Imperial Valley press., 1920-07-09
CROPS ON "WORTHLESS LAND"

New Jersey man had 20 of land that didn't seem
good for anything else he planted them in bueberre
He partly carefully selected wild blueberry stock and
partly hybrid furnished by the Bureau of Plant Industry
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
The result surprised him and everybody else in the neigh
His berries delicious and some OF them are IN
credbv large-hree fourths of inch IN diameter ne
older plants producing at the rate Of 100 bushels to the
acre The sell for $40 bushe 1t is easily figured
how profitable that 20acre patch is going to be when fuly
developed.
Evidently the possibilities worthless land have
been properly appreciated Much of such land of course
adapted to particular crop blueberries said to
thrive peat and sand soils There many an appar
emily useless piece of land however which could easily be
turned profitable the only took little
trouble find out what it good for and then act on his
discovery.
things readily suggest themselves for almost any
kind SOIL easy plant and requiring little care and
offering good profit They timber and nuts With the
depletion of forests good timber trees becoming
all the time and lumber is continually rising IN
price easy growth of walnut maple or other
valuable timber trees.
timber crop takes time to develop than other
crops but demands practically atteion, it is steady
source of supply for rewood posts after few
years and its eventual proftableness is certain.
Many have the double merit of producing two
valuable crops nuts and lumber The nut market stead
lily improving, and there going to be eager demand
right along for nuts than possibly be produced
There untold millions of idle and barren that
might be turned to such uses as these
The Pacific fleet about its annual target
tice Shooting Secretary Daniels not allowed in the
That honor s reserved to the opposition press and
Admiral Sims.
Now that both national conventions over what is the
matter with the politicians ackling the problem of the
garden accepting job in some Middle west wheat eo
They ought to be good tor something
AS the campaign great many still alarr5
will turned in by the democratic officchodeTs They will
get out the political fire department at every little
whip-stch, grandmother used to say. j: l. l.
The editor has always been Of the opinion that ne
knows what as the country and what all should 90
be saved One of the guild will have opportunity to
practice of his precepts after next March.
The question for tn people decide this fall after all the
umult and the shouting dies whether they going to
stand by the Wilson administration That is something that
the democratic spebnder going to be allowed to
forget.
1t will be surprising if efforts made in the next
of congress increase the salaries of members OF
both the and the house They they cannot live
the $500 year given them by Uncle Sam Some congress
men worth than $500 year, others not.
The potato peelers strike in Chicago demanding
minimum wage of $40 day. What is the matter with boil
ing them with their jackets on? And say do remember
when that be the style of preparing them for dinner
the long ago? How slick they to slice for breakfast
the next morning