The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-02
THE PIONEER.
AGRICULTUR A RAJ
Advice to Farmers.

Last week we published an article iron
the New York Tribune, advising farmer,
to spare no time in preparing to put ou
general crops in the spring; the high price.
would make it lucrative business, ant
the scarcity bring it into demand. Thi.
week we fiud the following in the Rurol
which we think an instructing lesson upor
the subject, and if the farmers observe the
advice laid down in this, no doubt there
might be great deal of good result from
it. The Rural says:
Ma. EDrToR:-A recent article in The
-New York Zri6ane, copied extensively into
other papers, recommends to farmers tc
plant and sow spring grains extensively
in order to meet the great demand which
the present state ofEuropean affairs seems
to Indicate will be made upon our produc.
tons. The last RURAL has an editoria
bearing upon thesame point. Intelligen,
farmers are no. uniformed as to the state
OF the markets, and need not the applica
ton OF stimulants to awaken their attention
to matters connected with their interests.
High prices are always exciting, and there
is danger that this extraordinary state OF
our markets may lead farmers into extra
VACANT enterprises, which may hereafter
be deeply regretted. We are all aware
that steady, uniform system of agricul-
ture tends to prosperity, and that sudden
changes from one system to another are
always disastrous. Every farmer ought
to have well dgested system of farming,
adapted to his circumstances, as to soil,
climate, markets, &c.,-and when he is
sure he is right, then he should GO AHEAD
Some of our farmers have turned their at
tention to the growing of wool, Others to
raising cattle, and others to the products
of the dairy, and they have found each of
these departments of husbandry highly
remunerative.
Now, l think there is danger that some
of these farmers will be influenced by ex-
travagant prices, to swerve from their pur-
pose. We are none of us above the effects
of such influences. Hence, aword of eau
ton, at this time, may not come amiss
A little calm reasoning will show, that al
though wheat first feels the influence of
this foreign demand, all other agricultural
products will follow, according to their re-
lative value as food for man. After man
has been fed, he must be clothed, and nu-
merous other wants supplied, which, al
though no. SO imperative In their demands,
can by no means be neglected. The
wheat grower has reaped rich reward for
his crops-but should the wool grower and
dairyman turn their attention to wheat, by
the time their lands have brought forth,
the market is glutted, and other products
take the ascendency; and thus the farmer
is kept in constant excitement, and never
ready for the market until the high prices
have gone BY. Many farmers have insti-
tuted a system of rotation Of crops, by
which their lands are constantly improv-
Ing. But this system is in great danger of
being laid aside by desire to compete for
these high prices.
The Tribune recommends to farmers to
SOW to oats and plant to corn, all the lands
they can make available for these crops.
Suppose farmers follow this advice, would
not their meadows and pastures be in dan
ger of encroachments, to the serious dam
age of their stock? Would it not be bet
ter advice to plan with great care his fu-
ture operations, and keep steadily on in
the same course he has found successful
in former years? Thorough culture is
the text which needs most to be enlarged
upon at this time Let speakers and wri-
ters dwell upon this topic, and they will
not lead farmers into any visionary specu-
lation. Let farmers practiceit, and wheth-
er prices rule high or low, they will. have
their reward. MYRoN ADAMS.