The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-14

Florida, and the man told me that he
ne would sell it for $4,000 and that it had
cost him this much to make it. He had
one tree that was wonderfully fine, which
produced the finest oranges in the state
and was far superior to any other
tree in his orchard. l asked him
what was the cause of the diff
ference. He replied: The difference
is IN the feed. That tree has eaten hog
every year since it was planted 'How's
that said /. Well, you see about the
time it was planted we had dead hog,
and We dug hole and put him in and
planted the tree right on top of him. The
tree grew so much faster than any of the
others by the next year that concluded
to continue the experiment, and I killed
another hog and buried it in its roots. I
have done this every year up to now, and
find that the tree has paid for its hogs
many times over and its fruit will bring
fancy prices in any market
Senator Blair tells me the cheapest farms
in the United States are in New England.
He says there are lots of good land for sale
there at IS per acre, and he wants the other
farmers of the Senate 10 buy country homes
acre farm at Aurora, Ind, not far from the
Ohio river. He makes some money in
farming, and is. / am told, solid with the
Farmers Alliance. Nearly all Of the South
ern statesmen own farms, and Senator
Pugh, of Alabama, once told me that
he could make Is per cent right
along out of farming in the South. He
has his work all done by negroes. General
Ir.o t. g ~ mn
came out of the war poor and he has made
all of his money out of farming. He has q
large estate in Alabama and he runs it on
business principles. Senator John Sher-
man has two farms at Mansfield, O., but l
don't think he makes much out of them
He keeps them well stocked and he has
lately given q part of one of them to the
city Of Mansfield for park, which is now
known as the Sherman eineman park.
The biggest farmer in the United States
is Leland Stanford. He gave somewhere
between fifty and eighty thousand acres to
the university, which is now building, and
not long ago when riding in the train with
Senator Allison through the northern part
of the state, the cars passed through large
tract of wheat This vast plain of wheat
stretched as far as the eye could see on
both sides of the road for miles, and Sena-
tor Allison asked Stanford what he thought
of it. Stanford replied: III is very fine
field of wheat and wonder whose it is.
.'It is yours" said the conductor, who was
standing near Stanford. Indeed" re-
piled the millionaire. II did not know it.
/ knew had some wheat in this part of
the state, but did not think We had come
to it as yet."
Senator Stanford engages in all kinds OF
farming, and he makes his farming pay
His vineyards produce the choicest of Cali
fornia wines, and he has gr, at warehouses
stored with California brandy. He will
not sell his brandy at the present low
prices, and he has sold none for six years.
He can afford to keep it. and be believes it
will pay good interest on the amount of
money invested by the increase in value
with age. He makes about a million gall
Ions Of wine every year and one of his
whey ards contains 1900 acres. This is,
think. the largest vineyard in the world.
The vineyards are so large that the United
States has a custom-house connected with
it in order 10 collect the duties properly.
As a uit.grower Senator Stanford has
some of the finest fruit farms in California.
He had for long time a great deal of
trouble in getting the fruit picked. He
used Cinnamon finally, as the white men
would 60 off on sprees and the fruit had to
be picked when it was ripe or it was no
good. Great waste would come from de-
lav. He then adopted plan which he has