The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-27
TOPICS OF THE FARM
A Department Devoted Exclusively to Farm
Affairs in Hand County


peas, SnOWDdIlS ana pdnSleS, Wltn tnelT
tiny cute faces, so exquisitely painted
by the hand of Nature, all these and
many more, for early Towering. Then,
roses for June. Set out a regular rose
garden on the side or. Have all
sorts, shapes and sizes. Yellow roses,
red roses, monthly roses. Yes, roses
for everybody. They adorn the land
scape, their petals fill the air with ARE
perfume, and gentle zephyrs watt their
fragrance afar. For late effect, cos
mos and old fashioned marigolds, the
| yelvety kind, chrysanthemums and
other varieties. will create an abund-
ance of unrivaled coloring as long as
the frost holds off. Sweet scented
herbs, hardy ANIMALS, which require
but a minimum of care, the puzzle-bed
Of green and white striped grass,
wherein no two blades have ever been
found exactly alike, it is said, is most
| alluring to youngsters. To sum up:
Combined good taste and judgment
exercised in your floral selections, to-
gether with proper cultivation, will
| produce a most pleasing combination
| of gorgeous hues and make a regular
feast for tired nerves and eyes. And
| who among us but car easily spare ten
minutes (often many more) a day in
caring for such a beautiful spot, either
| roots or moving the luxuriant lawn.
| Such exercise blesses and renews the
worker, and thu passer-by will pause
to admire instead of speeding past post
haste, with averted eye, as of yOre. AS
YOU go among the sensitive, delicate
blooms, remember to breathe love up
on them, for while a plant may be only
an organized being destitute of a ner-
yous system" yet all are endowed with
life, and life everywhere responds to
this great Divine attribute-love. This
Is one secret which opens the door to
success along all lines of Agriculture.
TO praise any green, growing thing,
talking to it in endearing terms as to
a favorite child, giving the while need
full culture to the plant, will cause the
life within to expand and unfold in an
unusual degree. BY this simple pro-
cess our American wizard, Luther Bur-
bank, has accomplished much above
the ordinary in plant production.
Then handle all plants with tender
care and permit no needless ones to
enter the sacred precincts of your
dooryard.
How much all this may mean to the
little child growing up in your midst
only time will reveal. But there is yet
another reason for keeping the place
trim. The yard itself is not only an
index of the character of the inmates,
but the family PRIDE demands it, and
besides how it looks" to see the wo-
men and children dressed up in a lot
| of "finery," coming out of the house
into such a yard as first described.
| Locks sort of incongruous, does it not ?
Fine clothes and natty surroundings
| go together-what?
To enhance the thrift and beauty of
| the whole scene, wherever possible one
may anIex a fine looking, we'll kept
vegetable garden, add also a tract of
small fruit, and have a real strawberry
bed. These, with the flourishing fields
/ waving in the distance, will cause the
farm to exhibit the marks of good hus-
baIdry. and to look as though it's
people really had something to eat be-
! sides the conventional! country fare OF
pork and 'taters."
From your viewpoint, no doubt, the
foregoing may seem like arrant non
sense. But of what profit are your
| golden harvests of cereals, and SPLEEN
| did, well-kept livestock, o, man. if at
the threshold of your abode you fail,
and fall down by refusing help and
| support in up-building and identifying
the home nest. both within and with
out? I'VE receive pleasure and gain
| happiness only as we give pleasure to
| others" Have you ever thought of
| your responsibilities to the immortals
| of YOUR household? 1t is the unsatis-
fed longings and deep yearnings for
the soul-satisfying things of life,
which today is wearing out the lives
ard spirits Of many of our farm popu-
lace. Warnings for progressive ac-
| Movement, implanted by the Creator,
| or hidden talents within, seeking ex-
preston without; of which they know
not the Interpretation thereof-con-
J sumo them. Work of itself. does not
kill but long suppressed desire starves
the spirit that crave all things lovely
Love nourishes. So love of the beauti-
fCl and good must be fOstered and fed
IL our rural homes are ever to be the
| abodes of freedom and joy. and you,
Huskies, are the very ones to start the
ball rolling. Flowers have a money
value. wen on the farm, and, again,
they are the outward expression of the
finer things which pertain to Spirit.
Then begin with the dooryard,
friends, and make II a veritable Para
disc to cheer and bless whatsoever en-
tiers it's zone, until ever the wayfarer
shall go on his way uplifted and com
| forted through it's subtle charm.
Because the farm is a busy place is
no earthly excuse for not having the
premises in as good condition as those
OF city jewellers. and while you are at
/ IL, just connect the water main with
hat rose garden and lawn. will you
so that during the dry midsummer
days both residents and plants may en-
JOY a continuous stream of cool, re.
freshing spray as needed.
Here's to you. farmer friends. you
who live much in the sweet, growing
fields, or moving the ,ripened grains
and fragrant hay, whistling the while
your little song: