Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-18

corn and wheat, did not net him one-tenth
OF that sum. Another instance that came
under my personal observation last year:
college bred man of 2S, failing in health
from office work, purchased a farm of
sixty acres at Newport, L. =, three wears
ago. The second year he tried few acres
IN vegetables aud small fruits, which he
found sale for in the village of horthport
at satisfactory prices. was or his farm
IN the summer of 1883, and I must say
that for one whose knowledge was derived
almost exclusively from books, his venture
had most promising look. His book
knowledge, however, did not restrain him
from tucklng up his sleeves and working
from sunrise to sunset. l have but little
oouot that he will yearly increase his area
1or vegetables and fruits, and that his
farm, IKE hundreds more on Long Island.
VIII De eventually converted into a garden
for vegetables and small fruits. The now
FAMOUS celery growers of Kalamazoo,
MICH, were, less than twenty years ago,
nearly all farmers who could scarcely
make ends meet. Now the profits deriv
60 from the culture of celery have made
many OF them paratively rich-that
Is, rleh for tlllers of the soil; for few such
make mammoth fortunes, unless the Wig
orous health snd placid mind acquired are
valued as they should be.
A friend cites the case of another man,
whose farm adjoined village of 1000
inhabitants. He had one year q large
surplus of Strawberries and sweet corn,
which he had grown for his own family,
and had many applications for the fruit
and the corn by the village people. He
conceived the idea of employing a man
with cart to supply this unexpected de-
mand In the village, and sold the whole of
these products at such prices as paid q
clear profit of $175 per acre, which was
about i've times as much as the average
value of farm crops. In addition, the
sale OF strawberries created large de.
mand for ice cream, which was equally
profitable. No doubt this example could
be followed in the neighborhood of nearly
every village in the country.
1t Is not advised that any farmer should.
IN the beginning, embark largely in grow
ing vegetables and fruits. Nearly all who
have been most successful are those who,
ike my Rochester friend, started with a
small patch, increasing the area as his
means and the demand for the products
JUSTIFIED. Those who can most advan-
tageously use their farms for the culture
Eo 'oS e9d1leS are sucn as are
located neaT towns, hotels or summer
boarding houses, for the fruits and vege-
tables usually furnished to such places,
when furnished at ALL are such as are
shipped from the large cities after pass
ing through the hands of commission
men, who, of course, must make their
profit, and are usually furnished in a
stale and battered condition, costing
three times more to the consumer than
the original grower gets. These vege-
tables are largely grown on lands near
the great cities, for which the gardener
often pays as much as 500 for rent per
acre, and they are sold by the grower at
wholesale. Generally the farmer would
have the advantage of cheaper land and
the additional advantage of selling di-
rectly to the consumer at retail prices