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THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



^OI^I^ESPOHDENGE. 



A HAPPY CHILDHOOD. 



By Delta. 



To be born into a happy home, and to spend 

 the first dozen years of one's life in it, is better 

 than to be the heir of millions witliout this bless- 

 ing. Parents defraud their children of a birth- 

 right when they make their lives liard and bitter 

 and miserable. A child with a heart-ache, is a 

 Bad sight indeed, for it has no outlook like us 

 older people. Life is all one disheartening 

 "present" in its imagination. 



Why they will leave the farm, is often the 

 puzzle and plague of the farmer, with reference 

 to his sons. Not a day over the time when they 

 are permitted to leave, will many of them stay 

 on the old home-place. It is generally consid- 

 ered a mark of the total depravity of the age, and 

 the dislike of its youths for honest work. In 

 nine cases ont of ten, no doubt, tliey leave their 

 home because it was not made a pleasant one for 

 their childhood. They leave father in his old 

 age to depend on liired help, because he was a 

 hard, gras])ingman, whom they could not respect, 

 and Ijecause their hearts were embittered by little 

 frauds which they were powerless to resent. 



Too many fathers act on the principle that a 

 child is entitled to no privileges wliicli a ])areut 

 is bound to respect. They will give a boy a calf 

 and let him raise it and attend it with loving 

 care, and when it is old enough to be sold to 

 advantage, a dealer takes it off, and father puts 

 the money in his own pocket. A man with gray 

 hairs told me of snch a transaction in liis child- 

 hood wliich he never forgot. He had Imught tlie 

 calf by the sale of apples wasting in the tirchard. 

 which he had taken through the village frmn 

 bouse to house, carrying the bag on the back of 

 an old liorse. When the animal was half grown, 

 it was sold with the other young cattle, and that 

 was the last of it. Of course the father rea.soned. 

 a boy belongs to his father, and so do all his pos- 

 sessions. Yon may satisfy your own mind l)y 

 such sojiliistry, but, perhaps, deep down in your 

 child's iieart may be a sentiment akin to that of 

 the little fellow who said most sorrowfully, liut 

 decidedly, " my father tells lies." He may pos- 

 sibly think "my father cheats." It is not goiul 

 for father, or child either, to have such senti- 

 ments held under the l)ome roof 



A MATE FOR THE CRESCENT 



Bn Charles S. Rowley, lit. 



For some time I have been on the lookout for 

 some strawberry that would be a good partner 

 for the celebrated Crescent, as yon know the 

 blossoms of the Crescent being female, they re- 

 quire a male planted near them. We want a 

 good, strong staminate variety for the imrpose of 

 producing an abundance of pollen dust ; we want 

 also a variety that will bloom as early and as 

 plentifully as' the Crescent ; we want a berry that 

 is as large as tlie Crescent is when it first comes, 

 and one" that will hobl out in productiveness 

 with that most wonderfully ]irolilic sort. The 

 two kinds should also be somewhat similar in 

 shape and color, so that they can be picked and 

 marketed together as one sort. I desire to inform 

 you that I have found the desired mate for the 

 Crescent Seedling, and it is the Laeon Strawberry. 



Now I do not ]u-etend to say that the Lacon 

 will do on all soils and in all places, as it does 

 here, nor do I propose to say it will not, as there 

 is no reason to suppose so. Nevertheless, it will 

 be in order now to tell you just exactly what the 

 Lacon strawberry is, and I .shall give a true and 

 correct description of it, the veracity of which 

 I stand prepared to prove by undisputed evidence. 



"The soil upon which tlie Lacon has achieved 

 its success has been of two kinds, a sandy soil 

 and a dark, rich, black loam. It has been in 

 fruit for the tenth year, and during tliat entire 

 time has never failed to bear its annual crop of 

 berries, excepting in two instances, and that was 

 ■when its blossoms were destroyed by frost, other 

 varieties suffering equally. During its lifetime 

 of fruitage, the plants have never received one 

 bit of extra care or culture, but have been grown 

 on what an eastern writer calls the " slip-shod " 

 system, th.tt is, in a matted bed of plants where 

 the scythe did the cultivating and the fallen 

 ■weeds ]n-ovided the mulch. 



The color of the berry is a dark, rich crimson, 

 and their appearance iii the box is most tempting 

 and attractive in shape, size, and color, ■while as 

 to flavor, it h'as the true strawberry aroma. 



Its shape is somewhat similar to Crescent, and 

 its color also, except it may be a little darker. 

 As to it.s productive qualities it is just a trifle be- 

 hind the Crescent in that respect, but ahead of 



it in ilavor and size. It blooms early, like the 

 Crescent, ripens ■with that variety and sometimes 

 earlier, and holds out splendidly in size ; the last 

 pickings being fully equal to tlie first, and thus 

 it tones up the size of the Crescent, when the two 

 are marketed together. Outline sketches were 

 made from berries of the fourtli picking June 

 16th, 18S4, a late strawberry season, which were 

 IJ inches in diameter, or 5i inches around. 



The berry originated from seed sown by a 

 neighbor of mine, and these sketches were made 

 on his grounds. 



Please note that I have raised this year of the 

 Mammoth Pearl potato one weighing 2 pounds 4 

 ounces, — three weigliing 5 pounds. Fifty meas- 

 ured one bushel, and sixtv weighed 63 pounds. 

 J. H. WlNEHILL, Ames, Kan. 



Will yon give me an idea how to build a small 

 house, liot or green house, if you choose to call it 

 by that name. Here in Florida we need no arti- 

 ficial heat to start seeds, but a protection from 

 wind and rain, and a place where the heat can be 

 confined at night. I am going into the garden 

 business in a small way. . To be successful in 

 raising lender plants, I believe one must have a 

 protection of some kind. My idea is that a 

 building, say 8 x 10, or longer, with a shed roof 

 of oiledcanvas to attract the sun rays, and suita- 

 ble ventilation, would answer here in Florida. 

 But just how to construct the l)eds or shelves for 

 holding the earth the proper depth and size re- 

 quired,' is something I am not familiar with. If 

 von will he kind euom.'h to give me a plan of 

 what I want, in vour next issue, I will be obliged. 

 E. W. AMSDEN, 

 Ormomt. Volusia Cb., Florida. 



eXPEI^IENGBS WITH Fl^AllDS. 



Frederick Lowey, New York, gives good refer- 

 ences, and may be all right. He advertises an 

 electric light for 60 cents, a price which would 

 lead us to doubt the reliability of the offer. No 

 electric light has yet been invented that can be- 

 safely engineered by an inexperienced person. 

 Pass on and save your 60 cents. 



More long loans are offered at four per cent, 

 without security. They are frauds. Let them 

 severely alone. 



The remarkable sewing machine offer made by 

 E. C. Howe & Co., in our September number, has 

 brought us several inquiries as to whether they 

 are a frano or not. They are not, and a number 

 of our readers who have bought tlie machine on 

 trial, have expressed themselves as pleased with 

 them. 



Our admiration is still excited by the success 

 of the prince of frauds, the Monarch Manufac- 

 turing Company. It takes a genius, indeed, to 

 sell a potato digger, the cut of which shows it to 

 be merely an old-fashioned machine for twice the 

 price ordinarily asked for them. These people 

 do a large business in horse hoes, lightning saws, 

 and diggers, and no amount of exposure will 

 jireveiit the religious and agricultural papers 

 from accepting their advertisements, nor the 

 )>nblic from sending them money. We hope the 

 Farm axd Garden readers will take warning. 



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