The sun., 1903-02-22

bob-tail drop a nickle-in-the-slot cars
we're bobbing and humping through the
streets here. Now every principal thor
oughfare has it's line OF finely equipped
electric road and the work Of extension ID
going on in all directions to keep pace
and we'll ahead Of the city's suburban out
reachings,
Down the west side OF the bay they are
destined to 60 for more miles than 1t is
safe to predict now. II Is thirty miles from
the city down to the open waters OF the
Gulf OF Mexico and along the high ground
OF the west shore for miles there are in
Vulnerable places where winter resort
hotels could be built with shelter of tower
ing pines, magnolias and moss-streaming
live oaks in their rear. and In front the open
waters Of the bay with its lively procession
Of shipping.
All this is among the possibilities OF Mo-
bile. Just az the vast increase OF trade and
wealth and population Of the city Is among
it's certainties. II Is destined one day-that
is Mobile and its vicinity-to become a
noted place Of winter resort. Tho shores OF
Mobile Bay and the vicinity Of Mobile are
already regarded ~ ideal spots for those
who love the rod and gun. The adjacent
country abounds In game Of all sorts. FROM
bear to squirrels and pigeons, and along
the bay and river geese, ducks and wild
turkeys are plentiful. Baldwin county and
Oyster and Bon Secour Bays can give Pike
county. Pa. cards and spades on bar
FOR FRUIT GROWING.
The United States Department Of Agri-
culture has of late years been devoting a
great deal of minute study to the soil and
,I, - ha Gc,,th With tho
result that great deal has been done to-
ward developing diversity OF crops and
nstructing planters In the possibilities OF
their lands for agricultural products. One
of the specialists sent down here by the
Government in this capacity is Charles
Mohr. Phi D.. OF the Division Of Forestry,
and he studied the vicinity Of Mobile with
the view TO ascertaining its possibilities
for fruit and truck growing, which. by
the way. is destined to play no mean part
in Mobiles industrial activities Prof.
Mohr wrote:
The climate of this region. tempered
by the proximity Of the sea. is euuable.
Long periods OF excessive heat and droug T.
a. wei as severcr spells Of cold, which are
destructive of tender vegetation, are the
exception. Such frosts AZ occur arrest
vegetation only for a short time. and that
without destroying II.
-Under such climatic conditions most Of
the garden vegetables and many OF the
field crops and crops Of the orchard Of the
cooler temperate zone are successfully
grown by the side Of the crops Of the sub
tropical regions. allowing the cultivator
OF the soil a wide latitude in the choice Of
crops to contribute to his subsistence every
month Of the year.
.These advantages render the lands OF
the coast plain. with its warm soil Of
sandy loan, and Of the rolling pine up
lands Of lighter and more porous quality
wherever underlaid by a clayey subsoil.
particularly adapted TO the raising OF early
vegetables and small fruit for shipment
to the Northern markets. The shipments
OF the products Of the truck farm begin
In the winter months and continue to the
opening OF the summer.
''Of small fruits the strawberry. according
t. the mildness Of the winter. yields the
first crop not rarely before March; in large
quantities shipments begin in the latter
part of the month. Watermelons are
grown here in the greatest perfection.
They make their first appearances in the
market by the middle Of June. from the
shell banks along the coast. and continue
until August.
"The Results achieved by experienced fruit
growers are most encouraging and have
clearly demonstrated that the cultivation
of these fruits in rolling upiands OF the
lower zine region can be- carried OH success
fully and profitably. With the increased
facilities Of transportation offered by the
great trunk lines leading 10 The cities Of
the North. in regard to quickness Of do
t,h he lfntA a,
70 secure the arrival " the perishable crops
in the best condition. truck-farming and
the raising Of fruit assumes every year
larger proporti IONS and in view Of the large
area Of land suitable FOR this purpose and
Of easy acquisition, those pursuits are
capable I great Increase
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