February 18, 1886. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
143 
FRUIT. 
a. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
B. 
a. 
Apples .. .. 
i 
0 to 8 
6 
Oranges. 
.. 100 
4 
Oto 
6 
0 
,, Canadian 
.. barrel 
10 
0 
12 
6 
Peaches . 
perdoz. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Nova Scotia 
10 
0 
12 
6 
Pears, kitchen 
dozen 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Cobs, Kent .. 
per 100 lbs. 
27 
6 
30 
0 
,, dessert 
dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Figs .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Pine Apples English .. lb. 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Grapes .. .. 
2 
0 
5 
0 
Plnms. 
J sieve 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Lemons .. 
.. case 
8 
0 
10 
0 
St. Michael Pines 
..each 
2 
0 
6 
0 
Melon .. , 
0 
0 
0 
0 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
s. d. s. d. 
Aralia Sieboldi .. dozen 9 0 to 18 0 
Arbor vit® (golden) dozen 
6 
0 
18 
0 
(common) 
dozen 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Arum Lilies .. .. 
dozen 
12 
0 
18 
0 
Azaleas. 
dozen 24 
0 
42 
0 
Begonias .. .. 
dozen 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Bouvardia .. 
dozen 
12 
0 
18 
0 
Cineraria .. .. 
dozen 
10 
0 
12 
0 
Cyclamen 
dozen 
12 
0 
24 
0 
Cyperus . 
dozen 
4 
0 
12 
0 
Dracana terminals, 
dozen 
30 
0 
60 
0 
» viridis .. 
dozen 
12 
0 
24 
0 
Erica, various 
dozen 12 
0 
24 
0 
Euonymus, in var. 
dozen 
6 
0 
18 
0 
Evergreens, in var. 
dozen 
< 
0 
24 
0 
8. d. s. d. 
Ficus elastica .. eacli 1 6 to 7 0 
Ferns, in variety .. dozen 4 0 18 0 
Foliage Plants, var. each 2 0 10 0 
Genistas .. .. dozen 10 0 12 0 
Hyacinths .. .. dozen 6 0 9 0 
Marguerite Daisy dozen 8 0 12 0 
Myrtles.dozen 6 0 12 0 
Palms, in var. .. each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, doz. 6 0 9 0 
Poinsettia .. .. dozen 0 0 0 0 
Primulas, single, dozen 4 0 6 0 
Solannm .. .. dozen 8 0 12 0 
Spiraea.dozen 12 0 18 0 
Tulips.12 pots 6 0 9 0 
CUT FLOWERS. 
s. 
d. 
8. 
a. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Abutilons 
12 bunches 
2 
0 to 4 
0 
Lilies of the Valley, in 
Acacia (Mimosa), Fr., per 
dumps or pots, per doz. 
15 
Oto 30 
0 
bunch 
1 
0 
l 
6 
Lily ol the Valley, 12 sprays 
0 
9 
1 
6 
Arum Lilies .. 
12 blooms 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Marguerites .. 12 bunches 
6 
0 
8 
0 
Azalea .. .. 
12 sprays 
0 
6 
i 
0 
Mignonette .. 12 bunches 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Bouvardias .. 
per bunch 
0 
6 
i 
0 
Pelargoniums, per 12 trusses 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Camellias 
12 b’ooms 
2 
0 
6 
0 
„ scarlet, 12 trusses 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Carnations . 
12 blooms 
1 
0 
8 
0 
Poinsettia .. 12 b'ooms 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Chrysanthemums 12 blooms 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Roses (indoor), per dozen 
3 
0 
9 
0 
12 bunches 
9 
0 
18 
0 
,, Tea. French., dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Cyclamen 
doz. blooms 
0 
4 
0 
9 
„ red, French., dozen 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Epiphyilum .. 
doz. blooms 
0 
6 
0 
9 
Spiraea .. .. 12 sprays 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Encharis 
per dozen 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Tropmolum .. 12 bunches 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Gardenias 
12 blooms 
6 
0 
18 
0 
Tuberoses .. 12 blooms 
i 
6 
S 
0 
Hellebore 
doz. blooms 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Tulips .. dozen blooms 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Hyacinths, Roman, 12 sprays 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Violets .. .. 12 bunches 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Lapageria, white, 12 blooms 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Czar, Fr., .. hunch 
1 
6 
2 
0 
Lapageria, red 
. 12 blooms 
i 
0 
2 
0 
„ Parme, French, per 
Lilium longiflorum, 12 hi ms. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
bunoh .. .. 
4 
0 
6 
0 
PROFITABLE FARMING. 
Hard work, very hard work, is done by the “ small farmer ” 
of Sussex. With few exceptions he is his own carter, plough¬ 
man, and yardman. Early and late he keeps plodding on. 
From 5 a.m. in summer and an hour later in winter his day 
runs on till 8 or 9 p m. in one incessant round of drudgery. 
No farm labourer works harder—few so hard, and though he 
undoubtedly complains loudly of hard times, he takes good 
care that his receipts shall always show a considerable mar¬ 
gin over expenditure in the pleasing guise of his balance at 
the bank. His method of doing this is very simple: it is 
just to go without a thing if he finds he cannot afford it. 
Such self-denial is a life-long habit with him, and it is cer¬ 
tainly not regarded as a special virtue. 
The “ small farmer ” who achieves a degree of success 
superior to his fellows is he who is so fortunate as to have a 
good wife. The &t. James's Gazette tells us of one prosperous 
farmer whose wife “ was a very capable woman, who never 
stopped her work a minute whatever visitors came in, or 
allowed anyone to hinder her. For many years she made 
£60 a year by her poultry and eggs ; used to start at 4 a m., 
with a wheelbarrow filled with chicken food to feed poultry in 
distant meadows, some half a mile off.” Nor is this by any 
means a solitary example of downright resolute effort on the 
part of women of this class. "We could point to many 
another with which we are intimately acquainted. We know 
one notable farmer’s wife who, with her two daughters, 
obtains by the proceeds of her dairy and poultry more than 
enough to pay the rent of her husband’s farm of a hundred 
acres. It is their habit always to be up in the morning by 
six ; nor are they idle of an evening—with them the sewing 
machine is a household institution, for the daughters are 
proficient in dressmaking, and all their clothing is “ home 
made.” It need hardly be said that agricultural depression 
does not bring ruin in its train to such a family. To them 
we gladly concede a reasonable reduction of rent with far 
greater satisfaction than ever can be experienced in doing 
the same thing for the tenant who affects the “ fine gentle¬ 
man,” and demands it as indispensable to enable him to 
keep up his fox-hunting. We write this in no carping spirit, 
but we would urge upon every farmer the importance of 
always living well within his means, and of adapting himself 
to circumstances. Depend upon it, the man who has the 
moral courage to do this commands the involuntary respect 
of all sensible people. 
We were recently asked to purchase a farm because the 
owner said he found he could not afford to keep it; he must 
sell it and try something else. Now this man had passed 
the greater part of his life upon this farm, had brought up 
his family there, and was certainly too old to form fresh 
habits and take up a new calling readily. We soon saw 
enough of his affairs to convince us that if only he had suffi¬ 
cient sense and courage to effect a radical reform in his 
expenses to dispense with the luxury of keeping up false 
appearances, he might not only retain possession of his 
property, but also earn enough for the reasonable necessaries 
of life, even under the depression. 
One remarkable outcome of the depression is a pronounced 
development of character. The man of energy becomes more 
energetic, more thoughtful, more teachable; he will not be 
beaten. His appeal to his landlord for a reduction of rent 
is couched in such language, and is accompanied by such a 
clear statement of his affairs, that respect and due considera¬ 
tion is forthwith accorded him. “ If I do fail,” says he, “ it 
shall not be through poor farming,” and he is precisely the 
man whose samples of farm produce are among the best in 
the market, who still obtains the highest prices for them, and 
it must not be forgotten that now a very little more or less 
per quarter for corn or per head for live stock makes a vital 
difference between success or failure. 
Be it remembered, too, that in these critical times success 
in farming really means paying one’s way. Agreeable as it 
undoubtedly is to have a heavy balance at the bank, we cer¬ 
tainly do not consider that desirable for the ordinary farmer. 
His capital should be at work, and should be so apportioned 
as to be always bringing in some quick returns. Farmers 
must be on the alert to take advantage of every opportunity, 
and to step out of the beaten track of their forefathers as 
occasion may require. It is our desire not only to help them, 
but to enable them to help themselves in matters great and 
small, and to be really earnest in all they have to do. A 
short time ago one of our tenants complained to us that he 
had 600 bushels of Barley so much discoloured by rain that 
he had only 15s. a quarter offered him for it. Clearly he 
could not sell it at such a price. What was he to do ? We 
at once said, “ Grind it, and get some pigs to eat it,” and 
we were glad to find that he followed our advice ; but we may 
own to a feeling of surprise that so simple a remedy did not 
occur to him. 
The outlook for farmers is certainly a gloomy one. Wheat 
is at a ruinously low price. Much of a fine crop of Barley 
was spoilt by rain, the root crop was in many a district a 
failure. But, as we have said before, the farmer who had 
the full advantage of the best modern appliances for harvest 
work had most, if not all, of his corn cut and stacked before 
the rain came. So, too, with roots. With early sowing on 
rich highly cultivated land, the roots had so good a start 
before the drought set in that the crop suffered very little 
from it. Remember now, too, that in order to insure, as far 
as one can do, a full crop of hay the manure must be applied 
before the expiration of the present month. To wait later 
is really to court failure. A man may occasionally be suc¬ 
cessful although he is a little late with his work, but tardy 
practice does not answer long. 
(To be continued.) 
