The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-23

iards are kept weeded out perhaps. but
me rest OF the garden presents rather
f -. ;Ssi,,els OF garden gone 20 weeds %
tSeatl1lng Tor many years what a valua-
bic help the well conducted garden is TO
the farmers family especially, we have
done all we could TO encourage a greater
interest IN maintaining II on the high
est plane possible. and keeping a. in The
hlShest state OF cultivation from October
IA the World here and there, who have
no liking for vegetable Diet but the
very large majority Of people living in
the cities. as well as in the country. can
hnd very satisfactory subsistence IN
an almost exclusive vegetable diet
W nat may De raised IN the garden with
what should be raised collaterally with
the farm garden-such as chickens,
ducks, geese, eggs, milk and
butter, pork and an occasional beef
honey, etc, allows the farmer to live
on the fat of the land" II he chooses
to do so OF course IL requires energy
and vigilance. and a deep love OF ones
whatever occupation one Is engaged there
are always essential qualifications for
success
The lime will come before long in this
country when the term farming viii en-
brace the closet attention to all the little
side crops. and more too than have been
enumerated above. The farmer, with the
aid or wife and children, and hired help,
viii raise about everything he needs In
the way of food. The combined sur
plusage from the dozen or more side crops
Will provide him in the most, II not all
the articles that he could not or did not
raise. Cotton and corn growing must Ill
umately give way to diversified culture.
The farmer of the future must live on
and on his farm, or live a very precarious
life.
Those who have ever gardened inten-
sively need not be told how far one acre
can be made to go toward the support OF
an average family give persons), that u.s.
an acre made rich, If not already rich,
ana kept so by periodical. applications OF
manure and one kind or another grown on
IL from the beginning of the year to the
epd. what the money value OF an acre
conducted on this plan will he. of course
depends on its location and the crops
planted. Close TO large and wealthy cities
the aggregate value Of the annual product
may, as IL often does. run up in the thou
sands. Far from good market in the
thinly settled sections of the country
where there is little or no opportunity TO
sell or exchange any of the products.
It's ealue in the maintenance
of the family it may still run up into
the hundreds. Locality must, to a consid-
cradle extent regulate the apportionment
o. crops. With market right at ones
gate there would be large profits I'm those
perlshable crops that IL would not be
found advisable to plant when one Is
situated far from the railroad and hun
dreds OF miles, perhaps. from "A good mar
ken Near the large cities. when the dis
lance TO be transported is only a mile or
TWO, or hve or six at the furthest Inn
mense profits are usually secured from
such crops as Strawberries tomatoes let
tuce, English peas, cucumbers beans and
the ike, when 1t would be utter folly to
plant such In localities far from market
and when labor Is not plentiful. The cul-
ture of these crops. beyond the small
to be advised.