JAMES H. ROGERS , JR.
MARMADUKE FARMER
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
APRIL 21 , 1902
JAMES H. ROGERS , JR. LIVES AND OWNS A SPLENDID FARM ONE MILE SOUTH OF MARMADUKE . ON
THIS FARM HE HAS AN APPLE ORCHARD AND BY THE WAY , THE SOIL OF MR. ROGERS'
FARM IS JUST AS RICH AND PRODUCTIVE AS ANY DIRT TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE.
LAST FALL SOME LARGE , FINE
APPLES ON HIS TREES OBEYING THE LAWS OF GRAVITATION
QUIT THE TWIG UPON WHICH THEY HAD GROWN AND ATTACHED THEMSELVES
TO THE GROUND , HAVING ROLLED SOME TWENTY FEET FROM UNDER THE TREE.
MR. ROGERS BROKE THIS LAND IN THE FALL AND TURNED UNDER SEVERAL OF THESE
APPLES COVERING THEM.ONE IN A PLCE AND UNNOTICED , WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF
EARTH , WHERE THEY REMAINED PRESERVING THEMSELVES THROUGH THE LONG COLD WINTER.
THIS WEEK MR. ROGERS WAS PLOWING THE SAME LAND PREPARATORY TO PLANTING
HIS CROP ALL UNMINDFUL OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE FRUIT , WHEN HIS
PLOW TURNED OUT ONE OF THE SAME APPLES , JUST AS SOUND , MELLOW AND WELL PRESERVED AS IT WAS WHEN IT
FELL. ALL WINTER IT HAD BEEN BURIED
IN THE EARTH , AND TURNED UP ON THE 14TH OF APRIL EQUAL IN EVERY WAY TO ANY APPLE
HIBERNATED IN A THOUSAND DOLLAR APPLE HOUSE , MADE FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE .
THE APPLE IS ON EXHIBITION AT JONES & VOWELL'S STORE AND IS PROOF
THAT THERE IS NO COUNTRY IN ARKANSAS OR ELSEWHERE , WHICH CAN EXCEL
THIS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF APPLES .
THE SOIL , THE ATMOSPHERE AND ALL THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF NATURE , ARE
PROPERLY BLENDED HERE TO BRING ABOUT THE BEST RESULTS.