Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-16

1 e1csss Of 10 home demand. lsasisg : co
siderable excess for export Ths Esgiisl
wslnut i probably the next n order. Ii
product being large azd profitable. Pecan
are also cultivated, and grow 10 . good size
the meat being exceedingly rich and nutri
tious Chestnuts are not popular. being o
too slow growth, which Is also the cas
with the hickory nut. Both OF these vArie
ties require, also. to attain perfection, NOR
frost than is usually to be expected in on
climate.
The proper preparation Of these variou
products for market calls for the employ
ment of q class of labor Of which the Stat
Is yet deficient. Thus the great bulk Of oul
grapes il made INTO wine, requiring mainl!
skill in determining the time Of picking and
the subsequent treatment OF the Juices
| This ssill is usually furnished BY the Larger
wine manufacturers Of this city, who pur
chase the fruit upon de vines sud assume
its subsequent treatment. The next largest
qasp,i'y is sold for the table use, requiring
merely experiences in packing. But lately
our vinegar dist have turned their attention
to the growth Of raising grapes, and are
drying, pscsing, andexport'ug large quanti-
ries in that form. Ii has been found to be
difficult undertaking to train Chinese
Iaborers or other available bands in the
oelicate manipalations the fruit requires TO
give it the proper color, bloom, and condi-
ton demanded BY the consumers: There
is no question thss our grapes are admira-
bly, adapted for this purpose nor can II DO
doubted that ultimately we will be able to
supply and satisfy the markets, at least OF
this country. But. with rare exceptions,
our raisius as yet have poo: color due to
detective treatment in drying. and are apt to
lack the bloom 90 essential in the eve Of
the connoisseur.
Then, in handling ether fruits, we are too
much dependent on chance and unskilled
help. The trouble is that, as in most op.
eraiions, the Californian, when he goes into
fruit growing, wants to do 80 on large
scale, and the result is tha:, when harvest
time comes, he is compelled to employ
green hands or send his fruit to market in
hastily and improperly prepared manner.
Instead Of being content with az orchard
of few acres adapted to his facilities for
proper handling. the average fruiterer must
have hundreds or thousands acres under
cultivation, with q great variety OF fruits,
and the consequence is that he finds him.
SELF embarrassed with the prolific yield, and
is glad TO dispose of il at half its value be-
cause Of his inability to handle il properly
and secure from it all that il is worth.
But there is another revolution fast
coming 10 our State which promises to
minister to its more perfect development
both in character OF its population and its
resources. Large land owners are weary
ing of their immense and frequently profit.
less holdings and are beginning to betray
an esgerness to sell their property in small
lots to actual settlers. Then, too, the need
of a rural population is beginning to be
felt. and immigration societies have have
been formed TO invite Eastern settlers.
These societies charge themselves with the
task Of hunting up available public land,
asccltaining It's adaptabihry, and inviting
in m grauts 10 occupy il. There are
yet thou ands OF acres OF Government
Ind 10 the State as well suited
10 fruit growing rs any now under cultiva'
lion. These lands can he entered as home
steads without cost, or can be purchased at
81. % an acre The only trouble is to find
hem. Hitherto the greedy land sharks
have been only to eager 10 gooble up every
acre Of such land they could find. But now
they are overloaded, and are themselves
sellers, while the immigration societies jeal-
ously watch and guard the available public
land for actual settlers Thus the frugal
Eastern farmer who has little store laid BY
can come here take up 100 tract rs
homestead, plant il with fruit trees, aud in Q
very few years be will have farm worth
Sl0e TO 5000 an acre. Or he can purchase
lands suited TO bis choice for from IS TO $40
am acre, and similarly develop them to pro.
badly greater value. Or, if he has the
means and so desires, he can purchase lands
already under improvement which will
yield him handsome returns on his invest
ment.
California is the garden spot Of the
American continent She has an excellent
school system, abundant means Of communi-
cation, churches and markets Of easy &C
cess, and a climate unsurpassed anywhere.
The State can support easily ten times the
population she now has and is Just develop,
ing the proper means OF making them oil
wealthy. The era Of gold digging is gone,
bu, in its stead substantial wealth, abund'
ant health, with long life aud happiness,
are offered TO all who will come within her
borders az honest ,illers Of her over gener-
GUS soil.