Show farm gardening the farmer who continues continue a to raise the same crops craps that he grew before to towns ans and manufacturing I 1 villages sprang up all around him makes a great mistake in ili the elio older slat slates i es at least there are but few farms not within an hours or iwo two hours ride of a market it is I 1 worth while for foi farmers in such localities to consider if they can afford to raise field corn when sweet corn will pay them much better it is true that sweet corn needs high but when the ears are off OT there will be a heavy crop of the very best fodder the ears will brine brings in iu ready teady woney just haw much will depend upon the market marlet marl et but safe to say ay more than an any y crop of ripe corn would bo be worth it is a mistake to grow late potatoes to be dug when every one elso else has potatoes and anti prices alces are lo 10 low W while ear early y potatoes will bring braig severi several tl times till the arico uri c 0 of late anes ones it is so with h other crops there are but few garden vegetables that may way not be grown groin as ile farm crops and it is a mistake to raise produce that will bear transportation from froin a distante dis lance instead of that suited to a 8 near a market and n must t be disposed of at once A farmer on the other hand bandi would make a mistake were he to devote his I 1 land and to a ne new v set af pf crops at once he ile should determine fermino de those things that pay the best and gradually work into a more profitable kind of farming farmin those who propose to do this w wih IN I 1 find corn and potatoes potato ea excellent cropf to begin betin with others will pay better but tit these are best to prepare the land for other and more profitable crops it would 4 hava been better had bad the land laud been prepared for these last fall but as this was not done make it ready as soon aalt ji bat safe td work it american ama r ican for february |