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Wc had sixty-three berry pickers to-day (Monday, 28th). Prices 

 have held up well, and up to the present time we have not received a 

 single report of a single case being received in bad condition. We have 

 sold the most of our crop to shippers here in our city, and I think they 

 have made a nice profit on their purchase. Our strawberries will not 

 exceed six acres, and some of them are among large fruit trees, where 

 we could not expect over one-half crops. 



Our experience in fruit culture during the past four years has been 

 very gratifying. I am well convinced that there is nothing that will re- 

 munerate the tiller of the soil as well as fruit culture, and especially small 

 fruits, in southwest Missouri. And, as there is but little capital required 

 to commence with, ten acres of land, put in good condition and set in 

 small fruits, will yield a more profitable crop than an ordinary eighty 

 acre farm. And the raising of fruit in this part of Missouri is no longer 

 an experiment, for the last few years have fully demonstrated the fact, 

 that we are in one of the best fruit countries in the United States. But 

 our experience has convinced us, that the timber land is better adapted 

 to fruit culture than the prairie land. Small fruits commence to ripen 

 from eight to ten days earlier in the timber than they do on the prairie; 

 and that is an item of no small consequence. 



As my letter is becoming too long already, I will stop for the pres 

 ent time, and, when our crop is gathered, will give your readers, as near 

 as I can, a full report as to yield and prices. 



J. A. LOGAN. 



H. R. 



