The Green Forest tribune., 1904-02-27
FARM OF ONLY 5 ACRES.
,What an Industrious Man Can
 Do on Such q Size Tract.

k What an Industrious Man Can
 Do on Such q Size Tract. . The following article recently published in Springfield (Mo.) , paper from the pen of G. A. At- wood, the we'll known writer and enthusiast on the possibilities of the great southwest, can but be of much interest to our readers: m this country large farms are th6 rule, small farms the excep- tiQn. As the population in- creases the number of farms in- AeAse.
 The fruit grower does not need many acres. Let us see what a man can accomplish on five acres, near any good town in the south- weet. There are many such farms in the territory mentioned that yield good incomes, and the ! Families occupying such places are never lacking something to do.
 Let it be understood by the distant reader that this is land of1the greatest diversity in pro- dt10ts. All the fruits and vege- tables, and the grains, too, of the temperate zone thrive here. If a man is going to raise wheat, or corn or engage in dairying, he . must have quite large farm. Rut let us consider five acres neAr one of the live cities of the Ozark country, or near a ship ping station.
 Enc buildings will take up quarter of an acre, for there must hea lawn in front of the dwelling, and some flowers. There must be alot for the horse and COW, which would take three-quarters of an acre. The feed for these animals and the pig will be helped out by ground stuff and forage from the other land.> This leaves four aeIes for cultivation. Let us put one acre to cherries, a fruit that does not fail oftener than one year in nine. The fourth year these trees will make a profit. We know five-acre farm whose four year. old trees in 1902 made alear profit of S125. .OO per acre. Good wo-year-old trees will cost 2Ocents each, which seems high, but tthey will earn more than ap- pR
 Plant half an acre (6O trees) to peach trees. It would be well to h8Ee a few pear trees. We know three trees that earned their own- err S19.00, S12.O0 and 5000 reSpectively, in one year. These owners had but one tree each in their respective gardens. Some ofxthe pear trees might be set in che door yard, as pear trees do bSet, after they are we'll estab-s hshed, in blue grass soil. Put out 5O apple trees.
 There are,4 then, two and one-, half acres in trees. Set straw berries in the cherry orchard. The trees will do all the, better for the berry plants, which will have thorough cultivation, and four crops of berries can be grown be- fore the trees will require all the ground. ,.s :.
 Set black raspberries between. the tree rows in the apple or- chard. Grow corn or COW peas between the peach trees for. two years, and COW peas after the third year, if the land needs nitrogen. If humus is lacking, turn under the vines; if soil is in right condition the vines could be cut for hay. There is no better fodder for the horse and COW. The few roots will add much Fertility to the land. S. >,
 There are left one and half acres for vegetables. One eighth of an acre should be in aspara- gus; have some rhubarb, some beets, onions, tomatoes, etc., one- eighth acre. Don't fail to plant quarter of an acre to choice sweet corn. Put in half an acre of early potatoes. Plan to have the seed cut several days before planting, so wounds will callous over, and if germination could be