Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-08-30
IN AMATEUR AGRICULTUR-
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&hhot 1sAA A'AA' 'NHoDpOhNy hOp 10 hO
gazed around on his new acquisition Of
six acres, "this. my dear, is what have
always wanted. A farm and farmers
life are the highways to happiness Mrs.
Spoopendyke, don't you think SOP"
"It's perfectly lovely" rejoined Mrs.
Spoopendyke. 81 was born on farm,
and I was always healthy, though I had
to go good ways for water"
"Pll fix that, my DEAR" returned Mr..
SpoopeDdyko "Tll bring in the water.
Now, where are my Agricultural Re-
ports? must plan right of, if we're
going to have any crops; and when
they're ripe we'll take 'em to Market"
"Do the crops all get ripe at the same
time ?" asked MIS-. Spoopendyke.
"Of course they do" replied her hus-
band. "They're all planted at the same
time, amt they2 You don't suppose
they run races, do youp You haven't
got a notion that the first crop in wins
the spot, have yoap Now we want to
put in some cabbages, and the agricult-
ural report says they mustn't be planted
where tulnips and radishes grew the
year before. wonder what they put in
that corner last yearp"
"Why not put cabbages where turn
ips and radishes grew before?" asked
Mrs. Spoopendyke.
because it makes the cabbages taste
Of 'em," replied Mr.. Spoopendyke.
swell, then" said Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, "we'll plant them where water
melons grew, or asparagus. Would
they taste of watermelons and asparagus
If we did?"
"Of course they would. And il we
planted them where the hens had
scratched, they'd taste of poultry /; or if
we planted them alongside of a church
they wouldn't boil on Sunday. III put
them in that corner over there, and then
we'll have raspberries in the other cor
ner."
81 don't like raspberries," objected
Mrs. Spoopendyke. "rd rather have
hickory nuts. Can you plant hickory
nuts where anything else has grown ?"
"No," replied Mr.. Spoopendyke, sol.
emnly, "you can't. They wouldn't stay
down. I'll tel you. We might have
our meadow IN that corner, and fill in
between the meadow and the cabbages
with
Hollyhocksl" interrupted Mrs.
Spoopendyke, "and we can train them
against the fence"
"Who wants any dod-gasted holly.
hocks?" blurted Mr.. Spoopendyke.
Maybe you'd like to plant some old
glass bottles, and. put down some old
rags and bent wire, and raise spring
bonnetsl Itell you, we'll put onions in
there, and that fills up that end of the
farm"
"Then you ought to have your past
uro at this end" recommended Mrs.
Spoopendyke.
No, I'm going to put my orchard
here, and on that side, between the
orchard and the cabbages, I'll plant
some somewhat can we put in there?'
I'D have a rose bush, or ="
"Or-or whatp May be you want to
plant some back hair, and raise wigs :
How'd you like to put an old barrel in
there and raise wash-tubsY
II was thinking Of lake, mumbied
Mrs Spoopendyke. "a lake looks SO
pretty on farm"
"Ot course il d ,es !" roared MIR.
Spoopendyke. "All you've got to do Is
to plant bucket Of water and watch II
srow. Maybe you're thinking OF train
ing measly lake up against the fence
Now, I'm going to put some buckwheat
IN there, aud that makes cabbages, two
acres; meadows, one acre onions, two
acres; buckwheat, half an acre; orchard,
haif an acre; which just fills tho farm
comfortably"
S'O "o you BohS w "'o 49,
pasture p asked Mrs. Spoopendyke.
Probably ont doors somewhere" re-
sponded her husband. There's moro
room out doors. Bon't you know that
crops don't grow in win 'er, and then
mat COW can have the whole farm for q
pasture |"
That's SO. said Mrs. Spoopendyke
4 hadn't thought Of that. Now VIC
want some chickens"
"One chicken will be enough" said
"a. Spoopendyke. "Pm not going TO
nave lot Of measly hens scratching up
my meadow. and one will give oil the
eggs Wa want I'm going TO lay my