Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-21
Wife of Apple Grower Tells of
Pleasures of Living in the COun-
try Especially in Winter
APPRECIATE SUMMERS
LABOR In THE WINTER
There Is No Danger of Dying of
.ies Jmeness In Such a Home
As the Bassett's Have

IL lorS ago G. H. Everett visited
the Ski-Hi farm and told in his pub
lication, The Wisconsin Agricultur-
ist, about his trip to Baraboo. In a
previous issue there eappeared in
The News some Of the things he said
about the big orchard and lines which
follow tell OF Mrs. Bassetc's exper-
irnce on the farm. Mr.. Everett write
| discovered that Mrs. Bassett is a
very important adjunct TO Sh-Hi
Farm. She is . very bright, intellec-
tual woman and has charge of the
sales end of the business, but is a
thorough orchardist completely vers-
ed in all particulars in reference to
the growing Of apples and other
fruits. In paper that she read before
State Horticulture Convention she
described fully the trials of a fruit
growers wife and the obstacles met
with in establishing Ski-Hi Farm and
her many and trying times, but she
concluded her address with the fol-
lowing words, After the dawn the
daylight. and so l found that by fal
ling in line with my surroundings and
the determination to succeed, / learn
I'd to name apples pick apples, can
apples. keep apples sort apples, bake
apples, grade apples, show apples,
sing apples, and sell apples.
Some time ago Mrs Bassett wrote
an article for the magazine, Wis
cCnsin Horticulture. entitled, Win
ter On the Farm" fom which we
quote in part as follows: "A lady
from the city, who Is the wife of
prominent hOrticulturist while spend
ing the day at Sh-Hi Farm, made
this remark: IT IS very interesting
here in the summer, but I should die
cut here in the wider. This was not
An unusual remark. We hear it a good
uiany times during the summer.
Winter Is Welcome
Just why people say this is a puz-
zle to me. Winter is always a vel
come season with us. During the long
busy harvest | look forward TO win
ter with a great deal of pleasure.
How we welcome the stormy days
and long evenings. For then we have
a chance to read those books and
magazines which have been laid aside
week after week because we were
too busy to read. Now is the time to
catch up with last years mending
and 10 do next summers sewing be
fore chicken raising time is here.
1T takes winter 10 make us appre-
ciate our summers labor. Just step
down cellar, those of YOU who think
YOU would die on the farm in the
winter. See my rows and rows OF
jelies and preserves, grapes, plum
apple. strawberry and crab. Oh, yes,
the pickles, watermelon, Whitney
crab and Tolman Sweet. And all the
marmaladc, grape jam, and the mince
meat All home grown and home made.
over there is n gunny sack full oi
hickory nuts, too, besides apples,
squash. cabbage. carrots and pota-
toes. And fresh meat; oh. yes there
hangs a beef the bCys butChered. We
can have steak. roast or up bone
bring you in a rabbit or else we VII
Want a change Of meat they v u
kill chicken. Eggs are higl but our
Brownies are busy There is a whole
crate full Of nice white eggs II you
want fresher ones 60 to the hen coop.
Neishborhood Fun
But one can't eat all the time, we
need sociability, too. Well, we surely
get that. and il we don't make the
effort to 60 they'll come right TO
your door. Our hired man just got
married and ne was serenaded by a
mixed orchestra of COW bells, sea
shells. tin horns an buzz saws. This
beat any Jazz music on the market.
Then the other evening we haC
real spree, as our little Jess called
il. What a merry time. Everybod!
came in bob sleds, fathers, mothers
sisters. lovers, kids and all. We crack
ed Jokes and played games, then We
had our picnic supper. Such coffee
and san iches. You say cater, on
no: sophia brought the big cofte'
pot and Kathryn knows how to MAKE
coffee. Emma furnishes a big panfu
Of sandwiches. The happy groom
l.. nished ice cream; not factor!
stuff. but home made, Of Jerse,
cream. And every lady brought he
best cake.
such a supper; oh, my, so good.
But best of all. some Of the boy