Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-04-30

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| the application One man will take 4
township Of land and raise COW feed
| on it and make 4 few thousand dol
lars, or perhaps lose money oil his
years work. He puts little brains or
time and no labor on his land. and he
finds a great deal Of fault about the
hard times. "
Another man takes IN acre or two
and dcvoteS his mind and body both
to its use. He fertilizes. cultivates
and cares for all the detail. He
chooses the best seeds, plants them
ut the proper time, gives them the
best food and makes more money of
his lot than his neighbor does off his
township. Gladstone gave the peo-
pie Of England n scolding the other
day for complaining of hard times,
when they import IS. 900 900 worth of
eggs a month from France and Bel
GUM. He told them to grumble less
and raise more hens.
Now, take this idea land il is a
fundamental principle) and apply it to
our lands already watered. Let us
use II land to raise something be-
sides COW feed and see how rapidly
the State will feel the impulse. We
have the land and the water to begin
OIL an adequate scale. Suppose we
raise a little less alfalfa for a year or
two, or Il few bushels less of wheat
and potatoes. What we do raise will
be worth something more. perhaps.
and the crops raised in addition will
be added wealth to OH community.
Why not raise enough buckwheat to
supply our own needs? 1t grows
readily. We a certainly raise our
own corn for meal and hominy. |
have heard it said that we could not
raise corn, but we took the gold
medal over all the earth nj New Or
leans; that we could not raise hogs
successfully. Did you young folks
ever hear it said that we could not
raise alfalfa here? Yet If you will ask
Mr. Mayberrv or Mr.. Deremer or Mr..
Crane they will tell you that it was
years before the belief was enter
tanned that il was worth raising. Al
falfa grew rs a weed along the road,
and no one would raise it for feed.
The stage companies would not buy
il at all for their horses. You know
that we have all been told that alfalfa
lltN NDNllN liol HIM DNlNSl 4, anu llliN
MIR. Gould'S creamery was certain TO
fail on that account, and yet to-day
Mr.. Gould gets one two and three
cents Il pound more than any man on
the Pacific coast for his butter. They
want it at the Palace Hotel. and he
had n standing offer from them. but
he sends il elsewhere from choice.
We are constantly told that we can
not raise pork here because We have
no corn country.
IN ANSWER TO THAT
| say we have a corn country when
we want to work the field properly,
and, more than that, the best hams in
the world are made from hogs that
never tasted orn in their lives. The
Westphalia ham is famous. and no
corn grows in Westphalia. The York
shire ham is another delicacy, and no
corn is raised in York So of the de-
licious goods made in Ireland and
elsewhere. But | must tell you the
reason given by Il very well educated
man i'll Elko county rs a clinchcr
against Nevada evcr raising her own
pork. He said: 1--WE have nothing
to make fences Of" You know they
actually told us that Nevada wheat
would NOT make flour. 1t was too
rich and brown.
But, seriously, We a raise hops.
bcets berries and all small fruits, in
addition to apples, pears, plums, etc.
Blackbcrries are a fine crop and never
get diseased vines, nor do %Currants,
and | defy any II to overstoCk the
market. We can raise them for jelly,
wine and all that; We can put them in
jars and stop carloads from coming in;
We can put up pruneS for the world
and other things Of the incest kind.
Think Of the canned goods we
bring in and the change in wealth OF
being exporters instead of importers.
See the strawberries we buy. Why,
one man living in the sight of Reno
sold his crop from two-thirds of an
acre for over 500. That is an object
lesson. heard Ellwood Cooper say
that he had one olive tree OH his place
| that bore choice fruit for Is years be.