The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-06-13
ON THE FARM.
The Fuel Question--Oll Stoves Vegetable,
aud Fruits.

The Fuel uuestion--Oli StOveS-NegetaDleS |
aud Fruits.
'It is great saving of time, money |
and patience to get wood enough cut
for the summer and have it all nicely
piled up in the wood house and door
yard" Two of my neighbors are very
similarly situated, each has a wool-lot
and both burn wood through the sum-
mer. One prepares enough in winter
TO last the entire season, and one is
obliged even in harvest time to stop and
cut wood. Now if we observe the
farming operations Of these two men
we shall find the same difference
in their work Throughout. We shall
notice a foresight of coming necessities
and preparation for them on the one
hand, and trusting to luck on the other.
We shall find one has laid plans and
provided for all the details, the other
has simply decided what he will under
take to do without any definite idea of
the best means of doing it, and without
counting the cost. One will be in easy
with debts he can not pay, and which
he could have avoided with little
more Judgment and foresight. As to
the question of wood there is one point
the thrifty farmer should learn as quick
ly as possible, aad that is, it is folly to
permit his family to do their cooking
and other work over a hot stove in
! summer, when they can do it so much
cheaper and easier over an oil stove. 1t
does not cost as much for the oil as the
cutting of the wood is worth, on the
supposition that the wood is already at
the door, and four feet long. With a
good oil stove a woman can gether
breakfast while she is making the wood
fire, and blow out the fire as soon as
The cooking is done. This saves heat
ing the house and the labor is much
less.
This is a great invention and will be
a great benefit to housekeepers general
ly. / do not believe the perfect oil
stove is made yet, but there are sew
eral kinds that do very well. for do
not know which is best. | know
would not be without one for ten times
the cost. On a farm there are many
cases where mere triie of expense
adds greatly TO the comfort of family.
One of these is the supply of fir, sh veg
etables and fruits through The season,
and one reason for u deficiency OF these
is, the farmer does not think about it at
the proper season. In most cases the
farmer has green peas once through the
season. He should have them many
times. The farmer who has not al
ready done so should prepare at once
for sowing some of the earliest kind,
and then sow at intervals through the
season. Asparagus and pie plant should
be on every farm. Raspberries, straw
berries and currants are easily raised,
and worth much more than they cost.
1t is the foolish man that says II cant
fuss with such things and makes his
family do without them. A good sup
ply of vegetables and small fruits will
make large part of the living of 8
family. A farmer who fails to have 8
good bed of strawberries makes a blum.
der. The labor is very little. In max
ing bed set none but young plants,
and these from new bed. DO not GEL
plants from some old bed because they
cost nothing 1t is cheaper to pay .
a triile for plants that are right Or
the other hand do not pay much foi
! plants; it costs nothing to raise them
and they can be afforded at cheay
rate. The variety is not material, any
cultivated kind will do to begin with
and they all have their merits. Chris
tiGR al Work.