August, ifjno. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
If one will only matin. There 1 « no need 
In hoar the cry of hard times here." 
COt.QNY NEWS. 
Notes from f lie ICigh 
Watermelons irn» pleiitlf ill Milrl 'hr ,, f |. , 
him n<>i flown within I'.naon. 
1 'Uring tin- tori good rain* : .He fallen 
in furious portions of itp. rutiutv 
Two more iar lomlx m Prick iirh.-i 
Tuesday mul work on the two urw in .1 
ImlldlneM will now primed. 
thinker I'tinkliilliser ropon - that 
InisiDi HN Ik steadily Improving a .lire . V I- 
ileliee of the Inert istog (tro«|u-|-|| i of «| - 
Moot Ion. 
The IftmilTK have he.'ti hu*y fur (I,., 
past week iii g.dllng th'-lr inm hlm-ry In 
shape to take rare of Me imv.. . i.ii.m 
erop that is promised 
Cotton I- worth ten rent, n pound mil 
still cilmhinir. With primpm t« for a C* *• "1 
crop mul hlu prlei the [miner, or tl> - - - 
Mon ought to feel gtvtilL 
We ufnlersliiiul tli.it IVt.r ll mi— <ri 
is trying to nr range for the • Mpin.-iit - f 
a tur haul of rnnUrloHpri to nortLn it > ■:» •> - 
That iiuaiitit.v could he easily e . •! 
The i|imlUy of hay now hedig man.. .. I 
is very fine, and tlmt produet |* |.. inj 
shipped In great •ittnutlties. Kl t ninpi >• 
easily the leading liny market in south 
Texas. 
Owing to the heavy passe tiger liu-dn.*- 
over tills route It Inis been Iiujm- - ll.le for 
the offlehils of flie N. Y T, A M railroad 
to furnish ears Tor the usual rii iii.:oii 
parties. They expeet this '-ar famiro t.> 
end iu a few days. 
GROWING PECANS BETTER THAN LIFE 
INSURANCE. 
“About fifteen years ago a lit *- iii-i.mi" •• 
itgenl asked me to Insure nt> '!’•• >401 
S. II .lames. „f l.oiiisinna. In 1I1* 1 too; 
Planter's iTounuil \ said I 
plant urn a large peean grove, mid ilai 
shall be my life Imvttrnm. The yearly 
premiums Hhflll go Itvtird I lie fill I tltlli® 
and ett re of the grot' 1 , and I -hull g * ' my 
leturns while still alive, uhd I. ox • 10 mi 
belts the most i.'lluaMe pie. .• >.[ pt"p--'' 
In the stale, lie langli. d at lu* 1 
planted my grove at tin- low km u 0 1 .-m* 
In 11 11 horn; III the tiiu st si , ,1 1,, i tool, s' . 1 1 • ■ 
the trees good attention from the s’irt 
and Olrelldy I am getting fair ut.r. .1 11 
my iDvrametit I am now forty -two y» or- 
old this month and my grove '• n 1 ■ • • ti 
years old The trees Into in ulnj 
at nine years and eaelt mu ii"« y t. M 
get. more and more i.ilual’h I" «lfe 
mote years If | .no alive I 1 an afford to 
live like a pflliee, mid when I wr'i" .ii~.an 
I eeatia II "III Ho long. r l<* Mound 
l.n The llisiiruiiee agent Who 111. .till at 
me committed *tlhddc several oar* M~ 
otherwise I might do" afford to Laugh o 
him 111 plan of III e n-nritll.e Has I [N-I- 
fcel -Item ll» all HUM kilo" ■" I l.ol 
only gel good nttirti' dm og m> Ilf . tint 
tin hells "ill go t the prim . full "ton I 
die 
"Kvevy young matl or middle ..id man 
should plum "Mile guov "i it..' while 
.voting tlaii will ul‘< h ui g I retiin.s m 
old llge I lie ordtmuy staples are ■•-. hard 
and expensive to pI'Wllii alnl the -ourL* ’ 
is »n often ovepstoehed I ha i it.* r. i" not 
oil. 11 Him h in • -d 1 In tin 10 I 1 11 old 1 ■■•u'le 
lallliot afford to Pdl n« vo'oie »iio do 
Ks|HS'lnt 1 \ sliollhl men with >0.111, . hlllltvil 
plan far ahead Tie 1 ■hriuld nlmit It's" 
thai will mine Into Is.irtng In the y«-»r*i tn 
<•01110. Thl* plan In In more general its.* 
In the old eourrtries of Korops where in* u 
plan for fifty v.ar* all. ad 'or iv 
provi t/i. Nt of r | **lr * *U 1 • - ,f .« nif'ih. 
setting to la tr.or. tin )n ti,i. 
try. 
ft. veml varvlt). » *,f r— 
profit, a Illy planted for tl.ii pur|M*-** I , „ . 
nm*i It hardy, kvaollted and *.1:1*4 o. 
'he e| [mate in whh'h tlw^ ar*' planted 
J'he apple the hla. k nalrivi <r- t e. * . -! 
and the js'ean «und out f#.r»m<wt tniong 
l|i<"*'- 1 1. rate *-n». • iml I ■ tl'.T • ■ • 1 1., 
orange lemon Eti*|i«h waltmt uad ami- m-| 
would do. hot none >-f th.^e flr*l-lr.ef.t 1.1 I 
w ill do in our part ion . t the twoth; m fa 1 
the rtntjr tm that la an lied for that par* 
poiM' |a the 1 1- -an 1 nr. tut*.' • >'i-rytfmig 11 
thrir fa»or. and the only nt*- thing iyn.i»t 
them 1* the time t»..**»ry i*. twins * a rui. 
into ts arlfig, Thi* |*e*'utl la the I*. >"■ 
rffttwa the nuta are H» htu-«t of alt out. 
and »■ II for the t.igliest pr . 1,. n„- i. . 
rdtha. « rf nrnrw*. i *|eafc ut the Ur.'. 
ItripruTeil rarferl. » Tbr Iml v* '.| « 
mm •.•ar.eir mark. -table Then the pi . *11 
l» tint killed hy overfiow l» not suti>-'1 
to any form or tdighi w dtsea-r and >wit 
few In***, ta prey u|n*n them, aixl all 
tins* ntv easily handled Wtrr you *■•*. ■ 
get your grove into l» aring, there |* no 
for • .ill i t n t li.it .tr 
Fa V A* til *1 ■( ai t . * r.lg. If ll.,, ■ 
.-on- All t« u 
n<» 1 1 * *t ijt 1 iW 1^1 I'ft n iiiv 
theta In barrel* and aliip th 
fer.nl fp'in cottaD.' 
"Where large pee* n* ar» pi 
a htrg*- jr>dM*ttlen *f trv. « 
ilna ttttr*. \ few tr*s* w.ll 
mils, and thi-»»* y«*n ititi 
'it .iu) time lirf.irr tb**v c* 
old. and eliattec into tin.' h 
n«> *orv M*r on.- t.. f«. . . ..1 
rriv ""n'o'i d 7 f 
tn:-nr‘ 11# 
1 Is-ar inferh-.- 
Irtli l|91<| ’njai 
. | riflrii v < tir* 
•H-«. tl W »•»»! 
71 . C hi JitrllH n 
px-an grv.te In order l»i g* t r 
"My mother m. Orty ' 1 . 
when my grove «»• pi* me. 
. all ■ ltriM .1 Aimft.ld* *a 1. 
, t h 
r»n- >f«p^ nlfl 
I », M i no 90 m 
other* *, luttc had In vl 
WI» ni«lM Uni 
Keltic, hi in.- 
gift* tl.r tender ..*«• vrarult.. 0 t . v 
peri yi.nr gri*v«. t*> take . »n 
t 11 . I* 
' '1 MNMI M 11)1* 
Utile. You muat .-nltlvute t ..n*l attend i. 
U. other* U-* U will not fhrfv. Cm tot 
ts the thing to pl-ir.t In u nr> -n ir 
Cetinti L» Hearty always weiii-ult.* 11 t*-*l 
and I In* i*'*mi» get lh» t»VDKH 1 
ktiew an old man lit tu* III* wh** up.* *1 * 
el s.lng the I Mien pi* -tl*'U, i|ll not •'»|'r**i 
> r. gr*-t C -it he had not pUnnd : p*.-'ii 
groie III bla JTitlir. «* I hat It oosht t«X. 
cart* of hint In hla t»ld age. TliU. at V*t*t 
will not Iu- one ..f nij tveret, w !•.*•«, 1 mi 
oM-** 
t 
t *> l.av. 1 
fla many ,.f 
Colorado h 
American Frtit and Vegetable 
Journal Colony. 
|g, T od ftfi • b'.tnB tw ‘tie a*n*n t Mae.th. ia • 
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GOOD WORK Or THK BEKS 
I ., eliH.llsdogt.l „f Ho Slat. I H i. - vi 
of Kati'M* . ..ti 11 - 1 l.n tr* an ai t • !• 1 • • 
filial rrporl *.f the State ll ir.l of thn 
enltittv of Coh'radu, In whk’> he ■.etiC'i 
many lns-. i* that are etiemi. s of the in 
grower. Ini* In* nU-" m-'-~ **"o. Ii!*m 
" lul au.otig lhi-10 thn« "ooi’ioi.s th* i"-o 
Ue 
•l.l na note a rri. ini. 1’.. t>.. l*« 
ahhb visits nr Uuivl »!i.i.i,,d *r i 
Ih ihi * idnt'kf"'in*« it. 1 . . . j . t - * • * 
1.1‘Dgs vU .il gnat te-nlta It «u fetmet 
hut it •'.*» h.' 1 ' u ".or. 
lo in* (Htiitf ni* »•> ' 
flA.1 tO l" 
v. ot ».d( fvi 1 ilUollott 
»iHu fi*d Hu- pin id it- 
still, in some inn's 
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a- Jf 
Kfl« •*» r* 
it )l It 1 1 1 • 1 s 
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I.wo .Mid to I*. Ui fall u 
|H*,. T’.t 
% 1 fit Ji (if 
own overt lot • t ■< 
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