Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1912 — FRUIT GROWERS TO RECEIVE ADVICE [ARTICLE]

FRUIT GROWERS TO RECEIVE ADVICE

Pardue Expert to Hold Three Meetings in Orchards of Jasper County, Oct 9th, 10th, and 12th. Indiana orchards when well cared for are capable of earning enormous returns on the money invested. The Purdue horticultural department has nine orchards located in different sections of the state run by their owners under expert direction. These orchards everyone netted their owners over SIOO per acre in the season of 1911. They were neglected when taken by Purdue. Now they are paying 10 per cent interest on valuations of S9OO to SI,OOO per acre. Purdue does hot do the work. Her representative merely tells the owner how. Several leading fruit growers of this community have requested Purdue to hold meetings in this neighborhood, explaining how these results have been obtained. These meetings have been granted. They will be all day meetings and will be held in orchards. In the morning, various orchard problems, such as orchard cultivation, clover crops, fertilization and pruning ■will be, discussed. The demonstrator will have with him a kit of pruning tools and he will actually prune one or two trees so that those present may become familiar with a properly pruned tree. In the afternoon, spraying problems will be taken up. The reasons for spraying will be given and the proper times for applying the mixture will be mentioned. Several of the most prominent spray materials will be made on a practical scale and will bet applied to the trees. Every person in the who owns an orchard shoul4"plan to attend one of these meetings. Take your lunch and plan to stay all day, for you dannot assort to miss either session. These meetings will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the orchard of Bert Roberts, DeMotte; on Thursday, Oct 10th, in the orchard of Henry Schmitt, Kniman. A meeting will also be held Saturday, October 12th, in the orchard of Elmer E. Pullins, five miles south of Medaryville. a. Will H. Ade’s annual stock sale will be held at Kentland, October 22nd.