Smyrna times., 1877-01-03
MISE e//UR e OMS .
For the Smyrna Times.
Farming in Delaware--No. 4.

While wheat and corn should be looked
to as staple crops, there are many other
products to which the farmer must give his
attention, if he would bring out of his land
the greatest possible results. And without
being carried away by the fruit mania, it is
very important that fruit should receive
share of his attention. One eighth of his
arabic land may safely be devoted to
peaches. A peach orchard of well selected
varieties, and properly attended to, will
pay more per acre, on an average, than the
same land in grain, but enough land should
Be reserved for grain and grass to insure a
certain income adequate to his support
every year. That proportion Of his land in
peaches can be marketed without much
extra expense. Whenever the peaches pay
they make a very acceptable addition to
his income; if they fail he still has ample
means Of support. All other fruits are
deserving attention. An acre or two in
strawberries well cared for, will never fail
to pay, and the money comes in at time
When most farmers need money for carry
ing on the summers work. An acre in
grapes, one or two in blackberries, the same
quantity in raspberries, an acre Of well
selected pears, and two acres in apples will
give to the family the luxury Of abundance
oi fruit and add to the farmers income
no mean sum in the aggregate. In growing
apples care should be taken to have a good
selection of early apples. You may 20
north Tor these if you choose, but never
lor winter apples, for the northern varieties
oi keeping apples will make a late fall
apple here. Every farmer should have
good root cellar, and pay attention to grow
ING roots for sale, so far as he finds market
ior them; and when he cannot do that he
has home market that never fails, if he
M's stock to feed. Sweet and round pota-
'oes' Nat turnips, rutabagas, sugar beets,
pumpkins and cabbage should all be
attended to and an abundant supply of all
o. them should be grown either for sale or
nome use. Farmers who fail to raise an
ample supply of vegetables for their own
la@Iiy use land many of them dol ought to
oe treated as a worthy citizen of your
region used to behave a notice served on
hem to leave even if they do hold the
uus Zee. Poultry of all kinds should
receive due attention. If suitable houses
anu conveniences are furnished the
'aflhers wife will see to the success of this
apartment. | know a thrifty wife Of a
stlner living on a small and poor farm who
~" from her dunghill fowls alone one
hundred ap9f twenty-five dollars worth of
'aekens and eggs in one year, while at the
'@ue time her own family were not
""ngers to these luxuries. If all these
"igs are attended to there will be no
a'sesslly for those terrible things called
sure accounts" All things from the
'e necessary for the family may be
slt with the farm trade. A wonderful
4Pfosement in regard to running up ac.
"@ at the store has already taken
~ but there is room for greater i'm
s'sment. remember when long store
ants by farmers was almost the univer-
:. rue What little trade there Was for
was credited, if the merchant did not
80 10 make the entries, but when
ING time came the proceeds of the
80" went in, and then note or two was
b.l 'Or the balance. Next year another
wa ne with interest on the old bond,
m INTO new one, and thus it went on
me-. eh The merchant would And his
ae.;s y risk and the sheriff wound the
ma, up, or the farmer died and the
beoas ~an. had enough against the farm to
man, s '.s owner. Let every farmer SO
ties = s ms affairs as to avoid the bad prac-
running up accounts at the store.
OYER Dec &C, 1876. "