Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-11-26

COOP LUCK IN FARNING.-"You'v We had I
prime luck with your young NAPLES, ha'n't
yo"
/ was SO busy trimming the roadside
hedge that | had hardly noticed the COM
ing Of the wagon, whence the voice pro-
ceeded. Now looked up. Ii was rather
Il "shackley rig" and the speaker looked
rather the worse for wear. | didn't recog-
nize him, though he was probably one of
my "neighbors' living few miles further
back from town.
Yes" | replied, "iirst-rate luck. Only
one has failed out of one hundred and
seventy-fve, and | guess that will make
out to live yet. And my apple trees and
peach trees all lived
"Wall," he replied, that's Just the
way some folks always seem to have luck,
but never did. Once in n while | take
fit 10 have an orchard or some shade trees,
but its no good. What don't die the
first year, mostly give in the second, and
there ant enough left to fuss with. Get
up, Polly"
As lie drove on towards town | fell 10
trimming the hedge again, and to thinking
wherein my luck consisted. In the
first place, had the bad luck 10 have a
wretched clay roadside TO set the trees in.
1t had been cut up by wheels 10 muddy
weather ill it dried up as hard as the
middle of the road. But had the good
luck TO work over it three seasons, plow-
Ing, manuring and working until it be-
came quite respectable. Then | had the
luck to take naples from the nursery, well
used 10 sunshine and ordinary soil, and to
take them up careful y and have Il EN-
in the gtUund again before the rootlets
were dried at all. | also had the luck to
have by each tree a bushel or more of the
best soil on my farm to put around the
roots before filling in any of this roadside
soil, even though much improved. The
trees were set in October. | had the bad
luck to have a mos. severe April and May
drought, bu. the good luck to mulch the
trees and draw wagon loads of water from
my pond and thoroughly soak the ground
above the roots of each tree with eight or
ten gallons of water at n single watering.
1t did not need to be repeated, and when
the abundant rains came, the last of May
the trees had the luck to be leaved out and
growing nicely and ready to start on with
IL leap, us if they had never been trans
planted. But for thu preparation of the
tough soil and the mulching and the heavy
watering, there pro )ab!y would not at the
end of this severe drought have been
enough trees left TO fuss with"
The truth about it is, that most of the
good luck in farming and gardening is
simply the result of good management
and faithful, persistent industry. Good
luck wintcring cows means warm, we'll
ventilated stables, good feed, regular feed
ing and careful handling and attendance.
Good luck with early spring lambs, means
careful previous management OF the ewes,
warm quarters and prompt attention when
the lambs are dropped. Good luck selling
them to the butcher means that they are
Of the proper mutton breeds, and thrifty
and well fattened; and also knowledge
Of the markets and the ability to hold if
you cannot sell to advantage. Good luck
with fruit, means a selection oil varieties
adapted to the given soil, climate and mark
ct, good thorough culture, and care in
handling and sagacity in marketing Good
luck in marketing butter, means good "but-
ter breeds of COWS, good feed and feeding,
s,rupulous ncatness from the milk pail to
the churn and butter crock or package and
Il knowledge of the markets and of the
value of The product, Good luck in curing
hay means good implements and barns and
sagacity in progrosticating the weather,
or sense to read the representations of
"Old Probabilities Good luck raising
wheat means a rich, warm, well drained
soil, proper preparation Of the ground and
good seed and good sowing and spring
tllage with the smoothing harrow or
other harrow. A shrewd neighbor said to
me, winter killing of wheat is only
another name for poverty of soil"
And SO We might 90 through the entire
catalogue of farm and garden processes
and products, Good luck seems to be a
compound, in which the " last analysis )"
resolves into sAgacily, industry and perse-
verance. These laIc- things, in agricul-
ture and horticulture rs well as in bust
ness and the professions, seem always to
be rewarded. Elsewhere rs well as in
the law it is true rs Webster said, There
IS always room up higher ". l. Cham
Jeriain in Rlral NtU York.