Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-07-22
For a Beautiful Farm.

A beautiful farm is usually a fertile and val
liable one, for ii mus be neatly fenced, well
cultivated, or covered with a clean sward on
which are grazing animals that are good rep
resentatiyes of the superior races. A beauti-
full farm is the property Of an intelligent own
er. Everything must be neat, convenient
and in order. Where possible the fences
run in straight lines and cover as little ground
as possible, and gates are where they should
be. Briars and unsightly weeds have all
been exterminated and groups OF trees afford
shelter TO the cattle from rays Of the summer
sun, when they 90 down to drink in the clear
pools. The whtewashed outbuildngs CLEAN
in the sunlight as though they were robed in
snow, and the well-painted farm house, sur
rounded by blooming shrubs and fragrant
flowers proclaim to the passing traveller that
there are books, refinement and intelligence
within. Many beautiful paintings by the
grand old masters represent on canvass the
peaceful scenes Of farm life. A flock Of
sheep grazing on the hillside, and the we'll
bred colts racing down the valley with flow
ing names and graceful heads high in the air
Cows with swelling udders standing knee.
deep in the clear water under the shade Of
the trees, and the brown thrush and oriole
singing over them; or the farmer down in the
meadow with his moving machine and the
fragrant clover blossoms lying in the sun
beams in long rows, red as the blood Of
doves and sweet as the odor Of yoets. There
is pretty picture, too, in the great barn
where the cows and sheep are having q con-
tinual feast, and the young lambs race and
play, while the snow lies deep on hill and
and prairie, or in the coy kitchen where the
good wife is beating out the rolls of yellow
buttqr like great bars of gold
As farm TO be beautiful must produce in
abundance grain and pasture, spread the
manu- in winter where ii is needed most and
make the grass grow green where all was
brown before. The days of soyenly farming
are passing: there is no longer any money in
it. Inferior domestic animals give no profit
and eat as much as good ones; we must have
beauties if we would realize the best results,
What is pretter than the long rows of cherry,
pear and plum trees, all covered with snowy
blossoms, standing like the white tents of an
army; and the pink bloom of the peach and
apples trees mingng their perfume with the
odor Of rose and lilac?
Nothing adds more TO the beauty Of the
farm than well-kept orchards, and they are
sources Of continual profit The pigs will
thrive all summer on the fallen fruit, and
benefit the trees in return by eating the
worms and roofing up the soil about the
trunks. A farm without an orchard is like a
rose bush that never blooms. II Us falten
rapidly on good, sweet apples, which arc
che aper than corn, and requires less labor to
. produce and sheep love them better than
beets or turnps. Good winter apples arc
always in demand and ricely evaporated fruit
will find ready market. If you have nc
, orchard on your farm set out one; if YOU
, have one already bearing-plant another.
flock of White Holland turkeys are not onl,
} ornamental on the farm but they will de ,tro,
= vast multitudes of grasshoppeis and othe,
{ insects injurious to the crops, and give Cooc
9 returns in cash for additional feed and care
White guineas, too are very pretty birds, enc
not quite SO noisy as the old variety. fth,
3 many varieties Of Chickens none perhaps ar
:, more profitable than the Plymouth Rocks an,
few are prettler. A few colonies CT Itaal
i bees may become source of pleasure an,
) profit TO the farmer Among all the hard
e evergreen trees, of large size, know of non
: more beautiful than Nordman Silver fir, an
the Oriental Spruce. OF all the &C varete
( growing on the lawn at Evergreen Farm the
~ are the finest. The Re,inasporas are elegar
II trees hut not quite so hardy, and of tn
v smaller kinds the jumpers and arborvitae
@ afford an almost endless variety from whic
= to make selections and the Rhododendror
I are, both in leaf and flower, the queens
o all. OF hardy, decdueus shrubs, the Japar
e csc SNOWFALL, the lilacs and the roses are II
best for the busy farmer who has but lit
time to cultivate the rarer kinds that requ
IL greater care to develop all their beauty.-E