Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

houses are half log and half fran
Some arc rooted with boards. some wi
galvanized iron painted green,
others with poles covered with ear
The latter have grass and flowers gro
ing upon them. Most Of tho hon.
nave cellars. and all have their wa
set deep In the ground and banked
or warmth. Some are Of bunEal,
shape. and In the larger houses the
are living-rooms with wide wind,
artistichlly set. They are quite
spacious as our rooms mt home
Many OF the log cabins have "a
scrVatories or lighthouses. and Sol,
nave pretty lawns OF green grass. wi
beds OF beautiful flowers. All ~.
gardens. and nearly every one h,u ia
patch of potatoes and turnips. He'd,
OF sweet peas. the vines of which prSR
10 tho height of n man, may wall ~
side of garden. and great beds
poppics line the walks through -
center. Nearly every homo has /,
p pans, peu, ana many have geraniun6
nasturtiums and other brilliant-h
movers. have never seen anywhce
mowers 80 large. so fresh and of suA
VeiFcty texture: and ! may add ma
nave never visited any town whcE
tho people seemed to love flowers H
co., w. nnu whefe they have so malS
Tor themselves and their friends
The only places that compnrc wiS
faifbanks as to it's luxuriant vcrct
ZION In summer arc the towns of sout
eastern Alaska and Puget Sound r.
Gioh. The short. hot summers gil
Daiho nature scvcn-lcague boots. a,
you can almost see the grass proI
The arctic poppy is of great size az
the pansies arr twice as big around
SILVER dollars. our pansics have stem
three or four inches long. Tho ma,
sizes CT Alaska grow to height (
eisht inches. and in such profusiof
that wide sheets OF many colors ma
line walk from tho gate to the fro,t
h"or. some OF the Fairbanks HON.
nave lawns OF thick sod shaved liz
tina OF the White House ground
summarizing. Blue grass grows I'm IL
strcets. and white clover is found
man; places. All over the COUNT
tnere is a red-top Of the height
your waist, and there are other n:
tive grasses, the names Of which I
not Know Along the roads to II
mining camps. where hay has bee
hauled. timothy seed has fallen ar
sprouted 1t seems to grow we'll
GREAT INTEREST IN
RAISING OF NEt.ErADIE'
Most OF the people Of this cold pas
OF the world are dollhouse gardener
ana there is Il strife between fain!li.e
as TO which shall have tho bcs, ar
earliest of vegetables | called upo
"a woman last night VINO showed me q,
of her dollhouse tomatoes. w.irhin
threc pounds, and a Gauliilowcr froi
h'7 garden whose head Was ms ~
around as the largest dinner plate. ST.
had lettuce as fine AS any raised 4
thc Soutn. and rows Of peas six fo.k
IN height. with pods as big around as
mans thumb. This woman has tn
earliest potatoes in Fairbanks. sig
,".a me no" She raised them. SAILS
Il start my potatoes in tho kitchcs
a week or so before the frost goes o,
OF tho ground. ! take a store bo
an" put layer OF earth on the bottom
'h"h layer of potatoes cut as f,E
planting. and over that another law.
OF earth to the depth OF three inche
men comes another layer o.. potatod
ana another OF earth and SO on unit
the box Is full Tho potatoes spror
ana grow roots. At the time for rlan,
lnt separate them carefully and nj,
them out in tho garden. The vino
hc'p green All summer long. and III
lrost comes before they arc dead. OF,
peas Keep bearing until the hrs, frosl
ana our sweet peas bloom until ,hor
Rhuharb and horse radish onlv III
throughout the winter"
ttavihs the garden. went TO tn
ch!cken yard. AS we looked at IN
iowis tn" woman said: Il EXPECT I
!r'e"" seventy chickens for the win
.r'' ana shall have twenty or ,hirt
W pu' our 10 beard They will cos
me II apiece from October until snrIr,
ne seventy keep will he killed scolG
9" ana picked. | VIII then Law th.,
outside aud within "A night they vi,
iF'cz: as hard as stone and keen unti
HpF,! AS a result. shall have fr.s
ch!skeh or tap At any time IN IN
~ ihcy are not bad, | assur
Copyright. 1916. hy F.enk q Cav
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