THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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was not a fit ])erson to l)e aocoininodatod with ])jink- 
facilities created under the ])rotection and hel]) 
of the government, while the average peanut street 
vender and the AVall street gambler re(*eived hank 
ing accommodation. Tlie little hel)) the farmer did 
secure from his local country hank was nothing more 
or less than on a usury l)asis. With all these liandi- 
ca])S the horticulturists and farmers have been the 
saviors of the countrv’s credit in everv nanic and 
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))usiness depression and created the great wealtii 
now possessed by the United States. 
I congratulate President Wilson upon correcting 
the crime and shame committed against the nine¬ 
teenth century agriculturist by his persistent effort 
of having passed the so-called “Currency Hill” mid 
it is gratifying to see the decision of the bankers all 
over the country to come under the provisions of tlie 
new banking law, because this new law gives en¬ 
couragement to those identified with horlirulturi'. 
WTien the new banking system is in full operation, 
horticulturists, those possessing enterprise with suc¬ 
cessful records of business management will, in my 
opinion, obtain the requisite banking credit for the 
carrying on and extension of tlieir enterprises with¬ 
out submitting to the exacting comimssions fre¬ 
quently demanded and paid on loans by resiionsible 
horticulturists under the present existing lianking 
conditions. 
According to the U. S. Census of 1000 there were 
201 million bearing apple trees, and in 1010 there 
were only 151 million, a dr^crease of 50 million in ten 
years. In 1000 there were 76 million a])))le eaters 
and in 1910 there were 02 million apple eaters, an 
increase in apple eating population of 16 million. 
A decrease in bearing trees of 50 million trees and 
an increase in demand for a])pl(*s by 16 million jieo- 
])le. The condition of the decrease in ajiph; trees 
are only being remedied by new jdantings, but there 
is no remedy and no remedy is wanted to stop the 
increase of ]) 0 ])ulation demanding a supi)ly of 
a])])les. The cause of the decreasing number of bear¬ 
ing a])ple ti’ees, which will continue for numbers of 
years is of the fact of cleaning u]) old-time orchards 
that have been neglected to a ])oint that its inferior 
insect infected fruits are not any longer marketable. 
A well-cared for ajiple orchard has a long life and 
will im])rove with age, which is the op])osite witti a 
neglected oi'chard, as it soon becomes worthless. 
The ])ossibilities of jirofits and dividends on a 
well-])lanned and constantly, scientifically cared for 
ap])le orchard in North Georgia is well demonstrat¬ 
ed in a government bulletin imblished as far back as 
1900, and written by the most eminent pomolgist ot 
the United States Government, IMr. George B. 
Brackett. In that bulletin Mr. Brackett says: “The 
])roduct of a single tree will sometimes sell for 
$10.00 or more and fifty such trees can be grown on 
an acre of land.” Fifty trees to the acre and $10.00 
per tree. This makes $500,00 ])roduction from one 
acre of ai)]ile trees. It should, however, be remeni- 
bei-ed that Mr. Brackett was s])eaking of apple lu’of- 
its 14 years ago, when orchardists as well as agricul¬ 
turists in gemu'al, sold their ])roduct at cost ot ]U‘o- 
duction, })lus a bare existence for themselves and 
their families. Any one can figure the ]K)ssibilities 
of a well-cared for orchard in Northeast Georgia, be¬ 
cause of the natural and God-given conditions we 
possess. 
At Arlington Nurseries, Arlington, Nebraska. 
