Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-12-01
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Ualize On Common Fruitg.

i ne season ) HOW dt lldifd lOE SGT
ting out fruit trees" We would
advise our readers, even If they have
a few acres, to set out some, if not
for profit. at least raise some for the
comfort and health Of your families.
This article ) written more for the
purpose of calling attention to our
/ neglected Wild fruits than to the other
kind. On nearly every plantation or
farm in the kill-countTy Of the south,
we b hold barren fields turned out TO
! be washed into unsightly -gullies, and
covered with scdse grass and briar
! patches. Now. suppose we should
/ take M one Of these old fields and
fence in - or 80, or If possible 100
acres. What will you do with it, We
I think we hear an old farmer ask =
( Plant it out il the common plums Ct
the country, and kind Of peach trees
You can find, and all the early bcGIinG
! apple trees to be obtained in your
ncigkborhood, and in a few years YOU
will have an orchard that will keep in
good condition 4 number Of hogs,
limited only by the size of the or
chard.
This is no untricd experiment Of
which we write. We are not dealing
in thccry, but write whereof We know.
1t WAS our pleasure, before Tie war.
to know one of the best practical
planters in this State. who always
raised his own meat and bread, and
docs so to this day. TO him is due
! the suggestion contained in this arti-
Gle. lie carefully selected from the
plums of his neighborhocd, and OIL
tanned varitics that .ripened from the
Ist of June uatil frost. He planted
out about 20 acres of an old field
near his house and for about two
years cultivated has plum orchard
after that, it WAS lcf. to take care of
itself. In this small orchard, lac kept
/ in good condition from so TO 10 head
/ Of shoats, from spring until fall.
TO multiply the chances of success,
We would recommend, that in addi-
ton TO plumS, peaches, and apples,
! selected as above, to let the pcrsim-
mon trees stand. If your field is SO
situated that you can fence off part
/ OF a swamp. down TO some branch or
creek, all 'hc better; you can then
protect he muscadinc vines already
/ growing. and set out more, and at the
/ same time have water for for yOuT
hooS. The farmer friend mentioned
above. always asserted that meat
could Le raised cheaper i'll this State
/ than at the North.
1t the time of setting out the plum
! trees, if a few wagon loads Of the
/ bushes, roots and all, are thrown in
| 10 the guIlios they will soon begin to
grow. and in few years cllcctuaHy
stop thc washing away of the land,
/ and at the same time add TO the feed
in@ capacity of the orchard. Hence
they have derived the name OF ''gul
/ lev plum. - 1t has been 4 matter of
surprise to Us that this plan has not
been more generally adopted by our
T 1isttibNiNi S''S " 'f' l''''~ S'iN VIZ -
son that it is cheaper and better TO
raise cotton to buy meat and corn, ,"
has deferred many from tryingit.
/ Suppose yoT Try this plan on small
scale this year, and gradually increase
your orchard, as time and oPportmi
IL will allow, and our word for it. you
will never bc without yom orchards
of plums, peaches, and apples for
your stock hogs.
Ia addiction to the above fruits We
would recommend the ever bearing
mulberry for hogs aud poultry, The
"powning's Eycr-bcarin@." are con-
sidcrcd the lest; but there may be
other varieties equally good. In
some portions of North Carolina and
Virginia, the planters would as leave
be without their cornfelds as their
mulberry orchards for hogs,-FieId
and FuctoJ?,.