The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

thtrty-five acres. and he gave such a
stimulus to peach growing in New
England that there nre now something
like 100000 trees in Connecticut,
while there are as many IN the adjoifi-
ing States ON Massachusetts and
Rhode Island. .I5iiists
"A little later on Mr. Hale got the
Idea that Georgia would raise peaches.
He Travelled all over that state and
picked out his present locality Since
then he has raised enormous crops. ana
has shown what could be done by care
full cultivation. intelligent marketing,
modern machinery and good business
management He Is always on the
lookout for frosts and pests of one
Kind or another, and his foresight has
several times saved him his crop, when
those of his ncighbors were ruined"
A Word of Warming.
u As I write this one of the many
stories of the. successes which are now
being made In farming, the thought
comes to me. OF the multitude who ar
rushing into such enterprises and in.
vestmentS Z without con ideration. As
Professor Waite said to me to- day, the
machinery of fruit growing and farm
Ing Is more wonderfulS that that OF tho
largest gun factory or electrical in.
anstry. It's success requires the most
careful selection OF SOIL a knowledge
OF the crops inc is attempting to raise,
study of fertilizers and diseases, and
also the beins Johnny on the SPOT
throughout all or a greater part OF
the year. Notwithstandingit this, men
who would not buy a lot without the
most careful searching of-tttleT and go
into anyl,; business without X. having
thoroughly investigated the; markets,
the machinery and the past profits and
losses, will lrisk the savings Of n lIfe-
time In gold mine of which they
personally know nothing. or In an or
chard scheme, the information concern
Ing which Is presented only. on paper
Take. for instance, the case OF a
government omploye who called tina
other day, to ask the advice of tho
fruit men,-as to nm Investment Il in a
new orange region which is being ex J
plotted In various parts OF the South.
This orange ID of Japanese variety
which Will grow much further north
than the sweet oranges of Florida or
California. The locality proposed was
somewhere In Alabama. The scheme Is
aged BY syndicate which is SELL
ms It's lands at 5000 per acre. with the
Understanding that the trees arc to
be planted at once and are to be cared
for for five Years, at which time they
Will como into bearing. The prospec-
tus has figures which show that u tract
of five acres so treated will give m
|
mologist who told me thIs story: .E.sS
That man was a proofreader, WIN
has TO do with government printing
His work is such tina the misplaoing
OF comma might cost Uncle sam mil :,
lions. and mistake would lose him
his job: This, he told me, had so worn
upon his nerves, that he felt lie must
arrange for his leaving the service at
some time in the near future. He said
lie thought this would be q good pla co
TO invest his savings. and that he
would eventually retire to his orchard
he said he intended to put in all he had
and to pay the balance on Install
ments of SIS n month asked him il
he had gone down to Alabama TO see
tho land and Investigate the PROPOSE
ton. He replied that he had not, but
that the prospectus gave all the flg-
ures and showed just what the profits
would be. asked il he knew the
managers He said ne did not. stsI
thereupon strongly advised him to