horse. Whatever small fruits are set, 
strawberries, raspbe ries, grapes, &c., 
should be placed upon one side in parallel 
rows to match the balance of the garden. 
Put on all the manure you can get. select¬ 
ing that from the horse stables first, and 
whatever other fertilizer you can procure. 
Look upon your soil as the dish out of 
which your crop must feed and do not 
neglect to feed liberally. No matter how 
nice a manger you provide, your cattle and 
horses will never get fat unless you supply 
it with food. The greatest item of expense 
in growing a crop is the labor expended 
upon it, and it requires nearly as much 
work to produce 50 bushels of potatoes 
upon an acre, as it does to produce 500. Of 
course it is more work to harvest the 500, 
and yet most men, if hired at a certain 
amount per day to do the work, would 
rather work in the field which yields the 
five hundred, than in that which yields 
but fifty. So, it is plainly seen, that if any 
profit ever ensues from tilling the soil, it 
comes from the maximum and not from 
the minimum crops, and it will be more 
satisfactory for you to apply your labor 
and fertilizers and seeds on a quarter of 
an acre, than the same amount upon a 
whole acre. When you think that you 
have done justice to one-fourth of an acre, 
and can give as much attention to another 
fourth, then enlarge your garden, but not 
till then. 
I can hardly advise what particular veg¬ 
etables to plant to cring the best returns. 
That must be governed by the situation 
and circumstances ot each particular case, 
such as the nearness to market and the 
kind of market. Onions, cabbage and cel¬ 
ery, are profitable in nearly all sections. 
The demand for tomato, cabbage, celery 
and other Vegetable Plants at very remu¬ 
nerative prices is arge, and li me sales 
could readily t made in almost every 
neighborhood i;. this count y. We have 
seen the • vowing of a few hundred cab¬ 
bage plants 1 y a farmer’s ooy, extend and 
develop a business that requires nearly 
a million plants annually to supply the 
demand, and the nest part of this business 
is that the returns come so quickly after 
expending the money and labor. A pound 
of cabbage seeds costing, say $4.00, will 
produce about 30,000 plants, which will sell 
readily in nearly any part of the country 
for from $1.50 to $2.50 per thousand, accor¬ 
ding to the competition in growing them 
and consequent supply in that locality, and 
the fact that orders are annually sent to us 
from hundreds of miles in all directions 
shows that the business is not overdone in 
many localities. There is also always a 
good demand among the farmers around 
any locality for seed of the new and ap¬ 
proved varieties of potatoes, and any 
smart boy who will keep his eyes open and 
procure even a single pound each of a few 
of the best new sorts as soon as they are 
first offered and give them good care and 
attention, can sell the product at a suffici¬ 
ent advance over the price of common 
sorts to pay him a handsome profit upon 
his investment and labor. 
Poultry raising and gardening go well 
together, although the fowls must be ex¬ 
cluded from the garden at some seasons of 
the year. If some one of the new and 
fashionable breeds is selected, and care 
taken to keep up the standard of purity and 
excellence, it is an easy matter to sell eggs 
for sitting and surplus fowls for breeding 
purposes enough to pay handsomely for all 
care and attention bestowed upon the flock. 
The e are only a few of the things which 
a country boy may find to busy himself at 
with a fair show of profit for all the labor 
he may wish to expend. There are many 
other subjects which yvill present them¬ 
selves to the minds of the youthful farm¬ 
ers as they advance in their undertakings, 
and it is the earnest hope of the writ i. that 
all who are stimulated to make a start 
in life from reading this article, maj sec 
success crown their efforts and a happy 
and prosperous country life be the result. 
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE . 
SOME FOWL EXPERIENCE. 
Isaac F, Tilling hast. Eq*. 
Dear Su,—I see 
advertised ia Seed-Ti e and 11arvest “Pare 
Boue Meal for ( an ken . >anq it cy mail.” I am 
a novice and f.-esh hevup. -i m disband, y v out 
don't underrat'd ,tba -. 1 am usband—no—I am 
