Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-09-14
AGRICULTURAL,

r. UT GROWING fruit growers are de-
termlned to practically demonstrate the correct.
ness of their views, so frequently advanced in
Ihelr conventions, as TO the superiority of the
!ands Watered by the Potomac and in the vicin
ty or the ma ional capital over other soils of the
cou1 try tor fruit growing purposes, and to in
crease the production and reduce prices to such
cities OF the country will look to Washington
Tor Their supplies. Many farmers are turning
moro attention to this and less to vegetab es,
while new men have also come forward to take
part IN the infant industry. Marshall Hall is a
good point for fruit culture. Mr. J. w Little
has set out ten thousand additional fruit trees,
ana VIII lurLner enlarge his orchards
;. NIT d d; SnoWden has set out $3.50 at Col
llEgwood, Va, which is also great fruit place:
Others have planted smaller orchards In the vi
cinity.
The earnestness of the Potomac fruit growers
may may De seen In the frequency of their meetings
They assembled yesterday at Colingwood, and
many Washington people Interested in the
growing and sa of fruit were in attendance,
leaving the city at 9 g. m. on the Mary Wash.
ington
Our commission men are beginning to send
out cargoes Of peaches, &C., to the Western
c cltes where prices are high. M. G. F. Wilkens,
9Oi Louisiana avenue the latter part Of last
week sent the first car load of peaches In tho
regular peach cars that ever went from Wash
ington, and caused some surprise among the
hands &C the depot, who had soue difficulty in
learning to load after the new tangled notion
Others Will follow this week, and unless the en-.
terprlse Is defective and tmidity predominates
the maJcrlty OF our commission men will swell
this new feature of the Washington wholesale
business Wash Rep.
The GREAT FARMER OF THE WoRLD.-A
Sacramento paper publishes the following re-.
speeding the farming operations of Nun whom
1t danonlnates The largest farmer in the world, :"
Whlch' considering that DR.. Glenn runs his
farm OF 81 OU acres himself, personally superin-
tending it all" the application is, perhaps, cor
rect bis case illustrates point often made
that farming may be conducted upon q large
scale as well as any other business, and that
when 1t shall be carried ON with the same order
and nice adjustment Of means to end as is cot.
ton or iron manufacture, it will pay as we'll.
The great farmer of the world DR.. Hugh }.
Glenn, OF Jacinto, Colusa county, California,
has raised and harvested the past season. on his
own farm, GOO, 600 bushels of wheat. This would
loao eighteen lUO ton ships, or three hundred
canal boats. All this wheat he has now in his
warehouses ready for Shipment when the water
IN Inc SACRAMENTO river rises sufficiently. The
doctor pays $40, 90 freight to put his wheat in
the Sa'- Francisco market The doctor is q
wonder to the agricultural world and Ito himself.
lie runs ninety gang plows and whole county's
popul aton IN the harvest field. with q dozsn
threshers. His farming is not confined to wheat
alone. He markets Sl,00O,000 worth of stock
each year. Dr. Glenn is practical farmer and
manages all his immense business himself. He
can mend trace and make key to an OK bow
with his jack knife, just as easily as drawing his
check for 81 100000, which he can do every
day In the week Dr. Glenn is big hearted
man, and was born in Augusta county, Virginia.
The Democrats elected Moses H. Goodrich
mayor aud six of ten aldermen at Portsmouth,,
N. H., yesterday.