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APRICOT ORCHARD, EIGHT YEARS Oi 



This is in the Finger Lake Fruit Belt, along the Main Line of the L. V. R. R 



Alluring T T is not only the home-seeker of modest means, however. 

 Profits to whom the fertile lands of New Jersey, New York 



and Pennsylvania should present powerful attractions. They 

 afford an inviting field for the activities of the capitalist. 

 Let him traverse the Finger Lake district or the Susquehanna 

 Valley. Here may be found farms where 200 per cent, on the 

 investment has been realized. There are a number of farms 



that will return from 25 to 

 50 per cent, every year. 

 This may sound unreason- 

 ably large as if due to ex- 

 traordinary conditions, but a 

 little reflection will show that 

 it is not. If western farmers 

 can afford to pay for trans- 

 portation thousands of miles 

 across the continent, on prod- 

 ucts which have been raised 

 on higher-priced lands, and 

 yet realize a large margin 

 of profit, it is certain that 

 products of jusl as good 

 quality, raised on soil just 

 as fertile but cheaper, within 

 a few hours of the world's largest markets, should 

 return a much greater profit. Here is a question worthy 

 of investigation by a capitalist who is looking for a way 

 to use his money profitably: What would a one-thousand 

 acre fruit farm, in the Finger Lake region, scientifically 

 managed, return on the investment? It is a business prop- 

 osition worth considering. 



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