SMALL FARMS.
Seven acres is the extent of the grounds of Captain I). Stewart, Upper Alton, 111. Four and a-half are iu strawberries, three-quarters in raspberries, one-eiglitli in currants, one-half ill asparagus, the rest iu grass and shrubbery and flowers, and what not. And from theoo seven acres Mr. S. makes a good living for himself and family, keeps out of debt, and lias money left to buy flowers, and pictures, and books, and candy for his grandchildren. Clean culture and order are everywhere manifest. The toolhouse is a model of neatness, the tools all hanging in their places, and well preserved from year to year.— Western Rural.
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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 302, 9 March 1878, Page 4
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108SMALL FARMS. Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 302, 9 March 1878, Page 4
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