THE 26 



GARDEN YARD 



Goddess of Wisdom. Said she, " Put this lever 

 under the wheel." Then the wagon was easily 

 lifted out. 



Since then, some one else suggested using 

 wide tires, so that the wheels woidd not sink at 

 all, and another invented a spHt-log road-drag 

 to keep the roads hard. But we are still wait- 

 ing for the farmers to learn to use them. 



Maybe the roses in the bit of garden would 

 bring you bigger money, if they were made to 

 bloom at the right time, than the potatoes that 

 take twice as much outlay and ten times as 

 much work. 



Pick out as much land as you can attend to 

 without walking your legs off, and raise on it 

 the best crops that bring the best prices and let 

 the rest take care of itself. 



The market is more important than the crop. 

 Consult the editors of your agricultural papers 

 about where to sell. Require bank reference 

 from any commission merchant that you do 

 not know, and write to the bank for its report 

 on him before you ship to him. Make his 

 acquaintance, if possible, and talk to him about 

 what he can sell the best; naturally, he will 

 take more interest in the affairs of a man that 

 he knows than in a stranger. Don't go to town 

 or to the boat or railroad with half a load or 



