Transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society Volume 45 (English, French, Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...way. We can not tell the extent of the impression it may cause on the minds of people. and it may be the means of adding tens of thousands of dollars to this State, and it seems to me that it is high time we take up all of these projects as far as we can extend the work. It is our duty to do these things, and help educate the masses. We must increase the productiveness of our soil, and encourage people to live by the soil so as to increase its productiveness. We have five or six million farmers, and if we can increase their productive capacity from the soil to one dollar each it can easily be seen what would be added to our prosperity. We have noticed that England and France and Germany have steadily increased their average yield, especially in the northern part of France, where they have increased it from seventeen to twenty-five bushels to the acre. We have not done that. The time is coming when we will have to. We need to build up the horticultural interests of this State, and the horticultural industries. Only the other night I went to a city near which I live 'to buy some apples for Thanksgiving, and had to pay sixty cents a peck, and then didn't get very good apples. Two weeks ago I saw apples selling in New York City for four dollars a bushel. Our western brothers are getting four dollars. It seems to me that Indiana could make something at twenty-five cents a peck, and we ought to encourage it, and we will be glad to offer any assistance or work in conjunction with you in any way to forward this work, and I hope you will seriously consider it. Mr. Tillson: I should just like to say that the Board will, be very liberal with us. We have not asked for any increase in the horticultural department that we didn't get, ...