* The Farm and Garden. 



Vol. IV. 



FEBRUARY, 1885. 



No. VI. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



^ubscrlptrtons may begin with au; uuitiliur, t>ut we prefer to date 



them IriiDi .fiiuuary of eacb jear. Price lilty ceuta a year, in advance. 



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expires, and tlie lime will be added to that to wliicli Uie subscription 



is already entitled. 



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 advise vou to send money or stamps without registering. See instruc- 

 tions on page 1'^- 



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NameH cannot he guessed, so write them plainly and in full. If a 

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 and Mrs, Jogiah Allen next. If To-,i do not write Miss or Mrs. before 

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Errors.^We make them ; so does every one, and we will cheerfully 

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AI>VEKTI.**IXG K.VTES From laftue ol Januar.r. 



1 SH5, to Ikcocinbcr. 1 H85, Inclualve^ 60 cciit» pep Agate 

 line each ln»>ertlon. 



CHILD BROS. A- CO., Publlahera, 

 No. 725 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Penna. 



The restless sense of wasted power, 

 The tinsDine rnunrt <.l little things 



Are h.tnl to liear, as hour b.v hour 

 Its tedious iteration hrinj^s; 



Who shall evade or who delay 

 The small demands of every day? 



.\I,LEN. 



HOLSTEIN BULL.— " NETHERLANn r*RiscE." 



HOW TO KEEP BOYS ON THE FARM. 



Bii a OiiUfittrri PnrTner. 



the early being of a child an irresistible desire 

 for a particular kind of life, we are powerle-ss to 

 prevent those desires from growing in the mind 

 of the child, whether the parent be king or 

 peasant. The soul will not be bound by fetters. 

 The longings of a heart will be appeased only 

 by fulfillment of its desires. The child that early 

 in life shows its lonsrings for the saw and plant?. 



A poet is said to be born, not made, and the 

 same can be said of the farmer, wliose life should 



combine all the talents of the poet and phi lose- | anddislikeforthe Held, alovetobuild and repair; 

 pher. A life that In Its pursuit gives daily I to make that boy a farmer is to spoil a good car- 

 expression to the beauteous changes that nature | penter to make a poor farmer. Any change that 

 unfolds to him. The change of .sombre winter to does violence to implanted nature, will always 



recoil back upon the perpetrator. 



lifetime can eradicate. Make the flower-garden 

 beautiful, your garden a treasure, and your farm 

 a paradise. Your children will rise up and call 

 you blessed, and will cluster, like a vine to an 

 arbor, to the dear old home, and when age and 

 infirmity are yours, you will be surrounded by 

 your children. Proud monuments of your call- 

 ing, who, like you, will rejoice to till mother 

 earth until called by a higher power to rest In 

 His bosom. 



OUR ILLUSTRATION. 



We give a cut of a premium Holstein buH, 



gala spring, the darkest night to the brightest recoil back upon the perpetrator. We cannot " ^c'licrland Prince," 716. bred by Smiths A P'-v- 



day, are no less striking than the changes that reverse nature. p". "f Syracuse, N. Y. This animal at four years 



occur in growth offlowers and fruits, wrought by While it is useless to fasten the boys to the farm "^'."gP- ""fc'hed 20,5(1 pounds, and took the first 



nature with the farmer's care and toil. No occu- and blast the pro.spects of a more successful pur- ^"'f \ J"'''' fair in 1881, and 



pation calls for a wider information or a class of suit, elsewhere; vet, while a few may come under ^" '" W as at the nead of the herd tbnt 



more intelligent men th.an that of the farm. In this rule, most will, if encouraged" take to the """ *, ^ medal in 188:5, and won first prize lu 



the wide field of the farm, science, literature, and calling of their father's and the old home-farm ,, ^as also at head of the herd that won the 



art have a place, and all the branches of science To keep bovs at home, make home-life pleas- ^"'" ""^'''*' "'^°- ^'"^^ '■'■'"'=""ly '** » continued 



in turn are required to furnish the needed infor- ant, and adorn the home with every comfort that ™"'fff "' honors ol which Messrs. Smiths & 



mation to pursue the intelligent c-iUing of a can be found elsewhere, and leave little to be [,.'"'''''' ^,'!^"/ ''', P''"'!''' The Holsteins are 



farmer. The time has gone by; the date has gained by a change. While the bov is voung !*, 'T°i!M"^^ breed, and are especially valua- 



passed, when the thought that the lout can be a show him a life that is to be envied, surrouiitled I '^''1°'' V" ? '''"^'' and butter, are large m size, 



farmer, and that the intelligent must seek other by peace and plenty. Make the home evenings ' "'"' ^''^'\ "'hen wanted lor it, large weights of 



occupations for fheirpowers and talents; leaving pleasant, the home-life a blessin" and the .labor excellent beef. The demand for Holsteins is in- 



behind them the broad field of agriculture. The in the field will be a pleasure, when the thought 7^'*^'°g' ""f ^""^ gaming many (riends among 



truemeritofthefarmer'slifeisbeingrecognized; gains a foothold, that the ttjils of the day are to "^f^^rs and dair.vnien. The milk of the Hol- 



his true position is now taken in the front ranks be smoothed and solaced by a pleasant evening at ■'"'"' m=ikf a rich fine-colored butter, and is 



of society, and at the head of the most noble of home, whose shade each "year will grow more ''"•'' ^•^1"'^'; «^ ^ eheese-maklng. The yield of 



all callings, and not at the foot as he was placed a sacred, and whose influence more lasting. We '" , , "?'" "« best cows has reached the large 



few centuries ago. The widespread intelligence, cannot keep our boys on the farm where wrang- ^'-'l T" .Iv.""""",", '^f]l\°'' f '^"^'''1 ",'' 



the innate nobleness of the calling, the depth and ling is supreme, where every hope with its long- '"'"" ^^ '^'''''\ ^^^ ^'""^'l °' ^""7 ,'?'^ reached 



breadth of his investigations give him a foremost ihgs Is crushed with cruel strife and bitter sur- ? , ^""^ ^"^ ^''^K ) ..*'''''.'* ""■'" 



place in the scientiflc world and render his life roundin^s largely pay farmers to club together and get a 



a pleasure, not a burden. Yet, the question is The farm occupied by the writer has been in ''"", °' *H!' ^"'''''^ '" "°? on common stock of 



asked so often, " how shall wo keep our boys on but two families, in each case descending from ^t ^^^ 'mprovement will be so great that 



the farm?" that we may fear from its frequency, father, son, and grandson, covering a period of ^^^ money 'ipent will be one of the best-paying 



that the farmer was in danger of losing his sons, 150 years. All farms should grow old as the lam- l","'*'^*?'''"'^, t^^at farmers can find for their capi- 



and the old homestead must pass into a stranger's Hies who own them should grow old in their !'"' They should embrace every opportunity to 



hands or fall into decay and ruin, of which evils, cultivation. How shall we do this ? b"st™'"' ^ "^ ""*''' 



*' wm.'^itL''* ;.'■'* .f,!'fM,^.^*^cf.','l".f''■ .. ^^*'^'' ""■■ ^^"^e^ more attractive, our farming "rhe farmer can hardlv realize how the intro- 



ft)m hTJ.:;,.^^ hir b lac, ?n Z^'r;^?^ """'■ P™"'^!^'^' o"'' tables at home tilled With duction of a single blooded animal will impro^ 



fai m that ga% e a birth-p ace to the grandfather, „ood reading matter on farm and household sub- the value of the stock of cattle in a few years if 



f.'i^o'lli^T" ^\ ;"■'"■?, °' "f^t"/'^« grandson, jects, and keep .all cheap, trashy story papers, properly bred upon common stock. T^ie editor 



whose zea in his calling shtmld be increased by that sow more seeds of folly and discord than a of the Farm and Gakde.n knows of a case 



family possession, not M^THIS PAPER THREE YEARSFREEn¥S^^ii^I^.l^h:Xm:rTZl2:^ 



the annua, change of ^X:^^^!^^^^^^^"^;;'-^?^^ ^ty^^y b ^ 



occupants. It le useless S.^i^'^'l^r.^i.-Ll-ii'-lill"''^,":':"^!: ""' "i.""*"-^' subscribers, in thl^ wiiy it aldstohave the luree^t farm pomr. , , ^. 



^■■■^ *»#fcfci»kB^i««.«. .■■■■.M.. iia^ ■■■■A^ HUBMaa T K.., .;_.:-„.. _ "r,., . »• i^ cominon stock ol cattle, 



topjen^cl^osed;" If ^triosTt'his'w" send nnolher'on 'iiniriiv'fttrnTT ^K,"7ufru~t''«rr,'.:.V"Z:\'.',^ "'^^ ^'ife marks that WCTC 



to fetter nature or coerce 

 her against her will, and 



tr««» nt'w iriena* wii.i will i„ irjtiini' nit.ntii- -I u.t us mort subscribers. In thit* i 



THE (CONDITIONS WHICH WE MUST EXACT: 



lutist he niled in u[.„[l Maiik with blut-k top eneloMed. If you lost- this vf- st-n<l 



telv no<.e..„i-i THEIIRFRAI flPFFR ■ ^,? '^*T1? """'""""""•.•'''"' '"^ "'"'>'"""''>'*•"•■<""'''• "'cn introduced plainly 



when nature plants into ffi^.^S r^P- • .fit LlBKnHL UrrCIl • m will.end free b« uppeuilumto tb.j»uli„-ritar »li,.g.nii|,ilnclub , ^ ^ l-.u-uij 



vYiicii i.atuici.icitit,^ lutu UieF4K«ii,i>liiiu)ii.v lurffyeBrBfroc. Ws wiu add this time to subscriplluna uot vet fxi.in-d, unci tutc-r it anew tor tliSse wllitt have shOW to-day. 



