Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-10
FARM MANAGEMENT.
Commercial Purchasing and
tho Troubles and Disappoint-
= uls Incident TO 1t.
Report on a Case Of Milk Poisoning in
Iowa The Antiquity of Butter.
when Fruit-Growing PAYS.

presents 50 many attractions rs fruit
raising, says The Chicago Times. 1t
appeals to persons Of taste. education,
rciln mcnt. and culture. 1t gratifes
our desire for the beautiful. Most cul-
tVatcd trees bushes. and vines are
beautiful. and those that produce fruit
are especially so. Few things in nature
or AIT equal in beauty an orange, apple.
pear peach. plum, or cherry tree at the
t'"o rs fruit is ripening. 1t affords n
stud for the painter and the poet. A
grapevine. whether trained over lattice
work, supported by common trellis.
Dr fastened 10 a stalk in vineyard, is
an object To admire. Even the bushes
THAI pro luce blackberrics. raspbcrrics,
amt cuyr1nts are very beautiful from
tue time they pat out leaves in the
spring III their fruit is gathered. The
strawbtrr, and cranberry, though
growing almost on the surface OF the
ground, present, Il more attractive APP
pc"rance than any grain or forage crop.
Inc tomato. squash, pumkin. and all
the varieties of the melon family would
be regarded a exceedingly beautiful il
th"y were not so common.
Frut-raising has been written up
b large number of very fascinating
and agreeable authors. The literature
OF lrut-raising is more readable than
tiat OF agriculture and stock raising
large proportion of the men who
Aavc been engaged in the production of
iruit have been highly educated per-
sons. who Were able TO speak and write
W IN ability They have taken pleas
ure IN speaking and writing OF the pur-
suit II ssh ch they were engaged Be
ing interested iu il themselves, they
shougdt ihu. ever one should be. They
appeared - think il their duty TO adj
Use all t,lerS of the soil to engage in
he cuIt,vat on If fruit. They became
earnest missionaries. work NJ without
salay or hope Of reward They pic
ured the pleasures OF fruit-rais NJ in
very glowing terms. In order to in
ducc p"rSoa' 10 engage in fru ira sing
they pa s1bcd exceedingly favorable
vows %. 81 profits attend no it. 1t is,
perhaps, il- 20 them 10 say that thov
Il not trH (lisahoodS. They simply
cXaeg rated good accounts OF all the
~Ucccs,u, and made no mention of the
failures that had come under their OBJ
,"rrat 90. Incy did not tell all the
truth.
ou>; be confessed that frut-rais-
me-. with a y ew TO supply NJ the mar
6rl is q yery expensive, unreliable.
and uuccgta u business in most parts of
this country. Especially is this the
case in most portions Of the prairie re-
g.on OF the west. The cl mate is uufa-
yorab. a, IS hoWn by the present con
oItoa @ ttu.t trees, The extremes OF
temperature produce very unfayorablc
elects on fruit tree, and vines. In
many cases tHc heat OF summer kills
what tine colt Of winter spares. The
ch W MS often produce sad havoc
among trees tsat have attained a size
TO produce tru.t The insect enemies
of Fruit trees are numerous and de-
>trUct.yc. 1hc circul o has rendered
the product on of plums Improbable
+ not altogether impracticabe. The
disease known As the 'ycllows' has
destroyed peach orchards on which
much timc and money have been spent.
The pear tree is subject TO large
number OF diseases. all of VIII ch appear
To bc iucurablc. Ounce trees general
.
gin 10 exhibit sign, OF decay almost as
! soon rs they commence to bear fruit.
The price of small fruits. which are
yer, pcri>hablc, is generally unreliable
and unsatisfactory when the crop is
large. For several years past straw
berries have hardly paid the expense of
picking. boxing. and scad NJ to market
The like has been true O.! raSpberrics
blackberrieS, currautS. and 9oo,eber.
res. Grapes have commanded very
small prices. Early apples like other
y per shablc fruit, have been very plenty
and cheap Late apples Of the stand
ard sorts have been sold TO consumers
at good prices, but rs rule the pro-
duccrs received small sums for them.
u a few met with fair success in raising
oranges ia florida, but the injury to
the irec, during the past two winters
has shown shat orange growing this
10 side OF California is a very prccariou-
bu, ness " th ali that has been writ.
, ten about the profit of commercial
70 fruit-ra sing in various parts of TIN
u country it yer, difficult to find Il man
who has n.a.lc ANY cons dcrable amour,
of money in jhc business. Consider
ing the culture. ability and means o.
> fruit-ra's crs. 4 must be admitted thai
d., the, have not met with mach financia
success.
There are places where the raising o
ccr;a - kinds of fruit paws very hand
ely. There is ordinarily a larg,
- profit IN raising peaches in Delaware
; and portions of adjacent states. Tn,
climatic conditions are very favorable
10 .u~urug health To the trees and 70
r. tae production of large crops of fruit
b. ssh .c markets are very near at hand
Apple, are numbered among the SUR
A. crops in several of the New Englan,
VI states New York. Mich gan. and Mis-
IN souri,. Pears succeed well in place
81 where there ave few sudden or cXtrem
ct changes Of temperature. PROBABLY
lc grapes succeed I'm more places than an
rs fruit except that produced on bushes
- Still. if there are no facil ties for con
vcrting them into Vine there is likel
to b, - very poor market for them
I.X,rV fprp1nr'S ynrtpn i a GOOD Mac