The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
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with the ever increasing facilities for
rapid suburban transit, the cail Of Nature
70 the woods ana sweet fields Is more
easily ana economically answered by the
average dweller In tenement and apart
imcnt, or on 20 foot city lots, where only
( hard pavcments and polluted air are tho
chief elements. In every direction
,outFof Richmond u there arc beauty spots.
easy 81 access and very cheap In price
that only await the hand Of In dustry TO
mould them into homes Sof happiness.
The average man who work Tor daily
wago with an income of from ron Slo ~, per
week up, would find health. happiness
ana economy In ~ suburban home among
his own flowers, fowls and fruits.
Few people realize the possibt tiles OF
intensive cultivation on an acre OF aver
age fertility Of such land as we have IN
tho vicinity OF Richmond. tf Most @of me
small agricultural holdings In this part
OF the State are occupied by negroes.
too many OF whom with 4 chara ote e =
and unvarying lack OF system, year alter
year plant the crop when the possibility
Of a harvest has well nishkvanished.l ana
give up to tho weeds In the midst OF the
battle, ana with weeds, like sin. q bat
tie half won Is battle lost. 4 = the
purpose Of this article to- show what may
DO the gain to the city worker Of the
cropping Of the acre or more about g.
suburban home. A III "a VI
81 The first lin would pe improved
health 10 tho Individual and an improved
average to the community. Gymnast y
I"systems, !" sanatariums and nine-tenthas
I of the drugs are but insufficient stub
stitutes for physical exercise when
comes close to tho soil and has e. lee
finite purpose OF fruitful returns for It's
object, 3 $f No system OF "a flexions I'll and
punches III contraction and relaxation,
EQUALS athe old-fashioned play OF the hoe
ma tho hand with the weeds. Is III Il y
Tho too customary experience Of tho
city worker with the garden Is some N
thing like this: S$. rs sSi
&. A neighboring farmer ia hired to plows
a long uncultivated piece OF land, perhaps
filled witt wire grass. covered with gravel
or washed bare to the clay subsoil lay
ing aside his coal after returning from
business, the youthful Adam goes to
work to create 4 his Eden right manfully.
sA week or two OF aching muscles md
cailous palms proves Efficient for dis
courn cement. and a. few spinding rad
isheB or dish OF Eng ish peas with 9,
fine crop OF weeds and a. lasting dis
taste for Ill garden work make UP the
sum total OF result. s .53 3I
Eb The motto, Make haste slow ly'''E Is the
first requisite for creating an Eden out
OF the average acIe. There must be
careful planning, {R a sat isfaction with
9utrv SILT
from head to foot, including skeleton
gloves for tender palms. whenever any
considerable effort is und ertak EN- an I'm 4
med lnte bath for tired muscles, md this
gymnasium will y tlast In It's 81 Interest
any other. tEmust not be forgotten -
4 well cared for II set Of tools, the best
iobtaina BILE for each kind OF soil opera
ton, will Tighten tho labor fully one- hall.
~ Now as to what may DO raj sed on tine
home patcll-and the following u state
4ments are based \ on ctual expe Renee
beIn Il realized moro and more. s we are
happy to say, all through the country.
f&SlThe simplest available crops for the
earliest plantin will Y be onions. Irish
potatoes and bets. a The small bulb va
#rieties 4 OF onions cannot be set out too
early. ana q hundred foot row MAJ " yield
two buslieH. The potatoes will be " q
d lisa ppointmentf at 81 first rs Il the soil is
poor. but later effort may SEQ \ a half
bushel planted yielding n harvest OF
twenty bushels. & The 4 hardy beets rarely
prove a failure. nndishes and lettuce
are best raised In cold frames In this
climate, and n frame three fee by ten
feet will furnish q supply for a small
family 3S VA E Il 3}Si III it5
The second early vege tables; English
peas. snaps. cucumbers. cymblings and
Scabbnge are not nll sure to crop well In
+ response to unskilled labor. and some OF
them might we'll be left out. with such
companions as Scanteloupes melons, early
sweet corn and celery, until experience
has been gained as to soil and co l7.ll
tions. 81 n 8f a ss n NJ 5,T 33t
With harder growths there need be
no such hesitation. Butter and navy
beans, roasting ears. black eye pea s. to-
imntoes and sweet potat toes scarcely ever
fail to give adequate returns. 5Y Tho land
may bo9 ,nanag ed SO ms ito secure q sue
eession OF two or three crops on the
same plat. Navy beans or COW peas
may follow early pota toes. to be followed
insturR by turnips.9 Navy beans succeed
well between sweet potato I. rows. Cow
peas may bo put In till midsummer IN
any vacant spot. And then. for salad,
knle, salad turnips md spinach will keep
growing and furnish many q wholesome
dish from under their winter covering OF
pine boughs. sFs ' 35s. 55 gii
Then there llro the fruits, which. con- con-
trnry to general opinion arc really moro
difficult for the amateur to succeed with
than veg tables, because more liable to DO
neglected, Strawberries "a nd Ii aspberries
Will give good and prompt returns. rightly
managod but the small landholder VII!
do we'll mot to cun,ber much cultivated
land with trees until conditions are .ln-
derstood. "A Iklefer pear, Clinton or Wyo-j
ming red grape, Abundance plum ana
Murillo cherry about the house Will give
practice in fighting the enemies OF scale
and blight the rots and insects without
n knowledge OF which Embarrassing can
not DO made to pay for the necessary OK
penditura by the small operator.
Who should have a garden All desk
and bench workers and such as are con-
fined during business hours IN close ana
unsanltary conditions. The employed
moro emphatlcally than the employer,
for there ls.an opportunity for Intelligent
self,drection and planning, Of which mod
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