The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-26

Rsvslstlon Regarding the Future nj Ara
Lands In the West.

RsvSlstlon Regarding the Future nj Ans
Lands In the West
The portions OF the west which years
ago were considered desert land, In
capable Of any utility 10 man. have
grown less and less in extent under the
patient. intelligent skill Of the farmer.
until to-day waving green and evident
prosperity reign where once the scorch-
ing sand proclaimed only dreary
waste. In western Kansas. south
western Nebraska and the Cherokee
Strip. as well as Colorado, New Mexico
and further west. though by no means
q desert waste, the land is still menaced
and harassed by protracted droughts
each summer which scorch ana
burn vegetation and cause the
! farmer TO despair Of eking out
= bare existence To the relief OF
this existing condition OF affairs intel
liQent thought and skill have come,
not in the shape % revolutionizing the
natural conditions but in SUCCESSFUL
adaptation 10 those conditions Where
heretofore the farmer has been obliged
20 struggle along with the discourage
ment OF seeing his crops in part burn
up. he is now promised success and
prosperity. The conditions which
mean failure to the raising OF the GUS
tomary crops proclaim life and ma
turity 10 the plum, prune and tart
cherries. for these can be grown on
plains without irrigation water. sim
plv by intense cultivation. and these,
IL would seem, will be the future crops
OF the sections named
On this point the president OF the
leading Nursery company OF Missouri
says:
5 After having observed the west for
: some years and noticing the fruis
: grown. not only on commercial scale,
h but trees here and there. ! am con-
' WINGED that there is great future foE
{ western Kansas. southwest Nebraska
a and the Cherokee Strip. as we'll as Col
e orado. New Mexico and further west
o in the growing Of the stone fruits
:. chiefly plums. prunes and cherries; o
Y the latter such varieties as Montana
y Suda Hardy. Ostheimer, etc. the Lom
e bard plum. the cages. prunes, etc
a. Some of the advantages are. favorabI
a climate. a soil wonderfully rich, hfteel
p hundred miles nearer the market tina
at the Pacific coast. cheap land. chea
a. rates. cheap labor, and the greatest az
n. vantage OF all, in shipping green frui
e Is that i, NAV be allowed TO come
ut maturity instead OF picking green
in they do on the coast: this fruit WI
er for the same reason sell one-third higl
az or on the Chicago markets, as Colorac
.r- reaches for the same reason sell on
IS, third higher on the Denver marke
ly than California sorts
an The plum. prune and cherry nee
all little water comparatively; II Is u
es. much rain that makes the growth
lie these finer sorts hazardous and unce
I'd. tain in the east- The country nam'
he belongs 70 the arid region. Sumcie
de- rain falls there during the early spriI
he toipsure crops. and the one thing TO
us is 70 plant on q commercial scale. 81
to cess will follow. Hallway work q
ad. neglect will not insure success the
Gus nor elsewhere. What has been do
not on the plains Of Colorado can be do
md in western Kansas.
OF 1.-THE apple and pear may also
n grown in the same belt II enou
1
ooa for the reason more water Is requi'
M than for stone fruits which come
perfection in dry seasons This y
the plums and prunes throughout
souri,. Nebraska and Kansas, ia
the rain belts. are coming TO maturity.
there had been the usual summer n
urd the fruit would have rotted more
in less. unless sprayed. Thess fruits n
ing have dry climate.
ex, struggling farmers Of western X
laid ~ ~. irving TO grow e
lrie- u,th tha usual ann
nos' drought. should know and realize
possibilities in the culture OF II
'nge fruits II they get crop OF cor
aiiy may net them ten dollars per acre;
ears stone fruit will net them several
VII, dred dollars per acre, and tens
!ieu orchard worth more than qua
'ient section devoted to general farm
Think Of it; try it. But start ri
ront cultivate right. and be sure and p
row the best trees, the best sorts The
inc ioritv OF the failures are made :
ho' PLANTING wrong sorts, . mistake
un- o.ght TO be avoided. The AM
,lent 80. n,rc. ont the corr
,reo lust the weather needed for matu
tner. and insuring good crops OF plums
.na. prunes, especially for curing
* on prunes. Some Of our friends in 9
II, yerv regions may be surprised to
WITH chat some of the finest fruit land
nose The Pacific coast, only q few years
r in '"9 -,s.,l. h.rren desert."
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