Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-02-10

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ESr FarmsrsFeai the following. and prac-
Ice upon the suggestions.
The New Crop.
The inlucement. held Out 70 farmers to
plant afFsesssfTNg ScfcP wcfe.Ncter more
hatleriug than at the present tine. Wheat
Is higher this day than known for long
time in New York, and 50 Of all other grains.
Aud these large prices are not entirely the
result of speculation. based upon European
war news. Independent Of The war demand.
there is scarcity Of breadstuG abroad, which
has already drawn of the surplus OF our crop,
until the price is affected BY the natural law
Of demand and supply. The supply having
become exhausted, aud the great American
eranary, IN a measure emptied, the world
calls upon the farmers to refill it. There is
another demand for grain besides the foreign
one, which will prevent price from recedlng
below the paying point for several years to
come, and that is tor the immense numbers
Of hands employed in building railroads.
These works cannot be suddenly stopped no
matter what the pressure may be upon the
money or grain market, because to stop them
would be ruin to the capitalists When a
current once forms channel, it is difficult
to turn its course. The products Of the Amer.
lean farmer have lately fallen into channel,
where the current of trade is sweeping them
onward 10 marts before unknown, producing
prices before unthought Of We therefore
council our country friends to prepare for a
great spring crop. Let them sow all the oa!s
they can get into the ground in good order,
in proper season; then plant corn upon every
acre in good condition which can be devoted
10 that crop. Let them also SOW buckwheat
turnips, and corn for fodder, so that they car
sell large portion of all grain produced.
At the West, and particularly in the re
gion West of Lake Michigan, spring whea
IS more extensively sown than the winter va
rety. Farmers in that region should not neg
lect the present opportunity to make pay
ing crop of this grain Spring wheat sowl
early, rarely fails uron prairie farm
where winter wheat is very uncertain.
possible, in should be sown in FEBRUARY; at an
rate March should not pass before this GRO
is put in, even il it is necessary to wad
over shoes to do it, We have seen forty fly
bushels per acre Of spring wheat though ;h
usual crop is FAR below that, mainly owing I
the very bad treatment it receives at tn
hands Of the farmer.
Beans and peas, it will be seen, are quote
at SI,5O to $3.50 per bushels. Both of tn 6
are spring crops, and may be grown wit
profit upon almost any farm in the country
Lastly, look at the price Of potataes, whc
are now selling fer $3.50 per barrel-moI
per bushcl than corn, and more than whei
iu ordinary years. With grain high, as it cc
tainly will be next seoson, potatoes wi | col
tinna- to sell at high rates after the next Gro
comes in perfectio:. Farmers should mall
u note of this in time for sp7;nG oppcraton
Let them plant largely The crop will be
paying one. We add, that they should n
plant or SOW anything. especially in any pa
of the Eastern States, without m1nure If
farmer has not enough upon his own farr
lot him buy guano, super phosphate of lin
ground bones, salt, nitrate OF soda, poudret
or some of the concentrated fer,elizels, whit
are sold now as commonly as the seeds TO
planted.
One OF the creates, wants OF this COUNT
ut this momeu, is capital, to employ in pr
ducng food and raw materials of manula
ture from American soil. No branch of bu
mess suffers somuch for the lack of capital
farming. Farmers complain Of the poor col
pensation they get for their labor. They s.
that they work harder, live coarser and e
Joy fewer Of the luxulies and rcinements
life, than any other class of mcn-al Of viii
We are willing to conccd, while we insist tn
il is because they do not employ capt.
They only work to Iivc--work with Heir o.
hands, and not. like tha manufacturer, VI
machinery and means furnished by the pc
er of pital. 1t is equally trAe that ma
men own large tracts Of land, lying compa
lively idle and waste, because they cam
cultivate hem alone, and do not see the
vantage. of employing others TO do it forthc
1t is this class that we more particularly
sire to wake up to their own interest,
showing them that the price Of farm prod
will not fall below their present level III
after the production Of another crop. The
fore, we repeat the council-Plow early, $
early and llHt largely next spring. "
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