Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1902 — Pays the Farmers Well. [ARTICLE]

Pays the Farmers Well.

Gardeners and fruit .growers, especially those residing near the larger cities of the country, have been enjoying a profitable business of late years and the demand for their products Is still on the increase. The handling of these articles, too, has developed and Is a great business enterprise, commanding millions of dollars of capital. Already North America is the greatest fruit-growing country in the world, practicing the most scientific and progressive methods. The flower-growing interest Is Itself an important source of national wealth Where once we grew tomatoes in an amateurish way as a garden product, we now grow them in blocks of hundreds of acres. So great have become the horticultural interests in this country that departments of horticulture have been established even in many small as well as.the large schools. The generation to come will see the different branches of horticulture, each in Itself a department of the Institution. The extent to which these special industries are singled out and emphasized measures the increasing importance of agriculture as a whole.