6(',6 HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



and 'or the State as well, if someof those seekingapermanent invest, 

 incut for Iheir surplus wealth, instead of laying it out iu railroad 

 stock, bank stock, mining companies, oil companies, in corner lots 

 of paper cities, or in any of the thousand and one schemes invent- 

 ed to relieve people of their money, they should invest it in land 

 on our broad praries, improve it and plant with oak, walnut, ash, 

 hickory, chestnut, wild cherry, etc. Surely their children and grand- 

 children would rise up and call them blessed, and more certainly 

 than upon him who causes two spears of grass to grow where but 

 one grew 'before, will future generations look upon them as bene- 

 factoT-s of mankind.— H. G. Neal, Davenport, Iowa. 



Kaisino two or more Crops Together. — Farmers with but 

 little extra trouble can raise two or more crops upon one piece 

 of land by selectihg certain varieties that will not mix or draw 

 the same .substances from the soil, and in this way not retard ae 

 growth of the main crop, but greatly lessen the expense of pro- 

 ducing it. Squashes, beets, dwarf peas, etc., will thrive finely 

 with potatoes, while beans pumpkins, tomatoes, and turnips do 

 well with corn. Melons, pumpkins, and squashes should never be 

 planted together, or iu the immediate vicinity of each other no 

 more than sweet and common corn, for one will partake of the 

 nature and qualities of the other to such an extent as to greatly 

 deteri(n'ate their value for the particular uses to which they are 

 put. 



The kitchen garden is valuable to every family, and should not 

 be neglected by any, but much of the products usuaily grown 

 there may be raised with tenfold less expense by the farmer in 

 the field. Beans in the corn hill if planted with the corn, ai"e 

 raised al)undantly without extra labor ; turnips sown between the 

 rows wlien cultivating the last time are g^rown with no trouble, 

 and a tomato plant set beside each hill of corn on the outside 

 rows thrive well, and when the vines are laden with fruit they 

 may be tied up to the corn stalks, where the fruit will ripen to the 

 best possible advantage. 



Thus from a single acre a full crop of corn may be obtained, 

 besides five or six bushels of beans, many loads of pumpkins and 

 turnips, and all the tomatos a dozen families could use. From 

 tlie ptjtato field a full supply of beets, squashes, peas, etc., are 

 j-eeeived without incurring extra expense, or adding but little if 

 any labor to the cultivation of the main crop. 



It is true that where land is heavily cropped, an extra amount of 

 manure is required to keep up the fertility of the same ; but every 

 farmer knows tliat the more a single acre can be made to produce 

 by manuring, or any other means, the greater profit it is to the 

 owner. Where three hundred bushels of corn can be raised from 

 four acres the crop pays, but when six or eight acres are required 

 to produce that amount, it is not a paying business. We do not 

 remember where we found the above extract, but we commend 



