LOCATING A FRUIT FARM. 



C. B. Camp, Cheney. 



Within the last half century there have been two elements entering 

 into the life of the business world that may, with propriety, he called 

 IKJtent elements. One may be classed as advei'tising, the other as 

 speculation. In combination these two elements were fundamental in 

 attracting emigration to this vast western prairie country. A half cen- 

 tury ago this vast area was a howling wilderness. Today it is trans- 

 formed into a prosperous commonwealth of first magnitude. Adver- 

 tising and speculation are potent factors of the every day life of the 

 people even now, after the wilderness has been transformed into the 

 pleasant surroundings of a thrifty enlightened people. 



With the advance of opportunity, the elements of advertising and 

 speculation become more and more demox"alizing to the people. The 

 individual seeking a location for a fruit farm should fully satisfy himself 

 as to the real puii^ort of the advertising articles, giving glowing word- 

 pictures of the advantages offered to fruit growers in any special locality. 

 The individual should first ascertain if the advertising is largely by a cor- 

 poration or combination of interests to liquidate on pi'operty under 

 speculation. If he finds the property is held by a combination of in- 

 dividuals he can safely make large allowances for over-drawn word- 

 picture advertising. It is unnecessary to say that successful fruit grow- 

 ing in any locality pre-supposes a continuation of the business for a 

 series of years. Therefore it would be a very profitable investment for 

 the individual seeking a location for a fi'uit farm to take time and 

 visit the several locatlities famous for the fine fruits they produce, be- 

 fore making his final purchase of a location. 



The fruit districts of Michigan, New York, Ozark, Utah, Washington, 

 Oregon and California all lay emphasis upon some special advantage 

 possessed bj^ their locality. An humble citizen of Lancaster county, 

 Nebraska, having had thirty years experience in growing fruits in Lan- 

 caster county, desires to offer a word-picture to fruit growers everywhere 

 of the real merits of the case. Suppose I was in possession of an ex- 

 ceedingly large compasses. Suppose I set one limb of the compasses at 

 Lincoln, Nebraska, then open the compasses until the other limb reaches 

 Chicago, Illinois, a distance of 630 miles. With this great compasses 

 describe a circle. Traveling to the right we pass through Terre Haute. 

 Indiana; thence to Cairo, Illinois; thence to Little Rock, Arkansas; then 

 touching the southeastern corner of Indian Territory; then following up 

 the Red River to the southwest corner of Oklahoma; entering Texas 100 



