Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-31
THE FARMERS GARDEN


Written Specially For The Bulletin.)
Il all depends upon the farmer. Some.
men take to big areas-want to have.
their crops grow by the acre-prefer to.
do a hard days work behind a horse
rather than an easier one tthout any
animal to jerk and roar at-and such
Snen are not calculated to be successful
gardeners.
It is really more difficult for good
fargner-using. that word in the sense Of
successful raiser of field crops-than
for a man Of almost any other trade to
be a good gardener. Both farming and
gardening have to do with the ground
and with raising things from seed. There
their similarity ends.
The grower of large field craps mgst
depend upon. area. for results, and his
profit consists in keeping down to its
lowest minimum the expense and labor
Of working many acres. He must do
things by wholesale. He can't stop to
save wisps Of hay from the fence-cor-
ners, nor to pick up all the little pota-
toes, nor can he afford the. time to keep
his big fields absolutely free from weeds
the leng season through. He must do
the best he can, over many acres. With
unipterested labor, with horse and ma
chine cultivation and be satisfied If the
crop pays him little more than the cost
Of caring for it He cannot undertake
really perfect tiI1ase and fertilization
and cultivation. for the simple reason
that such would cost him. for labor
alone. more than any possible crop could
return to him.
The gardener. OF the other hand,
H.
csn-and MUST if he hopes TO succeed
PUT as much work on a half, acre gar
lsden as the farmer puts on ten acres Of
! field crops He must stop to attend to
every little-est thing which comes II
his way. He must till his garden, from
| the first p1owing of spring to the close
OF the season necessarily and tireless-
ly. He must fertilize it with all the
manure he can make. buy. beg or steal
He must overlook every square foot OF
| 1t every day He must keen it as free
from weeds as a travelled highway He
| must work with hoe and trowel and
| weeder. much of the time on his knees
and when tools are too clumsy for some
OF the finer work with his fingers.
In few words he must be willing to
put the fertilizer. the cultivation, the till-
age. the labor. the care, the thought
which the farmer spreads over ten acres
on half -acre-and-he mustn't be wor-
ried bit when his wife and his neigh
Dor charge him with waste Of time in
''ruttering round.
His wife win probably be glad Of the
fruits Of the garden, all the same. and
khis neighbors will stroll over. occasion
airy, to ask If he can spare EN- just a
few peas or tomatoes or cucumbeTs.
| Somehow. ours didn't seem to do much.
this year" they'll say. You must have
wonderful early garden, they'll inti-
mate. And If you've the real garden
er's blood in you. you'll give 'em the veg
etables they might just as well have
raised as you-and say nothing. But
there's no law to stop you from thinking
| what you please.
IF you aren't willing to siputter'' with
! hoe and trowel--if your interests al
lead you to the raising Of such crops as
corn and potatoes and rye.eand hay-ii
YOU run only ! to dairyshg or horse
| breeding-tfen a garden will be to Won
chiefly a nuisance. and a waste Of time
! and ground If hens are your hobby
then the less gardening you ATTEMPT, the
better. One can keep hsps. or he car
! have a garden. But he CANNOT have
both.
/ II, however ayou like fresh and whole
/ some vegetables like them when They're
at their best, Ike plenty of them AM
are willing to give your garden-Diot Thu
care that it calls for, then there is nc
| portion OF land you may own and worl
1 which will pay you so much in comfort
1 In Eratifed Appetite ina pleased diges
ttion, as the bill. Of. garden. Nor will any
other part of the farm pay so well il
/ mere market value OF its products. Above
all these. the pleasure which the rea
garden-lover has in seeing things