The sun., 1901-08-24
EARLY FARM PRODUCTS.

1t has been discovered that there is IN
other side to that old proverh about the
early bird getting the worm. Somebody
has safely remarked that the worm was II
fool for bemg 50 early.
The fate Of the ,arly worm is often 10
allied in the attempt to anticipate the
,leiags Of other people aud heat then. in
the markets where men and women ,,.ll
the products of their thinking and work,
ing. There are necessarily many failures
in the maxim. Of these attempts. That
however. does rot and should not Il ter
other attempts. The other worm, III"
on" which escapes the bird, gets ont early
all the same. There is just little bit of
the mighty voumn Of wisdom wi irh
nature holds fpr the teaching of those
who will hr taught by her. The II l..
fortunes of the men of today come h"
cause the men are not Wise and car .flI
in avoiding he errors which brought rliin
struggle * always 10 hc ahead Wisdom
that lagS is of no account. The farmer
or "al,rI"r may know al that his neigh
hof knows about soils. seeds, fertilizers;
and seasons and may raise as 20 III and
;S big crops as his neighbor hut unless
he c:n get into the market with his
prodnc" just u little ahead of that neigh
hor. he c;lnint expect to ontpoimt him III
III" price at wi ich he sells To do this he
must take every advantage. He muI
find tie soil and situation for early plant
ing. the crops that will mature early ana
that will lie early in demand. In every
place there is sure to bc some difference
of coalition that nerIS 10 Il" discovered
and conquered. II is in the search for
and conquest of these differences and
difficulties that the true enjoyment of
ones occupation. hc it farming or any
thing else. is to he found. So il is that
the thinking cat of ones wD,E. and
working ont of ones thoughts. pays Il;
both ends Of the line.
or course. no one can tell exactly what
tn" demands of any locality waall hr
except Us the result Of experiment Every
farmer or gardener must decide that for
himself. The most any one else can ln is
to suggest what may he done. upon tho
basis of what has been done elsewhere.
\ suggestion Of this sort CAM to us tn,
other day in an article nnlcr the caption:
Limitation New Potatoes The POTATOES
Described wer" real potatoes, AMI mi
things nf the wpot"n nnmc. order rh,
writer Of il wanted 10 hr exact. and 10
leave 10 l"or open for a charg" OF deceit.
in the appropriation of 4 trick ot the
'li"athrn Chinese" who is sail to have
introduced this method of culture III
California.
Late in tie season, the story goes. NJ.
Ter the other crops are out of IT,, Way the
gardener plants n crop nf late and good
Keeping potatocs. Experience mus. Of
coulS" determine the where ani lust
when To plant to get good yirli hr.
dug ana buried in heaps in tie open
field tn await for the season or new IN
tat"rS. They m" then dug nj and scri,
ana exposed, by dipping, to Il bath in hot
I've. y wir" basket is used for The dip.
ping. The lyc cmls the skin - the ppt;l,
tors AMI makes them firm and solid.
After the dipping in llc the po'at ,cS are
rins"d IN water spread ont il the sun
IL
work is complete
The successful manirulatinu$ Of this
plan arr said to got new POTATOES intc tiu
market two months ihrad Of the rSunI
supply, The early bird in tis potato
business surely gets tho worm.