The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-02

what Forty Acres viii Pay u SCI
IL Orchard.


". s. Perrine. Of Centrslis, : shorI
alma since contributed an article 20 sne
e,sntralia Democrat on the sunJect q
commercial orcharding, which nss -
frscted considerable attention a po1-
ton Of Mr.. Perrine's letter, when w
s,vs below. il published for the purpose
~ further convincing those who nAve
voung orchards coming on or are lus'
eating ont large ones, that they are max
inc NO mistake In investing their money
a. this channel. Mr.. Porrine says;
aHers We are ID the heart OF to CREST
frnit belt which IL perhaps 2Oo mics
-;de ana extends from Indiana 70
Ksnsas. Large territory you say. yes
Nj not a adrop In the bucket" wnen
somnsred with the vast northwest, when
Il must supply with fruit. Then Soa,n
Amarica ID opening up o. q tin apple
market. and Europe Il wanting moro ano
more annles. Providence has not gwen
a. Fyypt sll Of the good things, cut vel
have had but one total failure IN sppiss
n twenty yesrs. Then with the rigu'I
varieties the crop is almost sure -
But the great question IL, will y Pay !
We will suppose that You have 70 ouy
vour land, for the average business men
~ rertral;s would have to do this; you
srv you want good land or none q 81.
An right, you can get the choices' %
land within three miles Of Centralia LOT
tso ner acre. 10 acres would be $l,zt.
AGAIN $3.50 will pay for 2,6OC trees ano
the cost Of planting them. That makes
tina total cost OF the orchard to date ST.
x5O. Now suppooe your business In
town makes :t~simpossible for You TO
superintend the cultivation ofthe orchard
even II You knew how II You cared
Il 40 Il YOU could rent II for . term oi
eva wears. giving the raiser all he could
ra,se off me land for c~ultivating and tax
;rc caro- Of the trees. On such terms
! can oct honest, reliable men, who
understand handling an orchard. bu,
you say 9 man could not AFFORD % rem
on these terms. Let us see. before GO
ing farther let us add TO the Sl.45o ttht
cost OF the land all trees planted,) ths
compound interest Al 6 per cent, 70
ave years, this is S490.4l. making q tota
Of $3.50, adding to this $40 year fol
~ for five years gives Us $l,99O.4l
We now fnd ourselves in our sixth year
Annie trees we'll taken care Of Away
heer more or less the fifth wear but W
Mi let these 90. The sixth and seventI
vearo n reasonably good years, the
ought to sversge one-half barrel 10 ID
~. but that We may not overestimat'
~ they only average one-hslf bushel
~ tree. and q ten cents . bushel ID
snples viii moro than pay the taxes an
IA interest on the money invested "a
tboeo years. Bot the eighth year We Il
eink that they would average two barrel
"a fhe tree. but again for the eako Of fhfI
ness We win cut IL down 70 . and onl
bSlf bsrrols- This givos us 1850 barrel
and e The low price Of p cents : bushe
1he lovost w. have ovor knoWn GOD
Pen Davis handled II large lots, W hoz
028l46o: auh<rnofIng ffom this tho 0riG
mi cot ~ ~ orchard, with intero1
1axoo.e arc. etc.. there q len TIE hnndoou
IilfIe pro1t Of t823O0, and the orohal
10 iost begun IT. work. But suppol
appioo are ceiling - they no this yoo
Ne are still holding q apples n col
alorage and have been offered ~ Z b
r., for them. We expect 20 got a.:
and perhaps more, but call Il fou
1nore u practically Z profit OF % p
barrel. On $3.50 barrels that makes
total or e11,25O, minus the $780,
leaves o9,25959 after paying for 20
orchard. Within the next five years y
will strike at least one and perhaps thr
q when your orchard will svera
three barrels to the tree, . very low ee
mate. On the 25c. basis you have 8
625 and on the 90 barrel you have I
nice little fortune Of t22.5 SOC.
Some will say this Is only on par
and can never be realized. 1t IL bel
realized every year. There are pleu
or men who have made $500 an acre fro
their Ben Davis this year. Ifyou b
gone with me last fall you would ha
eeen an orchard that made three and
half to four barrels to the tree, and th
were fine apples. Holding them ~ [
owner has done, be cannot possil
make less than $500 per acre.
Gentlemen, these are facts that are l
enlarged upon or exaggerated, and il
upon such facts as these and upon 9,
eral principles that l say commercial
charding will pay. If you busin
men OF Centraiis want to do somethi
that will build up the town, - we'll
yourselves, invest your idle money
apple orchards. When the shrewd b
mess men Of Ccntralia lend their ini
ence TO this, our greatest natural ind
OEys tutu Tue VIII nave Tile CO
age 10 turn from that which Is uapro
able, to that which in time will mi
Egypt the richest section Of I
great state. We are sorry to see G,
tralia left behind In this orchard moi
but II il Z fact that around Salem, III
field and many other towns they
planting 100 trees where w are pls
Ing one, and l notice in every case
the business men Of the towns who
in the lead.
Go through Southern Missouri,
you will find many large orcha'
Looking into the matter, you will
that they belong to fsr-sighted BUSH
and professional men. Bankers, /
yers, members Of the state board OF
riculture, Judges, members Of the lie
lature and congressman. These are
kind OF men who have gone into the
chard business in southern Illinois.
Thus, the reason why l say you I
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