The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-16

thiE frBt ana greatest Of ali industries.
/ Our neaFnes8 TO the great markets for
consumption, our very few crop failures
and the great diversity Of products
we are able 10 grow 8uccahsfully are q
few OF the many reasons we could give
why agriculture, properly followed. Will
prove az profitable IN this state as In
any other state in the Union We
should only cultivate such lands q are
suited to that purpose, ana this 10 an
important lesson witch we are slowly
but surely learning.
We have other uses 10 which we can
put our hill lands. and which ofttlme8
prove Just aS Batisfact0ry and Femuner-
alive to our people. This state q pre-
eminently grazing and fruit-gFoWing
state. and our upland and mountain
/ tops, which are IN no sense adapted to
the growing Of the cereal crops, are the
Ideal fruit farms, and when well Get In
the famous blue grass, which 10 indigo
nous 70 large area Of our surface,
make Vefitable paradise for aheep and
cattle, especially for the former, There
are but few acres In the state that may
not be probably used for graSlng sheep
and cattle, and for the production Of a.
fine coloTed and fine favored fruit as
can be grown anywhere IN the world.
young fruit trees coming into bearing,
and In the very near future the number
Of orchards Of commercial Importance
will be greatly increased, and the reve-
nue. to the owners OF the state will be
very considerable. The proper loca-
tlon, the proper soil, the most profitable
varieties, the time and mode Of plant
ing, as well as the care OF the trees and
the handling Of the fruit ct maturity,
are all coming to be better understood.
which viii greatly stimulate the indus
try. and make II both more pleasant and
profitable to the growers and more satis-
factory TO the buyers and consumers.
The improvements which have been
made in orcharding within the past few
years have been both marvellous and
gratifying. and this promises to be one
Of our great sources Of income in the
not distant future.
The improvement In our domestic anil
mails has also been very marked within
the past few years, and the Importance
and desirabIllty Of procuring pure-bred
Blres Is becoming general throughout
the state. With this Improvement in
breeding and feeding will come in
creased profits, and this. In turn, will
increase the number OF domestic ami
mails. and the income OF our people from
IuAS 6uQEGe VIII HUNl E1 AllOIG kuAAA l0u-
bled, which Will cause the few remain
ing mortgages upon the farms OF the
state to disappear, I trust, forever.
We have made much progress along
three lines, but we still need fewer
number Of acres more thoroughly
and scientifically titled, much greater
acreage Of bluegrass and larger num-
Der Of sheep and cattle Of a higher grade
to fatten and grow into money upon our
farms. We need hundreds and thou
sands more OF carefully selected fruit
trees, by men who have been carefully
educated and trained in such work, to
cover our hillsldes. and make beautiful
and profitable the now many waste
places OF our mountainous and yet
Wealth-laden state.
These desirable necessities are COM
Ing, and coming rapidly, and with props
CT encouragement and protection the
huSbandman. together with those en-
gagged in the development Of our many
other sources Of wealth, will be ushered
into the twentieth century with brighter
hopes and higher aims and ambitions
than they have ever known before.
Education and development will 60
hand in hand, and higher, happier
and better citizenship win be thelinevi-
table result We welcome the twentieth
century, with Its star Of hope for our
people, and trust that they will make
the proper use Of every opportunity and
meet heroIcally and bravely every obli-
CATION Of American citizenship.