Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1891 — The Land of the Olive and Pig. [ARTICLE]

The Land of the Olive and Pig.

Nature. Some parts of Australia soemtobe admirably suited for the growth of the olive. Principal Thompson of Dookie says in a recent report that 700 olive trees planted in that district are robustan<3 healthy, and that they produce splendid oU, He strongly recommends the planting of the olive around the vineyards and homesteads for shade and shelter, and to give a picturesque appearance to the rural home. Apart from the making of oil he believes it would pay handsomely to grow olive berries to feed pigs alone. Last winter the Digs at Dookie (about eighty head) w’ere allowed to eat up the fallen berries in 'the olive grove; they had no other food for upward of two, months, and throve amazingly, their skins having a peculiar shining appearance, characteristic of animals being well fed.