Give More Attention to Fruit 



There should be a more general production of fruit in 

 the central states. This can be made one of the best 

 features of mixed farming. Market advantages in the 

 middle states, surrounding the larger cities, exceed those 

 of the newer western states and climatic difficulties are 

 much the same in one section as another. Apples, pears, 

 cherries, plums and berries give a larger profit per acre 

 than almost any other farm product. 



Experts state that more money can be made per acre 

 from apples and cherries in the central states than in the 

 mountainous sections farther west. The older states are 

 far ahead in market advantages and are practically equal 

 in soil and climate. 



Horticulture has been pushed aside by the dairy inter- 

 est in some of the middle states. This is a mistaken 

 policy which should be changed. The great cash markets 

 and cheap and convenient transportation ought to mean 

 more than they do to those farmers who are devoting 

 their energies to a single interest. They enable land 

 owners to diversify their crops and place their affairs on 

 a business basis. 



The stories of orchard possibilities in the lake region 

 are not imaginary. Some of the big successes in horti- 

 culture have been achieved around Lake Superior, where 

 climate and soil are thought to be less favorable than in 

 localities farther south. 



There are many localities where orchards exist, but 

 where fruit production is not equal to the home consump- 

 tion. Farmers owe it to themselves, to change this condi- 



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