The Farmers Star and Livestock Inspector from Wichita, Kansas • 3

Vx THE FARMERS STAR AND LIVE STOCK INSPECTOR. PAGE THREE Orchard Yard and Garden QuoHtious iu This Department Will Bo Answered by an Expert Colleges and Schools SEDGWICK COUNTY country. He gave as a result of his HORTICULTURALISTS MEET, investigations that there was a much Arkansas City Business College and School of Telegraphy OUR TUITION RATE IS THE LOWEST. Visitors Always Welcome. Call or Address President Corner Fifth Ave and Summit St.

F.B.ABAMS ARKANSAS CITY, KAN. Our Equipment and Service Is THE BEST. We prefer to hold our students upon the merits of our school or not at all. A term's trial will convince you. larger crop than reported in the spring and he is fully convinced that the Kansas apple crop will be 64 ner cent and that is about what the entire country will yield.

He said the returns on peaches was practically the same as apples. There will be a great yield of fruits this year. H. J. Hanson discussed the question of whether Sedgwick county was going back in the raising of stone fruits.

He concluded that it was, but thought there was great opportunity for the grower who desired to specialize in that kind of fruit. E. G. Hoover, Frank Blair and J. F.

Fager thought the grower had better specialize on some kind of fruit rather than attempt all kinds. Frank Blair, E. G. Hoover and Frank Yaw had displays of apples and plums. The meeting adjourned to meet at the hofffe of Mr.

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Terms reasonable. Address HENR E. THA YER, President Monthly Meeting was Held at Home of Frank Yaw, South of Wichita. The1 Sedgwick County Horticultural society met at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Yaw, five miles south of Wichita Thursday, July 7th. The ladies of the society prepared the us ual picnic dinner which was very greatly enjoyed. There was abund-of the good things, indeed, enough was prepared to serve twice the number present. After the dinner had been served the program was begun. This consisted of a number of papers and free discussion by the members.

The discussions were quite as important as the prepared addresses. The first number was by Mc- Clausland, on the duty of the city to the fruit grower. He showed how the city should take a local pride in developing the orchard industry of the community and patronize local fruit growers in preference to outsiders, Or foreigners. He also laid emphasis on the importance of good roads so the fruit grower could get to market with his stuff. In this the city and growers should get together.

The fruit grower, also, had his side of the argument. He should take a personal pride in growing good wholesome fruit. He should always be ready and able to compete with the outsider. Then he should take greater interest in packing his fruit. Packages should be of uniform size in the same pack.

The possibility of Sedgwick county for berries was discussed by G. W. Collings, who related an experience in which he cleared $215.00 from a little patch of blackberries, which occupied no more grouncf than would have been occupied by a corn field which would have yielded no more than $15.00. Professor Twigg, assistant state entomologist, who is working in this county read a paper. This is reprinted in another column of this paper.

Frank Yaw read a paper on sprays. This provoked quite a discussion. The paper will appear ih these columns next week. Mr. Yaw has a mixture which has been using with success on his orchard and described it fully.

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Yaw conducted a party of guests over his farm. It consists of twenty acres all in fruits, except a few small tracts devoted to rhubarb and grains. Every tree planted on the placp was planted by Mr. Yaw. He has been there twenty years and has seen trees grow to maturity or to worthlessness and fall before his sharpened axe.

Mr. Yaws orchard is well cultivated. He raises some corn between the rows of his trees but all the ground is cultivated carefully and no weeds nor grass, sap the soil robbing the trees and growing crops. He has carefully selected his trees and grows just what he wants. Long years of experimenting has taught him the value of his varieties and he takes great pride in his fine trees.

Mr. Yaw has a complete spraying outfit and uses it freely on his orchard. No pests were found on his trees, no unwelcome growth was there to rob him of the rewards of his summers labors. The results of his sprays were seen on the trees and they had not suffered from too frequent applications. A fine prospect awaits him at picking time.

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On the other hand it is unfortunate for the owner to have to spray with no fruit in sight. In regard to size of orchards the Continued on page 15 E. G. Hoover gave a review of the condition of the fruit crop of the ainnwwff is i wn VpCHITA BUSIN Only to FSortda And Return VIA THE ON THE TRAIL OF THE PESTS. What the Entomological Society is Doing In Sedgwick County By Professor Twigg Before The County Horticultural Society.

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