Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-10-31
No 3--wMOLE No zaI
.AGRICuLTuRE lN rnE sOuTH.

A Eww " *, ago. a lrlend ul ours ~as
abou iai .ks a Journey on business, AID
Il = be cOpld remain s metlme 10 cer-
tain district where We had no subscrI-
hers, h. roncuded, ~ we'll as oursslvr..
q ~ might collect a lew o add to our
hs. In lrter rom him dated --,
June Z %, 1874 he says, Il have recen
iy tken n llde Of Twelve miles from this
city and returned by differen, road
| saw bul one building that could be
constr ed INTO. an apology for
baTn.
How do vou manage Without barn.f
.aId ! 20 one of The best larmers mt
WIN
TO- said be, I'VE have 20 use Tor
barns, W. have hoIb,ng 10 put into them
How do you loresh your wheal3 |
inqprtd
We d. rot grow sny wheat
Y ,ur rye. IherT
aVr do nol grow any rye
'Wbst do YOU do with your hayf
~ AIherto We grow nu, hay'
'Wuul do YOU give your horses during
the wrnlerF
'The tops and blades Of The corn
'And bow are your cows provided for?
Why, we lei them take their chance
in rhe fields among the stalk; and they
m ,kz out 10 live unit spring'
The same farmer informed me that
he had mol manured sn acre of land, nor
hi'I Of corn, for nine years.
'Aod what, | asked him, IS an aver
age crop 0 cornf
"A barrel 0 the Thousand hills
And how msuy hills do you reckon 10
he acreF
Two Thousand
Ana how many bushels TO the bar
reIF
Five "
Then your isId ofcorn is ten bush
els IN The acre?'
Yes va are satisfied with that. and
hall Of Us do not get that much
Have you mari he ref inquired.
YES we have plenty Of II three or four
eet below the surface, but it is 100 much
trouble TO dig rs'
mentioned yoUr poudrette-'O.' said
he, "a dollar and fifty ceOIs barrel
would make It cost too much.
Seeing little girl busily engaged in
shaking a gI1rl bottle ked what she
had il IT. She answered creIm aud that
she was makipg huDler. concluded,
therefore that farmer who has horse
and cart-a wooden plough, rope Traces.
a corn husk collar, and a qua:t bottle 10
churn his butter in, feels hlmssIl amply
prepared for conducting a farm in these
irgglng' without wasting a dolar.a year
Tor The Farmers Clbinel!
A most legitimate conclusion, truly
W. should have come to the same pre-.
CiseIy. had we been canvassIng ourselves
instead Of our friend. Where would he
the use in silrring up a neighborhood
hinN was IuIo''y ipIos'hS upOu = ueIIeI III
the perfection Of primitive habits, and in
making it feel its own privations br
showing it the superior privileges of 9th.
ers! Ii a man is content from year 10
year, and from generation to generation.
with ten bushels ol corB 10 the acre. with
his wooden plough, husk collar, and
quart bottle churn. WHY ask him TO waste
his money on hO agricultural paper, thai
would make him Dissatisfied with them
all! Our friend also informed US that
overaking q boy who was returning in
his cart from market, he irqmret how
far he had come me-what his load of mar.
ketng had con sisted Of, and how much
he had obtained for 1t? He said he had
Just sold his load of fOdder-he had
brought i; nine miles and got sixty Two
and half cents fori'. We could make
ch1pier Of reflections upon thsse little
incidents, bur as they would not reach
the inlecled district, and as hose nf our
readers will lie quite as wise as ourssiF
we Ieave each one to supply his own
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