Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

ground, and he lays out plan for accom-
plishius this which has every appearance
of being practicable But where the feed
Of COW could be raised We might proba-
bly substitute that Of at least two human
beings. Indeed, Goblet goes on to show
that the families in the great wen," as
lie calls London, ",his wen Of all Wens,"
DO not, on the average, eonsrme more
than what the market gardener raises on
three rods Of ground. But we can net
forbear to quote soire Paragraphs Of Cob
belts plain English on this subject
nBcfore | dismiss this article, let me
offer an observation or two TO those per-
SOUS who live in the vicinity Of towns, or
in towns, and who, though they have large
gardens, have 'no land to keep COW" u
circumstance which they Exceedingly re-
gret." l have, dare say, witnessed this
case at least thousand times. Now, how
much garden ground does it require to
supply even large family with garden
vegetables? The market gardeners round
tie metropolis Of this wen headed coaniry;
round this Wen of all weus (London)
round this prodigious and mons,rous col
lection Of human beings; these mar ket
gardeners have about three hundred thou
sand families to supply with vegetables,
and these they supply well too, and with
summer fruits into the bargain. Fow, if
it demanded ten rods to family, ,,hewholc
would demand, all bu. fraction, nineteen
thousand acres of garden ground. We
have only to cast our eyes over wha. there
is to know that there is not fourth of
that quantity. A square mile contains,
leaving out parts of Il hundred, 100 acres
Of land and 10000 acres occdPy more
than twenty-five square miles. Are there
twenty-five square miles covered with the
Wen's marsct gardeus? The very gues-
ton is absurd. The whole of market gar
dcns from Brompton to Hammersmith,e ,ex-
tending to Battersea Rise on the one side,
and to the Bayswater road on the other
side, and leaving out roads, lanes, nurser.
ries, pastures, corn fields, and pleasure
grounds, DO not, in my opinion, cover
one square mile To the north and south
Of the Wen there is very little in the way
of market garden /; and if, on both sides
of the Thames, to the eastward of the
Wen, there be three square miles actually
covered with market gardens, that is the
full extent How, then, could the Wen
be supplied, il 1t required ten rods to each
family? To be sure, potatoes, carrots,
and turnips, especially the first Of these,
are brought, for the Use Of the Wen, from
a great distance, in many cases. But, SO
they are for ;he Use of the persons | am
speaking of; for gentleman thinks no
more of raisirg large quantity of these
things in his garden, than he thinks Of
raising wheat there. How is It, then,
that it requires half an acre, or eighty .
rods, in a private garden to supply a
family, while these market gardeners sup
ply all these families land Sc amply too}
from ten, or more likely, five rods of
ground to family? | have showr, in
the last Number, that nearly fifteen tons Of
vegetables can be raised in year upon
forty rods Of ground that is to say, ten
loads for wagon and four good horses.
And is not fourth, Or even IN eighth,
part Of this weight, sufficient to 60 down
the throats Of family in year ! Nay,
allow that only a ton goes to family in
aver, it is more than six pound weight
Il day and what sort of family must
that be that really swallows six pounds
weight day? and this 4 market gardener
will raise for them upon less than three
rods OF ground for he will raise, in the
course Of the year, even more than fifteen
tons upon forty rods of ground. What is /
it, then, that they do with the eighty rods
of ground in private garden Why, in
the first place, they have one crop where
they oush: to have thee. Then they do
not half till the groand. Then ,hey g.ow
things that are not wanted. Plant cab
bages and other things, let them stand
till they be good for nothing, and then
wheel them to the rubbish heap. Raise
as many radishes, luttuoes, and as much
cndive, and as many kidney beans, as
would serve for ten families and finally
throw nine-tcnths of them away. J once
saw not less than three rods Of ground, in
a garden OF this soft, with lettioe all
bearing seed. Seed enough for half a
county They cut cabbage here and q
cabbage there, and SO let the whole osthe
piece Of ground remain undug, till the
last cabbage be cut. But, after all, the
produce, even in this way, is so great, that
it never could be gotten rid Of, if the main
part were not thrown away. The rubbish
heap always receives four fifths even Of
the eatable part of the produce
1t is not thus that the market gardeners
proceed. Their rubbish heap consists of
little besides mere cabbage stumps. No
Sooner is one crop on the ground than
they settle in their minds what is to fol-
low it. They clear as they go in taking
of crop, and, as they clear they dig aud
plant. The ground is never without seed
in it or plants on it. And thus, in the
course Of the year, they raise prodigious
bulk of vegetables from eighty rods OF
GROUND. Such vigilance and industry are
not to be expected in servant for 1t Is
foolish to expect that a r,sn will exert
himself for ANOTHER as much as he will for
himself Bat if vas situated as one OF
the persons is that I have spoken OF IN
Paragraph 1877 that is to say, If had a