The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-01

Many men and moro women object u
living ON farms because the food offered
in farm-houses is not as desirable rs thai
found on tables in villages and cities.
There is no good reason Willy as excel.
lent food cannot be orded on farms rs
in large towns Most farmers might
live well and be at no moro expense
than they are at present Most of the
articles that pertain TO good living are
or can be produced on farms with very
little trouble or expense. The watei
afforded by springs and deep wells is
superior to that supplied by the service
pipes in cities Fresh butter, prre milk.
and newly-laid eggs can at all tines be
obtained, and these descrvedly rank
among luxuries. They are articles gem
orally hard to obtain in large towns.
even by persons of wealth. AZ most
times in the year there are fowls fit To
be killed rs occasion may require, Dur
ing the spring there is veal. and during
the summer and fall lamb, for fresh
meat II farmer has an ice house il
is comparatively easy to have supply
of fresh meat of home production .
large proportion Of the time Fresh fish
are, of course, diflic1lt 10 obtain unless
farmer has fish-po nd or lives near n
lake or river. He can, however, have
salt and smoked fish as often rs they
may be desired 10 form n change in the
ordinary bin of fare. As 10 -four and
meal and all kinds of pre-. AIRED grain.
they are rs easily and cheapgv Il faiped
in the country as i'm the cttr The like
is true i'm relation TO ~ ,otien suoar
and all other ki@aHSof groceries. The
nearly Tthc substantial things that
PeIs.,rS To good living.
rEs,le fruit, fresh from the tree. bush
OF vine. is one of the most essential Gle
ments of good living. This can lie had
in abundance by all farmers who I've III
most of the States of the Union II can
be produced as chcaply as any kind o
food and is vastly more wholesome and
nutritious as well as more palatable
than most of the articles found on farm
ers' tables. A small plot of land will
produce all the straw, erries, goOseber-
ries, red white and bla k currants that
any family can consume during the sea-
son of their ripening, and enough to
supply them with canned fruit during
the balance of the year. As to grapes
they are as easily and cheaply raised As
potatoes and are adapted to large mum.
Der of purposes. During at least three
months they will supply the table with
n most delicious and wholesome article
OF food which is rel.shed by persons OF
all ares. As a breakfast dish grapes
are unsurpassed AS table ornaments
they are the equals Of flowers They
are excellent when canned or when
made into pies and jelly. Wine can be
made of those that are not quite fair
enough to supply the table or market.
and vinegar can be made of those that
are quite inferior, BY taking pains with
their prese walton, they may be kept in
a fresh state till the winter holidays In
this latitude no kind of fruit is more
easily produced than the early Rich
mond cherry. The trees come into
bearing quite carly. and are very pro
ductive. Tie trees are ornamental rs
we'll as useful. In nearly every State
in the Union some variety OF peach,
plum and pear does exceedingly well.
As to apples, they will grow anywhere
that corn will mat re, and i'll many sec
tons beside In all the Northern States
and Territories cranberrics and blue
berries can be raised with very little
trouble or expense, With all these
fruits at his command no farmer can az
ford to set poor table.
Next to fine fruits, fine vegetables
add as much as anything 10 the essen
tial part of good living. 1t is singular,
however, that, while they alc always
found OH tables in towns and cites,
they are seldom seen on the tables o.
well-to-do farmers in the West. Nearly
all farmers raise common potatoes, cab
baoes, beets aud onions, but the list OF
vegetables extends little Earth than
tn Sc. They have no a9para us, let
tucp, radishas, egg plant, celery, cress,
or pie plant. They have Il "me s " OF
two of green peas and Few string
beans, but no attempt is made to have
n succession of them during seyera
months. They have 10 Lima beans,
and few or no good bushbcGnS. Or
dinarily they have no sweet corn, n
sweet potatoes, and very poor tomatoe
and cucumbers. Many farmers raise
no pumpkins, ard are at no pans to
RAISE SuudSHtS Ibl tlsc uuIlIlS INC WIN
ter and spring. If they raise turnips,
they are of the varieties that are only
fit for stock food. No watcr-cres is
found in any of the springs or streams
on the farm, and no grape-yines flourish
on the high places shat are valuable foc
the production of little else. Compare
lively few farmers raise melons, though
they will grow with very little trouble.
In short, farmers deny themselves most
of the cheap luXurics OF life that they
might enjoy to an extent that no other
lass of persons can for so little labor
expense. They seem to think that
great skill is required to produce fine
fruit and vegetables, while in point OF
fact they are raised as cheaply as most
field crops. They insist on eating large
quantities Of pork Oh the score OF
economy, while it is actually one of the
most expensive articles of food at pres.
ent prices. 1t will pay any farmer who
has considerable family to employ one
man to raise fruit and vegetables for
the supply of his own table. - Caicago
Times.
Harvesting and Storing Potatoes.