The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-12-02

man, a man who has fondness for
horsefesh and takes much satisfaction
in good horse. The stock necessary
for work on so large a tract would
aggregate quite large number which
by careful selection might be made up
of choice brood mares, that would
annually produce dozen or more
colts. The feeding, care and training of
this stock would engage the time of the
best horseman which the company
could select from among its members.
The necessary wagons and farm ma
chinery would require the supervision
of the man of the best mechanical talent
tossbe found in the company or to be
procured from the outside, for there is
nothing which contributes more to
economy than "stitch in time" in
matters of machinery and keeping all
machinery and farm implements,
wagons. etc., under cover when not in
use, and N proper repair.
There is another department which
differs from all we have mentioned and
requiring mind of entirely different
education and tastes, which is the fruit
and Horticultural department. In the
consolidation of farms, such as would
be necessary to inaugurate a coopera-
tive business cemented and strength
ened by a corporation charter, there
would be many orchards and detached
fruit trees scattered over the premises,
that had been partially or wholly
neglected, The experienced nursery
man or horticulturist would find ample
scope for his talents in pruning, cult
waiting and getting into proper condi-
ton these neglected orchards, and
cutting out the worthless trees that
only served to cumber the ground.
Under the charge Of a competent fruit
culturist these neglected orchards
could be made to produce abundantly +;
and the fruit which formerly was
largely wasted under the old slip.shod
way Of doing business, when one man
had dozen things to look after, and
was obliged to neglect many of them
or attend to them out of time and
season, would be gathered in season,
placed in cold storage through warm
weather, and when the weather was
; right for removing, marketed at re-
munerative prices. When large guam
titles of choice fruit were known to be
stored in the country fruit dealers
would be on hand and ready to pay the
best prices for such fruit, which could
be shipped to them in lots as wanted
sound and fresh from the cold storage.
The fruit, which under present condi-
tons goes largely to waste, under
proper care and management would
yield many times the profit it now does
the owners. The offal apples would all
be manufactured into cider and by the
addition of a boiling apparatus could be
converted into jelliea, which always
find ready sale. At evaporating estab-
lishments the skins and cores of the
fruit are all saved and sold to jelly
makers or manufactured at the estab-
lishments where the drying is done
While the old orchards scattered
over the premises were going into
decline, the best locations would be
selected and planted in young trees
that had been propagated and grated
in the farmsnursery and known to be
true to name and of the varieties best
suited to climate, soil and locality.
The subject of fruit, berry and veg.
etable culture might be pursued al
F much greater length but all are familia,
with small fruit, vegetable and the
canning industry and can readily
? supply details in their own minds Of
the possibilities in these lines of bus
mess such a specialized system Of
farming offers