The Farm-poultry . limitations. |ONG AGrO, someone saidthat neither the poultry inthe garden, nor the gardenin the poultry was a satis-factory thing. With limi-tations this is very the statement neeiisit is my belief that towndwellers generally have no just conception ofthe way in which poultry and garden will sup-plement each other to the benefit of thefamily table and the family purse. One hutidred hens and a good sized gardenbelonging to a fair sized family may be madeto work together so that neither the hens northe garden shall be a very heavy expense, pro-viiled the family will d
The Farm-poultry . limitations. |ONG AGrO, someone saidthat neither the poultry inthe garden, nor the gardenin the poultry was a satis-factory thing. With limi-tations this is very the statement neeiisit is my belief that towndwellers generally have no just conception ofthe way in which poultry and garden will sup-plement each other to the benefit of thefamily table and the family purse. One hutidred hens and a good sized gardenbelonging to a fair sized family may be madeto work together so that neither the hens northe garden shall be a very heavy expense, pro-viiled the family will do its fair share towardthe combination. For a dozen years I have listened to thepessimistic talk of the average suburban resi-dent, about poultry and about gardens, mutefor the most part l)ecause I knew that, nomatter what my own experience proved lome. the sul>urbanites experience meant moreto him in the way of irrefragable arirumentthan did mine: besides the fact that, his meth-. ^lYKA V. being followed, his couclu?ions would con-tinue to prove true. His methods, cuietly. aie to hire his groundfitted, to hire a high priced laborer by the dayto cultivate it by hand, to buy as much fertil-izer as his conscience will allow, or to usenone, and then to rail at the fallacy of anyonesaying that a garden can be made to pay. Atthe same time, I have known a few ••com-muters like most of these others who wereluxuriating in the tri-daily juicy products ofa garden that cost them virtually nothing butthe five dollars or so required for the springfitting of the ground. ?I cant tell you how we enjoy our garden,said the pink cheeked daughter of one of thesuccessful cultivators. • Really, we eat somuch that we are uncomfortable; everythingis so fresh and delicious. Indeed, we almosthave to overeat in order to keep things fromgoing to waste. And we give lots of stuff loour neighbors, too. And the strawberries,m-m-m-m, pans piling full of them we had,day after d
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