The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-22

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farmers grow an abundant supply ~
their unn nae, while dshefs huy largely
Buf there sre sihl many who are W tn
behind The agg ne mi IN appreciate me
advantage ~ having plenty n good
iresh, ripe fruit In bot weather No
matief how much ch0lera there may W.
In the land. The usc " freshly picked
thoroughly ripened berries. IN reason.
able quantities, will be q benefit Instead
" M injury,
Others, who enjoy = generously hlled
dish of fine berries. say that II costs too
much 10 grow them, and that they can
bus cheaper than they can raise them
This might be true In the case Of bust.
meas men In town, who would be Obliged
90 hire all the work done. but II IL never
true In the case Of a farmer. The re-
suit Is, invariably. that the family has n
very short allowance Of fruit. For a
family Of six persons eight quarts Of
strawberries per day * not nm oxtraya-
giant allowance. The season usually
lasts from three TO four weeks. Call Il
only twenty days. Eight quarts per day
for that time, at ten cents per quart,
which is a low retail price, amounts to
sl6. The raspberry season lasts from
two to three weeks. People do notuse
them as freely as strawberries; but al
lowing one-half the quantity for ten
days at the same price, and we have -.
Then come blackberries fortwo or three
weeks more. Four quarts Of these per
day for twenty days amounts TO So.
making II total for the three kinds OF
berries Of S2S. And in this there is no
allowance for berries for canning. The
quantity | have allowed is not larger
than | have known to be bought, and i,
less than is used in many families who
have fruit Of their own growing, MOI
have | made any allowance for currants
or grapes, though both are in common
daily use in their season.
Very few farmers would feel that they
could afford to supply their families
with fruit at snch IN expense rs above
estimated. Yet they might provide I
much more bountiful supply Of all at al
annual expense of less than one-fourtl
the amount. The first expense may b.
considerable, especially If it is necessar,
to buy all the plants. But after tina
the only expense necessary will be tn,
labor needed to keep the beds clear, an,
to renew them whenever they become
too old to be kept proiitably.
A strawberry bed Of 500 plants ous..
to yield a daily picking of ten quarts 70
three weeks or more. One hundre,
raspberry bushes, after reaching fuI
size, should furnish six or eight quart
per day for two weeks; 100 blackberr
plants at three years Of a~ge.should yiel
from eight 10 ten or more quarts pc
day for two or three weeks. All of tn
above plants a be grown on a strip {
: land sixty feet wide by one hundred fet
, long. In making this calculation | hay
allowed for plenty Of room for hor'
cultivation. ". G. Steele, in ~ y. b.
dminer.