San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-03-04
THE FARM AND HOME.
HOW HORTICULTURAL Sue
CESS MAY BE ATTAINED
IT Is Possible 10 Compete Even with Cal
iforn.a Fruit-Wool and Nation
Farm Notes iand Homo
Hints.


pow NAAAAA AlAE lAleI'EANl tllAS dElltLE IT.
being written. 1t is from past exper
ience that we should be guided in the
future so as to escape the risks upon
which others have split Asone illus
traticn let Us take the strawberry
fever in Illinois some years aeo. when
men abandoned their farms to a great
extent their legitimate calling) and
went into growing this fruit so extern
sIvely that the markets were glutted
and the prices got so low that in some
instances the growers had 10 add 10
the express charges on their ship
meuts to meet the expense of carriage
and commission and nothing for the
berries picking. boxing and crates.
Many planters never realize out of
their crops what the original cost Of
the trees amounted TO-
Such experience warns US TO be
careful how we venture on untried
schemes.
in planting apple orchards. many
/ planted varieties not suited to their
| soil and locality, too many summer
and fall varieties and did not take
care Of their orchards nor gather and
ship their fruit properly, and hence
failed to make it pay
In planting a large commercial or
chard it should be near a railroad
station or q navigable stream; not too
many varieties and those Of such that
are known 70 dowell in such soils and
situations Go to reliable nursery
81 send direct to one; don't engage
your trees from an agent
II near a town or city where the
fruit can be hauled and sold from the
wagon. summer and fall varieties are
profitable if well selected but these
will not pay when express freights
and packing material are required.
The same may be said OF small
fruits. One can often make more
clear money from a quarter Of an acre
Of Strawberries near an intelligent
thriving little city, than from ten
acres 100 miles from large city.
sell some berries around home at
a profit but TO send them 10 S. Louis
100 miles of it would be a losing bus
mess simply because it costs too much
to cross the river and haul the fruit TO
the railroad, and then the express
companies want a little more for car
rying it than we get for raising it.
With commission men l have no fault
to find, as they have always dealt sat
isiactorily with me.
Thus far have dwelt mainly on the
past and now will state what I deem (
the plans for the future, if we wish to
succeed. Don't plant too large a patch
OF strawberries but what you do plant
let them be OF large firm varieties
that bear well and OF fine appearance: +
as to the flavor il don't make any diff 1
ference in market For your own use /
you may seek quality. Have your soil I
deep and rich cultivate we'll mulch
20 keep the fruit clean. pick carefully
put In clean new boxes and crates and
they will sell well no matter how
much the market is flooded with in
feriOr stuf. Raspberries and black
berries should be pinched at the right
time in summer then in the spring the
.aterals well headed back and small
berries viii not be so often com
planned Of
Cherries-Plant such as are hardy
and productive. even il not the best.
FOR as a rule people viii As soon buy
Early Richmouds as Refine Hortense,
Or English Morello as Napoleon. This
latter is our most profitable one and is
a noble cherry.
Beesinthe vicinity are an almost in
adjunct to successful
cherry growing.
Plums can only be grown with sue
cess when the cuculio and gouger are
destroyed by jarring the trees and
them in cloth. or by spray
ing with arseuites This latter is
provided fer by a number Of men who
have the sprayers and instructions
how 20 use them and with what so
as TO destroy the insects that iniure
Dur fruits Of all kinds.
Spraying should never be done be-
lore the blossoms have fallen of. or
.he bees may be killed. and our best
workers for our success lost
This keeping of the insects will be 1
followed by such crops as will need
out so as to have fair sized
fruit and prevent the limbs from break
ing
The heading back OF peach trees
every autumn after the leaves have
-allen. IS an absolute necessity, as
well as thinning out severely when
he fruit is set too thick. If success Is
% be obtained.
The apple does not need the head
ng back except in a few instances
lut the careful pruning and thinning
vat Of the fruit is just as necessary 10 j
uccess
In growing grapes the pruning I
hOuid be correct then when in bios
ON clip of the punches, all but two {
u each lateral aud in some cases OF / {
be large punched varietiea it will
Jay to leave but one Then one Will
ave fruit that will command nearly
oab.e theprice Of the ordinary grown
mes.
il extra large punches and berries
re desirable, The canes that are 10 be /
no away al the next pruning should q
90 at-- 90 hHlF bllN-lDAfLl OF an
lch cut ont This will also cause a
heir opening earlier This should be
one when the fruit is half grown or a =
u'e earlier
And last but by 10 means the least /.
) tie careful gathering OF the fruit a.
utting up in neat new packages e
like eli through and your name on c
he boxes or crates All this attended f
and we may compete with the fruit t
emf East from California and not until j
hen. Z
About Mutton. @
The idea thar the wool gives taste o
b lhe lies either by its growth be- =
jra bUfcheHng or D. ifs touch in ~
Hirhcring or after is very old one. D.
at IL D. erroneous The flesh OF the e
leep par'akes 81 its feed more than Il
oe that OF the steer or the hog aud b
De mills stili more perhaps Uut an q