The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-07-05
IEnr The Telegraph.

Selm Baggarly, in Little River county,
about twelve miles northeast OF Rich
mond, and one and half south OF
Little River. II is known that MIR.
Baggarly has an extensive orchard and
nursery, about forty acres in fruits,
apples, peaches, pears, DC, of the best
varieties, adapted to this climate, and
about 10, 900 trees in his nursery ready
for transp,anting. He has also choice
selection of grapes. His June apples,
of which he has some four or five
varieties, were ripe and most delicious;
in fact he has sent off several loads to
different points for sale, and his other
trees were breaking down, so to speak,
with their green fruit. He has been
engaged in this commendable enter
prise for several years, and brought 1t
to perfection which, with railroad
facilities, would pay handsomely.
1t is hardly necessary to say that
our people, whether planting upon
large or a small scale, or whether
planting at all, should each have an
orchard of at least 100 trees, and a
vineyard of quarter of an acre. 1t
requires no argument to show that such
a system, carried out properly, would
greatly increase not only our wealth
but our comfort 1t would certainly
be preferable to our present policy of
bestowing almost our entire labor upon
cotton, and in consequence having in
great measure all OF our supplies
to buy.
When Mr.. Baggarly commenced his
orchard and nursery, he began with
several hundred gratis from Washing
ton county, in this State, and good
many from points still further north.
But after several years experience with
the northern fruit, he found that it
was not adapted to this section, and
he had to remove it. In this way,
after long years of trial, he has sue
ceeded in filling his orchard and nur.
sery with gratis and trees of the best
varieties just suited to south west Ar
kansas. This is shown by the perfection
which his trees now exhibit. His peach
trees also, for their size and vigor and
for the abundance of their fruit, sur
pass any thing of the sort we ever saw.
OF course. any of our people wishing
to commence an orchard would consult
their interest by buying from Mr..
Baggarly instead of from points further
north. In this connection we would |
mention also that our friend Mr.. j. j.
Hill, of Sewer county, in eight miles
of Greenville, has also large orchard
and nursery, and he might be able to
supply several thousand gratis this
winter to persons wishing to buy, He,
too, like Mr.. Baggarly, has genius
tor fruit culture, and by selecting such
varieties as are suited to this section
of the country, he has succeeded in
eight or ten years in bringing it to a
perfection deserving OF all praise.
will close this, Mr.. Editor, with
one or two reflections.
How much better would it be for us
if, instead of devoting the most of our
labor as we now do to the raising of
cotton, we would each farm upon
smaller scale, diversity our labor, and
only make cotton after We have raised
every thing we can raise and need upon
our far ms? Fruits, grains of every
description, raising of our pork and
stock of all kinds, and beautifying our
little and humble residences. These
are the things which should now claim
our attention, and if we were wise 10
give to each its proper care, in its
proper time and place, we would there
by lengthen our lives and greatly
increase our happiness and wealth.
H. A. j.
Mineral Springs, June "a, 1871.