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try it this season, they are the finest preserving tomatoes 

 grown. 



Our tomato crop was so large it was with (Hi^culty we 

 could secure crates in which to ship it, and of course we only 

 shipped the perfect fruit. 



We raised a variety of cucumbers, the long and big round 

 ones and the little ones ; also celery and asparagus. And 

 endive, but this didn't prove a successful crop; the marketmen 

 didn't know what it was. Although we had a handsome crop, 

 there is no money in it and we shall drop its culture. In the 

 dairy plot of 8 acres, the forage crops were alfalfa, millet, 

 oats, rye, sorghum, vetch, clover, corn, etc. The soil was acid 

 as we knew and we used ashes and lime to overcome that 

 condition. 



The corn we planted was the regular flint and also the 

 Virginia horse tooth, which grew to a height of 18 feet, and 

 was the wonder of the country. The sweet corn, of which we 

 had several varieties, grew wonderfully, but the Golden Ban- 

 tam was the favorite for the table ; it is extremely yellow and 

 not good for market, but takes well in the families. 



Spinach planted wdiere early potatoes came out was show- 

 ing in seven days and irrigation hastened its growth wonder- 

 fully, and this crop brought fair returns. 



In September the fairs began to convene and as we wished 

 to let our light be seen we arranged for exhibits. The Suf- 

 folk County fair was the first one and we erected a portable 

 house and decorated it with pictures we had been preparing 

 for some time of the development of the farm. Strange to 

 relate, our yearling farm won eleven first and six second prizes 

 and an honorary mention. 



Our sweet potato crop was good, digging 40 bushels in 

 the last crop ; this with the previous one bringing the yield up 

 to 51 bushels. Alfalfa was cut for tlie second time in October, 

 showing good results. 



We have proven that we can raise on Long Island's idle 

 acres anything possible to be raised in the temperate zone; 

 one of our neighbors said when asked what we were doing : 

 "Plantin' dynamite and raisin' hell, and I reckon that's all they 

 ever will raise." He was merely a pessimist, sadly plodding 

 along the footpath of obstruction. ( .\])plause.) 



