The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-30
Raising Fruit for Profit.

Fewer bright anticlpaiions have been
realized in raising fruit for the supply OF
marS,ts that any business enterprises
in which sensible aud intelligent, and.
w.iha', industrious persons engage. II"
great majority OF persons who embark
in Embarrassing Is an occupation where
by 20 gan . livelihood are the victim, OF
disappointment. Generally they are sd
Jcror in m nd, culture and learning 10
the persons who engage in general farm.
iny lalrling or stlck.rais.ng. Orlina-
ris they have more mean, than the per
-pa- who engage in the other pursuits
named. Considerable capita. Is required
90 purchase land in tie vicinity Il one
Of the much landed fr.it-Towing dis
tr.ei-, and more j. needed ,jbUy stock
and support o fam. til the ;ryr,. vine,
and hu-hr, come into bearing Uu,c..
alton shows tia, large proportion Of
TIE er,.u, "lp engage IN ,ruit-E sing
nu % .l.-.. ... e Hr, men who have been
bred FIR tie lrarur professions or who
have -uIi .cru,iic aUa.nmru', Ord
Manly they are well acquainted with
. botany, entomology AMI Ogn ihp,p-y.
I Theoretically tAry are well acquainted
with iut-gruWiug and the bushes, re-.
+ .al.ou, grow ~ ou' %. &c. Many oithem
. have good Libraries pt hook. that treat
/ oH every department OF FRUIT production
/ and matter, pertaining it, The books
/ that compose these iihrriC, have not
/ only been read but studied Fruit-rais-
I cr, are generally ,tuiiou, persons. Trey
I own more books a, q rule ihan farmers
T do and take more magazine, and papers.
/ The, also attend more convent ons and
/ meetings devoted - he matters in
/ winch they Gre engaged. No class Of
/ men are nj greater pain, 10 inform them
| selves IN relation o. every department Of
the business in which they are engaged
than tut-rai,crs. They are AWAY, dill
igcrt IN acquiring knowledge.
What j. more, they are generally dill
gent m business. The; also possess
another element ot success. They ara
IN i. with their business, and are oft
en- completely ia. mated with it. They
are fond OF talking about il in season
and ont OF season. II is q, easy Ia dis
ungu.,h q ir.It raise a, 1t is a clergy
man or q ,rhopl.tca.hcr rs his CONVEX
satlDn. Men often engage in farm.
M or continue in ll against their
viii by force Of circumstances. hat the
lrul'-r't'rr /, generally sHch bF choice.
lie chooses tn occupation ont of
io'r "l 10. ~ course he expects 10
make money and Ice dr>cryc- 10 do 50
on cunt oi the energy hr displays.
Still he very often fails. II docs not
acquire fortune or gam % competence
I'm many eases he LOSES the place he
has -peE' the caring, and savings OF
han lifetime ~ acquire, and is then
obliged to tall la k on some uu onge.
n'nl pursuit in order To gain q living.
| Although III" mum cr OF professional
ifu'.-Io.-er- j. much smaller than that
OF general farmers, still We hear Of
more failures among The !irs, than the
la'l u Is somewhat easy 10 account
Tor ihr'' frequent failures The bust
ne sol lru i-rai-ing j. a hatarlou, one.
Inc irult rrupl' more liaJ.c 10 injuries
IMAM ora .httl hrid crops are. \ long
CT 'lhir j. necessary to mature 10. More
xmas "i Il>r l. ihlurc trees vines and
'u>'l'' ana HE irIil they rrodn = than
oe''fpN o.n' potatoes and small grains.
Inc pr"-P" tot ROO o! lrull i likely
U" e. destroyed by unin'o rblc weather
~ amy '!lc ron the formation of the
b"V' ,..- Ihe period oi riuonlng. Il il
iaIr mat =" crAl crops OF Ia &c standard
fruits are raised in success On, Orchard
i't' huo" that hearing year is toll
lo"ed .N an "oll year during the
NI'l lrull i low, and during the second
tHrfr is Illc I" sell. ~ irult-raiscrs
are generally men OF great cXprcta-
u.n' Tie are iah." to run in debt
I'aI'.hS peaches IN the region about
D'''Na ba' mas been profitable Tor a
very l'hG p'Il"u. Inc success OF the
pttrh-gi towers there can be accounted
IoF IN various ways he climate is
very ia'oIao'c' lAe transportation iacil-
cities orr in fine vir.ni,,, paisim,, o.
MES i'm Nirhiv,n Now Ynrl, n11d L.
several of tho N,,y Er,,l,rJ S,otag Las
also been urolit,bln tnr r,on~ -
RAISING cranes in tho yicin," NJ 80,
making establishments vbcr. a ca.h
market is always o,smrcd ia onnoroIl'.
pro,pcrou. ministry Tho c'sn ..I nf IA
nre arc mnch mnrS cownon III" ,Lnn ,t l"'a
nj continual .,oc.s, -, - 80
;n,, om,. I.;nJs nt t.ni, '""',v,, III i"'s-
IN r",, ,I' ~ - w., W.. " ''Tr sc"'o
r,ni, .n,o,.',,.i.,- a',aIii MINI, Nv 80
iI"ois ond ro,, ,,a'''' WILLS, ~ Sou'hcrh
,n ',m " '',t' , '''' a. Mitu.Sah nave