Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-01-17

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vegeta bles be disp aysa 10 liquid were
caulifowsr. celery, lettuce aud Deans.
HARD WORK AND LITTLE PAY.
Kirklin was born In 1888 ard Was
brought up under tho training Of .
Missouri mas or during and after the
war. Tas effscts Of Il : s'ill visible
10 theme hod Of work Parsued by the
old man. He hlmself says that the
..niRgers" OF the present day are afraid
Of hard work. A. the age Of IL he be-
gan working for greenhouse: His
salary for the hrst year WAS only thirty
cents day. The second year he was
given ten cents more. Fifty cents .
day was his pay for the third year. It
took Ave years Of had work for him 10
earn 81 day. His next move was to
the greenhouse when he was first es.
tn blished q the universisy. Here Kirk
lin found employment for three years
and eight months when he decided 70
start garden Of his own. With two
small lots, on one Of which stood his
hou Sc, he started in business for him.
self. The tract Of ground has grown
until to-day he owns over four acres in
his garden and has four houses to
rent
Kirklin's garden is the best in the
central portion Of the state, He has
three fourths Of an acre In straw berries
that in four years before the last
brought him an income Of $l,67O.
Last year he received only SIS, as the
b .ds were uncovered just one day too
sson and the frost killed the boon.
The berries grown In his beds are the
choice kind that have taken premiums
at the Boone county fair and the slate
horticultural shows ut the unise rsity.
No better celery grows anywhere
than ia kirklin's garden. His annual
crop Is about $500 lunches and these
he raises With The greatest care.
Every stalk Of it is properly bleach, d
and as crisp as can be. Ne starts the
plants in hol b .ds and trRnsplants them
in time to put his crop on the market
both early and late.
Klrklin takes special pride in rais-
ing the rare and high priced vegetables
that are used on the tables of good
Ilvers These bring him the greatest
profit
Z IS AN UP.To.DATE GARDENER.
This Negroes garden has all the
modern appliances and is fitted for pro-
ducing along Scientific lines. At one
corner Of his lot he has pond that is
higher than most OF his beds. He has
piped the water to al parts Of his lot
% that he can. water 3the vegetables
during the dry westAsf. All 81 this
work, even the hadrants, is of his own
installation. BY stone walls and grass
plots he has made the water in his
open reservoir SO pure that no objec-
tioa has been raised to its existence.
He has we'll eight by twelve feet in
the center of his garden which furnish.
es water in extremely dry seasons, He
has never been known to fail with a
crop. Hundred of feet Of rubber hose
are used every year. .>-..a -,s.a.
kirklins family consists of his wife,
two married daughters and two adopt
ed children. His two daughters are
graduates OF Lincoln Institute ~ Je effer.
son City. He expects to educate his
adopted children as we'll. His house is
well furnished. A BRUSSELS carpet is
on the parlor floor, pictures hang on
the wall and q piano stands in the
corner.
The reputation. of kirklin has ex.
tended beyond the county. He has on
different occasions been offered the
superintendency of the state farm at
Lincoln Institute. He prefers his own
little farm here in the midst of his
friends where he was brought up. He
thinks so much of his place that no one
is intrusted to do any hing except un.
der his supervision. e.
Besides good living for himself and
family, this thrifty Negro lays sside
about $1,000 year for the evening OF
of life when his days Of productiveness
are over.-Daily Kansas City Star.