Putnam patriot., 1909-05-21

seIf, and is deeply entefiaining and in- siraetfee For thai reason. and ss re- sideut of aa adjoining town, we print the letter- in fali as published in the RafaI New Yofsefs
 A WoMaN-S FARM
 haze la@Hs, lhze powers.
 1 haze ffHit ] hsse flower; The lafk is my morning aiafmefi
 -g. mf jolly naYs aeHt
 Here lsod-psed 10 lhe pia@,
 Long long lie and ge1i health tn me
 farmer. --fJId English song. 
 The tsoef adsises that the t'lolly boys do thc blowing. hnt says nothing about lhe sex of the farmer Nowadays, even r the women cannot gel sutes ns fast AZ some of them would ike, they gel q chance to try their hand n many trades and professions and prove themselEe. wofkiHen .ho need mol 10 be ashamed. have been farming fl for eight Yeafs, and have mol yet put myself in il4e teef.hoHse--th cheerful prediction of ny friends.
 In the spring of lg0i I took my in- hefifanee. from my father, Of a' asl- acre New England farm, and decided, rather than te sell the homestead, that I would fun II myself This farm was part of the land taken up by my great grandfather, John Peyson, on the settlement of this part of The country by 4 company Of men and women from i RoAbufy. Mas. in f7tls, and has been i ia the family ever since. had been fefn and brought up here, and inspite ef having taught school successfully fof three years since leaving the Normal school, l feil the stirring Of the farmei in me, and .e gladiy left the kindefgaf' ten fot the vegetable garden.
 Ny father had run the fam to pro daee milk fef number Of years and assisted by his sister, had taken sum n4ef beafaefs, ,baeing enlarged the orig inal faffn house to aeeommedate abou twenty fxe people. had been n home very little for number oi years so my knowledge Of farming WAS mot ls inherited ef theory.
 Al my taking the property the farm WIS in good condition and fairly wei stocked Ii was morigaged for Sa, ,51 at five pef cent. had A little read, money from my school salary to star OIL 1 an nearly as much afraid debt as Nell Beverly, and l was GU rious to sec if 1 could make the farm support itself and me.
 Previous 10 my occupancy the mill had been peddled in town touf mile away, but the year l took the farm
 boys boarding school was started II our own town, and l made bid | supply II with milk and cream, am
 have held the contract ever since. Tn
 school has now grown lo such size thu take all the milk from my neighbol on the next farm, and sell Il with mine ] supplying, besides the school, aoou , | twenty families. The school is abou two miles from my farm and the mn i is delivered twice a day all the sehoe
 year, and, nj other times to my eusts e mefs once day This change was . benefit ta me, as on the old milk rout,
 running as il did to manulaeturin l town, with an unstable population i, there was always seme loss from ha , bills.
 My next move was to dispose ot m : large flock of hens, and move the hon' I es and wards. l may as we'll eonies
 that 1 hate hens. l knew that shout . never want to fuss with them mysei i. and Thought that my mems umecoui 5 he employed to equal advantage q taking care of something that woul 5 moi esoW mornines'
 one of lhe thing done the nrst yea WAS to build thitiy,foot greenhouse ijustilied this outlay by the vast In ptoNemenl possible In my vesetao' garden through growing good slocl of early plants, and have had n
 trouble in raising and selling, amon my neighbofs, enough vegetable ah' bedding plants to cover the cost ot run
 nine the greenhouse. II k one of m. great pleasures to have this place t
 work in all winter, and l can atwaN ! have s few flowers and hlossomini
 plants for the house, or 10 g'Ne friend With the greenhouse and few hothe' frames. l have lettuce nearly the who'll year, and rirs tomatoes oy Arrii. Tn
 seeetahle and small fruit garden rni for all there k in st--or for all that cai . ssi got ,out of II. l supply severa . summer cottages with all sorts of "gar den sass, as we'll as milk, the vegcta hle bill last summer running over SAs } which went long way toward pay ing for the garden.
 ! I have hs~n very fortunate in m, "help,n being able 10 get good meI who take an interest in their work.
 My summer boarding business ha been a great help tn keeping things go ing, supplying. as II does, Il convenien market for the milk during school Va cation and for the frait and vegetables
 The house is usually full nom th, middle of June until late In Septem her, and for lhc last fe~ years 1t seem that people are wanting Ia come int, the country earlier and stay later ths, ever before. l often wonder that nor, 1 farm houses are not open in this way for many people are glad 10 md qaiel