Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-01-01

l1f- = l0NEEs u1fN
vfaJd thousands Of dollars on . s'ngie
scru. hot zs cannot consume them-sno
suIess We are near wealthy, large Guy
we cannot sell them. Small fruits esn
be sold auyEhere,-even 10 the e"uA''y'
and they can Be eaten anyWnefe' ~
sea-ou aud out Of season, fresh, orled'
canned. preserved, and ielIed. Tbs is
uotbisz new, bot it should impress Us
With the universal demand for these
acid TREASURES Of the soil, 20 easily I
rrpEp. produced from Florida to Alas
"A, yielding richly from all soils unoe'
all Guns and all temperatures, Win care
or neglect. Wild or tame. How can We
estimate the richness Of Gods blessings
iu scattering with lavish hand, from
pole to pole, the multitudes OF small
I fruits that bedeck the earth? Wnat
deb, d, we not owe the Creatot OF IA
lures resources placed at our eom-
maods, and the capacity given us 10
appreciate and enjoy them? Next the
Almighty, We owe a great debt to hor-
ticultural societies and nursery men; +;
and even to the peddIing agent; with
bis book Of gaudy illustrations, when
is bringing the sublime 10 close proxl-
nifty to the ridiculous, though II ne
} swindle Us into trying some humoug
nine times out Of ten, if We get good
thing the tenth time we are richly re-
= warded; and we must remember, that
, with the highly illustrated catalogue
and the gIittering advertisement, the
peregrinating peddler buncoes thou
) sands of people in every county in
= Oregon into experimenting with new
z straw berries, raspberries, and Russian
: nulberries, who bu. for the illusiVe
, hope Of getting something wonderful
, or something for nothing would never
invest in progress Of any sort. We are
} indebted to these organizations and
commercial enterprises for the fact that
t 50 many people now have small fruits,
| and We may confidently expect that
8 if there is no legislation against the
= tree pedder, he will do more to ad-
5 vance horticulture than all other agen-
: cies combined, excepting always our
e state colleges, societies, and local horti-
8 cultural organizations, for without
i them there would be no scientific
t progress possible.
: / am not prepared to give advice as
!. to varieties 10 plant or methods Of cul-
} tivation. Our soils are so productive,
4 the variety of small fruits we can
] grow so unlimited In fact, al
, most anybody can grow anything in
the line of small fruits if he possess a
!, minimum of intelligence, industry, or
e enterprise, so far are they from the ca
T ID mites that befall large fruits, that l
will leave kind and culture to that
,. horse-sense possessed by Americans in
g common, whether employed in raising
+ gooseberries or governing Alaskans oil
h Sandwich Islanders.
n Horticulture is transforming Oregon
L from vast cattle ranches, horse ranges,
= and sheep forage to small fruit farms,
n In riding through Marion county ]
i once saw an old lady standing out in
D front OF her cabin keeping the wasps
g of large tray Of split plums with g
o fan of fern, while they slowly dried iu
q the sun. She represented Oregon Of
b old. A little farther along was bright
e new house, busy family, the boys
II bringing in fruits Of different kind:
:. from various parts of the lot, the girll
}. slicing, pairing, preparing, and running
the fruit evapOrators, the father max
n ing aud labelling packages, and tn,
:, mother sitting in her rocking chair OF
|. the front porch reading the newspaper
# That was new Oregon.
Y Every family that has any fruits
e especially small fruits, should establish
:, as part Of the family economy the dry
/. ing Of fruit. Every farm of any siz,
u should have its evapOrator and dry al
Il ''N'N wv hShoblC III a lIcsu
Al 1t will employ all the family, young
}. and old, male aud female. You can
u get books and reports and post yourself
is until you are scientific expert at the
,e business, but you need not be a scientist
,e to handle small fruit, Get your drier
Is aud go to work. The man who sells il
], to you will tell you all he knows about
u H. and his Information ia apt to be val.
liable, as his business depends upon bjs
knowing shat he is talking about and
, being able 10 demonstrate it. Your
: nelghhors who have dried fruit can tell
, you more, and you can learn the lest.
and you may as we'll set out to do that.
q Tor that is the only way to be sure OF
. anything anyhow. There is an init,
, mate relation between snail fruits aud
a mighty developed state of civilized
! family lite. The health Of young and
old, the employment Of male ard fe.
, male members, the indepe odenee and
self-supporting ability Of the family,
me education, Intelligence, and moral.