, 1873-06-16
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

Leaving 1komo--Tl,o Oropa.-A small
Fnrtnor Selling His Qorn~-,Clao Fnr1n-
ers' NI0vonsont--The Calumet Mnrah
--t7oinr Through nIiolaiKna&--A Little
Ikcd Tape. Doing Niagara Eft1 .s0tnn
Changes StRRCstctls..Ehc Snlt-Crop nj
syrnc1asc.~t,ssvcgo and n New Routn
Enst"-Tho First Dnsyntng OF Rural
A4ife "a Stocking will. Salmon =. a
Uhccnc-Eactory. =,
FROM Our Horticultural Corrfspos.ticaf.
MY BuMstEn-TouR, Juno TO- 1878.
JUNE 8.-Tlfa morning bado a two months
adlcu to "nural Homo" Tho long lines Of
sholtor-ho1ta aro full robod for summer, md
made vocal by tho foathorod aongstora. It MP
pears to mo that tho birds delight to build their
nests ind mako their homes noar tho dwelling,
for tlloy appear to DO moro abundant nonr tho
house than in tho bolts moro distant md thia
III another incentive to plant troea; ; md thota
ono Gun imagine, when ha leaves homo for Il
timo, Tint tho birds give him parting aong, and
30 HRS. Rural remarked, :" How thick aud lively
the birds Are this uaornsng" Well, It might bo
fancy aftor oil; porhaps tho thought Of rnooting
old-timo friontls, and calling baok !old-tfmo
sconos and incidents, had something to do with
1t; but we were OH the train. with tho roll
OF whoefH, bonoath us,-atool rails aud
a nicely bailasted road, - thu cars
filled with poop1o >, from tho South
going to Chicago. Wo look Mt tho long stretches
Of prairto, aud over fields yet covered with tho
corn-stalkB OF lust year; but tho toa1nB aro busy,
and tho burrows ahow their long, black lneH Of
rioh soil mot moro than ono-oighth OF the aroa
planted to corn, and the plow iu4t marking out
tho lands for tho remainder. We1i, wo may
plant az late as the 2olh, and grow corn for mar
kot-perhapa but moro likoly for tho feoding
OF stock. ':..
, SELLING UoRN. "-' -,
"Thas WAS untortunate,n. said my friend Mix,
"aollfng corn at 28 conts .Hheled and in tho
ear; but no sold leas than half tho crop, 800,-
man poor man! 1Io lost at least $50, ,o0o In that
sale; but, II he holds on to the balance ho may
savo hmself." And this was one Of tho farmers
Of tho Grand Prairie but ho will not grow SO
much corn this season, for tho wot weather has
kept hla teams In tho Htabloe. and his army OF
mon idlo 49,.
JUNE 4-To-day mot several members of tho
Chicago Board Of Trade, who inquired
a.L mWnAr is TIT HIN NATTER tI N % TIE ooYN1nY% ~.
tlo moro rain, and then q lttlo oareleasnoss III
the covering Of tho cribs, and q long rcst Of the
teams, md the result is Title planting ana .
E e o1 eGh Of e % ana and
up the pricos but lot mo tell you that the price
is falling, and corn won't ADVANCE" Perhaps
not; rotten oorn will make whisky but don't
bo In hurry, for II will take q long time to
drain tho country Of ita sound old corn. In tho
meantime tho country is aafo, for tho farmers
arc Learning thing or two, ono OF which Ia to
buy for cash, and another is to do without What
they cannot pay cash down for aud this will OH
ablo them to hold their mat lohst those ulo
have good cribH. &c. my dear friond, koop your
tcu,por, aud watch tho slow development Of
events.
THE FARMERS MOVEMENT
is grand thing for it's groat idea is to keep out
~ will IN ir5n }Y9f
end mud thon they will soil or hold, aud take
tho riso or fau OF the markets, and thus save tho
grafu-speoulators tho great burdon Of carrying
tho crop. Then tho farmers will soil when they
think 1t moat to tloir advantage, storing tho
grain in'their own cribs and Bins, instead Of
masBing it in Chicago, Buffalo, or Now York.
And then comea the voting power, that may
change. things tritle aud Leave tho old political
1nckH and aoalI-beats out in tho cold. In time
tho storm that is now rising will aoat of, and
tho people will elect b,1snoss-ulen to take charge
Ut thoir interests.
THE BERRY adAnEET
is in n sad condition: Tho dry seasons have
noarly ruined the htrawborry- Plantations aud
tho price Of this fruit il very high and thon the
cold, vet season has kept tho sweotness out OF
thenl.
JUNE 5.-All aboard on tho Michigan Central,
speeding along the lake shore. Towards CaIl-
met great areas of meadow arc filed with stag-
nant pools, and the whole presents Aat, narshy
aspect
"CANNoT THAT LAND DE pRA1NEDf"
inquired q Pennsylvania in the noxt scat. Yes,
Of course II can but the expense will DO great.
"How is that? Won't few ditches carry OFT
this wator2" Yes, ono big and many small onos;
or We may deepen the. channel Of tho Niagara
River; but tiat may be- objected to by the peo-
tlor great Falls. But an, going down to look
at it, and to Bee what can be 1one about it. You
see ii wo could cut now channel, for tho Nj
agara NIyor 10 sort OF ship-canal with tho tolls
1Aff NJtt- S1r AfVar tvfff 1ak Erja
and a large tract Of new land would como into
markot; or We might deepen tho chanuel
] Of tho river, cutting, away tho Falls, end
THUG drain Lake Eric oil out, and leave . nayi-
deepening Of the Detroit Nivor, aud lower tho
| wntc1s iu Lake Michigan; aud that would drain
the Calumet Lake and those malshos, and thus
open up tue whole space between Chicago mud
| is grand idea; but do you think tint it can bc
| dono2" said my inquiring friend. Wo Of tho
Weat never stop at smail obstacles; and, If 1t il
necessary to the full development of Chicago or
shall do it, Il we hnvo to wipe out Lake Eric and
| obliterate the Falls Of Niagara. Wo could map
out the old lako-bed into farms, soil tho old
sunkon hulls and their oargoeu, clargo tolls on
the now river, and the rest could DO mado up In
Qovornmont bonds No trouble, simply ques-
| ton Of money and Of tin1o.
lead tho WY to Michigan City, nnd away among
| THE FARMS or MICHIGAN.
light, rich, eaaily-workod soil. The farmer
is lalt-farmor aud half-woodaman, turning lis
hand to hunting and brick-making. Nilos ia
| paused without much change !; but, whom We
reach Kalamazoo, we arc IN tho older settlements,
and tho farnH are larger, and tho strips OF wood
| land moro narrow nn1 distant.
| The swamps OF tan1aracl (Larix Amoricana)
| Lavo mostly been cut down and drained, and
only enough Of thom ren,ain to remind us Of our
| acquaintance in tho autumn Of 1886, whon VIC
staged 1t oyer, aud through, and around these
| troachorous sTamps, on corduroy-roada. stopping
nov aud then to Pry up tho mud-wagon that wo
ing over tho Sauna ground ut tho ratio ct so
miles an hour, against 3 miles thirty-eoyon
! yenrs ago. The Lighthouses haye aisappearod,
and pleasaut homoa deok tho land. / said
tito ; land waa sandy, rich, aud oaaily
worked. Rod clover and plaster
will kcop tho farms In good tith The latter ID
tn os,dless supply at Grand Rapids, aud the
fnr1nor will attend to tho former. Tho orchards
are not large, but no farm is without one but
the farmors have not planted shade trooa aud
shrubs, AZ have We Of tho prairie. The man who