Graham guardian., 1912-11-08
Stafford Is Now to Have a
Genuine Vegetable and
Berry Farm


Company, will grow first class vege
tables for Stafford. Globe and Miami.
In connection with the nursery
and fruit business. By. will add ber-
ries and vegetables which will be
very much appreciated by the peo-
pie of the valley. The twenty-five
acre track of loamy soil, one mile
southeast of town and which was
formerly owned by Adam Welker,
is the location which Mr. Smith has
chosen for his new industry. While
By. is not intending to make per,
manent life business Of trucking, he
wants to show the people of this
place that many good things can be
grown in our soils besides alfalfa
our old standby.
Too many dollars are being sent
to California each season for berries
and vegetables. This money can
just as we'll I've kept at home and 90
into the pockets of our own people.
We ought to be ashamed of our.
selves for buying this sort of stuff
from foreign markets, when sur.
rounded by such facilities as exist
here in the way of loamy soils and
abundance of water. Smith says
the people here are not working
their ground (meaning plowing and
cultivating). A sample of By. s
work will convince anybody of this
fact when they take a peep into his
vegetable wagon right now before
he starts work on the regular bust.
ness. Radishes, head lettuce. cauli.
flower, ETC., all on the market now
and nothing ever beat it.
The nursery, just half a mile
from the depot, will illustrate what
intense cultivation will do in making
fruits and flowers for your homes.
We think By. must plow the nur-
sery about fifty times, judging from
the looks of the growing things.
There you will see $4,000 young
fruit trees for planting this spring
These trees look to be thrifty and
vigorous. There are also a thou
sand or more orchard trees which
will produce fruit crop this COM
ing season. Two hundred different
varieties of fruit in the one orchard.
These are principally peach. plum,
grapes and apple. Aside from this
is the asparagus field and a hun.
dred thousand strawberry plants,
most Of which were set last Feb.
ruary.
Many people in our valley think
Of the family orchard as secondary
consideration, but just think how
many of US will go hungry for can
ned (the good home canned fruit
fruit this winter, because of the
fruit panic the past Summer. This
scarcity of fruit has net occurred
before for over ten years, and we
DONE know its worth until we have
TO do without it.
The planting Of better orchards,
setting new shade trees, levelling
off and arranging pretty lawns, is
what our country needs to make it
a pleasant land, By. says. What
more could any man ask for than a
beautiful happy home surrounded
with trees and flowers. Some say
they have to be away from home
and the pleasant things to look on
would do them no good. But what
about the wife? She generally
spends most of her time around the
home, so every citizen should have
a beautiful home. Now, just sup
pose each man in this valley would
set apart two days out of each
month for tearing down and beau
tifying' his home or farm. Tear
down that old fence and bury it
deep in the ground" plant some
good trees on the sidewalk, do a
little good work on the road in front
of your place, don't you think we
would have better place to show
to the travelling public, many of
who are looking for location?