The daily tribune., 1906-06-11
WHAT FARMERS ARE DOING
Interesting Story Of Productive
Qualities Of Fremont land.

! AS1AsOSoS
The soil Of Fremont county II not
Faxcelled in tbs production Of crcps.
| This Il broad statement probat ~.
but can bs backed mp BY figures fol-
lowing There are many old timers
In this part Of the county who have
but : vague idea Of the fertility and
what the land produces and how much
The Tribune has gone to the trouble
Of finding ont some facts and figures
about what the farmers are doing and
about what can be realized from an
aore OF ground. OF course II 10 un-
derstood that the figures below are
about the best and highest. the small.
or ones mot being 10 interesting.
Charles Batterson. formerly princi-
pal of the Rockville schools. has =
small acreage OF land on Lincoln Park
Last year on . two and one half
acre fruit patch he sold over 1900
crates and did most of the necessary
work on the farm during his vaoa.
tion. The apples sold At 81 per
crate.
| D. r. Sullivan OF the same sec.
tion gathered nearly $1,000 worth Of
straw berries from one acre OF land.
H. 8. Garlinghouse got better prices
for his strawberries, picked 1876 crates
from three. .fourths Of an acre and sold
them for $780,. Besides this he used
many Of the berries on his own table
that was made no record Of.
From two and three. .fourths acre
patch Frank Brouahton last spring
marketed 81. 800 worth of straw berrie q
grown on . piece Of land III feet wide
and 326 feet long. Glen Kirkton
marketed 400 crates Of prime straw.
berries for which he received e725 in
cash. He is inclined to the belief
that an acre of land properly cultivat.
ed and cared for will return the grow.
er gross income of GOO.
The returns from Mr.. WriRht's
Eve acres this year will be about As
follows: 1900 crates apples. u. 300:
strawberries. 5000; sspsraRus lone acre
rented 1856; grapes and cherries. $3.50.
O. o. Rittenhouse sold from his Mont.
morency cherry trae last season eight
cen crates Of cherries for which he re.
ceived $3.50. F d. Trip has eight
pear trees in his yard and although
pears are not regarded as very pay.
ing product around here Mr.. Trip got
75 crates from his eight trees.
F. Williams sold I82 boxes of Flora
Bell apples from eight trees At el.15
the box-sl5l 80 or sls. 40 per tree.
J. W. Hall picked tan CRATES Of pears
from Bartlett tree last year. They
sold for 81 76 . crate or on. go from
the one tree. Frank Hoyt harvested
two years ago what was probably the
most prolific crop Of onions ever
grown on an equal area Of ground In
the Arkansas valley. On q little
more than two. thirds Of an acre he
produced fifteen tons Of onions. which
netted him after pay Ing all expenses
connected with the marketing aud
cultivation, the sum Of $3.50.
Last year 2. r. Broughton picked
800 bushels Of apples from one acre Of
land. G. +. Turner raised 1000
baskets Of grapes from eighteen short
rows Of vines the first year he came to
this section. Cherries are . little.
II Any. less profitable than straw bsr.
ries and frequently pay ~ much -
800 per acre. N. 8. Jarvis picked
800 crates from l1S trees. netting him
$50. From ii0 trees he picked s705
worth the year before.
Calvert Brothers say tomatoes are
the best paying crop that can be raised
here. on small patch they got .
crop which figured out si.Ib0 to the
acre. An average year they claim
brings shout $500 per scre. which
means . profit Of $500 or more.
The RookAfellow Fruitmere
orchard IL famous over the West.
The leading vArieties Of every state
are grown SUCCESSFULLY there. Trees
from twenty TO thirty years old are
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