The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

by this movement. BY goCd 1udg-
ment and hard work, who can predict
what the next two years will accomp-
l;sh?
1t has been asked by one present,
What chance is there for a young
man who has a good education but no
money on the farm?r I answer there
Is every chance. Let him work for
wages OK rent a small piece OF land
and ecoCom;ze until he has saved
enough to buy q small farm OF his
own, then go to work to build up that
farm and home, using intelligence
in the location CT his house and the
placing Of trees, and it will not be
long before he will have home that
will indeed be pleasure. Let US de-
scribe home as it should be and car
be when q young msn has the man
hood to work.
He buys a piece Of land, perhaps
poor ard badly washed. To the casual
observer there is no attraction or in
ducenent in it, but this young man
goes to work, determined to succeed.
Be builds small cottage, far enough
from the road to give him several
acres front. This as veil as the rest
Of TIE planting land Is broken ceep
acd thoroughly pulVerzai. On this
front ne planted pecan trees from for
ty to fifty feet apart, having three OF
four rows on each side Of the avenue,
this be plants in cotton, peas, ground
nuts or some other crop that will not
interfere with the growth OF the trees.
AS the crop Is worked the trees are
worked, and after the first year make
growth that is remarkable. After
seven to ten years when the trees
come in bearing and crops will no
longer 90 we'll, he sets out the inter
Vening spaces in eVergreens and soWs
OF plants thc plot in bermuda grass.
After year or two more he uses his
moving machine, which coISlsts OF
several fine calves and his lawn be-
comes thing OF beauty and pleasure.
Just to the front OF his houae he puts
out rests etc., which make his heart
rejoics aS well as psrfume the whcle
1cuse with their Sweetness. His back
yard also has been set With pecan
and japan walnutS, which make
beautiful shade and furnish nuts. We
glancs around and notice g well made
nen house and near Shed twelve BY
twenty feet walled up except on the
South witch is covered by wire. Tois
is where his chicken ccops are ana ne
raises the little fellows during the
cod weather. Then we pass through
a gata eEleriog bis hocSelot AID see
ssperal large barns with ample loom
10 house his provisions, shelter his
tools al d warm comfJrtao Die stables
tcr the i.orseS. AS we pass through
another gate over to one side We en-
eer the cow:ot where he hss large
barn vita numbers o. stalls, provided
for COWS, sheep and goats. These are
SO arranged that the stock may be
fed without exposing one to rain. AT.
ter leaving this lot we 60 into a grove
that is remarkable for It's beauty. TIE
beautifully shaped everbearing Dul-
bsrries sprea:. cut their branches,
giving Shaue for the hogs and drop
ping the large rich fruit for three
months in the year, not only giving
iocd but health and vigor to the scWs
and pigs. Around to the right We see
several dozen peach trees loaded with
fruit while a little beyond the rich
red fruit tells you Of the apple. All
OF these with plums, pears, cherries
and grapes so 70 make q complete
orchard. Back CT this we see the fsld
Sith growing crops, well cultivated
and giving promise Of good harvest.
AS 5ae day grows late we hear the
low OF the COW ard the jingle OF the
bell as she comes to her calf from the
green pastures, the bleating Of the
sheep and see frolicsoms lambs and
Kids as they play before their moth.
ers, ne heac the sQueal OF the hogs as
they gati1sr at the barn gate Tor their
evening meal, AID ever and anon our
attention is directed to the chicks
cecking each other, seeking the most
suitable roost, while the turkeys fly
upon some friendly limb OF a spread
ing pecan. After seeing that al are
cared for, we 60 in for the evening
meal, and what sight! The table
10: d-d with pies, baked pears, cut
peaches aud cream with just enough
aice light bread, baked from wheat
grown on the farm, to talance the
meal. And then to have a sweet lit
tie wife look up with the most bean-
ing smile while half dczsa healthy
little children are hiding under the
table, behind chairs and in the corn
ers, waiting for papa to find them.
Gentlemen, If this is not living, II
shiS does rot bring joy and peace to
mans heart, he need never expect it
In this world.