Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-26
AGRICULTURAL.
TIE FIELD AND GARDEN.
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HUME EAaEsonAlNGos
We of the south-tske Central Missis-
sippi, latitude 81 IS the midway-have a
climate, and nature has generally given
us soil, and what is needed industry
can readily add and as to fertility, we
can grow In our gardens the best Of veg
etables and have an abundance the year
round. The maRy are content with
squashes for the summer, beans for sum-
mer and early fall, cabbage for the
summer, radish for spring, and may be
so a few turnips for the fall.
There is no difficulty in having a rich
garden spot Of one-fOurth, one half or
one acre, as may be needed. All that is
needed is work and manure perhaps
the most is the will. With such gar
den spot, properly drained, we should
I have vegetables the year round, snd an
I abundance Of them, for no good house
keeper should rely upon one planting,
but there should be a succession, and If
very little labor and attention be paid,
many Of our delicacies can be carried
into cold weather.
There is a class Of vegetables considered
as luxuries, costing too much for ordinary
/ families, and hundreds and thousands
I never saw or tasted them and if little
bsckwOods, broken-down country doctor
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branded as aristOcratic. Why should
{ not the laboring man, even if be followed
: ttthe practice until the trail became so
1 cold be had to quit it, not enjoy the deli
/ cacy Of asparagus, globe artichokes, cell
! cry, broccoli, caulifower and "sich
7 like?" They are only vegetables. No
/ one would say word if his neighbor
I had the squash from May until May, be-
( cause the squash is only q common
/ thing; but talk Of cauliflOwers and
/ 81 sparrOw-grass, y then artichOkes, that
body would starve before he could eat
enough, is g aristOcratic." Out with such
stuff We hope our southern men and
women will, every man and every wO-
man, be hencefOrth aristOcrats, if the
possession of all the luxuries OF the gar
den makes such.-SOlHheT1 Farmer,
Memphis.
WILL FRUIT GROWING PAY2
The great question with most men in
these times of nigh prices, when contem-
plating any new undertaking is, will IL
pay? And it certainly is right and i'm
pOrtant tAat they should satisfy them
selves, before commencing any new busi-
ness, that it will pay. The question at
the head Of this article is often anXiOusly
asked by those contemplating setting out
an orchard. The writer Of this can tes-
tify from experience and observation that
it does "pay" in more ways than one.
As preventives of disease, my experience
is that ripe fruits are worth more than
all the drugs in the apothecary shop.
Give me plenty Of good ripe fruit as my
daily food, and I know from experience
that I will have but little use for the nau-
seous fruits Of the drug shop. And our
best physicians not only tell US that good
ripe fruits, properly used, are great
preventive Of disease, but they are q re-
liable remedy in many cases.
With this view of the case, will it not
pay to grow fruit? But many people
seem to think less of their health than
they do of the dimes, so they work on
in the good old way, ," and live on hog
and hominy" through winter, spring
and summer, without the use of fruit,
because they are too shiftless to grow il.
And is it not safe to assert that many
such are overtaken by sickness in the
fall, which might have been prevented
by a free use Of ripe fruit, and they forced
to pay a DOCTORS bill large enough to |
cover the cost of a good sized orchard.
Fruit growing will pay in money point
of view. Not, Of course, everywhere /
alike. And then all kinds of fruit will |
not do well in every locality. Some
kinds Of fruit are fine for family use,
while they are not profitable for market. /
Nor is every place, or all kinds Of soil, |
adapted to the growing OF all kinds OF
fruit. Therefore the planter should study /
his own family wants, the suitableness /
Of his situation, the soil, the kind Of fruit /
he proposes to grow, for home use and I.
for market. Many, if not all, OF our best /
fruits may be proftably grown within /
the range Of the circulation Of the Rural, [
either for family use or market, and 1
made to "pay" " in a bountiful return Of |
health-giving fruit and greenbacks. At |
least such is the experience of fruit-grow- /
ers. RURALIST, IN Rural World.
WOODBURN, ILL.