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never did it before, has a just claim to the same honorable title,, 

 provided, not a single spear of grass is allowed to grow m it. 



Two classes are chiefly interested in this subject. The first are 

 those who make it an exclusive business to cultivate vegetables 

 for market, and the second those who cultivate a small garden to 

 aid in furnishing their own table with its luxuries. As the first 

 class is small, and confined to those who live near large cities, we 

 do not propose to dwell upon this branch of the subject, though 

 we believe great importance attaches to it, and that farmers 

 favorably situated on any line of railroad might share in its profits 

 much more than they do. 



The soil in many places in the interior of our State is quite as 

 well adapted to these products as that now employed in suburban 

 towns, and should farmers generally devote more attention to it, 

 they would find a sale by shipping to some one of the extensive 

 markets which the State afibrds. 



This subject recommends itself on another account, and that is 

 the profit of raising any and all these garden vegetables for the 

 growth .of stock ; thus the more remote cultivators are not com- 

 pelled to sell at a losing price, neither would consumers be 

 compelled to purchase at exorbitant rates, whenever the supply 

 of any of these products might fall short, where usually grown. 

 A more uniform price would be established, and our markets not 

 be as liable to be found destitute at one time of onions, at another 

 time of turnips, cabbages, or some other vegetable. 



With these hints we leave the consideration of the subject as a 

 source of income, and turn to the second class of cultivators ; and 

 when we look over the broad area of the State, behold the farmer 

 with his pastures covered with kine, and his fields with bending 

 corn and golden grain, the mechanic busy in adding to productive 

 wealth, the teacher laying the foundation of knowledge and im- 

 parting the ti'uths of science, the professional man guarding 

 society against the evils of oppression, disease and sin, and in 

 fine, every member of society who strives to be useful, and occu- 

 pies a cottage with a few square rods of land, we find that all are, 

 or should be, interested and engaged in gardening. Many, how- 

 ever, neglect its proper cultivation, and we seem to hear them 

 inquire, " What are the inducements ?" We answer : 



1st, To provide luxuries for the table, such as no one can afford 

 to be without. 



