Mexico Missouri message., 1910-02-24
80 MY YARD BEAUTIFUL. -
Paper Read by Mrs. ]. r. Bell at
the Late Fruit Growers
Meeting in Mexico.

lSttIl Il hiIduEt oubJtCl w lJitSNlll
at this meeting, when the pro-
gram leads You to expect an
article on the Home Beautiful.
do not intend an apology but will
just say in explanation that | did
not know my husband had sug.
gested to the committee that if
, tried to write anything my sub
ject would possibly be the above,
till | saw the printed program in
p the paper, then my essay on the
condition of my yard was most
finished and pray, how could |
e write Of Beautiful Homes with
such a miserable stretch of ground
at my door, Again, My Untidy
Back Yard may not fit in very
well in a meeting given up to ad-
dresses on Horticulture, Agricui-
ture and Bees, but / would not
presume to advance any ideas
from my limited knowledge on any
, Of the above three subjects, and
: may only show lamentable ig-
: norance of FlOraculture before |
finish.
! All farm yards are not beauti-
full, many like my own, are far
, from it. Outlines good reasons
J there are for it, and many times
, the conditions could be improved
, if we but thought So A friend
once said to me that in the pres
, ence of landscape gardener she
asked, "Why cannot we farmer
$ folks have our lawns and yards
laid out and decorated as the
y small parks in a town." The re-
+ ply came, "Partly because they
). do not take time, and, again, it is
n hard to do, with the chickens
n having liberty to run where they
q choose" Both reasons are good
but | scarcely think sufficient. The
simple fact that we do not try, and
n keep at it, is a great factor.
Il know the chickens are hard to
T. control, but they can to great
y extent be kept in subsection, and
9 as for time, l know there never
v seems enough for the multitude o!
s things to be done on a farm.
G But to My Untidy Yard. What
Il is its condition; and what are its
h possibilities? The part that wor
q ries me lies in an almost Squar,
= patch, west of the dining room anC
= kitchen walks-just common sur
q face trodden paths-which ar,
, now muddy, come into it from
- various directions, and 1 noticed
d, last summer that as they turned
i and twisted there were little ode
t. shaped patches with smooth!
curved borders naturally left un
=, disturbed, reminding me yer,
much of the queen shaped fOwe
beds and borders-tho on "a small
- scale-that we see in the publ
. parks. Now, could / make m,
, yard more attractive if we whel
! walking confined ourselves to tn
!, paths, and there are plenty o
), them, and plant flowers arOun,
! these edges? A spot or two Nigh
be left undisturbed, covered wit
! grass, if keep it trimmed dow
:, with the lawn mower. A drai
runs thru one side, leading waite
y from the roof after the cistern
= filed, and / know there are man
~ pretty plants, requiring niue
- moisture, that would thrive ther,
=" A hydrant on the other side wit
re hose attached can supply waite
20 for all the plat, and, if my purs
y, will allow, small fountain woul
"a add much to the appearance.
IN My chrysanthemums that hav
ne frozen down before blooming
~ every year since we came to Orti
as Fruit Farm, | can transplant
el sunny south side Of the nous
as and in that way / feel more sun
or of enjoying some Of their beaut.
Around the smoke house whei
or weeds have grown in rank luxu
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