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Show PEACH HIRE Henry A. Elbert, a Veteran Peaoh Grower, Tells About the Heal Cause of. the Failure.. PAUPEBS IHTEEEED CHEAPLY. Putting the World's Scoffed Under the Sod for the Small Consideration of 85 Cents Each, ' Henry A". Elbert, ft veteran peach grower of Delaware, says that the real cause of the peach failure is that in Delaware, as well as in most of the other peach growing states, the soil has abso-i abso-i lutely exhausted itself for peach production. pro-duction. That is really the secret, and the reason why the peach crop, especially of Delaware, has been growing less and less in proportion to the amount of work expended upon it during the last ten years. Peach growers as a general thing in America have made considerable money, and have made it easily. The care of their trees, once they reach the bearing stages, costs but little, and the conservative old fellows sat down in their farm-houses quietly and just let the price of the rich fruit drop into their laps. They starved the soil, and they are now reaping the consequences. They are beginning to find out that the soil of peach orchard requires fertilizers just as much as the wheat farm does, and until such aids to fruit growing have been properly used the peach crop can- not be expected to be as generous a one . as it has been for several years past.- New York Star. Fan per Hurled for Elghty-Ove Cents. . The bids for city undertaking, which were opened in the health office, show a considerable anxiety on the part of the undertakers to seen re the contract. There were only two bidders, August Leffert and Henry Snyder, -but the low figures which they quoted leave little room for other bids. August Leffert offered to furnish coffins and bury all paupers or other persons ordered to be buried -by the city at $2.50 for children under 12 years of age and $3.50 for adults. Henry Snyder's bid was even lower. IT. tffa.u1 f si tinier all nmiTuira In flip rit.v limits at the rate of seventy cents for children and eighty-five cents for adults. Samples for the proposed coffins to be used were sent up for Inspection. They are of pine, stained black, with metal handles. These bids include taking charge of the bodies and digging the graves. Louisville Courier-Journal. |