The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
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/ lFARI ! J and NOM.
ensll lstiss a., lEsrlrst aardsnins.
The ownes Of large farms. who lool
down upon berry and truck rzisine
as small business, have not informed
themselves as to the amount of capital
invested and labor employed in this
direction. According to the last CEN
sus the value of market garden pro.
ducts sold in 1879 was over $2l ,WO,.
200. while the orchard products sold OF
consumed amounted to $4,000, 900.
Small fruits are possibly embraced in
the market garden products. There
Is scarcely doubt that were the value
Of the products Of ell gardens added to
the former the aggregate would equal,
II not surpass, the latter. Garden.
ing. then, is no small matter, even
when compared with the so-called
great industries of the country, and
when the thoughtful farmer contrasts
the acreage employed in market gar.
dening and the value Of its products
with general farming and its products
he will discover that there is no occae
sion to spread out over township or
80 to make living and make money
too.
To be sure there is something glut
Of garden products in the large centres
OF trade. but there is no general over
production as with staple farm crops,
and since increased production scarce
ly keeps pace with increased demand
there is a wide field for the farmer
with limited acres to operate.
From health standpoint, the con-
sumption of fruits and vegetables
should be increased, and pork propor-
tionately discontinued, especially dur
ing the summer season; and Us people
will learn by practice that they can do
as much labor and have better health
by giving pork less important place
in the daily rations the reformation Of
farmers bills of fare will be secured.
Why should not every family, rich and
poor, be supplied with delicious fruits
and choice vegetables? Surely not be-
cause these can not be produced cheap
ly and in any quantity required as soon
as the demand for them arises. The
large profit so often reported from
small fruit growing and market gar
dening is by no means fictitious. and
the business will bear strong COMPETE
tion and still be more renumerative
than general agriculture to the farmer,
while society at large would be relieved
of terror on account of trichinae and
diseased meat if its diet consisted prin-
clpally of fruits, cereals and vege.
tables.
I am aware that in many places a
curtailment of the tobacco crop and q
widening out into vegetable gardening
would not be considered for moment
because Of the belief that there is more
money in tobacco. I question this.
What tobacco grower has realized $500
to 81. 900 per acre, as reported, from
cabbages or onions, not to speak of
81 900 to $1,000 from Strawberries or
celery, or $1,000 to e2,5OO from cauli-
flower? These, of course. are maxi
mum crops. with best prices. Never
theless, they prove possibilities, and
show IL wide margin beyond the no
profit line. Capital, skill and atten-
ton are demanded to insure success in
this field. but so are they essential in
any field. And in the coming "read-
justment," of which we hear SO much,
small fruits and vegetables will occu-
py larger place on our farms and ON
our tables, to the profit to both the
grower and consumer. - Practical
Farmer.
The Points of Good Butter Cow.
A good butter COW should have a
long face, wide between the eyes, tho
eye alert and expressive. and placed
long way below the horns. A COW with
eyes near the top of the head does
not know any more than man with
eyes SO placed. She should have q
large muzzle. a slim neck and vel
low skin. especially inside the ears.
the breathing should be regular. tho
back and abdomen strong, tho udder
wide where it connects with the BODY.
the teats squarely placed and the tail
slim. Over and above ali these points
she must have the dairy form. The
points at best are only indications. The
dairy form is inseparably connected
with q good butter COW. The desira-
BILE dairy form is always seen in the
best types of Jerseys, Guernseys.
Ayreshires and Holsteins. The best
beef form is presented in Shorthorns,
Herefords and most Of the polled
breeds. The intelligent dairyman.
with q knowledge born of experience,
desire and capacity for the business,
never makes the mistake of choosing
his COW with beef form.
While it is not difficult for a dairy
man with knowledge of his business
to select COW that will make ten
pounds of butter a week, provided al
ways such COW is within the drove or
herd he is inspecting. COWS that will
make fourteen pounds of butter week
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