THE HEADMAN GENERALIZES 307 
corn meal; his orchards give apples, pears, peaches, 
quinces, plums, and cherries; his bushes give 
currants, gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, 
blackberries ; his vines give grapes; his forests 
give hickory nuts, butternuts, and hazel nuts; 
and, best of all, his garden gives more than 
twenty varieties of toothsome and wholesome 
vegetables in profusion. The whole fruit and 
vegetable product of the temperate zone is at his 
door, and he has but to put forth his hand and 
take it. The skilled housewife makes wonderful 
provision against winter from the opulence of 
summer, and her storehouse is crowded with 
innumerable glass cells rich in the spoils of 
orchard and garden. There is scant use for the 
grocer and the butcher under such conditions. 
I am so well convinced that my estimate of $5 
a month is liberal that I have taxed the account 
with all the salt used on the farm. 
