Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-11
SOME FARM TOPICS.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO TIL
LERS OF THE SOIL.
The Farmer. Garden, the Many Adj
vnntnEes of n Well Kept Gnrden-
Spring PlOwinE-Shipnbi G. Early
Spring Lnmbs-Corn Culture.

One of the compensating advan-
tages offscttipg depression Of farm val
ucs is to oblige farmers to give more
attention to their gardens. The great
majority of farmers have not lived
UP to the opportunities which farm
life affords in this respect. Instead of
being noted for the freshness and en-
cellence of the garden vegetables and
fruits which can be procured in the
country, the fact has been exactly the
reverse. The market gardeners near
large cities produce vegetables in great
quantities and sell them SO chcaply
that every city market is supplied at
low rates Not only this but the sur
plus that can not find an immediate
market is canned or otherwise pre-
served for future use. Farmers. IN
stead of going to work in the old-fash-
loncd way and producing their own
supplies of garden vegetables and
fruits, have learned the bad habit If
relying on what they can buy from the
surplus products of the market gar
den put up by the canneries.
This evi! policy has reached its eli
max. The depression in price of many
of the staple products of the farm
gives farmers less money to buy. and
with this condition te.ins to come Il
realization that to grow such pro-
ducts for himself and family is more
profitable than and satisfactory even
though money We're plentiful. The
production of garden vegetables for
bone use secures them fresh and in
the best condition. besides saving the
profits of two or three middlemcn
through whose hands such goods must
pass on their way from the market
garden to the farm. If the farmer
cannot make the garden pay under
these circumstances. it is a pretty good
sign that he cannot succeed in any
kind Of soil cultivation. When lie buys
nned goods lie pays much higher
price than the market gardener ever
receives. and what is worse, he gets
an inferior product therefor.
Much of the popular objection to life
on the farm will be changed to entbus-
iasm for 1t Just as soon as the farm
garden Is given the position that it
deserves Instead Of being put second
to everything else. the garden should
subordinate all other farm work. No
part of the farm will. II properly man
aged. make SC much clear profit as
will the garden. 1t is always the rich.
est part of the farm. BY that fact
II ought to get the most care and at
tention. Small crampcd gardens are
almost never seeded with clover
This is sown With some grain cr,p
AMI the garden is too small to he
cropped with grain. Besides. owing
largely to the difficulty in cultivat!ng
1t with horse powers the farm garden is
nearly always the weedicst place on
the farm. The sreat amour, of nan.
.ire !. receives helps towards this al>...
With heavy n"lnuring the clr,!e,, ,In-
der tbo pcst cnnlitions will he hard ia
Keep frec from weeds When made
so snail that tile greater part Of the
work has to he done by hand tile task
heccLes impossible. If gardens we're
made in open fields. the work of keep
Ing garden crops free Of weeds will
be reduced two-t]iiris. Not everything
cln De made grow moftably in rows
each way. but If rows of root crops
are made straight and the cultivator
Is frc,ly used one way very little
hand hoeing will lc needed.
But cultivated by present methods
VIZ Aa1h Sst4uel is, Wlcn PROPERLY
cared for, the best paying spot on the
farm. During the growing season it
supplies palatable food at cheaper
rates thar 1t can he secured in any
other way. A good garden adds great
ly to the attractiveness of farm life,
MS Its absence, where it should be, is
the most frequent reason why wealthy
men do not find their pleasure in coun-
try homes ms they do in most Euro
pean countries. Many New England
farmers have learned the advantage
OF developing us much as they can
the attractions Of their locality rs sum-
mer resorts for those taking their va
cation from city life. The very best
way to make the most of these com.
try attractions is to prepare a better
home supply of all garden Vegetables
and small fruits in their season. Tho
American Cultivaror.
Spring Flowing.
In all the Norfharn c+otoc A.