The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-06-01
no yslies On Arkansas,

Alahelvale, Ark, Nlay %, 1895.
To EDITOR OF THE GRArHIc:-
III the GRAPHIC dated May H. you state that |
am not writing such glowing accounts as was
my wont last winter. Glowing (whita with
hcat.) don't believe huve ever written any
white wi Ii heat letters of Arkansas. All | have
ever written is what | actually believed, and
still believe, to be the cut ard out truth per-
haps do not write as long letters about the coun-
try ms was my wont last winter, but it is not be-
| cause have run out of any thing to write (for
could write week after a., for year about its
superior qualities and still have lots to tell
about but because l have not the time | had
last winter. My market gardening has done ms
we'll as could be expected. We had SO much to
do that was about. six weeks behind getting ii
| in, and another thing, the ground was not in
shape. 1t should have been plowed last fall
In spite of these reasons -aEd many other good
ones-our garden stands liks his: Sweet corn
| i'll tassel string beans IN blossom, watermelons,
muskmellons, cucumber aEd peanut vines
started to run: tomatoes in blossom, cabbage
started to head. sweet potatoe plants bedcd out
| md lrish potatoes the size of walnuts. Have
had green peas, lettuce and radishes for some
time Remember am six weeks behind. Early
gardeners nr. selling cabbage % cents per head
| and have green tomatoe that will be selling in
two weeks for 81 per bnshcl. There are mai
more could nnmerate but it's of no interest to
you. If you think market gardening doesn't
| pay IN Aakaasas where there is home market
| for all sou raise, There's where yon make u
| m!stake.' Never mind, can stand II few thorns
on my roses rather than not have the roses at all
You catch on?
lnever intimated that it was the proper thing
to let chickens roost in trees l simply said they
did do it. Poultry pens can be built az cheap
here as anywhere and cheaper than some places.
If you think the weasels, owls, minks opossums
looms hawks alligators and chicken snakes
bother, what's the matter Of letting your hens
lay IN an incubator. AS soon as it is full close
| 'er up and hatch out your chicks. As soon ns
they are the size of quail they will bring you s:
per dozen. Plense give me some precise reasons
why the poultry business will not pay in Arkan-
sas.
As this is now our strawberry season | will
say few words about them. One acre of straw.
berry plants will yield an average of crates per
day during the season, which last 30 days. Pick
ers get cents per quart for licking, or about
90 cents PEE crate. Empty crates are worth q
| apiece. Filled crates sell on the market on an
average of about 500 during the season. This
shows net OF S355.5o off of one acre of ground
tended by one man and his team. All this is
done on three four. five or even twcn!y dollar.
an-acre-land."
You can't tell me any sound minded person
that Il farmer who never used or even saw rid
ing cultivator, ceckrow corn planter, u
mower, or hay rake, seeder, Il self binder
thrcshng machine or in fact any farming imple
ments, but an S-inch one horse pillow, n bull.
tongue and harrow can't be revolutionized in
his farming methods. is true that the people
here have learned little something about the
country in the past one hlndred years The,
have learned that they can live here easier than
! any place they have ever been. Whether or no,
there is any money to be made on three. four
five or even twenty-dollars-a acre land remains
for us alone to solve.
Somtime ago the Index stated that it was Sc
dry here as to cause apprehension as to the rails
| ing of crops. If Mr.. Maynard will look up the
! government prtts In Will tind that We are not
suffering for rain, noi !;avo not beeu. Wc are
| all pleased to hear that South Dakota is coming
ont, but hayn't the least idea returning. Tho
longer we stay the better we like it, any report
to the contrary notwithstanding. FRND PaTrEE