The age-herald., 1902-01-24
TRUCK FARMING
 NEAR LIVINGSTON Many Acres to Be Planted in
 Tomatoes BIG STRAWBERRY PATCH MT. w. c. Little Trying Experiment On an Extensive scale-Hls Hot
 Houses Are A verit-
 able Show.
BIG STRAWBERRY PATCH
BY HOMER GEORGE.

Livingston. January 23.-(special )-For truck farming no betetr land can be found in the United States than that sur rounding Livingston. This is due not only to the rich land itself. but also to its rolling nature.
 To prove beyond any doubt that the yield of the acres will be as large or larger than that of any other land in the country, Mir. w. F. Carley and Mir. W. G. Little will plant this year very large farms in truck seed. The land is the property of MT. Little, who is one of the largest real estate owners in the county. MT. Carley Is an expert truck man and will conduct the work.
 MT. Little drove out to the farm in company with me. It is about half mile from the city and is prettily situated on slightly rolling plateau. With Mir. Little l went over the farm, looked at the work done so far, and examined the plans for future work.
 Thousands of Plants.
 He has planted in his hot houses thous- ands and thousands Of plants which will be put out as soon as spring comes These include all vegetables. strawberries, toma- toes. cucumbers and others The hot houses are veritable shows in themselves, being large and heated at the proper tenn perature at all times. Preparations are being made for planting twenty acres in strawberries The plants will be put out as soon as 1t is sufficiently warm for them to thrive in the open air. They will not be allowed to grow berries this sea- son in order that the future products may be large and clear. No other products will be planted along with them, and dur ing the next winter they will be cared for as tenderly as a mother chicken cares for her flock
 Ten acres will be given to the cultiva- tion of tomatoes. This peing an annual plant, big crop will be realized this spring. The plants will be put out within the next few weeks and will be given the same careful attention. Forty additional acres will be devoted to the cultivation of various other vegetables and truck products.
 Expects Handsome Returns.
 MT. Carley Is well pleased with results so far and says the land will yield hand some returns. Its soil Is slightly sandy. with a clay subsoil of pleasing thickness. He says he. feels confident of raising as much as 900 to 250 bushels of tomatoes per acre for all planted. Possibly he may get larger return. but he would not predict more than this.
 Other farmers are greatly interested in the works and 1t Is probable that much of the land at present given to corn will be given to the cultivation of various truck products
 Hog Raising Profitable.
 Hog raising is another industry giving large returns and securing the attention of many farmers about Livingston. One of the largest and post prominent of hog raisers is MT. R. H. Lille, who has raised a number of hogs that weigh more than 1000 pounds and some weighing 1500 pounds. MT. Lille is an expert in making hogs take on flesh and has been very successful in his working of selling the meat.
 He is also a great chicken man, and has succeeded in raising some of the largest and finest game chickens in the State. He has won many prizes with his fowls.