The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-11-16
Agricultural.
From the Geaesee Farmer.
Farming on twenty-one Acres of Land.

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large possessions, do not realize the amount of la
Dor that can be proitsbly employ led in cultivation
end few srm laborers are aware how small piece
cfground will afford full employment to an indus
trious man, and yield himself and family the com
forts Of life, and make them an independent home
In illustration of these facts, | viii give an ac
count Of farmer B. His farm consists OF twenty one
acres: one acre Is occupied with buildings yards
md garden and twenty acres for cutivation-al
made productive by thorough draining and bount
fnl mangring. A good substantial fence all round
II but no division fences. lie has 81 rods of pat
ent fence, which il easily removed. with which he
encloses one fourth of the ground fw pasture,
The farm is divided into four equal partS-five
acres in each part. First season, No i, in grass
clover and timothy, for pasture; No in horse crop
--one acre in wurtzels, one potatoes, and IN corn
No 8 in barley and Nod in wheat With these
crops he keeps regular rotation each yeqr Sec
ond season No is manurel with all the manure he
has collected the past year. and powed for the next
seasons hoe crop; No , is ploWed in the fall for
barley next spring; No 3 barley stnbblel Is sown
with wheat; and No 1 twheatlis sown with timy-
thy and clover for mex. seasons pasture-which 70
tation he uniformly pursues.
He keeps yoke OF oxen two cows. 20 good
ewes and breeding sow, for which five acres Of
fresh clover ON rich soil will afford plenty If pas
ture, provided that he does not turn into 1t too
soon III the spring. The wheat and barley straw,
corn stalks and roots will be ample forage for
them in winter. lie il industrious economical
and prudent. Everything is we'll done and in
season. The ground is kept clean, no weeds be
ing allowed TO grow, not even around the fence
it i made rich by pendrr applications of manure
which renders ii very productive iii- wheat NV
erages thirty bushels pr acre 1t will take TWEEN
ty-lour bushels to bread the family the year,
(which consists of himself wife and folr little
ones) and II will take seven bushels for seed,
which will leave one hundred aud nineteen 10 sell
tins at one dollar per bu>nel, will ; ll9.-Hs bar
ley yields 40 bushels to the acre. it viii take 4
Of it for seed and 1872 bushels to market ut 80
cts per bushel, will be 20 dollars. The corn av-
erages sixty bushels per acre; the three acres
produce $50 bushels it will take so bushels TO
feed the pigs and fat the pork, and use cf the
family, for they eat Johnny cake and mush) and
leaves him one hundred bushels 10 market at 80
CTS per bushel, is $50. The potatoes and bcets
are all used at home. The wool of the 20 ewes
averaging one dollar per fleece, will be 20 dollars,
They raise 90 lambs, which he sells in July or
August for 20 dollars. BY taking the lambs from
the ewes early, the latter will get fit by fall Is
of them are sold for so dollars with which he pro,
cures 20 ewes for next seasons keeping-and he
has five fat sheep for the use of the family The
sows have six pigs the last of March or early in
April The five pigs and old sow when fltted
will make | 100 pounds of pork five hundred will
do the family, with the five fat sheep and leave
hun SIX hundred pounds to sell, which at FIVE cts
pound is 80 dollars. This makes $40 dollar.
worth sold from the products Of the twenty acres
and the frinily have had their Twin. the past
year.
1t may be thought that this calculation is toe
large for an average production but | assure YOU
that If the operator is industrious, economical and
judicious, he will seldom fall short of the Quantity
stated But it is asked, how can m industrious
man be constantly employed on twenty acres OF
ground cultivated for farming purposes Loo.
att His ground for spring crops is all plowed
10 the fall On the first Of Anril he commence.
operations for the season He first sows the rras,
seed on the wheat; then 10 cwt Of plaster on III,
Loe-ground and rs soon rs the ground is suff
GENTLY dry he harrows it and sows the barley ;her
harrows and cross harrows it until it is thorough
ly puiverlzed, and then rolls it, By that time the
planting ground is ready TO harrow, which opera
ton Is continued until the ground is thoroughly
pulverized. and nearer it can be made to a Fardei
tilt the better.
But if he is ahead Of the season with his worl
he can always have full employment in making
the manure heap He collects everything tha
will make manure that his time AMI means per
nit; he puts on it at least ton of plaster at df
ferent times Leached ashes, swamp muck mar
dirty salt, and old brine, are all collected and mix
cd with the barn ward dung. so A. Ia increase IN,
manure heap to at least 200 loads
The ground being in good order, and the sea
con favorable. he commences planting the first o
May, and takes time and does it wel-for Their,
Is more loss by careless planting than would pay
for four times the labor OF doing it we'll He frs
plants the wurtzels, then the potatoes and corn
Planting done the wheat is to be wed: and Il:
coon as the wurtzels are up he commences hoeing
which affords him employment until the first Of
fifth of July. He then has some leisure and rs
slsts neighbor in haying, to procure help in hau
hing III grain.
He commences harvest IA soon rs the grain vii
permit and barley will do TO cut pretty green