The sun., 1910-05-08
EDS(I EDOE AIT,ggRHEESSHIP TO FARM
A MOM.IN OFFICBHOLDER VINO
W0N RER INDEPENDENCE.

aFarSh-Not . VERY Coed Pagn
ont shs Learned new 10 Manage n.
'Tusnty.avs aorus Of land has given
ne Independence for more than fifteen
yeaE&S',
Ths speaker vas one Of the first women
m tha country 70 b. appointed 10 n Gov
ernmant clsrkahip N WaahingtOn. and is
nov de owner u . prosperous farm IN
Maryland.
sIhadbeen working for the GOgernmsnt
Tor twelve years WHEN my syssight began
10 faA and realized that would soon
be an ella w0uun.' abr went on. Il had
egvod some money and the question was
What DO do with il 50 that 10 would take
care sfme In my old aEs.
"Thnigh I had never lived on a farm
had seoa enough Of the Mo 10 rualizs
how many more comforts oan be had In
country home than in q city. also had
faith In real estate a. an Investment.
80 afrRgsulluR 4 over I doui<ied Tint "
] could ~ erll pht q M runnina
order % hopsyi IN hank for
" raiut s would berthe best way
Tor ID ~ - time whaa
wOuld ~ a|s 20 Wurk for tho
ne ~ l,isa~as twsgvsraIlas.
out n reIg.t | invested halt nv
savinS ard ~ sOoner, had I pGid
lhs N gn BEGIN 70 loArn
what u The ounsrsof- a,run
down festRte. ~
"Th3 tt the agent had Rsagfnd
ne wo3 d5 wood a. new with a Hitle
repaid " coo before the carpenter
Ini.he at h. said was Als0lIfely
.necesa the hnd. except Eve ars,
was Il and damp that evdiyhody
Iconat ssired me that nothing could
BE- doaa M Z vas drRined. SO instead
of rek ting, my once and moving cut
20 my ,r7r. the next spring there was
nothiff brit bat Tor me 10 invest in a
pair q 5relasses and stick to my clerk
I dkN however. got Erent pleaalre. be
tides a lmpruvemont In my health from
tho wett,nds which spent az tho farm.
Besides h gavs mo an object 20 save for.
and - Mo end oi the second year had
not oaF had all tho dmining done and
bought tbe necessary tools but ! had
very god beginning in tho way OF stock
md pttllry.
AT tllsend q the fourth year resigned
my ph,cg under tho Government and
moved out for the purpose Of d0voting
al my tbne and enarwies 10 farming. |
had TIia3sa my fortisth birthday and
though msny MaDy friends slIcok their
heads afId aiixzeete1 elnat ID would b. bet
tsr for ne % stick to my cierkship | de-
termin.ai 10 carry cat my plan.
Il had studied ard read enough about
farmiaa sincs luylng the phoo 20 know
that the mrs prOhieln ] had 90 taoe was
making tho and as profitable as possible.
The three means 20 this end as I worked
out tho proJlsn we're plenty ~ fertilizer,
the hest cultivation and tho best sesds.
Though had always fertilized the land,
The yeaF that / moved out and took per-
rDnaL Charge I began 10 buy manure by
the Htlndr0d dollars worth, having Il
shippod from ths city hy carloads. This
vas braad0ast over the land and besides
Iuseaummsnrhil lortilizoEs In the rows.
-SaNaraisof az nHiGhborA Old farmers,
arsuI,d- ne that ! was OVERRIDING The
manuring, They said Il was all night II
7 ood8d b. sure % plenty of rain during
The snfing IND sumner. but II drought
came nv rfors Wouldh b. burned 1p. There
Tas ulrt one man who backed me up. He
was Ne old negro who had acted as my
foretfffn alfice thought the place and who
had lived there several years under the
former OWners He said the land was
10 damp Il would eat up all the manure
Iput Olit lthOut the assistance of rain.
he proved 70 BE- correct, for THAI sum
mer wb did have a prolonged drought
and my place was the only land In the
vioinitf that didn't suffer, That year my
potatdhs yielded me nearly two hundred
bushet 10 the acre, Whihe the helds OF
my n9Ehbors didn't turn ont half that
anoum NV cabbage ieids also gave q
fair amount Of profit but having proved
that the land would Withstand cOntinncd
srv weather | determined 90 make u
still richer
-Ths neat year I almost doubled the
amouri ~ manure and added strawberries
20 NV selling crops Phat was the best
egperihent ] ever made. krom TN two
acrnr pantad I clnnrea 500 since then
have doubled my acrcage. AkEays keep
ing folr actrs IN strBNlip1riea, and one
year sold Oeer g. - worth % berries.
MY lam year IN ne potato field gave
M 3p bushela 70 the acre That was the
first wear tiry E1annre hiiis ran up 10 500
In the Eill I malio my lrst trip abroad
had b.ris ttvotl1g rnys - 20 farming Tor
Wll" .I|IlII tOf tlfne UIuuAuH. kslNtng
the fafn slid stock IN charge Of an old
negro WHO lnIq 'bcen via ms from the
first lmmY 4etnrn I detarmined 10 add
poultry rs4ifIg 70 my flTm. AZ inst
bought NhIia u ahOrTs and sold only eggs
With .1NFr1ylflve hons an the end Of the
first ~ my account bOok showed a
sDetfrmining 10 make mo iiock give ma
q prOtd Il 81 a hen 1 began 20 spooialize
or poultry The talrt yeHf my avenke
was a broht ~ 81 Os toTths hen Though
1 have experimented ever since and both
nv eggs and fowls are ia demand ] have
never sllucseded In pushing my profits
more tian a cent and a half ab0ve that
Il ndv. kceu soa hens. have all the eggs
and chlckens want Tor my Ovp table. and
count bn b profit Of $50. Besides the
Rocks nd 4 nnall hOck of bun Orpine-
tonG' Tbough Il, De hens for htshing
rather 1hnM inrubgiOgs, have fOpnd that
broodeF rSslrrd ohtcks gst along better
than thoug aWed 70 uIn with the hens
When ttt nrp- fwsnty-four hours
old I talfs 4EuIp the hen and put them
10 the iics5lIes. being careful 20 have ths
heat inst right
hear many persons complain that Il Ia
now impossible % raise eggs and chickens
with profit because grain is 40 high priced
They fofRet that The price of chickens and
eggs has gone up even more than the
prioeAtf nam The reason ~ many peo-
De make a failure m chicken raising il
lack ~ eEperience more than any other
one osuss. Many persons. especially
womaa ianoy that aising chickens re-
uuiraanO aTperience and little work
|aw ~ II SAN HUuNara Il II rnFtah "a T.