The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-14

fed everything in sight and then selling
for less than they were worth a year
previous2 What about wheat failures.
and corn failures? Every business that
is honorable and worth following has
its risks but as remarked before, tho
orchard stays on hand. and it is well
established fact that when fruit trees
fail to set fruit and have whole sea-
son free from the drain a crop of fruit
would make on them, the trees prepare
for big crop the year following, and as
all the fruit buds of our fruit trees
are formed during the summer of one
year for the fruit of the next. it is per-
fectly safe to. count on good crop OF
fruit the year following a complete
said with any surety. While every line
of honest production may. to some ex-
tent. be fascinating, nothing is more 30
than fruit growing. To plant a seed, or
make a graft. or place a tiny bud in a
Seeding. and then watch nature make
noble tree, with beautiful and perfect
foliage. followed in a few months with
sweet smelling, exquisitely colored and
beautifully formed flowers. to see these
succeeded by the tiny fruit. which I'M
der your very eyes increases in size ana.
bathed with the deWs of autumn and
kissed by the midday sun, becomes the
fascinating apple. What is a farmer
boys boyhood worth without the glories
and the aches. of the orchard and thS
remember the old orchard Cor the
neighbours Orchard) near the old child
hood home. and wonder whether the
old Grannywinkle, or the Russet, or ths
Poundsweeta or Early Harvest apple
trees still live. and whether other boys
and girls get out in the early morning
to get the fruit, rlpened and mellowed
over night
If the old orchard brings such pleas
ant memories. why should not you pre-
pare such memories for your boy2
Money seeking investment is tempted
by get-rich-quick schemes. but planting
an apple orchard. investing in fruit
culture, is a conservative, safe and sure
investment; aside from the fruit the in
creased value of 4and devoted to fruit
trees and the enhanced value of adioin-
ing lands, fully re7ays the investment.
There are millions of acres in the mid
die west in Kansas, Arkansas and Mis-
souri, that are peculiarly adapted and
conveniently located for fruit culture;
much of this land, especially in Arkan
sas and central Missouri. is held at
nominal prices of from SO to $40 per
acre, and where specially located as Il,
railroad and town facilities al $40 to $2S
per acre. These prices will not long
hold good Large tracts are now being
purchased and planted and the great
show of fruits to be given at the
worlds fair in st. Louis will create 4
demand that VIII absorb all the cheap
lands The companies referred to above
differ some what in their makeup buE
all have the same object in view.
growing and marketing fruit and maxi
ing good dividends for stockholders II
these companies are handled by honest
men, if the land titles are perfect II
thorough, practical fruit growers are
chosen as superintendents, and accounts
are carefully kept: if foOlishness is
eschewed and common sense obtains
/ the orchard investment will cause Iess
anxiety and fewer wrinkles and bring
surer and happier returns than oil or
gas or mining lately had the pleasure
of an interesting talk with Mr. W NJ
Sims, of St. Louis. who told me 2 cor1-
Dany (the Central Ozark Fruit COM
pany) had been formed in Topeka con-
slsting Of F. w. Poindexter. president.
Or. Warner vice president: NJ. c. Hol-
man, treasurer NJ d. Henderson. Sec
rotary, to put out 1000 acres of apple
trees filled in between with I1lberfa
peach trees and dwarf pear trees. to be,
room
The names of the above officers. oueht
to be to the people of Topeka a suff9-
Gent guarantee that business ability
ana strict honesty will prevail The
lands acquired are in Webster county.
Missouri, on the Frisco railway eleven
miles northeast of Springfield in
famous apple region.
If we cannot locate this orchard in
/ Kansas we can at least have the direc-
tory and most of the stockholders here.
Mr. Sims says the company is capital
/ lied at 81. 100000 to be divided into
fered in three ways. At 20 cents cash,
at % cents cents payable at purchase
and cent per month for twenty
months Or at 81 per share for stock
guaranteed and drawing from date OF
purchase s per cent. Thus parties with
small means can get say 100 shares
which is the least they desire to sell on
Payment of 500 or on payment of IS
and a monthly installment of 81 per
month for twenty months. or for 500
for 100 shares fully guaranteeing by
strong financial companies per cent
interest, this latter giving a good inter-
est bearing investment not depending
upon the vicissitudes of climate or any
of the uncertainties of natures moods
cannot see a better investment of
small savings. Two thousand acres OF
land will carry 100000 apple trees AMI
100000 peach and pear trees between. It
win bring some returns the third year
and will of itself be worth at the end
of five years a half million dollars. Mr.
l. NJ. Winans, a life long practical hor-
ticulturist, who has 1000 acres of or
chard referred to above within few
miles Of the above tract has been cho-
sen as superintendent of this new fruit
farm.