The Ocala banner., 1921-09-23


he doubled his paintings this year.
Those planted this year are already
doing so well that he plans to plant
blueberry trees between all the rows
of his tWenty-acre grove. In addi
tion to this planting he. with num-
Der Of friends, plans on planting a
large acreage to tree blueberries,
grapes and blackberries. He feels
assured that in couple of years he
will be getting a nice profit from his
blueberry trees planted in his young
citrus grove.
Another splendid tree blueberry
orchard is being developed close to
Lakeland. The grower did not meet
with expected success the first sea-
son, having the idea that he ought
to plant the trees on low, moist soil.
This year he bedded up his low
ground and has one of the finest
young blueberry orchards in this part
of the state. He has some fruit
on last years paintings and expects
! nice lot next season. Having plant
ed some trees too low last year, this
year he planted some too shallow, but
has remedied that by bedding up the
ground about the trees.
Another fruit grower near Fort
Lauderdale, who has one of the best
citrus groves in the state on Ever
glades muck soil, has decided to see
what tree blueberries will do on his
soil which, instead of being acid, is
alkali, though it is full of humus and
well decayed vegetation. While this
is his first experience in the culture
of blueberry trees, he is much pleased
with the results thus far and has in
view the planting of large acreage
in conjunction with number of
friends.
Older groves of domestic tree blue
berries are yielding the best fruit
crop this year since they were plant
! ed. One orchard fifteen years old has
wonderful crop of fruit now being
harvested. In this orchard last year
single tree yielded over 40 quarts of
blueberries OF course, that is an ex-
traordinary yield, but one tree yielded
20 quarts at a single picking.
Wild blueberry land in Maine,
thought worthless except for pasture
a few years ago, is now being held
at as high as $4,000 per acre But
these wild blueberries, though in
great demand, do not compare in size
and quality with the luscious domes-
tic blueberry, nor is the yield nearly
as heavy per acre as the developed
groves Florida has thousands of
acres of the finest of land suited to
the culture of the domestic tree blue
berry. whcih provides one of the most
promising fruit investments in the
country. Grower.
Money From Chickens and Eggs
Are you doubling Thomas when
it comes to the value of club work?
Well, if you are, be convinced. Think
of the $293.61 made clear of expenses
by Rose McGrath, little club girl of
Florahome, Putnam county, and
throw no more cold water upon eff
forts of those who support club work
among the boys and girls of this state.
Rose had few dozen Single Comb
White Leghorn hens at the beginning
Of the present year. She has just as
many hens now, plus several younger
chickens. But that is not ALL During
the first six months of the year she
collected $40S.69 from sales of eggs
and chickens. Her expenditures for |
that period amounted to $115.0S. This
left her clear profit of S293.61.
In addition to all this profit, Rose
has received $50 as prize money. Miss
Sarah w. Partridge, state home DEM
onstration agent, and Miss Floresa
Sipprell, home demonstration agent |
of Putnam county, are very proud of |
Roses record as a club girl-Agri-
cultural News Service
Poultry Money Easy
There is hardly any business that
will give the owner the proportionate
yields that poultry will Frances
Blackburn, Of Riverview, Hillsboro
county, member Of the poultry club
Of her county, started out this year
with 3S hens and roosters. She now
has all the chickens she started WITH
plus 39 young chickens and has sold |
$61.21 more of eggs and chickens than
her total expenses
Frances did this without any un-
usual effort. Doubtless she would
have done as much work with the
pbirIronc oh nof ho1xn .1..l.