St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-09-17
FARM AND HOME.
Contriving and Saving

ing, fuel and light.
Let us consider the question of
PROVISIONS
The tendency of modern farming i
to centraize all effort in the produc
of one or two paying crops; that is
crops from which money can be OBJ
tanned. with the result that man,
farmers buy most of their provisions
To avoid this, first take felC
large OF small, according to size o
family, and devote it entirely to veg
etables and fruit. Set out every
spring about 800 or 400 strawberry
plants. Set out every two or three
years so red and so black raspberry
plants and % backberries. Plant a
good variety Of all vegetables relished
by any members OF the family
and such vegetables as corn, peas
and few others, plant every two
weeks through May and June. Set
out a few grapevines, peach, pear,
plum and apple trees in the same
field. Keep this field just as well cul.
tivated as any field from which you
expect to obtain a good, salable
crop, and you will be astonished at
the result when the returns are all in
The product of this field will also
during the summer to a certain ex-
tent solve the meat question. Now
we don't want to destroy the butch
cr's business, but il you want to
stop very serious leak in the family
pocketbook make the butchers
wagon last resort for supplies in
stead of the first. Raise plenty of
chickens, and keep from thirty to
fifty good laying hens. Don't be
afraid to kill two or three chickens
week, during the summer and TALL at
least, and use all the eggs you want.
Sometimes several visits to the
butcher may be avoided by making
an arrangement with dozen neigh
bors that each kill good veal calf,
lamb or pig in turn, dividing the
meat among them ALL II this can
not be done kill the animal when YOU
can conveniently, and turn a nice,
clean wagon into butchers cart for
half day, selling the portion of meat
you do not want for your own use.
You will always find buyers, at least
in a thickly settled community.
In all sections where wheat is
raised of course the question of bread
is settled. In many parts OF the East,
however, there is an actual saving in
raising rye, selling both rye and
straw and buying wheat -four. This
applies where the rye straw brings
about the same price as good hay.
Wherever buck wheat will Go well
raise a little for the old-fashioned
buckwheat cakes. japanese buck
wheat will often succeed where the
old variety will not produce a pay
ing crop. The writer has this season
raised forty bushels of japanese on
less than two acres, although it has
been jor some years almost useless to
sow the old variety in this vicinity.
OF course, every farmer wants his
own
MILK AND BUTTER
but don't keep a milking machine
which will not produce at least 225
pounds of butter in year, and please
remember that a COW is a machine
which requires good deal of care
and a great variety OF feed to do
her best throughout the year. 1t
seems as though plenty of farmers
might save the price of halt their
cows by feeding the other halt well.
and taking just as good care of them
as they do of their horses.
But there are some things which
must be bought. Why not save in
buying as in raising? Many
GROCERIES
can be obtained a wholesale rates il
several neighbors will form a club
and order in quantity from some re-
liable merchant in the nearest town
or village. These Wholesale pur.
chases can be divided according to
the requirements of the separate fam
lies. dozen smart men can soon
figure on good profit tor each on
such transaction II they will only
get well informed as to wholesale
prices before buying and then pay
cash.
CASH PRICE AND COST PRICE
are pretty close together in these
days. This system of buying is
practlced extensively by various
oranges end can be made to work
nearly as well in any farming com
munity. Try it.
In sections where it is absolutely
necessary for the farmers to
PURCHASE THEIR FUEL