The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-04-16
From the Albany cultivator


AauoULruRAL EooNoMV. do onr akricul-
turises study economy ss attentivelY as they
ought to dos / Dc not mean economy In lhe
ordinary sense--in expenditures, sewing every
cent they can and stinting supplies. mean
the economy Of management. Iroe economy
adapts means to ends, applying 10 mofs or less
of the one than is necessary tor The reti0n
Of the other. For example, ten acres q land
we'll prepared and thoroughly titled Willpro-
duce five hundred bushels Of eofu. The fco-
nomical farmer, therefore, who inlgnds % pre-
duce that amount Of corn, will not use twenty
acres Of poorly prepared and badly titled land
to accomplish It; because the same amount 0i
erop will require more labor on twenty acres
in plowing and tilling, however imperlectly
performed, than it will on ten acres, however
we'll it shall be titled and prepared Again, if
a farmer have an hundred loadsof manure only I
if he study economy, be will rather apply it6ll
TO small piece Of land and thus manure Il
we'll than Oalsrge piece, and thus manure il
very imperfectly; because, in the former case,
it will require less labor TO produce given
amount Of crop, than in the latter Again, o
farmer that has given amount oi manure
will apply il in sufficient quantity q a much
land only as it will supply with sufficin, leftl.
ization, and thus, BY annually improving aslnall
piece, at length render the whole fertile So,
also, the owner Of q large tract Of land viii at-
tempt to cultivate only Just 80 much q Il Is his
forces can cultivate thoroughly. Two srmers.
each with the same number Of acres the
same amount Of labor, shall show very different
balance sheets at the end Of the year. the one
footing up 81 900 profits, and the other $500,
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application of means to ends, and the other
takes nothOught Of the matter.
One great fault Of many farmers may be
found in a peculiar passion for large fields
How much wheat will yOuput in this falls $50
acres, 500 acres, &c. The question should be,
how much will You produce this years and the
passion should be for the large yield instead Of
the large surface seeded. The New England
farmers differ from our Middle and Northern
State farmers in this. The former study econ
omy in all things. They culture no more land
than they can cultivate well. They do not
weaken the result Ct their forces by diilu-
sion, but strengthen them by concentra-
tion.
There is much want Of economy also and
much loss in not closely attending to times and
seasons Wecontinually hear farmers complain
ing that they have not yet got their land prepar-
ed for fall seeding and now the weather will
not admit Of its preparations one has hot ii6ish-
ed planting his corn yet; another has notseeur-
ed his harvest before the rain set in and it is
beginning to sprout. As general rule, there
is time and a season for everything to be done
on farm, and those who are late in any-
thing must expect to suffer the consequences.
To study tie economy Of times and seasons is
as much part Of the science Of agriculture as
the proper adaptation of means to ends; and
both are as necessary to success in farming as
correct application OF skill in mechanics is
necessary to success in any mechanical employ
ment. Many Of our farmers seem to sleep all
winter, wake up in the spring, late Or early, as
it happens, and go to work when the humor
moves them, without system or forsthought, 90
a head as chance may lead through the summer,
and in the fall grumble at the failure Of the
crops from uniayorable seasons. II any one
takes this to himself, let him-I mean it for
him. AN OBSERVER.