Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1855-02-08
THE oNE AgRH FAam.
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How much lard base You al hsre i
your lot Mr. Brsgg
IL i haze one acre
v tOne acre and hare you ara taking three
| agricultural papers, and all because yen
II have one acre of grbundl. How manS such
papers, would you have to take if ydu had
a hundred acres
Shouldn't probably need any more
than take now; you know Mr. Cha pman,
one can go through III the Fmotio4s' on
/ one acre Is well as on d hundred
a man eaD throw away money without
anE, if ha has misd to For all the good
\ you get from those periodicals, you might
! as we'll probably. throw tie money they
costinto TIE fire, tsey gre nothing but hum.
bugs IT'LL
| / pay in all only eight dollars
Eight dollars enough to buy tip top
barrel Of -four, and leg of bacon and
then if you read these periodicals, there is
twice the amount Of the money spent 10
time, reading them
| II do usually read Or hear read almost
every word there is III them, My boys and
take turns in readias, and Que roads a.
loud while the rest work
Complete nonsense no wonder your
/ shop don't turn ont any more boots id day
thanIit does + h
Perhaps we don't do as CREATE days
work. some days. as some Of our neighbors
but guess that III the course of Year, we
turn out as many according I'd the hands
at work as most do
i suppose it is out Of these publications
7 you get your foolish notions about So ma
ny ktads If fruit trees One Of my boys
came home while ego and said Mr., Briggs
had got lots of fruit trdes and such things
chat cost don't know how much, and
wanted me to buy some grape vines pear
trees. ard 10 on tod him it was u fool
ishness, ard 10 'bt me hear about spend
ing money 50 faolishlE You hAye | dare
say lard ,=ont tel orlIifteen dollars this
spring
Yes nearly as much again IIhave laid
out twenty Eve dollars f9r trees ard garden
fruits
Twenty FIVE dollars l wonder you are
not on the town, on ~ Jail Ut least, before
now
/ am not afraid Of either. III bet you
the twenty FIVE dollars, I'LL sell you that a.
nount Of fruit froan those things fof which
/ paid tbs twenty fye dollars, in five years
Done Eli stand you; so your trees will
cost you fifty dollars sure, in money, bel
sides tic time thrown away in setting them
out, and taking care Of them
AS for the time spent in setting them
out or taking Gaze of1them, it is as good
exercise as playingball, wicket, or anything
else While va were sitting them Out, one
of your boys came 70 get my boyt to go
over to Mr. Moody's, where be saih there
was I'd be great time playing balll and |
|: have no doubt your boys spend just 4s much
time playing as mine do with our trees aud
/ SO forth: and then something sdohe, but in
playing. the strength IS all laid outfpr moth
T ing
Well it don't cost anything to plAy ball,
but trees cost money Hi
The foregoing cohvhrsaaion occurred ID
the shop between two nsighbors both boot
makers, ia a town not more than twenty
miles from Boston
Mr. Briggs, 10 whose shop the conTersa1
tion took place, was d Inan lof more than or
binary intelligence for ohh Of bis ahvanta1
ges and ciIcumstapces id life He hid BEEN
a poor hoy, and by industry observation
and economy, Ad worked his way on; inI
life and reared and we'll educated al family
of-children, who. like himself, were indusl
trious and steady. For a fsw years past,
I/ha had become interested 10 Horticulture !;
and bosh for exercise aud amusement had
turned bis attention to cultivating bis one
acre farm. His attention was first called
to this, bg means efa back number of the
Neio Eagtand Farmer. which was put
round some things bought at the store -
Mr. Briggs found this 81 interesting, that
he purchased another atthe periodical de-
pot and then he became a regular stbscrl-
Der. His sons becQme interested 10 1.-THE
same direction. and heinterest OF the faith
err ana sons increased to THE pitch indieated
in the foregoing conversation.
4 In time, every Inea Of t4ie aero Of ground
was brought under the spade. and Utmost
every .bast' variety Of fruit had a place
There, and the father and4ons fouhd pleas,
IRE and profit in the gAtden after being
caoped pp 10 the shop ulE the stent was
done and the exercise svasEI far more profit
able than the spasm0dic Violent exercise
taken in games
Mr. ChaHman, tho other neigaboT, was
man Of The common stamp He lpoked
upon everything new Of u4cdmDon az fol
lY' aud ,nonsels Sc and was ready 10 asueer
at every one who stepped aside krdR the
common track Ittlookea simply silly To-
him to see man stay at home IRON linus
ter, org-training, or thoE4, ard spend his
time id cuItiys.ing garden or insteRd Of
lettering away the evening ID the store.
smoking. and hearing Or telling ! dEal Of
nothing or worse to spend the esenifg at
home, reading such .uonsdnse' as the EFreser
and Horticakiarlst at rds
\ Years pass, and Mr. Briggs Z one acre
fam shows that he ana Till boys havs not
read the papers IN vain. They have lsarnl
ed ho@ t9sset out 4 tree, and Aow3to take
care 81 II after ii was sst bit Every thing
showed il received the right kind oflfoodi
and care, and strlghtwaE began - bring
! tssb fruit meets Tor good cultivation. In
- kAsst time the wants ofthe family were
' 3. ~ Nm supplied and Ahe surplus FUND
~ gSs. basket With the lsighbors 1t good
II Il ing. NJ & s7plas, sol rich and tempt
-. and haINs ~ cses apples we're So green
~ As fast as IL - - sasb pears: they vent
W, them. 81 threes Us. ~ Auss could rspen
Then such rich. ~ III 4. M cen a 4 Mora