sen.i'or or member of Congress. It contains much information which Is useful and out lines several practical plans for not only the beautlficatlon of barren school- grounds but for a primary study of material prosperity of the com m unity. TUK COIWTHV HO.Ut.. Lecturer Advocate Small Indepen dent Home, tach un a Acre of Lotto liuimn itig .cnol (ruumn. In Itoeliesler, N. Y., I tie Helinnl nulhot'lllcN grade iiiul soil the school yards, while the shrubbery ami oilier . pluming Is by private effort In eon Jnnelloii with tb school children. Ample In ii I Is furnished for (leeurstlve phi) ground purposes, and tnuxi exemp lary result have Imh-ii obtained. Nllf ( lllUH-C III III! I'ilL'H, I. ire iii a metropolis makes yoime children sharp, bill not ( lever; It often deslroys their ehnliee of ever lel! clever, for It hiMcli the development of the brain unnaturally; It tnnkes I lii-lil superficial, alert, but not observ ant; excitable, but without one spnrk of eiitbil-liixin ; .they arn II pt to grow bluse, lick le. dl"c((iitctilid; Miey sen mure things f tin ft I In country bred child, but not " i nil InlereslliiK things; Mini they do not properly see any. thing, for I hey have neither the limn nor capacity to get at the root of all the bewildering objects that criwJ tbeliixidvi'S Into their little lives. JOt! Ol I ICt WAN! I I). t NX ANT TO t . M' til )!. nr lit-octmiwr tifll- hi lit ' O'W ii if r ! r I will Iwv ffitotitlilv hint ,lit jitt,im- tnt h II onllil tlliOl .(ntillltry f, (T. In ii iiitftiiiil t"iirii-ti will mil. Ail ilriM A. 1, iin umii iii", Ihn4. vl I Miiili.MIII l:) liileM i-iim- mm tin ran (nIi il, iMiii'ii t.'i'i.lit kiiiI in iniil wmb tin lna lilix- m.i .m I" -i.il I rio ! ii r tifftr! In u i ii n II Al iii ol'-. iiittn lit. am ait littwi a, N. W A M l H ; I Inn, Ir, it I In mm ami I't.kmn fi na (tutiniii iHi. .,.. A. Ai ii. ai kn ml, i aha lttrlhtf. K f li licr unit. i-ai ) Mitn,t I Hl tiiulilliiY I.-.1MIHI III,-, r-, hii i-.rii I III lirnk., lli-li f,'l lit nll.lv. It, i in 'IMtH'lnw fttiil rat fi flirt, I'iMtltltth aw allllitf riwttM lM tl-r tl H I l ,t,li a flic, krtto ninfi. .Vttin i- -uu .ii turimil I'nliway Aim, hill, Ml, ItiMiMI tl l.'i JMi'llMW1 Sift triHalyn V V. MilllT WAI-T in it Ii tl ItlM.Mil IIVAHV-lt-Ni wnloi it,.wtiatl aripiiittl: i 11 tlt r In aa In Imri l-Hl WItttMnlvt llimmif. ttirltt rtrt ami i-k (' r wl.n. or l.i.nk. I I t i i.nwl in.. u lltrl Ni Ik, All addresa on "Tho Significance of the Country Home'' was delivered by Edward II. Chandler, secretary of the Twentieth Century Club at the recent gradual Ing exercises of the School of lVmieHtlc Science of the Huston Young Women's Christian Association. In ad vocating a deliberate system of train ing nature study by means of school gardens, he said: Most I mjHr t tl nt of all Is the beginning of a national move ment for the making of "home- crofts" or small Independent homes with perhaps an acre to enable e.icn family to find out the true values of rural life. It would lie an ab.Miid er ror to suppose Hint such homes are now lacking. There are multitudes through out tho land. What Is new Is that these homes are coming at last to their ow n. Instead of continuing to be "e Inslg nlflcant haunts of ones childhood, of which one who has risen to distinction Is expected to be it little ashamed, they are being sought out as tvplcal of the best In home life and as models to be I " reproduced In essentials with some adaptations to the new needs of the times. FI.OWEKS AND ltIIUS. To grow up, Mr. Chandler said, with the flowers and shrubs and trees to learn to care for the birds. rels. rabbits and domestic anltn.i a training whose lniluence on character . K. i iwn 6ii Art , n pini.A. r' can never ie overestimated. An acre of ground Is enough for Nature's pur poses If he who lives ott It wishes to be her pupil and helper The country home makes possible the simplicity of living and fosters trim democracy. It Is both noteworthy and somewhat pa thetic that hosts of city dwellers should rush to welcome and ll'iten to the nro- phet of the simple life who came to us from France. Yet he had no other message than that of the country home. Live among the real things of life In contact with elementary forces. Live alnive conventionality. Inrn to be simple In your tastes and straight forward In your motives. He a good neighbor and a true friend Thin Is the life which the count rv home fos ters. There you niav not have no much r nAM Big; Profits In Capons I aimnljiihtf la mi) - arteit Irarnval i oui.ltil mil in Willi frtn liialrutiluuS hII4 l.NI. iie Worm Kilrector 94) 1 1 r T Marker BtO r.tn. h KilltriK Kiilfnbua forestry tree growth. planting and treemonpy ,0 handle, but you do not need ii- wsienuuious uispiay Kills tlie spirit i suen a nome. nemocracv IS la ko! of In the city but it Is felt in the coun try. A town meeting Is the hit'lieKl type of democracy yet attained. Thern is a common Interest which binds all country dwellers together. Nut who are so far aena rated and Indifferent to each others' needs as the various ten ants of a city tenement or aiartmeni house? rntoKiti RBhUVtU p--..i, aa1 l I, ..I'., .m, si.uj h-h intitK iit 1iU a it,,), hl " f " rwHiifci,,,,!, Hrwa I SE AM) INFLUENCE OF TREES. What a tremendous Influence for good In every town, It would be, If every school boy and school girl should become Interested In tree planting and shrub planting. Arbor Day has become a great Institution. Its observance has resulted In the planting of millions of trees every spring. Suppose that it were universal, and that every child in every town should become as enthu siastic over the planting of a tree each year, and witching and attending to it, as he is over the observance of the THE IDEAL PICKING HAi. Pc-rhap3 the best picking bag is the apron batr. It is cheap, being eaEily made of a heavy grain sack, hangs In the rnopr convenient position for filling and leaves both hands free. It &Jtt f"m'?.ff 9 a'1"1? - - ..- -r,j ii j hi "Hi A SCE.VB IN AN IHAIIO APPLK ORrifARD. Drawn from u I'liotoKrupli in liiilletln of Iduliu Kiperluient Station, Fourth of I mm i u mi 1 ft. a A Ht'HSTANTIAL Til ItEK-I.ECHJKK. .tory of a potato grower In Colorado a few years ago, when the crop of potatoes in the east was Immense, Colorado had, as usual, raised many thousands of sacks, but found the price so low that it scarcely covered the freight charges. In the emergency "The Man of the Hour" appeared In the person of a grower who washed his potatoes carefully, put them up In neat 10-pound sacks with attractive labels and sent them on to Chicago. A very fancy price was asked, but the potatoes went off with a rush and netted the grower the highest returns he had ever received. Cases similar to this are known to most farmers. Very often the manner In which fruit and vegetables are put up has more Influence on the price than quality lt self. Harnyunl Munucc. For garden crops thero Is no ferti lizer that will compare with good, well rotted Imrnynnl manure. In localities where a supply of such manure can not be secured it will In- necessary to depend upon commercial fertilizers, but the results are rarely so satis factory. In selecting manure for the l,llt,lli I... Inl.1,,1 41. .if I , .1,, ..,,. ii, . ,ii- nil, mm ii,- ifiri.-ii iiiiii, ii is so shallow that the first apples can .does not contain utiv element that will iiM-in i.v i. uu in ii witnoiiL drop ping, and yet It holds all the wearer can carry, and finally cannot, be emp tied by pouring, unless the picker stands on his head. Clean boxes will help to bring better prices for apples, so that it Is considered absolutely es sential that the packer should use onlv boxes that are freshly made up of material that Is white and clean. No man who takes pride In hia business or cares for his reputation will pack be Injurious to the soil. An excess of sawdust or shavings used us bedding will have n tendency to produce sour ness In the soil. Chicken, pigeon, ami sheep manures rank high as fertilizers, their value being somewhat greater than ordinary barnyard m arm res. and almost as great as some of the lower grades of commercial fertilizers. The manure from fowls Is especially adapted for dropplug In the hills or rows of plants. Inly, what a wonderful change, in a few yearB, would result In the appearance of most of our towns and villages. Much can be done in the school to ward making tree planting a success with the children. It Is not enough that when Arbor Day rolls around a tree should be planted by each Juve nile member of the family. Unless the youngsters realize that considerable rare 1b required the first year or two, the trees will die, and unless they have been taught how to care for their trees, dead and dying specimens failures will distress and discourage the youth ful mind, possibly beyond redemption, uut with reasonable attention the poor est and the rockiest soils can be made to produce good trees. A SCHOOL TREE NURSERY. Certainly there could be nothing more fascinating than the starting of a tree nursery, of several good varieties, In each school ground THE STRENGTH OF NATIONS. Not all who live In tho country realize Ita significance. Here and there Is a decadent home and a degenerate family. Uut all over the world the strength of nations Is found among those who have been fostered near to nature and have become free beings by working together In honest lalor. This Is a home Ideal to be placed among the highest. There Is little danger of Us over emphasis. No mat ter what one's work or how heavily the burden of the city presses the de termination to live on the home acre In the country may easily become ol most the most powerful influence in making a successful life!" 0$3 Greatest JryfcA Baseball vw r 0u,m M (Eh Chanct WHITE TO-OAV T' , ...urn -.,n,l.t f PANTS nnda, nr.. i f rtfub ti.ii .i i, w.t'i.,1,1 ..,,. ,,, ,i,,, i.n,,,r,Uj bu'ltma ,i .tyo 811 lit I .1 Mu.ao.aUilal. l-,u' i''.'-" " "" uh"ut lull aii-unil al.nuMata l.t I. I ma la i.f acial n.alrr nl and CMnlaul, ,r,r ".' !'l'nn.l liurklaa II,. I wall 0"t In.t lia la ri.!ti.) inaha ami rnatrtaa tla ouifli la . Vnii -'ii I" in anr !.- at'liat r IM. (r,. -( , In , , h. , , f mhmn n)(J WOOD WOOD CO. "02;:7""'" Parking for the Town. The town parks, or the town village square are tho lungs or I citizens. If the town Is growing, It is none too soon to start n movement to provide ror tne securing of ample town park Ing. The land Is Increasing: when tho town lias doubled ntnl has become n small city, it will not lie so easy to secure sites, readily accessible to the people, without paying an exorbitant price. Secure first the land; It Is not Important that a large n mount of money should be at once expended upon its beautlficatlon. possibly It needs but little, since nature may Imvo made it more beautiful than can man It Is not necessary that It should be transformed Into carpet lads of flowers and trimly kept lawns. If It affords sunlight and u green relief of grass and trees for the eye. It becomes a civlllzer and an equalizer, for the poor as well as the wealthy, a resting place where a man may forget, for the time, some of his struggles and his anxieties In a contemplation of what Ood has made. The park should be kept. In fact, as natural as Is consistent with its use as such. It Is never too early, however, to secure Its site, with a view lo the building up of the community, when land values will necessarily Increase. Distribution of nimlgruulH the Solution. If there were only some practleablo These nurser- way of distributing Immigration morn les could be started from the actual equally among nil the ports of tho seen, acorns, iieech nuts, hickory nuts, country the congestion and segra- chestnuts, seeds from fir cones, and gallon phases of this problem would bo the seeds of other trees thriving In nearer solution, It can be accoiu- the locality, and all these could be pushed In but a small degree, since It gathered by the children, and brought will only be done If answering nn In and planted by them. Then after economic demand, as In the case of they had reached the proper age for the flalveston-Hreinen Hervlce. Wise transplanting, say two years, the class would. In an afternoon, visit a dozen homeB. and participate In the trans planting of the seedlings, Into their permanent loeallons. There Is an In herent love for such things In the American youth. It Is a wonderful thing, when you think about it. to take a bit of a seed, put It In moist soil,! see it sprout, and men watch It through the progress of years come forth a tender shoot, crow Into a and well organized effort lo Indiii Immigrants to pass through the largo ports by Mailing and Insuring them employment In the Interior ami by In forming them of opportunities else where, will do much to Improve con ditions. The self-interest of states, many of which maintain Immigration agencies, might also be brought more generally Into play to attract the In dustrious and ambitious now comers to heir farms ami smaller towns. Wherever anywhere in t hiscounry there Is Any One wtui liaa the Spirit of True Patriotism nd Cenuine Love of Humanity I In hit or her heart, "The Coming reoplc" Ry CHARM S F. DOLE should be the flr.t book to b ri. There in a muliitu.;.- r.l thinking people Who we the duiigern II,,. futur.i Ih.I.Jh l,,r our country utiluss w- r, ,., I, v. M.iii,n of the tremendous km ml problems that confront un. The spirit in which wo shoiiM approuth . ....I in tnese pruMienia is het forth in thia rimurkuble book in u wuy that n.ui i,v nn inspiration lo every trulv hu mane and patriotic luurt. I ... r me apiio. in common sense and optl- ,.,,u luiiiHiiiienuii ei'on,,iiiiL. nnij p( OHophl. ul truth thnt pervade this book bo taken us the underlying motive of tim movement, and the t.'re.d and Platform of i mi iiomccroticra us the piuctleal plan lo work to, anil tho rest of the great aoelal fiuestions lire certain lo lx- rlKhtly solved by application to them of the aouncl and humane principle that will guide the action of our people upon ull great nutlonul ques tions. One copy of "The Coming People" poat ukc prcpuld will lie mulled t any ad dress in the United Klutea for twenty-five cent. One copy of both "The Coining People" und "The First Hook of the ilomeeroflera1' and "Maxwell's Talisman" monthly for tho rest of the year KKK) will he mailed to anv ad d reus In the United Mates for fifty cents. Kciult in postage stamp to The Home. crofters, MH Main street, Waturtown, Miihb.