The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., December 07, 1912, Image 1

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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER IN 1913—Page 5.
______ HlKMINr.HAS ALA.,—MEMPHIS, TENN.
\ol. XXVII. No. 49. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 19.' Weekly: *1 a Year.
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I Now is the Time to Fix Up the Home Grounds. ~1
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will be found some
practical articles on
the improvement of the
home grounds—on trans
planting trees, making
lawns, planting bulbs, etc.
On this page we wish to
call attention to the fact
that now is the time to be
doing some of this work
and getting ready for some
more of it, and also to
urge upon readers that
they give special attention
to this work this season.
We wish to use the ac
j companying picture as a
sort of text for the few re
marks we shall make here
and from it to point a
moral or two which may
be of value to those who
have better-looking places
than this as well as to those
whose places do not look
; quite so well.
In the first place, then,
it is, to our opinion, a
good-looking place. It is
“homey,” has an inviting
and comfortable air, seems
to tell ' ’ rift and pros
perity. The open lawn in
front and at one side and
A ‘ ‘HOMEY”-LOOKING FARM HOME. I
e me grove at the other side make a splendid general layout. The
P ace has plenty of shade and plenty of sunshine.
Some of the other features are not so good, however. There is
°” Pa*k w^ere there should be a neat walk. The scattering of
s rubs and ornamental plants at haphazard over the lawn detracts
r°m, rather than adds to, the charm of the place. The bad practice
o putting the house on pillars and having no other underpinning for
! ~a common practice in the South—is followed. Worst of all, the
awn is evidently not much of a lawn. It seems to be more something
else than grass.
these faults, nowever, can be corrected, and a place does not
th' 1 Perfect in all its details to be attractive. That is one of
5, 1Ixe things about this work of home beautifying. One can begin
tj.U * e expenditure of only a little time and money, and go on with
■e \\ork as he is able, and have a constant renewal of satisfaction as
s p ace gradually grows more and more beautiful and home-like.
Let us call attention to just one more point: Suppose the house
ere unpainted, what else could be done to make it as neat and thrifty -
| l0°hing as it now is?
an r1’" PayS dividends, and so do grass and shade trees and vines
tastefully planted shrubbery and flowers. No work that can be
done at this season, at equal expense, will add more to the value of
the farm, or more to the durable satisfactions of life, than will the
making of the home really home-like and attractive. And there are
few things more needed in the rural South. j
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.
A DANISH BACON FACTORY—Co-operation Gives the Farmer 92
More for Every Hog Killed. . -
CANDY RECIPES—Good for Christmas Time . . j I
FARM AND GARDEN WORK FOR DECEMBER—-Professor' Mas- I
sey’s Notes and the “Ten Things to Do” . . .
GOVERNMENT STANDARDIZATION OF FARM ’ PRODUCTS —
Why It is Desirable and How It Can be Had
HOrj-KIT,T,IXr« TJI K_i -..__.1 _ . ...
HOME PLEASURES OF THE FARM WOMAN—The Country ie
Best Place to Live After All.
HOW TO BUY COTTONSEED MEAL—Buy by Analysis Alwavs T
IMPROV ING THE HOME GROUNDS—'Transplanting Large Trees,
LAND AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS—How They Would Help. To
™SrSSLCR°PS FOR aOGS—The Way to R.lse CHiMp Po*!! 17
THE BEST BREED OF POULTRY—The Case for the Heavy Breeds °0
WHY LIVESTOCK VENTURES FAIL - The SoutL™ FaS
Strange Disinclination to Accept Expert Advice. 3