Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
A WONDERFUL FARM.
TWO Acres Solve Problem OF Great
Importance 10 ArrcrIon,

III IS the last word in the conseryatio r
OF natural resources and the science OF
efficiency as applied to the land
AT Ihatcham, Berkshire, one of the
middle counties of England, woman
together with several girls, has shown
what 1t Is possible to accomplish with
Out couple of acres Of land. by the
most scientific kind of intensive farming
/ they nave been able TO meet all the rum
hlhE expense of their business including
! tne outlay Tor ground rent apparatus of
/ all SORTS garden tools. fertilizer and all
other lncidentals that n cultivator of tho
SOIL is called upon to put money into.
/ Moreover they have been able TO live
well and to have sufficient leisure to en-
! Joy such surplus Of their ircon,a ae tbev
/ ala not care to put into the bank or TO
/ invest They have driven the farr,ino tn
dnstry with a pleasurable vim; thov have
never peeh put, 50 far, in the unenviable
position OF being obliged to be driven
| by their business
" was across the channel, in France.
that this highly profitable industry
was learned On the outskirts of n
little village a Trcnchman was lis
covered. assisted by his vito and chill
dren, raising twenty-five hundred dol
lars worth of garden truck arrua11v
on the narrow confines Of q single acre
Of land. Think what that means in =
country like France, where the cost of
living is low and the profits as n rule.
small!
The visiting Englishwoman readily
took in the significance of this. and
induced the SUCCESSFUL small farmer
.brsirosv n..'!. ''' 'eS VI tne
town ~ rhotat, ,,,,7 ~ i'r n'tVe
too,. 49,, S"' I''in ''atclN
ro,purc,o,i,., .....,. !" SO
,oso sto o.,,.,l, '.,'3,'''' or inns pur-
oval ~ 49,, "rI Sl'hts sew
,ornri.i,,,- ''V''I en-. anu en-
7,,,a r,.a4 80 '.' "''S u'or"o"u.
ooras 80 ,a, ,r v,'.' "'u was 10 i''St 1.-Two
-,,,,o,,oet,, ~. 10y n'u no Vnou'ht OIL
p,,i.ot. i''''. III "ie"t
.,,1 ~ '"''' una ""en II Is
80 ~, e.,.. l'i"' any p'onl"'uNe' III least
i'''e' ." tney uIscoNefeu
,,,,, ~ i','0 .'i''''G " "ih ii'ls'"Ne IN rent
- ~ 'I'S Iounu as lhey got
,,.... ~, ,i "ot ~ '"u' "ut TWO acres
were an theF couI" handle with the min
e. ,,otn ...i. "'" ''7'"'HF SN"s
1,t,', a.
richer than ever old Dame Nature herself
49, ''u D"iIe nature herseI
i"u u.'''leu possible Stable manure
fertilizer was very sliub+ Tho, bon,,ht II
at a nearby farm and boulo1 ~ tho-,-
selves. This vvas most thoro1cblv di.,ri-
huted. not n SQUARE inch nor in fact n
fraction thereof. of the soil escaninr- ro-
cclvin,, IT, rio,, e1a.
\ peculiar clause v,os inserted t., +,,oir
lease. The landlord for tho no,nort boei.
tated over this # wac CO r,ns,,a, ,rhi,
that the tenants ot tho o>-ir,-
ton Of their lease ehou,d bova tbo ,,ri,i-
lege of digging IN and ror,o,.i,r~ ,ha cot,
to a dontb of 1S inches ,r,,,is ,ro,.is,o,, +. |
only fair ono &C ,,o ro,,.in. 10,
worked tbo coil ~ too t,,'i, 5.,.,oo 49,, 1
had added too much nov. no +arioi o. 49,
tlf,. ,ts rovor.io,, 70 tho t.r,,,o,,1
stable r,oruro ,,.,. ,,.,,, o,.o,,,r;,,. a..
women docla.lrc tho, :, ,.,,.o a,a,t S, NV |
lent satisfaction. The Anoricor eno4,or |
however, p,igbt 40 vii - +loua,,o,,,..
vestiroto os 70 tho ho.. ao.. 80 el'',,,. -"
IN omn,ov fo. tho forr,i,,,, 80 ,-o.s.,,
,1os W e"'''" N'se-
A. Tho r,ho4o,ox. &C.,. It,,
.oie,d o,.or,, 20 49,. 49,, -',a az
mind vo, orc -, o., n,,,,-st
Tho soo son ,rbis +, H., 1900 % ,,'' W
,roets VI '''' Us
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