The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-25
Making the Little
Farm Pay
ny C. C. BowsRIHLD

NN~Aee -
- IA vegetables
sls and fruit. farmers
t&Hb 4 have chance to
X. y. i - secure far larger
t& PROFITS than they
Il " can gain from grain
.H n N growing or dairy
Ing,
IS Mixed agriculture
is the need OF the
times. with smaller farms and better
cultivation. There should be the great
est possible range OF production when
markets are easily reached. Farmers
and their sons and daughters should
aim to produce novelties. or at least
articles which are not commonly un-
derstood by landowners and for which
good prices are paid.
A few gardeners make large profit
from satisfy, sometimes called vegeta-
ble oyster. This Is one OF the neglect
ed products for which there is quick
sale. Many prefer It TO the oyster.
whose flavor IL has hint of, with all
the disagreeable features OF the bi-
valve favor left OUT OF H.
II can be cooked In many ways. As
q soup. served with bread or crack
srs, IL Ia delicious Fried. either by
itself or In batter. II is quite as ap-
petixing as the real oyster when cook.
ed In that way.
Boiled. sliced lengthwise, when ten
der and fried In butter. like the par
snip, IL soon becomes favorite.
Especially Is satisfy a valuable addi-
winter vegetables, because 1t can be
dug In the fall and stored In the cellar.
or II can be left in the ground over
winter and dug In the spring. when IL
viii be found deliciously fresh and OF
1ne favor.
The culture OF this plant Is of the
simplest II likes rich garden loan
made mellow to the depth OF foot
and a half. Sow II In rows for con-
venience in cultivating and keep down
the weeds. IL the seedlings stand too
thick In the rows thin them out so
that the plants will be at least two
inches apart Sow quite early in the
season
Watch the catalogues OF reliable seed
houses for novelties. The Trophy
marked a new era In tomatoes and
was really the first with smooth ex.
terior and solid inside We had had
smooth tomatoes before. but they had
big seed hollows inside. and all that
we had with solid meat were exceed
ingly rough. like the mammoth Chihua-
hua-
But the production OF the Trophy
was q success because Il put this solid
tomato inside smooth skin, and ever
since II has been the effort OF breed
ers TO keep II there. The best efforts
Of the bReders should now be devoted
TO the Maintenance OF the earlIness OF
the extra early sorts, with increased
smoothness. This has been attained
In the Eariiana, Globe. Success and
others.
Then there are the cucumbers OF
which every scotsman has his special
strain. OF these have found that |
there Is nothing better than the com
bination Of the White Spine and Long |
Green known as the Davis Perfect |
IL Is longer and simmer than the |
White Spine and earlier than the Long |
Green and, in my opinion, deserves its |
name.
Never follow the fall crop Of lettuce |
with lettuce, for it Is sure to be at |
tackled by the wilt. This crop needs a |
change Of soil as often as possible. II |
is easy to raise lettuce in the winter in |
q room that has an even and moderate
temperature. This is better than mid
summer lettuce and sells at fancy fig |
ures. Lettuce Is raised with least trou-
bic in spring and fall.
When soil can be worked In the
spring lettuce. radlshes, onions and
peas should be planted In the open
garden. All OF these can stand con-
siderable frost 1t Is well to put In
some early potatoes. The early vege-
tables bring big profits.