The record-union., 1894-11-24

PICK and pack the fruit are benefited.
ihe commission man, who gets his
ifelght and commission, is benefited and
the lfelghts are benefit to the army of
men employed by the railroads, and to
lhe railroads themselves, of course. The
grower ,,p r' Is the only one who seems to get
Io dement,, and 1t seems as ii he ought
noG TO be lett out. He must. however,
endure the present system, and it must
De changed II he wishes to get his share
Inc writer then gave the plan adopted in
Tue southern part OF the State, where the
growers have formed an association and
sen their goods through salaried man
ayers. He outlined plan for general
acllon by the growers of the State. He
thought the time had come when the
growers must awake and take steps to
protect their own interests III the only
way IN which they could-by organize
ton.
PECAN CULTURE.
a paper on Pecan Culture" by Her.
bert Post of Fort Worth, lex, was read,
showing the profits which should accrue
from intelligent culture of the nut, and
predicting that the pecan would yet lead
the list OF valuable nuts of the country.
lie lnstanced one tree in a yard in his
city which yielded eleven bushels in one
year. The statement had been made that
the trees grew only close TO water. but
they grow we'll anywhere, so long as
their roots can reach water.
A resolution instructing the Secretary
to transmit the Nicaragua Canal resolu-
ton TO President Cleveland and each
member OF Congress was passed, as was
one OF thanks to the State Board OF Hor-
uculture and Secretary Lelong for the
able report of 1898 81.
a member stated that as far as his OBJ
servailon extended, the pecan was not
success on the ordinary land of this State.
On some land near Marysville, too low
Tor other cultivation, they would do we'll.
A motion that the Congressional dele
cation from this State be instructed 10
earnestly present the resolutions regard
Ing The Nicaragua Canal and the Govern
ment foreclosure of railroads to Congress
and urge special action on them was
passed.
The Chairman spoke of some pecan
trees on the roadside III Napa which were
growing we'll and bearing well.
Mr.. Wilcox also spoke III regard to the
bearing qualities OF the pecan. His ex-
perlence was that it would not do well
unless near water.
Block offered resolution of thanks to
Welnstock for the interest he has shown
on oehalf OF the growers OF the State
Fowler said that Weinstock had at his
own expense assumed the preparation of
all the documents which are TO be for
Warded, and was also a member of one of
the most important committees. He
heartily favored the motion. The mo-
ton was carried.
THE QUESTION BON.
The question box was then opened and
a mum Der of questions propounded were
answered more or less satisfactorily to
the querists. AS might be expected, on
questions of grating, ETC., wide diver
sity of opinion was developed.
In response TO question as to the out
look for the olive industry, Kim ball of
San Diego said he looked for it TO become
the leading one Of the State. The uuali-
ties OF the fruit for food are very valua-
bic; pound OF picked olives, fully ripe.
is equal IN food value to a pound OF beef
and a few good trees in bearing are equal
IN value annually to a good fat steer.
Olive oil is tit for all purposes for which
butter can be used. He instanced one
tree from which 1872 gallons OF olives were
picked, bringing SI62 at the tree. OF
course, that was an exceptional case. 1t
is dangerous thing to buy olive trees
from nursery, as the cuttings may have
been taken from non bearing trees. They
will grow and do we'll at quite an alti-
tude, IN some places growing where the
snow is two or three feet deep at times.
The speaker gave quite a dissertation on
the good qualltleS of the olive and the adj
VanLages of its culture. He recommended
that 1t be planted in yards and grounds.
both tor ornament and use The olive
tree, II the cuttings are taken from leay-
ing trees, will pay all expenses in three
years.