The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22

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Correspondence Of The True Norsherner.
il has raiDed nearly all the time for the last
week and the roads are bottomless we should
judge. On some pieces, however. where they
have tried the plan suggested by Prof Carpen-
ter IN has ARTICLE on road-making. and which
was extensively quoted from IN the Detroit IA
pers and published IN the Lanslng Republican,
there il even now some comfort in riding ever
them. His idea y TO pnt IN 4 tile dgaip. say
four inch tIe in the center OF tine road the tile
g 10 be rhTee feet SFDder 70 centeg-fdge The
EOad is then to be rEnpked. and either closed
o. opeu dtehes used at the sides 20 carry of
az surface water. Of course g costs somethine,
bun when once made after this merhod Il viz
Lass For any ,eA9th or time rle tile eng ain
with graluod fall. closed 20 aato allow 40 dir
to g.t IN to fi5 them up sud deep enorgh under
ground to prevent the 0ction Of frosts OF their
beng torn up ~ wheels. But with tins kind of
roads the whesiB wons 20 DOM to what The
traveller thinks oS and 5Ir Beecner talks so
much shout. The old sSate road here, With
Noligats every fbree or soGr r,,les. II almost
impessable, though gra1eled turn- pike
The hsiok-yarts near zere sle making but
tew BRICK as the RBiok for 5he capitol are aid out
and there 8 but li3rle bmdisg beiug dsne with
brick TIE yards are maAng all the the sley
can get OUT with FIJI forces OF nnen. Much. IN
facs most of the land ahoat hege need Me
dra ming. AID With labor so eEeap snd plea 5y as
at psesent farmers aCe doing an uuusual asao ,snt
OF improving. This aeems t., be a very desirable
view for tasmere tD take rney believe Es1e.
that The INCREASE IN EuantltE aod q,nli,y eg sne
prodEce wild repay all msuep expended IN
draining within taree years and they are Ger
tainly bene79en; ic hirnetdn- work fou bzn-
dreds Of idle men whose faE,iles esd s,ls sIey
can eagn il they wors every Gav % coucse II
would not pby every one 20 tie -dgsin r.uch
land tut the lime mast sooa ccme ysh4n n0re
attention will he paid. 70 Low mrcb prodlate lhe
farmer gets per acre and less ss@ntlan 70 how
many acres he has. With shis change Acre
will be an increase in tine smolrnt OF laaHtinq
done Tile d,sininR. for al enep5 swamp
lands +. unques,!onably the best mos: profit
rtne Ta& only sure n0sthod- Tie are Z ra too
high fox farmers TO hay MANY, bG.: there are
good ra2ny do in tAe north woods Cont
know % that name would apply Eos. bua It IS
not vegy ald) who aSe at,e TO buy enough 10
Arain their door yards uaIn-ya,d. lanes and
Oa anil o,,la =
place 10 land and stamp she mud ols. 1eiero
they 90 into the house. and spot wlest they
can have descent garden and good cgslard.
should think that some OF them bad tired
about long enough 20 raise apple trees Ahere
their rocts must drink surface water tho year
around and then die after one or two years
struggle. Water standing round the roots
will kill most kinds Of useful trees. shrubs on
vegetables.
Under the pressure Of the times it is neeee-
sary to practice strict economy but We should
be equally cautious TO Distinguish between
real and false economy. BY real economy we
mean do the best with what money we have;
by false economy we mean. put every cent you
get into your pocket and keep it there, simply
for the satisfaction OF knowing it is there
During " hard times more perhaps than al
any other time agriculture should receive
prompt attention. We can get along without
silk and broadclotb, but we can't 60 at ail With
out the produce of the fam and garden.
Amercars must eat, and if necessary tbey
feed the world. II wheat, beef. batter and
fruits are cheap they can still be raised no as
to give small profit and 1t would be most
" fool hardy for us TO stop producing because
things are cheap. Hundreds OF factories are
running iul hands without making a cent Just
to give labor employment and be ready for
better times il they ever do come. We make
these remarks because there is SO much talk
about laying idle OF running the farm without
sufficient help because things are cheap. Oup
most prosperous years are those in which we
produce the most, and II makes but little DIFF
ference how much politicians call hard names
if people keep right to work aud 90 all they
can for themselves and those around them.