Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08
sell US all the fresh. pure milk we can
Good Profit in Pigs.

I think we ought to get a couple of
pigs. Ever. since Joe Robinson told at
the office the other day of hog-killing
time on his fathers farm down on the
northern neck I've been tasting the
homemade sausage and roast tenderloin
though 1 must say l don't think I'd
fancy the Cuttings. Although Capt. Rus,
sell landed a solar plexus blow on VIII
Turner'S scheme for making me rich on
hogs, he says that to keep them for ones
own meat Is the most profitable thing
man on a farm can do. If L buy cou-
Pile Of pigs this spring, he tells me. 1t
will cost next to nothing to feed them
to next fall, as they will make growth
on grass and waste from the garden
such as corn husks and stalks, and de-
fective and surplus vegetables. Then, II
it to the hogs to finish them in the rail-
with considerably more profit than l
could sell it for. The captain says corn
and oats would make a good combina-
ton for me the first year. as 1t would
give me feed for both chickens and hogs
and also a horse, should we get one.
There probably would be some pasture
he thinks. among the scrub brush on the
grown-over acres. but the trouble is that
the place isn't fenced and certainly
couldn't afford to do any fencing on
rented place with my limited capital.
l wrote the agent that We would like
to move in the latter part of this week.
and asked that he have the paper1ng
done as soon as possible. My lease
doesn't start until April /. but the owner
volunteered that ! could have possess
sion at any time. and l am anxious now
to get on the place and get things under
way. They tell me that If weather con-
ditions are favorable l can begin blowing
Of that brush land cleared l ought to
get the work started. Mr.. Brown seems
friendly, and I suppose I can get advice
from him as to how to go about It,
Jim and Ned say they are going to
have a tent and live in the woods this
summer. Jim belongs to the Boy Scouts
and claims he is abundantly able to take
care of himself and his brother. l don't
know but that 1t might be good ex-
perience for the boys. as 1t would teach
have had much Of a chance to learn
in town.
Plans Scout Camp.
Jim also plans to have dozen or so
members Of his scout troop come out and
camp with him after school is over. He
wants to know If l will furnish pro-
visions in exchange for their work.
told him I would, on a strictly business
basis, but that I was afraid his guests
would go hungry. l don't think the boys
would amount " IuuCh dS S0ilivoeoAo ~
the soil, but they might dig out the
roots of lot of those sassafras and
cedar bushes.
viii Turner and his wife want to
board with us this summer. coming out
the LIST of May and staying until cold
weather. Their proposal is that we
make them rather low rate and that
Mrs. Turner help Jane with the house
work and that Will help me on the
farm. It sounded like a good PROPOSE
ton to me, and as Jane has always
liked Mrs Turner I was little sur
prised that she didn't enthuse over 1t.
She hasn't exactly refused the offer.
but 1 can see that it doesn't appeal
much to her. For one thing. she says
she ought to get used to being alone
in the country during the pleasant
months of summer. so that when
winter comes 1t will not be SO hard to
bear.
don't believe, though. that is her
real reason for not wanting the Turner's
with U.s. I think she wants to have
Margery all to herself. to watch the
child and coax her back to health and
strength. James solicitude for Margery
has begun to scare me lately. I won
der II some second-sight of motherhood
tells us that we are in danger of los
Ing our little girl. I know myself that
during the past few months she has
grown to seem more like a fairy than
a flesh-and- blood child. E. s. M.