Methods Of Farming

Por half a hunrtred miles about New York the country is a región of small farms. Nearly all are carefully tilled, but the manner in which each is conducted comes close to the nationality of the owner. The native American likes a lawn in front of his house and leaves uncultivated strips near the fence of his flelds. Aiso his preferenee in the way of crops is for gra.in. The Eng-lishman and the Germán devote ínuch space to berries and vegetables, and both delight in displays of flowers before their bouses. The Frenchman is sure tó be a grapegrower. He, too, reveis in flowers, but he fosters thos that, cut or as potted plants, wiïl find a city market. The Irishman is a raiser of potatoes, cabbag-es and corn. His home displays little outside adornment, but almost always there is about it an air of solid comfort, and one naay be sure to see a pig-pen far froai the cottage. Abroad "land is land,'' and tho-a who have been tenants of holdings that cost them an annual rental of $20 per acre retain their habit of close cultivation when farming in the United States. Here, ap-ain, the difference between the American and the foreigner crops out. The former isprodigal of soil and Iets the diffieult spots alone; the latter utilizes every inch of dirt clear to the roadway and uses fertilizers. with skill and advantage to himself.