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 would not sink at 
all, and another invented a split-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 
