Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-02-23
F1Esy Acres Enough.

Ten acres devoted to vegetable culture neal
city may be a miracle OF plenty, but in the
OUTLYING rural districts it is not quite enough
though infinitely better tlan nothing. A man
with ten acres OF anywise decentt land need
never fear the poor house if he works it, well
His family may outnumber the nine digits, but
there will be corn ID Egypt for allt that. - i
Now we hold that fifty acres Of good land,
or that which can be made good, is enough,
unless man wishes to slave out his whole
life in toil--digging till his old back is as
cro9ked asA, rdilhoH iii II hissmuscles crack
with fheulnatisln, aud hlsjoints snap With an an
chylesis. Some penetrating genius has dis
covered that man has but one. life to live on
earth--why foa incessantiy ,fortthe bread that
perisheth2 In the sweat of our brows are we
10 get our bread, but don't letsus. sweat i'm
moderated. for mammon. Enough iss all We
capsslae: Know a snug little farm OF
tNiFtYfodf acres Of cultivated land, and seven
kAen Of rocky pAsture, which yields d profit
much larger than any one hundred and fifty
acres We, know OF n Il " upholds snug little
voltage Of eight rooms, large barn with mod
effl improve einentss three acres of splendid
orchard oil all valuable fruits, half an acre ,ot
excellent garden, an acre and half devoted
to carrots, tnrnips and onions-the fences are
Ef posi- and rail, bushes and weeds are in
3easihat exile nnd the whole place Isl exceed
iugly fair to look upon, ,and, to live on, This
man IL getting rich ty being thorough in ev-
erything. His hen-house is perfect, his hens
lay and no droppings are lost. His pig-sty is
well supplied with muck and the house slops
un-into It After taking the first premium,
he puts about six acres OF corn in pork, which
makes manure-his carrots and turnips he
puts into beef which makes more manure
Manure and ndthoroughltillag are the grand Sc
crets osall Arming-in New England at least
This man lives well-no pork diet for him
---hc cats turkeys, eats eggs, eats lamb, and
the first Of his-fruits, and herds He dresses
well, ridesdh d licafriage, has good pew in
ehprehs and sends his children, to the first in
stitution Of learning. His wife isn't worked
to DEATH and has piano in the parlor. He
pays about fifty dollars a year for help--visits
his neighbors, and knows how, to fish. No
rich uncle over left him any property-he be-
gan life by ownings half of his farm, without
any buildings upon It and five thousand dol
hfsG#6ald hotHiyiis rehl estate to-day, This
farm ;s no myth we know him, and more mi
mute statistics might be givenlto show that
fifty acres is enough gh-enough unless man
desires to dig and scrub over o large farm of
half titled acres, and perhaps not be any bet
ter off in the end than my easy friend with a
small farm
1t is fact that o twqhundretl acre farm
might be made equally good, but'it Is another
fact they seldom are. Thorough tillage in
New England cannot extend over a multitude
of acres. Fifty acres of rich land (it can be
made rich if poor now) with a snug house,
spacious yard, with an abundant fruitage, and
everything as perfect as II man can make
around it, is a worhingman's paradise. There
is his vlne-wreathed arbor in which to read
his papers of a summer Sunday eve, and be-
hold the sun sink down through the golden
gateways of the westthe while-tbere is every
thing beautiful and bright around him in the,
house and out of doors, and why is it not all
the paradise earth can give? ..,s- ~.
We hold that the man who makes an acre
Of this earth more beautiful or productive is
doing Heaven service, and if he has not over
fifty acres he can make it all shine with frui
ton and beauty, and never ask discount be-
sides,-- Country Gentleman .;.