The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-22
SARGE PLUNKETT.
TIE Old MAN DISCUSSESTHE I1s UTT
PROSPECTS,.
Planting limo is Moro Than n Month Later
Than il lister to be, According TO the
Old Mans Idea.

The past week has been crowded with mat
tiers to stimulate thought.
General Sicll!es has como and gone re-
freshed by tie kindly greeting OF tho soldiers
who fought him through the sixties. Whom
such men as Sickles and Longstreet meet and
embrace ie points to conditions that should for
ever hush the chickering's OF tho cheap politi-
clans. who so much like 10 stirup sectional hate
St. Patrick's day was great and reflected
the devotion of the loyal Irish heart. What
q people these irish aro-truo always,
false mover Together with the sweet songs OF
Tom Moore and the Irish wit that flowed, the
day was one of the happIest ever spent III At
lanta.
And the weathcr-the weather has been al
the talk. Cold as the chi!ls OF December
when the woods should be dressed in green
and scented with flowers; the burrows Wore
spewed with ice where the blue birds should
have been hopping and chirping. All THIS IS
change from old times, and veriicaGon that
the seasons are to change
In my young days corn was ready to pioW
over the first time long before this. The 10Th
of February ulster find corn planting over and
cotton was growing in March. Who thinks of
planting corn now in February, or cotton in
March? April is plenty soon now for corn,
and May for cotton. I have seen all this
change in my life, and cans tell how much
more am to see.
But the fruit crop is what we should all be
anxious about at this time There are many
predicting that the fruit is all killed, but |
think it is not. l predict that this IS to be the
finest fruit year since tho war. All the signs
point that way and L want you ali to remenl-
Der that told you so.
This young generation cannot be made to
believe that any of the old-tme ways were the
host I'm 7 oar FOL n N
fruit-raising there is no comparison now with
old times. The nurseries are killing out the
fruit. 4 Georgia peach now is not at all what
it ulster be. The old seeding trees are little
longer in beginning to bear, but when you
once get an orchard of them it lasted for
lifetime The nurserymen will boot at this
but ali old folks know that better peaches
could lister be found in nearly any fence
corner than is now to be found III the drafted
or budded orchards.
st. Patrick's day was n mighty socabe day
with me- and was talking to an Old German
of the custom in some of the countries across
| the ocean as to fruit trees. All along the
roads over there they plant trees. The fruit is
FREQ to travellers, nothing being required but
that tho person in eating tho fruit shall pat
| few seed i'll the ground. This custom always
| keeps plenty Of young trees growing and the
| road workers every year set out trees
| How easy this could be done
| by the road workers Of Georgia, and what y
! luxury it would be to have nice fruit scattered
| all along the roads. 1t lister DO that peach
| trees hung over the fences all along the roads
Of Georgia and were FREQ 10 ali, but it is not SO
| row but ] wish it was. II some Of the a@itator5
| would turn their talents to the accomplish
ment of such things us this what blessing It
would prove. 1t would be so easy for the
road workers to sot out trees along the roads
| they work if it could only be thought OF and
the young trees provided 1t would lie woll
| for the states agricultural department to give
this subject some thought and try and have
organized effort in that direction. If | was .
smart man / think / could get the people i'll
torested in simple things like this that would
benefit everybody. bat they wen, pay 10 at
tenton to what say.
In speaking of the stato's agricultural de-
par.mont, | would suggest that the work of
the experimental farm lee given moro pub
licity. They are too quiet about heir expert
ments. The newspaper is the channel to reach
the people through Such paper as Ihe
Constitution could tell the people all about
the 'eSperiments" at a much less cost than
through books and pamphlets that never got
to Tie masses.
But / viii say too much if I don't mind. 1t
is cold today, bat tomorrow the sun VIII SHINE
bright and warm, and [ look forward next
week to see the hickory buds swelling and the
woods white with dogwood blossoms; then [
an going to sauntor uDand down the branches
and smell the honeysuchles and drink spring
waterfall IN ever drink hereafter.
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