The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-09-22

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PROFIT
Many persons, whore the sub
jcct of Fruitraising is preached,
make many objections, the most
prominent Of which is, that there
Is not market for the fruit, consc-
oucntly the crop would be I'M
profitable. These persons FORGET
that with our shipping facilities,
distant markets are brought near
when a large and remuncrativc
price can be obtained for all good
fruit. But those who do not
wish to incur the expense and
trouble Of shipping their fruit,
can be accommodated by tho obi.
ging fruit dealer, who will readily
buy Your orchard for n certain
am unt, and be at the expense OF
packing and shipping, or he will
take the fruit at a fair price at
your depot, Again, apples and
peaches in particular, are very
good for fattcning stock, and for
this alone, if for nothing else, an
Orchard would be Of great value
to the stock raiser, saying moth
inc about its value for distiiIing
and drying purposes, was. in.
formed by a gentleman who deals
largely in dried fruit, that he bad.
last year, at one time, stored in
Nashville some 100000 worth of
this fruit, and That the total
amount shipped from that city
was valued at 100000, and this
is but u very small item compar,
ed to the largo quantities shipped
from other points, No one will
pretend to say this is an unproG-
table business | nm sure; but |
am DEPRESSING. My main object
was to try and SHOW, if possible,
what IN acre Of good fruit is worth
for instance, take the apple
On one acre Of land we can SET
GO trees, 81 feet part ifihcy are
set out in u proper manner, as Of
course they should be, it is rcas-
enable to suppose they will COM
mcncc bearing in three or four
years, from which time forward
the trees will rapidly increase in
productiycncss, paying u hand.
some interest for the amount i'll
vested. We will, fer example,
take the trees when they are ten
years old, when, if they have re
ccivcd proper attention, as good
cultivation with crops, such as
potatoes, peas, tnrnlps, and other
crops requiring the soil to be fire.
qucntly stirred, and an annual
pruning Of all supcrhuous wood,
aswell as a thorough examinations
of the trunks and limbs Of the
trees, that all insects may DC DIES.
troycd. All viii agree with me
in saying that trees o fgood winter
varieties will, at this age, pro-
ducc ten bushels Of fruit each, or
600 bushels 10 the acre. Sayonc-
third Of the crop produced IS de-
fcctiyc-not suitable TO ship, we
then have 400 bushels Of good
fruit, which is worth, as a gone
raj thing, 5Octs. per bushcI, and
often scarce at that, The profit
then per acre is SEQ. | say
profit because the 2oO bushels OF
defective fruit can be used joi
cooking, drying, and as food for
stock, which, together with the
crops raised from the ground oc-
cupicd by the trees, viii more
than pay the entire cost of culti-
waiting and marketing the fruit.
Perhaps there are some persons
VINO will object to The prlcc-jO
cents per bushel. Put them at
% cents, the lowest price | ever
heard Of apples being bought at,
and we have 500 per acre as the
profit. Even at this extremely
low figure, is it not a paying bus
mess? Can the agriculturlst raise
any crop that will equal it? III
these things are so, why dc we
not sec more effort made to ac.
compllsh these results? Why
are not our mountain lands. and
what is termed Barcrns, more
sought after-lands which are so
particularly adapted to the rails.
ingof fruit. Thousands of acres
OF such land lie convenient to our
Railroads, and can be obtained
for a mere nominal sum.
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