

But the apple is not a dru£;. It Is a pnlstahlc fruit which 

 maintains health ^i^in^; r.nd disease preventing, properties, 

 whether eaten raw or as apple sauce, baked apple or apple pie. 

 In 1931, a German company placed on the market an apple pov;dcr 

 known as "Aplona." This powder included the sliln of the apple. 

 llorc recently. Dr. Manville of OreQ;cn, has developed another 

 apple povirder known rs "Apella" from cored and peeled apples, 

 Apple powder is being used in the medical profession and is pro- 

 diacing the same results as apple pulp. It has been successfully 

 used in one case in treating an infant 13 days old. 



It's a long jump from Nev; York to Florida but that's 

 th'; trip m-ado last winter by J, N. Demuth of Pembroke, Hew York 

 with 300 colonics of bees. The bees were transported by truck 

 in two trips. The owner expects to bring back between 700 and 

 800 colonics. Grove owners welcome "tram.p" beekeepers because 

 Florida bees arc reported to be Inactive in winter v/hilo the 

 northern bees do a good job of pollenating the citrus trees. 



During the past 30 years the California Fruit Growers' 

 Exchange has spent more than )24,000,000 for advertising. This 

 amounts to a little more than 1% of the delivered value of the 

 fruit. About 51,300,000 v;as spent for advertising during the 

 past year. 



Orchard mxlce prefer relatively succulent vegetation. 

 This helps to explain why they attack the trunlrs and roots of 

 apple trees. The juicy inner bark of an apple tree offers a 

 tempting morsel v;hcn grass, the usual food supply, becomes dry 

 and woody. Even in winter the lower portion of the trunk and 

 the roote remain in a condition v.'hlch make them a ttractive to 

 mdce. And, of course, the nearness of "mouse runs" is another 

 factor. Observations in Massachaisetts this spring show very 

 little true injiT-y --/bere the newly developed mouse bait v/as used 

 in the runs last fall. Elscv;hore a considerable number of girdle.: 

 trees has been observed. 



The Farm. Ch^jmurgic m.ovement is an attempt through chem- 

 ical research and manufacture, to find new uses and hence new 

 markets for raw farm products. The movement v;as started three 

 years ago at Dearborn, Michigan. Researches sponsored by the 

 National Farm. Chem.urgic Council include the manufacture of 

 starch from sweet potatoes, the paper and nev;s print industries 

 fostered in the pine lands of the South, the production of A/ar- 

 lous oils essential Ir. American industry and heretofore im- 

 ported from abr-.'^ad, the manufacture of plastics from soy beans 

 and from sav/mlll waste, and the manufacture of industrial alcohol 

 from a number of farm crops. 



According to J. C. Snyder of Pullman, Vifashington, al- 

 falfa plays an important role in the Irrigation Branch Experiment 

 Station orchard, partly because it aids in v;ater penetration, 

 Yinaerevcr the irrigation water amo\ints to less than 40 acre inches 

 for the season, he states that the fr'ait averages smaller in size. 



