The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-11-27


again say be careful, no not be toe
hasty,, 1t is not always it turns, out
to be what 1t looks. found this out
myself. Coming out west, my nrst
trip. to look around for a new home.
decided to locate in Idaho. bought q
house with a good size lot, on which
there were many different kinds OF
large fruit trees that was told were
good, as this was in the first part OF
May and the leaves just coming out
the trees looked fine and good to me
and felt proud Of my trees until !
found out that the fruit was not Of any
account, so the next year I planted
other trees in their place and Mr.. Lars
Jacobsen, also one Of the first settlers
of Barnes county helped me grub out
the old ones and plant the new. So II
you intend to come west and buy fruit
orchards l say wait till you see the
fruit first.
do not question, but that many
small fortunes have been made in the
different places and the different fruits
and perhaps a few large ones. but it is
also fact that fortunes have been
lost and that there are other sides
to the fruit question not often heard
of or seen but found out after one
has gone hopelessly into it. When
the expenses Of irrigating, pruning,
spraying, cultivating, gathering, pack.
ing and selling is taken out it is often
found that the profit If any, is not so
large as many think it is Another
thing, might it not be possible that the
fruit business could in few more
years be overdone. Every year new
orchards are planted by inexperienced
people and tens of thousands of un-
developed acres are being sold at big
prices to the gullable and Were the
market will 60, when all these acres
of newly set and to be set orchards be-
gin to bear Is hard to foretell.
When back in my Old home was
very glad to NEE: at Valley City my
good old friend J. 5. N'eiser. under.
stand he is back from. the west to his
old home in Barnes County t. stay.
You all know the good OLD honest and
reliable J. s. Weise', If you want to
find out anything about the fruit or
chards and the west ask Mr.. Neiser,
as he has lived in one Of the most not.
ed fruit districts in the west, he
knows something about 1t, and what
he tells you (bet your boots) you can
depend on.
So. far, my dear readers let me say,
it is not my intenation and be it far
from me to try to run down this west.
ern country, we all know that there
is no place to be found on thi, earth
that is perfect not even North Dakota,
and from what / have seen and know
Of the western states, must say that I
find many things to praise, a fine eli
mate and the best Of water, which
alone tell you means lot, BIZ when
there is much Of fine rich land both
for fruit and farming there IL also
plenty Of land that a newcomer from
the east better look out for before he
buys.
When one goes to the county or
state Fairs out here he must admit that
he finds on exhibit the finest kind of
fruit and in all kinds of vegetables
will see samples Of very large and
wonderful size, but then you know
they send only the biggest ard best,
same as they do anywhere else.
This year there has been sent from
these western states to expositions in
the east all kinds of farm produce of
the best to be obtained and for the
purpose Of advertising this western
country and certainly it is as good as
anyone could expect or could wish to
see. It Is not so much to be wonder
ed at that this western country can
show SO much splendid produce of all
kinds at the fairs, when one considers
that it is raised on small tracts Of
land where the owner gives a., his
time and work to the care of the sane
during the year. Out here there are
hundreds and hundreds that have only
from one acre some two, three and
five acres to take care Of. If anyone
of you in North Dakota should have
only from one to five acres to take
care of, at all times in the 6 owing
season, don't you think that you also
could show some. wonderful samples
from your land, but you are doing
this sometimes anyway, even II you