Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-23
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that sometimes swoop down on us. If
We can truthfUlly say thar we have done
our very best that should be the end
of the matter. II * hard TO bear ca
lamities. or losses. that are the result
of the Indifference. or actual neglect
of a member of the family. some people.
as all OF you VCr% well know. arc per-
fectlv satisfied with scrubs. and would
as calmly smoke or dip snuff and see
the land lie idle all winter. with bags
Of bones for calves or yearlings and
haIf-starved chickens that should be
singing. laying flock.
They are the sort that knock people
who pay $40 for one cockerel, or look
the future squarely in the face and
vow that 500 for a good COW is foolish
ness. and try 10 keep their places IN
the procession by Dragging on the past.
That's hard on the up-to-date, ambi-
tious partners of such people. The way
to prove the past is by the way the
present IS operated The "has-been"
family is a big one and every day some
member Of 1t is pushed to the wall by
a hustling. vigorous member of the DO
It-Now'' branch.
And while / am on the subject I will
tell you some of the things that the
''Do-it-Nows'' have planned. l have
ordered seeds for some of them, garden
seed and as soon as this great big batch
of clay, called The Valley" can be safely
worked there are going to be some gar
dens started. The rains last year play
ed havoc with beans and tomatoes and
all the other vegetables, but We must
SOW in hope, and remember that if We do
not succeed ii is a fine thing to at least
try. Our garden was planted in wheaC
last fall and that has gone TO the same
fate as the appler oats, uoth made many
brave attemptes to rise above conditions,
but the cold returned once too often.
However. the ground is in fine shape for
a bumper crop of something, and there
will be compensations for this loss. Ar
bruzzi rye has looked sick more than
once, but a few hours sunshine has
brought it out. The turkeys and some
of the hens have enjoyed it all the time.
Life is a partnership affair, and in the
matter of farming, garden making or
uoltry raising it's hard for one to try
to do things that the other member OF
the family takes no interest in, or &C
lively opposes. There is no evidence of
even good judgment in SUCH conduct
Don't you know some poor women VINO
have TO go to some spot in the field for
little handful of greens, or to the end OF
the world, almost, for roasting ears, be-
cause the so-called man of the family"
is too trifing to make a garden? Try
10 have a variety. The reason that pei
Iagra is SO much more prevalent in the
country than in town is simply because
there is nothing on many tables but
bread and meat. And many people seem
TO think that bread is bread" no mat
ter how il is made.
Make your corn bread with one or
two eggs, and with buttermilk and you
have mineral salts, fat and protein for
the system. good-sized piece of that
sort of bread has more actual food ele-
ments in il, with little fruit than
Just bread and meat The foreign Ia
borers have rye bread and an onion as
big as your fist for breakfast, a piece
of cold boiled meat, not bacon, and
slice of rye bread for dinner. The eve
ming meal potatoes. onions carrots or
whatever they can get together boiled
with some bones from the butchers for
supper, and 1 want you TO show me
harder people. Our corn bread would
be better for us if We did not take the
bran out OF the meal.
Plant a third of your beans, let that
be as soon as possible. If you lose them
il will be a pity. but if you do not lose
them you viii be just that much ahead'
and prepare to can some from the very
beginning You should have tomato
plant or two in a box so that if the
frOsts do come you may lift the box
out of the cold BY planting beans and
corn Nevery two weeks you can have a
succession, If IL is only one row. If
you have no other place for ii, be sure
TO put a row of dwarf Essex rape in
your garden. 1t makes rank growth
and every day affords green stuff for
the chickens. Pinch off the under
leaves and watch it grow, give light
loaming SOIL such as onions require.
Many people prefer the young leaves to
turnip salad.
Write to the United States department
Of agriculture, Washington, d. C, and
ask them TO send you Bulletin No. 256,
Preparation of Vegetables for the Ia
BILE Always give number and name.
Bulletin No. 391. Economical Use of