The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-03-02
0be farmer.
A Valuable Htnt Tor Farmer.

Dishley, Worcestershire, and the founder
fthe new Leicester sheep, used TO tell
an anecdote with exceeding high glee, Of
farmer. not only ofthe olden school but
Of the olden times. The farmer, who
owned and occupied 1000 acres of laOd,
had three daughters. When his eldest
daughter married. he gave her one quar-
ter Of his land for her portion, but no
money and he found by little more
speed and a little better management,
the produce of his farm did not decrease.
When his second daughter married he
gave her oDe-ihird Of the remaining land
for her portion. but no money He then
set to work, and began to grub up his
furze and fem, and plonghed up what he
called his poor dry furze land. even when
the furze covered in some places nearly
half The land. After giving half Of his
land away to two Of his daughters, to his
great surprise he found that the produce
Increased; he made more money, because
his newly broken up furze had brought
excessive crops. and at the same time he
farmed the whole Of his land better. for
he employed three times more aborers
upon il; he rose two hours sooner in the
morning, had no more dead fallows once
in three years; instead OF which, he got
two green crops in one year, aud ate them
upon the land. A garden never requires
a dead fallOw.-But the great advantage
was, that he got the Same money to man.
age 5OO as he had Ia manage 1000 acres;
therefore, he laid out double tho money
upon the land When his third and last
daughter married, he gave her $50 acres,
Or half Of what remained, for her portion.
aud no money. He then found That he
had the same money to farm one quarter
ofthe land, as he had at first to farm the
whole. He began to ask himself few
questions, and set his wits to work now
he was to make as much Of 250 as he had
done of 1000 acres. He then paid off his
bailif, who weighed twenty stone! rose
with the larks in the long days, and went
to bed with the lamb; he got as much
more work done for his money; he made
his servents, laborers and horses, move
faster-broke them from the snail's pace;
and found that the eye of the master
qulckened the pace of the servant. He
saw the beginning aud ending of every
thing; and to his servants and laborers, in
stead of saying, go and do it," he said
to them, Let us go, my boys, and do it,"
Between go and come" he soon found
a great diffeTence.-He grubbed up the
whole ofhis furze and ferns, and then
ploughed the whole of his poor grass
land up, aud converted great deal OF
corn into meat, for the sake of manure,
and he preserved his blank water, (the
essence of manure;) cut his hedges down,
which had not been spashed for 40 OF
SO years; Strengthened his zig gag fences;
) cut his water courses straight and gain
ed deal ofland by doing so; made dams
and sluices, and irrigated all the land lie
could; he grubbed up many of hishedg-
es and borders covered with bushes, ia
, some places from 10 to IA yards in width
some more in his small closes, some moi
, wider than streets;and put three. -four. FIVE
and six closes into one. He found ou
p that instead ofgrowing white thorn hedg
es and haws to feed foreign birds in th'
- winter, he could grow food for man in
a stead of migratory birds. After all thi
y Improvement, he grew more, aud made
more off250 acres than be did from 1000
at the same time he found out that halfo
England at that time was not cultivated
from the want ofmeans 10 cultivate it with
let him have rams and sold him Ions
+ horned bulls, said Robert Bakewell, and
told him the real value of labor, both il
h doors and out, and what ought to b,
done with certain number ofmen, oxer
f aud horses, within given time. taugh
him to sow less and plough better; tina
- there were limits and measures in al
! things; and that the husbandman ought tC
, be stronger than the farm. told hin
E how to make hot land colder, and cole
land hotter, light land sitter and stiff lant
7 lighter. soon caused him to shake Of
a all his deep.rooted prejudices and | graf
ted new ones in their places. told hin
o not to breed inferior cattle. sheep, o
= horses, but the best of each kind, for thu
. the best consumed no more than the worst
NV friend became new man in his oil,
|. age, and died rich.-Gdrdener'S Chro1
q New Mode OF Manufacturing Substance