174 NEBRASK ASTATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Mr. R. A. Burns, manager of the Youngers & Burns' orchard of 

 Geneva, comprising twenty acres, by applying practical business 

 methods to his work and doing a thorough job of spraying and prun- 

 ingi was able to harvest a crop in 1912 that netted over and above 

 all expenses $173 per acre. This is as much as the major part of land 

 in eastern and central Nebraska is selling for per acre. Mr. Burns' 

 orchard being in the center of the drouth stricken country had a small 

 crop this year. The returns Mr. Burns received during a year when 

 there was a large crop of fruit are strong enough evidence that the 

 best methods will win out. 



Numerous orchards in different parts of the state might be cited 

 that are receiving good care and that are bringing in a good income 

 toi' their owners. In every instance thorough methods are employed 

 in growing the crop and the crop is packed and handled so that the 

 buyer of the fruit is getting value received for every dollar he invests 

 in that fruit. These men have made apple orcharing a success and 

 paved the way for others to follow. Success is certain to those who 

 have a liking for the work and will put the necessary brain and 

 brawn into their work in growing apples commercially in the 

 eastern part of the state and the favored portions of central 

 and western Nebraska. What we need is better methods and 

 closer cooperation among the growers in raising the standard of 

 the pack that goes out from every Nebraska orchard and bringing the 

 consumer to realize that when they buy Nebraska apples they are 

 buying the best. 



COMMERCLIL ORCHAHDING IN NEMAHA COUNTY. 

 H. R. Howe, Auburn. 



-Can't something be done to encourage the planting of more trees 

 in Nebraska, especially apple trees in the eastern part of our state? 

 So much has been written about planting, pruning, cultivation, then 

 when they begin to bear what a terrible fight one must wage against 

 borrers, coddling moth, canker worms, etc., that I can not blame a 

 young man for not going into commercial orcharding. 



I never like to blow my own horn, but perhaps a short descrip- 

 tion of my personal experience might take a litde sting out of ciie 

 business. In the first place one must have a love for the business and 

 personally inspect each tree at least once each year. For myself I love 

 trees and it does my soul good to see them grow and it makes my heart 

 sick to see the wanton destruction of all kinds of trees in Nebraska 

 today. Take a trip over this state in any direction and just see how 

 they are being slaughtered and what few are being planted. That 

 old saying, "He who plants a tree, planteth not for self alone," is a 

 good one and more young men should keep that in mind. 



