The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-25

trading. he did not go and run a bill at
the stores, 10 be settled when the but
ter was sold but always took something
rom the farm. In the spring, during
mousse cleaning time, he would have
aboard a number OF bundles OF straw for
Hing beds. Selling these for this pur-
pose. his straw brought four OF FIVE times
as much as Il would sell for by the ton.
a we'll cared for flock OF poultry furn-
lshed eggs in exchange for the family
groceries \ few early vegetables or
fruits Were always selected In their sea
son. 4 few cords of wood were prepared
IN winter. neatly piled. and when he was
going never on purpose). he took load
10 pay his blacksmiths bill. BY this
means ne had his butter money to lie
pend upon 10 pay on his debt in the fall.
! was greatly interested in the methods
employed by the German families who oC-
cupy a great share of the dairy farms In
tho vicinity of Elgin. Ills. These tenants
pay more rent for the bare farm than one
Will rent for I'm New York state with
iull line Of stock and tools. / said 10 a
German farmer whom met, You all
seem to prosper here; will you inform me
how You do IL?
well. We milk 40 COW. and there are
myself and wife and eight children. The
women and children tend the plat Of GU
cumbers and pick them. We men take
care OF the COWS and farm crops. We put
IN two or three acres OF cucumbers, and
they are sold at the canning factories, and
wife and children get enough from them
TO pay all our living expenses. so we have
all the profits from our milk TO pay rent
z
We cannot raise cucumbers on such an
extensive scale, but one who has not tried
IL VIII be surprised at the income from .
hills of cucumbers well cared for and kept
closely picked. Ten dollars worth of cab
b0ge can be grown on a very small space
] have heard a friend tell Of his little girls
plcklnE ana selling over $40 worth OF
strawberries on a very small space. II l
remember correctly. the plat was one rod
wide and five rods long. Apples may be
fed to COWS in the fall with great profit.
l consider sweet apples say of the pound
sweet variety nearly as valuable as
potatoes Tor either milk cows or for fat
tening any kind of stock. / believe if every
farmer had enough of this variety of ap-
PIES 70 feed his cows peck apiece every
day they would prove more valuable
than grain in keeping up the milk flow.
OF course apples can be so fed as to he
come an injury. In connection with
dairying the potato crop is one of great
Importance. There are few years in
which at some time potatoes will not
bring 80 cents. At this price they are a
paying crop, and are worth this to feed
cows in winter. 1 know this will aston
Ism many, but, as in other things, there
Is right way and a wrong way of DO
ing It, Suppose cows are receiving an
average of ten pounds of grain day, If
two days each week ten pounds of cut
potatoes are substituted for the usual
quantity of milk or butter in fact, cows
VIII keep in better thrift for this semi
weekly change of diet.
In choosing what we will sell from the
farm thought should be given to the
amount OF fertility we are removing from
tbs, farm very small piece Of ground
VIII furnish $40 worth of cucumbers, and
the fertility removed will be simply moth
ing compared with that contained in a ton
of hay, which will only sell for $40.