Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-01

aTen Acres" devoted 70 vegetable cul-
ture near a city may be q miracle Of
plenty, but in the outlying rural districE
4 4 not quite Enough, though al
niteIy better than nothing. a man /
with ten acres Of anywise decent land 1
need never fear the poor-house, II be /
works It we'll bis family may outnum- /
her the nine digits but there wlll be corn 1
in Egypt for all that
Nov, we hold that fifty acres Of gooa
land, or thai which can be made gooas
are enough, unless man wishes 70 siavs
out his whole life in toii--diggiug TIL his
old back il as crooked As aralnbow--tii
his muscles crack with the Rheumatism,
and his Joints snap with ancbylosls.
Some penetrating genius has discover
sd that man has bat one life to live on
eartb-why toll ineessantly for the bread
tbat perisheth? In the sweat Of our
brows are we to get our bread, but don
lei ua sweat immoderately for mammen.
Enouob is all we can use We know Of
Al uag lit.'e farma Of ihirty-four acEes
Of cultivated land, and seventeen OF
rocky pastures, which yields a profit
much larger than one hundred and fifty
acres we know of II upholds q snug
little cottage Of eight rooms, large bafn
with moderen useful improvements three
acres Of splendid orchard Of ali valuable
fruits, half an acre Of exceilant garden
and half or more devoted 20 carrots,
tufnips, and onions--the fence are all
post and rail, bushes and weeds are in
eternal exile, and the whole place Is ex-
ceedingly fair to look upon, and to live
on. This man is getting rich By beIng
thorough in every thing His hen-hous'
is perfect, his hens lay, and no dropping
nre lost His pigsty IL we'll supplied
wi b muck aud The house telopes run int
IT, After taking the first premium, b
puts about six acres Of corn into pork
which makes more manure. Manur
and thorough tillages are the grand Sc
crets Of all farmirg-in New England a
least. This man lives well-no porI
diet for him---he eats turkeys, eats eggs
eats lamb, and the first Of bis fruits an
herds. BE dresses well, rides in a ME
carriage, has good pew in church. an
sends his children TO the frat insIitu
ton Of learning. His wife isn't worke
to death, and has pinno in the parioi
de pays about fifty dollars for help
visits his neighbors and knows how
fish. No rich uncle ever left him an
property--he began life by owning half
his farm, without any buildings upon !
and Eve thousand dollars would not ba
bic real estate to day This farmer
no myth; we know him, and more mi
ute statistics might be given to show th
City acres is enough--enough unless
man desires to dig and scrub over
large farm of half titled acres, and pe
haps not be any better of in tho end thi
my easy friend with a small farm
II is fact that n two hundred &C
farm might be made equally good b
II is another fact that they seldom NJ
Though tillage in New EDgland cam
extend ever multitude ofAeres FIJI
acre Of rich land (it cannot DO made ri
If poor now witha snug house in a 81
cions yard, with IN abundant frnisac
everything as perfect as man can ma
around il, il workingmaus paradil
There IL his -wreathed arbor in whi
70 read bis papers Of a summer Sund
eve, ard behold the sun sink do'
through the golden gateways Of the VI
the while--there is everything beautii
and bright around him ia the house a
out Of doors, and why is il not al ,
paradise earth can give2
We hold that the man who makes
acre Of this earth more beautiful or p
duetive is doing Heaven service, and
he has not over City acres, he c
make it all shine with truition and be-
ty, and never ask discount besides
Country Gentlemen