The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-03-09
FRUIT CULTURE.
An Experiment siaiiou and Nursery Pro.
posed for Farmlagtos.


Mr. NJ. Bu,tcrGeld. leading orch
arIlsi aud nurscrymau Of the State. and
Mr.. b, F.. King, General Agen, Of the
st. Louis. Iron Mountain aud Southern
railway, were here last week and sue
oceded IN interesting . number Of our
leading business men IN the subject OF
| fruit culture aud the establishing u a
fruit experiment station aud nursery at
Pennington, a meeting was held at
the Court House last Thursday aud Fri
day nights for the purpose u hearing
aud considering some propositions OF
Dir. Rul,crGcld.
Ills proposition In brief "a, thai II the
people Of Pennington will furnish him
with 20 acres Of ground as an expert.
ment Station upon which 10 test what
fruits aud varieties are best adapted to
this section Of the State and will prove
most profitable To fruit growers, that
De will plant II with fruit stock of all
kinds frum hi. nursery IN jackson
county fpr the purposes Of experiment,
aud place competent and experienced
men in charge Of II. lie also proposes
10 establish aud conduct nursery
herr, which he says VIII give employ
nieni la large number uf people. lie
understand that he employs over one
hundred people ia his Jackson county
nursery. The conditions are that our
peuplp will buy this % scrcs of land
aud give bond 10 deed II to him after
the expiration Of two years Il he has
complied With his part ut the pr"po=i-
lion.
There was another clause Of bis prop
ositiOn, that the people here might, II
they preferred, conduct the experiment
station, but the one set forth above
seemed to strike them most iaNogabiy,
aud a committee consisting Of W. r.
Hoy, j. u. llighlcy, ". =. Doss. Mer-
rill ripkin aud T. + Dalton, WAS APP
pointed to iud q suitable piece Of land
that could be- bought ior this purpose.
\ second committee was appointed 60
see uut business men and solicit cub
scriptiOns for the purpose Of buy lug The
land, composed Of j. ". Buck, rc,cr
Guessing, John $. FOWL, NJ. Z. Caycc,
j. 4. Klein, j. G. Williams, john A.
Sprutt, j. i. Burks, aui j. u. iiigh-
Icy. This committee has made good
progress, aud there j. liltir ionbt that
the necessary sum will be raised.
Mr.. Butlcrhcld is convinced that
Southeast Missouri is a splendid fruit
country. All tia, Is necessary To make
fruit culture profitable here Is to know
just what varieties of apples, peaches,
pears, plums, cherries, grapes, straw
berries, etc, etc, are best adapted to
the soil aud climate. lie expects to
shOH " hat TIL, section eau do la lhi. !
line By an exhibit Of Southcas, fruits At
the Centennial Fair of the Louisiana
purchase at 81. Louis IN 1908, aud Is
sanguinc Of the result MIR. hing. the l
General Agent Of the Iron Mountain |
who was here with Mr Hut.
icIiicld, is taking r deep interest In this
matter Of course, Ma, he is doing |
10 push the enterprise Is indirectly Ia
the interest ui the railroad which hr
represents. 10 demonstrate that fruit !
culture may DC made profitable aud
rcmuncralivo In this section means that
large fruit farms will be opened up, |
and that immigration will be attracted |
here. helping 10 til up the waste places /
aud make thcu productive. This fuV.
mishes freight traffic aud other business
ior the railroads, aud hence their in-
crcst Ia the matter aud willingness 10 |
advertise il. Al roads are naturally |
in Developing the country |
through which they pass, rs 1t means
ln increase Of lhciI business rs veil a.
lie welfare Of the communities 80
built up and benefited.