The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
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All these things are being done without
haste, but without oeasing.
The barn was tenantess for the first
three years, for the cost Of the property
and the water precluded the purchase o,
q horse and his equipment. All the needs
for which this general utility horse Is .requl.
site had to be supplied by hiring.
But the fourth year saw three innova.
lions OF great Importance in the summer
home. One was the purchase of a good
all around horse and of surrey a buggy
and one horse farm wagon and plow to
keep the animal from getting rusty. The
second was preliminary to the installation
Of q COW that could hardly do her full duty
! by the family table without pasture; so
eight acres Of grass land back of the place
was purchased for a song or two. Ths
third innovation was the employment OF
| first rate farm hand for six months IN the
| year, an accession to the permanent uti.
| ties OF the place
| The whole scheme provides for no eS-
! pense that a modest income can i'll afford
The city man in question could not sprinkle
his few acres with live stock and a hired
man II the place would not pay the extra
cost.
1t was decided In the spring ot"1ec4 that
few more acres Of fertile land were desir-
able in order to increase the number OF
fruit trees, make plenty Of hay, with some
to sell, and put some Of the land into crops
such as field beans and potatoes, which
thrive among the mountains and bring
O good price in the markets. So five acres
OF land back Of the pasture was purchased
at the price Of several songs, for the soil
IL excellent, In fine state Of cultivationi
and produced ten tons OF hay last year.
This rounds of the property, and this
owner IL not likely to widen its borders,
Ten acres Of 1t may be kept in high con-
dition OF cultivation, and there Is besides
the pasture whose grass yield will soon
be doubled by good treatment.
There Is plenty Of room for garden truck
and flowers, tennis court and poultry, with
the loveliest Of young maple thickets and
superb old sugar naples, each Of which
would provide shade for a picnic. Thers
are twenty acres in the plantation, which
has grown wholly by accretion around
two Of its borders, SO that it Is one piece.
roughly oblong in shape,
The total investment thus far would
not more than have paid for the summer
outin g of the family for six years, counting
in such hospitality as they have been able
to extend to their friends at the average
mountain house boarding rates, which in
this region are from S. to $l2 week. The
taxes are almost a negligible quantity.
This spring the owner is setting out 500
apple trees of varieties that thrive best
in that neighborhood.
There are doubtless those who would
not enjoy this sort Of fun, but for those
who like 1t the fun lasts the year around.
Plans are brewing at city round table in
the winter evenings that center in the
graywalled cottage and the snowcovered
slope. What may be done within the means
at command to make the dear, quiet place
more lovely still more restful and bene-
fetal to all?
There are strata OF agricultural books
and journals on the library shelves. and
some relief has been found after weary days
even in the study Of commercial fertilizers
and the best breeds of cattle.
Many plan has been a castle in the air,
but it was none the less delightful in the
making. so the mountain home is not only
a source OF health and pleasure when in
contact with its peace and beauty, but the
thought Of it is blessed always.