The Princeton union., 1892-02-04
TO INTEREST THE FARMER,
PRACTICAL HINTS ABOUT FARM
WORK.
Laying Out the Farm Garden--More
Than Hard Work Necessary
The Profitable Hen--Re.
t5 pairing Fences.
Laying Out the Farm Garden.

garden OF ample proportions. It
should be carefully cultivated, and
should contain sufficient variety of
vegetables to supply the farmers
table, early and late, with an album
dance Of the best the season affords.
With such a source OF supply at
command womankind would find no
difficulty and much satisfaction in
presenting wholesome and palatable
dishes for the family consumption,
with less amount of meat than would
otherwise be required distinct gain.
in point OF healthfulness, especially
when the meat, as is too often the
case, is fat pork.
In order that the kitchen garden
may be what we have described it,
and be easily and economically culti-
waited, it should be laid out in such a
way that the greater part of the work
can be done by horse power.
A small inclosure, hopelessly run to
weeds, and containing nothing really
worth attention, is not what we con-
template, but a large area, proper
toned to the needs OF the family (and
not without "weather eye'' to the
sale OF fresh garden sass" to less fav-
ored neighbors), OF the best land the
farm affords-not too far away, how
ever, from the house.
This space should be we'll manured
and brought by repeated working to
the finest possible tilth. It should
not be thought waste to put the
best manure, and plenty OF it, on this
land, for it will return good interest
in one shape or another. Then Law it
out in long rows, as straight as they
can be made, and of varying widths,
according to the habit OF growth of
the plants.
A plan which lies before us, has been
carefully thought out, and may
serve as an Indication ~(subject, OF
course, to modification according to
taste) Of how such a plot should be
divided up. The part assigned to
vegetables is four rods wide, and as
long as may be desired. Around three
sides is a wall or turning ground. eight
feet wide. This may be graveled Or
as we have seen it-sodded; Or winter
squashes might be planted in a. part
or all the space without seriously
interfering with the cultivation.
On the fourth side is a row, five feet
wide, of asparagus, artichokes and
rhubarb. Then follow, in successive
rows: l: Parsnip, satisfy and early
peas, followed by winter spinach, 5
feet; 2. Peas, 8 feet; 3. Early potatoes,
followed by celery, feet; 4. Early
lettuce, etc., from hot bed, radish,
cress, mustard, followed by turnip, 5
feet; 5. Onions, IL feet; 6. Lettuce,
endive, parsley, sweet herbs, II it,; z.
Bush beans, 215ft.; 8. Beets and turnips
2h feet; 8. Early cabbage and cauli-
flower, 21h5 feet; 10. late cabbage, 3
feet; IL. Early sweet corn, feet;
12. Late sweet corn and summer
squash, 4 feet; 13. Tomatoes and pole
beans. 5. feet; IA. Cucumbers and
musk-meions, 6 feet; Is. Watermelon
and winter squash, feet.
To this we should add, for localities
as far north as it can be grown, the
dwarf okra, excellent for SOUP, and
the common nasturtium for pickles.
In another plot there should be all
the varieties of berries, currants and
grapes, and of course, plantations of
cherry, plum, pear, peach, and apple
trees. None Of these should be in the
vegetable garden, as they would in
terfere with cultivation and give too
much shade. $685.. . 49,, E.,
With such garden and such sup
plies Of fruit the farmers table could
be, with care in cooking and with
abundance of milk, cream, fresh but
ter, ETC., made as attractive as a Del
monico spread, and a great deal more
wholesome.
More Than Hard Work Necessary,
The men who make the most
money on the farm are not, generally,
the ones who work hardest, or who
put in the most hours in the field.
There is more than hard work that
influences for success on the farm. It
is not necessary that the farmer
should be a slave to drndgery and
hard labor. Neither is it necessary
for him to make himself the biggest
hog on the farm. Intelligence, with a
knowledge OF how to manage, counts
for more on the farm than with any
other class of labor. The greatest
reason of failure on the farm may be
traced to ignorance of how to plan
and manage properly the farm opera
tions. The next prevailing source of
dissatisfaction grows out of laziness,
and it is SO closely related to it's leader
that they are often hard to dlstin-
guish one from the other.
Life, energy and ambition are neces-
sary properties In the makeup OF the
farmer. Such person will see the
Importance of system and will pro-
ceed to arrange place for everything
and see that it is in it's place when not
in use. He will have a time to go to
work and q time to quit; time to
feed and time to water; in short,
everything will be systematized IN q
way to accomplish the most in the
least number OF hours. The social
features OF life will not be neglected
and the family will share portion Of
his time. The long winter evenings
will be spent in reading and discussing
subjects OF interest to farm and house.
hold, as well as learning something OF