Smyrna times., 1880-04-28

more in one crop than several years weuld
of the cereals. Mr. II. does not by any
means, however, put all his eggs in one
basket. His tillage embraces not only
peaches, but strawberries, blackberries,
pears, apples, cherries and gooseberries.
The peach orchard covers 130 acres, 40 |
acres l6 years DID, so acres IL years old and |
30 do years old: the pear trees soon to
come into bearing number l400-l200 Stand |
ard and 200 Dwarfs. These stand in thes same
ground as the blackberries and raspberries
covering some ten acres. Six acres are
devoted to strawberries and four acres to
goeseberries. Several years ago when this
crop became so improbable from over pro.
duction, many plowed up their vines but Mr..
| II. kept his and has found them profitable.
He has 500 cherry trees which have not
! been so productive as most OF the other
fruit, the trees from the fact of being
grated on the MahaleJ stock largely COM
mencing to rot near the root before attain
ing their growth. His apple orchard is
fine one; the older part large in size and
vigorous in aspect carries with 1T the ven
Grafton which attaches to age, being planted
under the former regime when old time
farmers believed in cider and plenty OF 1T
--5l years ago. Under the care of a skill.
full trucker considerable attention is given
etables. Among the minor products are to
be named between one and two acres in
asparagus and several acres on southern
hillside recently set in grapes.
We have said all the above and yet we
have given very little idea OF Mr.. ii. as
farmer and our subject would be spoiled
not to do so. In brief, he has method
He has a substantial dwelling well kept
grounds, ample buildings for products,
stock and farm implements, the latter all
being kept under cover when not In use.
A lad kept to do the ''chores," when not
engaged in gearing or ungearing the horses,
cutting up turnips for the cows and the
various demands between the house and
the farm, is spending his time in making
additions to the compost, manufacturing
thus during the year about fifty loads OF
good manure Everything that has not a
place elsewhere is contributed to the manure
pile. In addition, his pen of l6 hogs are
,, themselves made the instruments OF large
manufacture From time to time as the
pen will bear, dried muck from the meadow
, is thrown into the enclosure and Mr.. ii
, thinks the manure thus made nearly OIL
quite pays for their keep. He is particular
!, also about another thing: that not only the
dish washings &C., but all the soap sud'
from the general washings shall find theil
e way into the slop tub, believing that 1T i
n healthful and beneficial. His wheat field
1 and corn fields, each containing about q
i acres, are by this means heavily coatet
S with manure.
t The peaches A visit to a fruit farm a
t this season of the year would be very in
IS compile without visit to the peach orchar'
IS and Mr.. H. will pardon us for saying tha
a he came out of it with a few thousan'
d "trade dollars more in his minds eye thai
{, was the case when he entered it. Lik
e others during the freeze and "scare," h
n thought tho thing was up, but he found
st his surprise much better showing an
2, peaches where he thought before ther
g. were none. This year the rule with him
m reversed, The old orchard has the be'
IS indication for fruit. The Reeves, CraV
>" ford's, Susquehanna's, Mountain Rose an
as Shipleys are badly damaged especially
ar the young orchard, but the York's, Troth'
ID Stnock's, Moor's, Stumps, Mixon's, Hal
ly Beatrice and Rareripe are the most Of thel
al abundantly full.