The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-03-16
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Ten acres devoted TO vegetable cul.
ture near q city may be a miracle Of
plenty. but in the outlying rural dis.
iricts is not quite enough, though in
.fnitely better than nothing. A man
with ten acres of anywise decent land
need never fear tho poor house if he
worksit well. His family may outnum-
berthe nine digits, but there will DO corn
in Egypt for all that.
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-dig-
ging till his old back is as crooked as
a rainbow-till his muscles crack with
rheumatism, and his joints snap with
anchylesis. Some penetrating genius
has discovered that man has but one
life to live on earth-why toll inces-
sanity ior the bread that persheth !?
In the sweat of our brows are we TO
get our bread, but don't let us sweat
immoderately for mammon. Enough
is all we can use. We know a snug
little farm Of thirty four acres of cuti-
waited land, and seventeen rocky pas
ture. which yields profit much larger
than any one hundred and fifty acres
we know Of 1t upholds u snug little
cottage Of eight rooms, u large barn
with modern improvements, three
acres of splendid orchard of all valua.
Bile fruits, halt an acre Of excellent gar.
den, an acre and halt devoted to car.
rots, turnips, and onlons-the fences
are all post and rail, and weeds are in
eternal exile, and the whole place is
exceedingly fair to look upon and live
on. This man is getting rich by be-
ing thorough in everything. His hen
house ia perfect, his hens lay, and no
droppings arc lost. His pig-sty is
well supplied with muck and the house
slops run into it. Alter taking the
first premium, ho puts about six acres
Of corn in pork, which makes manure,
his carrots and turnips ho puts into
beef, which makes moro manure
Manure and thorough tilage are the
grand secrets of all farming-:n Now
England ut least,
Tho man lives well--po pork diet
fer him--he eats turkeys, eats eggs
eats lamb, and the first OF his fruits and
herds. lie dresses well, rides IN a
carriage. has good pow in church
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 fry dol
larsa.year for help--visits his neigh
bors, and knows how to fish. No rich
uncle ever left him any property-hc
began life by owning half OF his farm
without any buildings upon it, and
five thousand dollars would not buy
his real estate today. This farm il
no myth; we know him, and moro mi
mute statistics might be given to show
that fifty acres is enough; enough un
less q man desires to dig and scrul
overa large farm OF halt titled acres
and perhaps not'5e any better of il
the. end than my easy friend with I
small farm.
1T Is q fact that two-hhndred acIt
farm might be made equally good, bu
it is another fact they seldom arc.-
Thorough tillagc in New EnglanC
cannot extend over multitude o
acres. Fifty acres of rich land Git cai
be mado rich if poor now with snus
house, n spacious yard, with IN abund
ant fruitagc, and everything us per
feet as man can make around it, is
workingman's paradise. There is hi
vine wrcathed arbor in which to rca'
his papers of u summer Sunday eve
and behold tho sun sink down through
the golden gatoways Of tho west tn
whle--there is every thing beautiful
and bright around him in tho hous
and out of doors, and why IL it not al
the paradise earth can give?
We hold that tho man who make
mn acre Of this earth more beautiful o
productive is doing Heaven service
and IL he has not over fifty acres, h
can mako it all shine with iruitiOn an
beauty, and never ask discount bC
sides Country Gentleman.