Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-05-01
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From the Y. /. Tribune.
viii Coed Farming Pay!

OF letters from farmers who coolly undertake
to set Us right with regard to what we may
term High and Low Farming-they consid-
ering our notions occasionally indicated IN
The Tribune euIjreiy erroneous, or at least
unsuited TO the present condition of Agricul-
ture in this CoUrJry. q Land is so cheap and
/ Labor SO dear, sag they, that we can't
/ afford 10 farm So i,ieh as the English and Bel
/ gans io."-Noe hafthe men who talk 90 this
way have no clelr idea of what superior far
ming really IS 5ut II pressed for a definition
/ Of 1t VIII diIate oa the unproductive expense
of white-washins trees, planning boards for fen
ces, or something oil The sort, which has uoth-
ing to do with Farming at all 4 farmer, good
or bad, may ezpeud so much -apital in mere
fancy-work as torender his farm anproductye
and even an expense to him bntthatdocs not
invaEdate the sound general rule that ing
fling can prgftalJ Be WELL done ,cIicE can
prgitqJy Be dom etcH To this rule we know
no exceptions. One mans land may lie un-
suited TO Corn, or Wheat, or Barley, so that
lie ought not TO attempt the growing Of that
particular grain bat if IL ,eil5 7ay for qra,gi,s,,
ANY crop gf IL afal, 4 syiHPayJor groaciag
GOOD one. Ii it will not pay tor such a crop.
it viii not for any; and should be turnesl over
to something ofvhich it 2ciH yield generous
return and. In default of that, given up TO
( pasturase and got into wood as soon as 1oss:-
bic. To raise a twenty-bushel crop of Indian
Corn ought 10 Pc indictable as peryersio1
and waste ofthe houutics Of Providence.
The farmer w.io riows (oace) five or six
inches, and nIaE0res teebly. aud gets in his
/ crop 'a'e' ana al'."i nan cuitiVates Il through
'iiS summer ana gels insAger hait-cfop IN
l'ie T al (uLies3 cattle happen 10 oTeaA over
/ MS shiitieSs iehc's and eat 1t up meautime)
not only dooms himself TO fence and Naich.
ana P'y taxes o twice or thrice the extent lac
o"7'''' o'-' iie II committing iigrant er""e
AGAINST nature III f.t.-i'-ss'fS ne 9ot4 q IS
= ''-1s' IT o'.''''' survey q our N''l9pa'
1--.''' ''.' '''e a1'7l o'alion q ti.'
81. = '''i' '','-''5 since IS set'ieineat ~
.''.. l'''' a. .'.'7 a' -e-s' I'VE 1-"dfeu
''''''''1" o. Doi'''' rom rs 'aiue All oOsel-
ing me" are ''''-'.'+. WIN iaets winch sus-
- ~ lsss 1's "iioi5 00"H-
u.s. = ''''''os ''''s o'llss' "G'cH "ou-d
nav : 5'~.. II" ~ 'e1.-e q twenty 'nsi-
ei5 q y neat or 'o-ty OF indian Corn 70 the
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The elements .eu.iai 10 the production O,
tie cereal grains bave been gradually abstrac
ted. aud not + tur. ID nor rea,acc3. Thee
have been sent gs3I ID the cities. 10 IEr31a.
and nave long .i1e served to feft.lza l}rif,=;,
fields or have becn thrown from the Go,Lz. O.,
crept through ,lle sewers Of our rsesbonr3 ci..
les itto ,he ocean. Every dollar Of tl.,. dim.
inishcd value uF toe Soil is so much ro,b46
bv Incidence sn5 i-a,ravca ~ .l.o r..+ from,
the natrinonv n.,,,r. rooer.,.o,.
Fyary acre .f la,l I,,qar 0,,lr,.,,..--.. .-..-,..
10 bs worth mare AFTER each ,-eo-s ,;rl,-. ,,=,.
# was before 4. NAV rot ;a,.qd l.,r r-n
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