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Thrilling War Encounter.

Mrs. Butler, the mother OF Senator
Butler, was resident Of Greenyille,
S. G. She was quite an interesting
character. She reared large family,
and when the war broke out her sons
promptly responded to their country's 8
call for volunteers.
AS Greenville was but small town,
and there was but one train day, it
was customary for crowd TO assem-
Die at the depot every evening to hear
the news from the scene Of battle,
some gentleman usually reading the
paper aloud to the others. Aud as
regularly as the evening came, Mrs.
Butter might be seen on her way to
the station, sitting in her little car
riage, or "carsy-all" as it was called,
driving On old horse which had evil
IDENTIFY seen better days. She would
take her position, close tv the plat
form, near the reader, and raising her
earsrumpet, listen sttentive!y. shew-
ing her approval OF disapprovai sS the
case might be, by nod or an emphs-
tic remark.
The following story is told Of her:
When division of Sherman's army
came through Greenville, the head
quarters were on Boyce's lawn, but q
short distance from Mrs. Butler 8
home. Some Of the more lswless mem.
bers Of the army secured the country,
pillaging and taking possession Of any
thing on which they could ley their
hands. They visited the stable and
carried off Mrs. Buffers only horse.
Early the following morning she pre-
sented herself at headquarters and
asked to see the federal commander.
Dir. B, a Southern gentleman
who was present, thinking that If the
General knew her sUcial position, be
would feel more inclined to grant her
request, introduced her as the ''sistel
Of Commodore Perry, our distinguish.
&c naval officer" But the patriotic
old lady remarked with a good deal Of
spirit, II did not come here as the
sister Of Commodore Perry, but as the
mother of seven sons in the Confed
crate army, and I want my old gray
horse #..s ..=.5 ..35ssl n Y
| It is needless to say that the Fed
eral officer, admiriag her indepen.
denee, promptly restored the animal
to its owner. Charlotte Observer.
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Women's Wear In War Time.

We had one ouss::en mill TO spin chs
warp. The people stood in line TO
get bunch OF cotton for warp, The
flling was yarn, cotton, fax and tow.
We got our dyestuR from the forest;
it was almost as bad on timber as the
tanbark trade lis now. There was d
great rivalry. an omg the women TO see
who could Haye the prettieat dress. I
have . quilt made Of cotton and lin-
en-. called}a 'Confederate' ! quilt. G
The clothing OF every member of
the family was made from the raw
material, carded, spun, woven, dyed
and made with homespun thread
Thetow linen cloth had oue pecB-
liarity. It aas . great stretoher. it
was often exchanged for other things.
A man and his wife started "a town
with cloth Sufficient TO get some ar 4.
ticles; on The way ha rememh hered she
needed d gimlst aiso; he told His Wits.
They decided 40 Tie the ends of the
cloth to two aapplipgs, he to stretch a 8
gimlet out of it. y sss5 sSf3 z:
took great interest ia theE silk Id
duatr5;. We fed the Vi woorr,s On sssuul;
berry Leaves, and aueh beautiful ailk
we, did hays--a bright. stripe iin 8 DOT.
ton dreaa made itVery fine. A fam.
lily made gloves, beautiful silk tnits.
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q 4 lldgsl 1. ofE sol bate 5 sals..
TIE OTs SOUTH CARoLTNA a .5e8!lsI
5;5s3S oUNTG OF s nEas0N.ss
vi Court OF Common ;PI Iaaa.s s::s:sI.

sJos. J J. Esatsseil. i. Plaintiif 1. M. Iiyar,
ilIifoId /, Dock illiford 4, Villiam
illifor6 andS Moses w iilffofd, DsisnK
81; dant5. Order Tor Fore ecloaufe. ss SF
EsE 5R Pursuant to tho order OF as ls graiataS
herein, Hilisel on Eaies sda9s I'M Sjetobsr,
3naxesins front or the CoIrE House. ini ifHa
SSCitygof Anderson, 81, o. d duflna tiie usual
hours df aale the Real ID state deacrIb bad aa
;lolloWes To viii sTs
II tias csrta ili Piecs. ParceI or
tofiI Land s!tnase 1S ing and being I'D tho
County and State afEs sasaid. on |yViisoIiis
Creak and ksanchsa thsteoi, srd a nay lor,a
SBfapcb All wafsra OF ssecfY River son.
tanning two hundFsd md forty9fga and
tons half t2453l acres, Id ore pr less, II
ioining lands now Or csgiers 81 bsiongisig
tai j Do. s. BsattY Ils A Ts Baafsy Mrs.
lor, iichRtyi isul, 9, sssssdi bit 4
Hall; III J0s. M sBnrrisa and Mrs. S. III
aBos0nnap, it bsinR the Same land r6nYey.!
led toS oliver sY u liifbsd Dock M illiford.
AfEillaapl SY ID lifofd and anHHa 5vt tlliford.
4! sSys Deed az joe date the
Slhday0f FsoyGnit Der
IS NSrnaSf 3nssh II 81 Cas- bs sa;! hal isncHs os4
stsSeiyS months, wf lib interest ON saste os
sale at ghE per ts fisr nnuu Id III
leave to the psiSoha ser Id pay II Eash.s
sfurctias si5a ,ara 81
Rs 81 Il IL s EI, ~ AN gs
Judge nf Prob ala ss ssasoiaI Hefarsse: B;
M E5pt q. 1905 fss "a 49,
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a Remarkable Family.

Capt. George Niokles MAS born IL
Laurens County, 8. O., In: October,
1860. When o young man he mss77 %
TO Abbaville County, where he spent
the remainder OF his life and where
nearly ali his descanl lants have res
mained. His wife was Mics aBryson,
Of Laurens, and his second wife was
Miss Aiken, Of Abhaville. He il che
father OF tWenty.one children, the
grandfather Of ninety.seyen, the great
grandfather Of one hundred and ninety
two, the great-great-grandfather, OF
thirty-seven. B making the number of
his descendants to date three hundred
and ,forty.savon.
He gave four sons TO ] the Confede der.I
ate army, all 5of " hon, were wounded;
in battle and emily one of whom sur.
vived the war;. He had also seven
son.in.laWssin In the Confede derate army,
fDur sc whom ore wound id IostJof
his deseendants have lived as he did,
~ tho country on "a he fart1. Several
have been merShant nts, one IS lawyer, five
doctors, fifteen teaohers. one licensed
ministsr % the Gosrsl and ono il nov,
in 9 course 5of prep ton for the min;
issrstion.
Capt. Nick les.was} }brough up ia the
A. Il P Church B and oil but threeai 30.
his deacendant ntss have been ytss,
rians. Z IS.
@ n}llagst Friday 10 il 81 reunion
ofs the family d brick ho,uisa','.
end Stso i hund led i Eof. The Il gcohne eotiop
we're present "a 5ansH Hsr; ;ag ain, or foF 81
the first time III; the fanil b ron .aalls
|;It Nas 9 delightfal occasion and viii
long 3bsT Tenaenb bared by alI present.
Sursly some !memb ber of tho Etrib VIII
make 4 comp ste family tree ID preasnt I
Ton shesnsxt like, 600 caaion. xIs5
Il he writer dc peg; ;so tbe n n
sbayilln Meainml 81 U tSaSli 81
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ed, ks Wills he govesnor u, 81
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tins oomnas Issss Is lasys saesiir soppcts
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lions / so i. both and ilad out sll isssy
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In ssss they shnal ia ea sss ID Il.
'negssa, not ch I'm and Jain
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~ ecrsts ns5 Stata Cooper aad ID ali
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fdapin ans ia nav iai saais assae 81 ii; xofaI
;Idatstufipns If Ill asa men men kno u aiSy ys
thing they ought "a Be lla ii Ii ii % tal allsik,|
audi she ah;sk shcnas saas M isss
Sthipa tiss $50 sbs asa sos M
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Judge of Pro ObaEe's Sale.
!9 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Z sSg55 ~ slsy9s5 COUNTY OF fANDERaoN.4sL 81

! n a
/. 2. the o,s4-. ef Cbnaso,, $;5s
samantha M. Heaton, 90 Heir as Law.
n. and Administrative OF the Estate Of O.,
y d. Johnson, dec,d Plaintiff, We. q arrles
E5 Edward sJohns0n, Rnfna a. Johnson,
ss2 Mary A. johnson, John H. johnson,
s lnman 81. .JOhnson, s. w illiRm g, j 6i,ns
son aud Charles I'D. Johnson; minors.
Defsnaa = Complaint for Partition.
H Paranant 70 the order OF sale granted
herefn,I will sall ON Saleaday in October
next, in front OF the Court Houea. ia the
City Ysof Anderson, s. OF, during che usual
hours OF sale, the Real Estate descrihsd
as follows, 20 wit 3S
iiS All that certain Tract or Parcel az
Land containing two hun dred end fl,ir-
ty-nine {2a9) acres, more Or lees s. situatS
in said State and County, Ia Garviri
TownHhips bounded by; lands OF IT. n,
wakefield Vestloy'E h WI liisms, G.. ~ M !.
Cole and others. q The said Tract yyaa
purchased by the said q. "a. Johnson IN
Two ParcelH or. Tracts. one Of Nhich ch was
from lord Xix an shown BY Deed
exscuted by him and record ed in the
office or the Clerk Sof the Court or the
aaids County tns Book SUu !, page 6l6. and
the esher BY :peeas sxeonted 3by the ohil-
the said otfcs iof the Clerk OF Court IN
ansgar by 81 ri sfaraIlea aae
therennto: the said Tract 0s SLand FArain
Sought 10 be paI titioned IN the Home
place Or Lne aaId q. II.SJ onnsoil, a eFd.S
3tTermsC Cash. D.,
r. 4. ia, gAMc iSss
JudEs of Pr obate as Special Refaress
IA Sent f.slSJ9.S q
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Bssena Il, / als I lHI.ihlls q 8.

8 During The OWL Was 10. diarp ssers
Evars apt become ntaxioste ted, ID
liquor va SON etimss ths only drink
they aonld gat. One COL ldies, ii lhossan
in tho habit of becoming intoxica lad.
sas asrsmonstfassa 9 With byg no ooionsi
tof hiss rsginlans the sconversasiSt,1,I
which took plaza being as fclIowas; 81
fll oa ne y srernagl lkablss 4 ss clsan man,
kank you, s'S
S3.s' Bnt, siiff, o,n had I'd Z ss
5sS|S sorry fer mt, sSlsnsl 8IS s
sEiSs 6u afin s
s3 am sorsy fsri Chat 8 sS q;
sst Isknow Oil Isre sosry ibat
why don 't yon drink ke me. 9Sssss. IS
egolanels opssi dn sdio is.s ls
would Rostca esald
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fed their numbers many times. In
the mathematics of fear 2 and are
not 4, but 20, and darkness ever null
tiplies by ten.
Thus by playing upon the imagioa-
tioD aud fears of his enemies Mosby
accomplished hundred fold what he
could have achieved with the same
number of men in the regular army.
The lonely pickets, the thrifty sut-
lers, the insufficient guard, were
really captured by their fears before
Mosby had even called upon them to
surrender. And the people and
press Of the North, as we'll as the
army gossip around the Union camps,
all were his unconscious allies, since
they increased his efficiency by in
creaslng the terror of his name.
In 1864 Sheridan started up the
Shenandoah Valley, determined to
make short work of that region. He
had $4,000 men, and opposed to him
was Early with barely one.6fth Of
that number. He get about his work
at ouce, and it looked as though it.
was matter of but few days long
er, when one day he halted. Sheri-
dan had missed his dinner because
Mosby had eaten it. With 800 men
he had captured one of Gheridan 8
largest trains near Berryville, and
that magnificent host Of Is, 600 veter.
ans sat down dormant for space Of
some weeks until their general could
arrange about getting his meals reg
ularly.
OF course Sheridan wouldn't admit
that he had been halted indefinitely
by band smaller than his own body.
guard, but the facts Of history over.
ride the feelings of even "a majo,
general.
While there never was body OF
men SO completely vitalizeo ard dom.
mated by one person as this body,
yet Mosby encouraged independent
leadership in his officers. One Majo,
Blazer had been harrying the valley
and there came to Mosby the cry Of
the afflicted people. Richards, .
said he to one Of his captains, "takt
companies B and G, go over into The
valley and stay there until you whiI
Blazer or Blazer whips you
A week after Richards returned
with Blazer and what he had left o!
Blazers men. In his report, Mosby
gave entire credit for the planning
and~exeoution Of the campaign to hii
captain.
Ten or fsteen years ago the suryi
vors Of the historic command helt
their frat reunion at Alexandria
About 120 attended. Since thel
they have met annually at the variou,
towns that ara scattered throughout
the country wherein they once follow
Cd life strsnun.s enough &c &c sasttisc;
the most exaoting advocate OF tha
cult. Each year secs their numbers
dwipdling, and it is not expected tha
more than half q hundred will respont
to the roll coll at Fredericksburg mex
week. ii e; sy. IL,
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e SIssealzlIle. ], Y! / Ilnde 4 epsnd dsat.

81 G'hiaries i . s i i, Ii
the evening j, was iassssng tslantio
City q board ,very little
lWhileta chairman passing {. would Sgsiiye
him ansh 4 salute as Ilnperos
Imigh have enSis d
sssiE BE &. said someons tfess
g gysst set M sahvsb gE1'f'
impgesaiYaJy s; t:ts
81 IL So because t1la ths sfpa them With
ansh generosity aoth her lied. S .sS
Bnt ~ SchWab prseated that
temen q M aug Ihiiinrag ira he saia; !;
nit sx xsrayag Ein nv sl,
Ii same lime TN. ts ID avoid
The sxsHpl thst Old Z sonass fcs
q | | aae d ass q ih u tito Id ID Ss-s
9ne eday rhslna pulls ia up hsa ssssa a.
sbeff Ore the gsn iSi ss
|5E 5SSs' Ilerb hold lsy hoss o
Eaaia |. getting daayss sss
Herb on ssa lasa IS hold
|shsS a0rse ton NIT
|as ssapnsays1
yoss VA b, sil III slsS 'tlSE
,sais ana shs ge 6;
| sAnd Hsrh who had as xpeete M ak nit
9 q y u q 8 i
sas lssss d y lhsia ol|
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Sale OF Real Estate.

VIII otter for eaia OF public ontcry on
E..sSaay. October 2, 1905. at Anderson,
8. G., the IoilaHing Tracts OF Land:
One Tia ct containing lo64 acres. s5 sSt ssSs
One Tract containing so aerea.
One Tract containing S9l screa.
Situated eeven miles northeast OF Ana
derson, g. O., on the lVilIiamsion Road .
adjoining lands of Col. Il, IL. Campbell.
u. III. Balenune aud othera.
.Tsrns-OIe-thisd CEah. .sss;.i..5s .ss.sss;..it. 90 on
Time, intases. i1on day Of aele ats per
by mortgage OF tie promises.
80. r. VANDIVER, tst
Anderson, s.. G.. f
Sent o, 1905 4FS sSs8 I. 10 sf, - ~ tfsS i5ffE
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Sent 0. 1905
For salo=7153O Acres Land.

Tract No. LOO anres, 4 miles east OF
Mt. Carmel. In Fiatwocds wheat beIt.
seven good tenant houaes. Place ali
wired IN. On nnAiu public roads. VIII
grow three.fourths OF q bale of cotton ner
acre, fem one 20 two tons of hsy nor
acre end l5 20 80 b1shels Of corn. a
Isacs No: 2--I139 acres, 8 miles SOUTH
OF Aebeyille. Coed cotton land. Nine
good tenant honsYs and out buildings.
wen W;'arsd and on public soeds. IA in
eral spring. Fiue Bermuda yrass. pas-
lures between 300 and 400 acres, VI irsd in.
milsa from good public school. 40
mead graded Short Horn and Poliod-A
gus cascle. Registered Dayon Bull, a
yeara old. For further particulars call
on or write 81. '5 Ess; 81
HUNTER BROS,
lit I. 5;;.i Hunters, s. q.
y itssts 3:.i Ahbeyille Co.
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The Spencer Boy.

Master D. /. Spencer is lad Of 10
summers. He was deprayed from esrly
childhood, but when charges were
brought against him his parents In
vsriably screened him, and naturally
he became very insoleEs. Many peo-
pie would not believe .lat q boy of
such parentage could je wicked, and
as bad as his conduct wss, they con-
tended that he was good in principle
and would be all right in deportment
il lie would reform and behave him-
self.
There were many others who saw
that he ruined every boy that sssoeia-:
ted with him, and though they deblor.,
ed his influence and shuddered to
think what the end would be, yet out
of respect for the lad distinguished
father they continued to befriend
him. i
Then there were some irreverent
persons who aswaya said shst tth5 ttih5 shap ihaap
was nc better than anybody else 8 kid.
and tried to chunk him away from
their premises. This was very rude,
and sorely grieved the fond and pious
father, who regarded every old gjn.
saw shied at the boy aimed at him.
Finally people who thought the
brat was getting no better and was
about to bring disgrace upon all his
kindred and friends began TO say that
he must be brought to account, Then
his best friend jumped mp before any.
one else could say another word and
said: "We will get up committee
and Investigate him; his friends can
do it better than snybody else. = = OF
course he thought that none but oh ums
would get on that Sommittes. S. lf5
The talk went on aud good many
people said the Spenser boy shouldn't
play in their back yards any moge,
and lots of others Say they are going
to order him off, as much as they like
the old man. @
4 When the dear old father shifted
the scent that was in the air he said;
"There must be something dead az
the branch, and I'm afraid that boy
has been at the killing. His early
training was all right but he has beer
in bad company. he muat change hii
associates and reform, and I'll give
| him six months TO do it in; IL ,5 he
doesn't get right In that time +, II
help tokill him That was very
! brutal remark, and he softened i
4 down afterRard when, he deolarsd thal
be would give ss!.e hey 81 sigs nantha 1.
reform and if that was nos enough hi
i woa.aa s;vs HIN ear Or ss#o longer
q and he didn't set any time TO Kill
ii MIN.
There was some mistake in 5getti1e
n up the committee 60 enquire into ths
n behavior OF the spenser boy e Tht
Il man that Waa il a hurry 10 inYeati
Il gate told the fellows, IRE ijus jus
4 going around moothing things over
4 bnt other members of the committe,
didn't und derssand the usiness tha
| way. They took Of; the lid, "a aai
u sfings began to come ont. her
q they HentSto traeking around In th,
{ sand they foand footprints said x
have bsen made by the friendly ID
ycstigato tor. Then ne cried reason
\ trssson s. He I Jumped np sud crack
& led #his heels toget Their and ahoo 5shi
y I5dst and said thing ghester Ian tern
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Anv 81 ssaa u n Birsss q sal, fa;
gsssss nsass bs Il l'l|| IsajF |
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l ,1*fafRINlAIfOksN V.
e Judge Of PRO- bate as Special ReSaree.a
4 Sept g. 1905 q q
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-10-15
SO CENTS \ YEAR.

atcly around and between the
plants and in no case should it
cover the center buds. Such
mulch will keep down grass to
some extent. preserve moisture,
prevent crustiug OF the surface
and keep the fruit free from
sand.
As 10 varieties. X IS best. per-
haps, 10 depend on no single
kind. with rawberries. at
least three varIeties-one early,
one mid-scason and one late
should be found in the planting.
klondykc, Lady Thompson and
Candy, in the order named, are
among the best varieties so far
tested at the College. Excelsior
might be added for the sake of
having very carly fruit. but it is
not one OF the best table sorts.
For raspberries, Turner and
Cuthbert for rcd, and Spring
field and Gregg for black, will
give good succession. Dallas,
Mersereau and kittatinny are
three good varieties of blackber-
ries. The Erie and Austin dew.
berries might be added fer very
early ripening.
The difficulty in growing rasp.
berries successfully is to hold
the foliage during our long and
hot and dry sum-
mers. We have found that by
pruning the plants closely, ir is
easy to develop strong, stocky,
shrub-likc plants rather than
long, slender branches or Canes.
Properly pruncd, the plants re-
quire no support. Pruning
should begin when the plants
are twelve to fifteen inches high.
- a.
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Small Fruits for Home Use

Hor'iculiuri1 A. B. Mckay. Missis-
sippi Agricultural College.
Strawberries, blackberries and
raspberries, in the order named,
are the small fruits best adapt
ed TO garden culture in our
climate. Strawberries aud black
berries do we'll almost every
where in Mississippi. Rasp-
berries succeed better in the
northern, than in the southern,
portion. perhaps; but with care
in the selection OF varieties and
with good attention. an abun-
dance OF this delicious fruit FOR
the family may be produced in
almost every garden.
While almost any soil that
will grow the common garden
vegetables will answer. the bcr-
ries named are all clay loving
fruits; and succeed best on
tfnc.grained, rather compact soil
that will absorb and retain
large quantity OF moisture. Soil
OF medium fertility is best for
strawberries and black berries:
the richer, the better for rasp-
berries.
The picking season for straw
berries in central Mississippi
begins about April 10th and con.
tinues from five 10 ten weeks,
tapping we'll onto the raspberry
and blackberry harvest. The
three fruits should furnish fresh
berries for the table daily from
three TO four months each sea.
son. a family OF six should eat
at least one gallon Of berries
each day. Granting that the
season lasted only one hundred
days. one hundred gallons of ber-
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NAL FOR FARMERS.
. THEIR FAMILIES.

should be set about 80 inches
apart in the row.
Before planting is done the
soil should be deeply stirred aud
thoroughly pulverized. Novcm-
ber for fall planting and Febru-
airy Is TO March Is for spring
planting are usually successful.
However. with Strawberries
planting may begin early in the
fall, say Cetobcr first. and may
continue "a late IA March Is.
Avoid setting such plants during
freezing weather or during mid.
winter. Strawberries set du-
ring the fall will produce quite
nice little crop OF frui. the fol-
lowing spring. II fruit is de-
sired the first spring, strawber-
ry plants may be set six inches
apart in the drill. instead OF Is
a. advised above.
Cultivation should begin early
in the spring. No set OF iron.
clad rules should be followed
closely, differences in latitude,
seasons. soil. etc. render il nee.
cssarv 20 vary rules TO harmon
izc as nearly as possible with
circumstances. AS with pota-
toes, cabbage and other garden
vegcta oles, cultivate sufficiently
often to keep the soil in good
tilth and free from grass and
weeds. Cultivation the first
season is usually continued until
the approach OF cool fall weather.
No winter protection is re-
quired for any Of these fruits in
this latitude. During mid-win-
ter, however, il is we'll to apply
a light mulch of straw or cotton
seed hulls to the Strawberries.
This should be placed immcdi-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-10-15

rics would be consumed. At an
average price OF 10 cents per
quart. $40 would be the money
required TO purchase these Der.
ries in the market.
Berries from ones own gar
den, where toey may remain on
the plants until just right for the
table. are not to be compared TO
the very best TO be had from the
markets. II it were possible for
all the markets in all the villages
end towns ot the State to keep n
supply OF fresh frui, on hand all
the time, and Il they should
offer berries without money and
wlthou, price, it would be i'm
possible for the maj jor part OF
the population to avail them
selves Of the gift. Fruit in sea.
son should not be regarded az a
luxury. II is a necessity.
Granting this to be a fact. pos
sibly the suggestions given may
help the readers OF this article
grow all the berries they can
possibly use at home and at
small cost.
Onc hundred aud twenty-five
square yards, or about one.for-
tieth Of an acre is sufficient area
in strawberries for a family of
six. Give about the same area
to raspbcrries aud to blackber-
rics. For strawberries this
will give five rows three feet
apart aud scvcnty-fve feet long.
Setting the plants Is inches
apart in the row. $50 plants will
set the patch.
The same area will allow three
rows OF raspberries and two of
blackberries each Is feet long.
Raspberry and blackberry plants