The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-09-03
Clean Up the Rural Homes.

nure, even though it is bulky, heavy,
and rather costly in it's application" !"
| Clean Up the Rural Homes.
From the American Rural Home.
1t does not require much effort to
love the country in summer. The
earth is then carpeted in green in vari-
Gus shades, or with the golden hues of
ripening vegetation. Flowers and
fruits contribute to the glory of theru-
raj Landscape and the mt1ltiform foli-
age OF forest, fruit and ornamental
trees are ever subjects of interest of
study and delight. Nor are the
forms OF the leaves more wonderful
than their colors; although all green,
no two species are clothed with foliage
OF exactly similar shades.
10 be sure, the rural landscape is
not all beauty; rural life is not with
out its drawbacks. even in summer.
AT times it is too cold forrapid growth
OF vegetation, or too hot for enjoy
ment. Prolonged rains saturate the
son, making it damp and muddy un-
der your feet, or protracted droughts
scerch vegetation and embrown the
lawns, meadows and pastures. Un-
mixed Joy, unalloyed pleasure are
found at no time, under no conditions
or circumstances. But, after making
all due allowance for the darker
shades OF rural life, in the growing sea-
son, we are convinced that the farmer
who owns and cultivates well good
farm, with means TO employ all need
! ed help, out of doors and in, is about
as well situated for enjoying life as it
is possible to be, in this selfish and
suffering world.
| But when the time comes, in au-
tumn, for annual vegetation to die,
when the herbs wither and life de-
departs the leaves and the brilliant
coloring that marks the first few days
OF death has faded, the beauty that
remains M the vegetable world is more
a memory OF the past and a promise
OF the future, than a present Joy. We
| know that from the roots OF the with
cred herbs there will be aresurrection,
when spring-time comes, and we know
that the buds which grew out beneath
the thllen leaves contain "the potency
and the promise" OF fresh leaves an
other season.
But it is. conceded that the country
is less attractive when nature has doff-
ed her summerrobes and in nakedness
| enters upon winters sleep; when,
'The melancholy days have come,
The sadest OF the year"
But farmers can do a great deal to-
wards relieving the dreariness of win
ter. By cleaning up, sticking mp, and
putting every thing in good repair, the
farmers home may be made quite at
tractive, even in winter. First re-
move from the roadside these infirm,
broken. down, utterly incurable wag-
ons, carts, racks, sleds, plows, cultl-
vators> mowing-machines or reapers.
The roadside is not q proper place
for an infirmary for discarded or de.
crepld farm implements, and machine
ry. Ii they are worth repairing send
them to the shop and have them put
in good repair and them house them;
| if not worth repairing, make a bon
| fire OF them and sell the old iron.
Second: if weeds of any kind-bur-
1 docks or other docks, thistles, golden
rod, daisies or any other weeds have
oee,i pei 1iiio.eo w grow up anu go TO
seed, repent OF your shortcomings,
cat them down and burn them up,
and promise your better sell that thev
snail never be suffered to grow there
again. me farmer shoald have his
road-sides so smooth that he can NOV
them with his machine and then there
will be but little difficulty in keeping
down all foul weeds. Ii your road,
sides are 100 rousn ior moving, and
there are weeds and shrubs along the
ROAD fences, remove the fences, grub
up the shruos, ana plo@ It all up tc
the roadway thls iail, ana then either
grow POTATOES on 1t another year OF
summer.talloW 1t, and when subdueo
ana leyeled, seed 1t down and keep II
moved with the machine.
lhifd: II 1he weeds nave been sutfen
ea 10 grow up IN your door-yard' 9i
garden or along your 6arnyard ienee
OF IN your lrnit-garden, cut then
down, piie ana onrn them. lhey ar,