THE POSSIBILITIES OF LAND CULTURE.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4659, 10 December 1883, Page 3

THE POSSIBILITIES OF LAND CULTURE.

The Lop don Times says a remarkable illustration of wl at may be done with ten acres of land only has been furnished by a fruit planter named Dillon, of Woodland California. Six years ago he planted five acres with muscatel grape, since which he has added two more acres, He has also planted one acre with prunes, nectarines:, and peaches. From the five acres first mentioned his gross returns last year were §1,200. Last year he planted three-fourths of an acre of "beets, which yielded thirty-five tons.. By the aid of those, and a little bran or short, he kept a span of horses and two cows seven months, besides which he sold §30 worth of beets. One of the cows yields from lO.bs lo lllbs of butter per week, besides the milk which the planter's Bmall family uses. By the side of his fencing Dillon further planted 20 walnut trees, which have born fruit for 2 years. Prom the wood cut from these trees this year in the trimmings he made a - little over three cords of stove wood. Gum trees planted six years ago, and abme of them 12 inchesjn diameter, will mate when cut into wood from one-fourth ti one half_a cord of wood per tree. In fie condition in which he now has his fruits and vines, this enterprising grower .on a small Ecab states that he can make a living for himself end family, and lay by from §800 to $1 000 annually. His family consists of himself, wife, and one child. * It is evident that Mr. Dillon, of Woodland Calfprnia, does not allow anything wtihin his reach to He idle or unutilized.