The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-10-20
farm and 4tuaSeholA,


"Tcn acres devoted to vegetable culture
near a city may loo a miracle Of plenty, but
inthe outlying rural Districts il is mol quite
"cnough,' though Infinitely better Than
nothing. A man Will, ten acres siywise
decent land necdncv fear tlio poor onsc
ii he works Il we'll His family may ont.
number the nine digits, but there viii be
corn IN Egypt Tor all that. r
Now, We hold that Iifty acres ~ good
land, or that which can be made good, ia
enough, unleas a.man wishes to slave ,oni
his whole life in toll digging tih his old
hack is as crooked as u ratnbOw--til his
muscles crack with the rheumatism, aud
his joints snap with anchylosis. Some
penetrating genius has discovered bliat
man las hut one life 10 live on this eurlh---.
why toll incessantly for tho breal that
perisheth1 In the sweat of our brows are
we to get our bread, but don't let ns sweat
immaderatly for lnammoil. Euough is all
we can use. We Know of a little snug
farm Of thirty-lou acres Of eultiyatcd lalId,
and seventeen Of rocky pasture, which
Yields u proiltmuch larger than amy otse
hundred aud City acres We know OF. "
upholds a snng little cottage OF oi hi rooms,
O large bafp with modern useful improves
monts, three acres Of splendid orchard Of
all valuable fruits, half an acre of excellent
garden, an acre and half more devoted TO
carrots, turnips and onons 1.-the fences arc
MI pust aud rail- bushes aud weeds are w
uterml exile, aud the place is exceedingly
iTir 10 look npoithnd toiyo oon. This man
is getting rich by beng thorough in every
thing Ills heh-Iio0sc Is perfect, his hens
lay and no droppings are lost llispigsty
i,well stocked with muck and the house
slops run into t. Attor lao takes the pre-
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pork, which makes manure. Manure aud
thorough tillago are the grand secrets Of
al farming, in New England at least This
nam lives weIr-no pork diet for him--he
eats turkeys, eats eggs, cats lamb, and tho
first et his irnits aud herds, aa.
liJ dresses well rides in a carriage, has
~ good pow ii,s lho clairchr aud sends his
ruildrom to tire fast Institution of learning.
His wife is not worked 10 dcwth aud has
) \ piano in the parlor. lie pays about iAty
dollars n year for hclp--visits his neigh.
ators and knows llow 10 fish. Norich uncle
ever left him any rropcrty-hc began life
by owning about Onv-hulf OF Ills farm, with.
cltt ahy' buildings upon il, aud hvo thousand
dollars woul not buy his real estate TO. lay
fhis farmer is no myth ;we know him, and
ta0re minute atIAisties might be given to
Hhow that ffty acres ia enough enough
uldess man desires TO diE aud SCRUB over
- large farmof hall.tillod acres, and perhaps
pct ho any better on il the end than my
easy friend with small farm.
v IL ia fact that two hundred aero farm
might DO made equally good but II is an
other fact that they seldom are. Thorough
tillage in New England cannot extend over
multitude of acres, Fifty acres OF rlcL
hnL---it can be made rich il poor now
81 will, a snug house and spacious yard,
will, an abundant fruitage aud everything
~ perfect as u man can make around il, il
isa workingman's paradise, There Is his
v,newrcathod arbor, in which TO read his
{, ywpcrs on summers Sunday eve, aud be-
huid tho sun sink down through the golden
gateways OF the vest while,there IN every
h.,ihing beautiful and bright around him aud
out OF doors, and why is il not oil tue para.
disc that earth can gvc2
fWeholl that the man who makes an aero
et this carlh rrore beautiful or productive,
u doing Heavens service, and IL he has
not over fifty acres, he can mako it all shine
with lruition aud beauty, and neycr ask
Discount besides.