Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-06
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THE TRUE sYsrgM OF FA7RMIING:.

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THE TRUE SYSTEM OF FARMING.
Trying to do too much is a common en-
TOR into which the farmer often falls. His
great eagerness in striving to be rich, is
doubtless the cause of his error. He is
ambitious. and energetic, and forms his
plans on large scale. too often perhaps,
without counting the cost. He buys a
large farm and wishes to be called a
90 large farmer.' without considering or
understanding the true elements that con-
stitute the real farmer. He fancies the
greatness of that profession, as is too of
ten the common estimate, to be in pro-
portion TO the number of acres, not to say
cultivated, but embraced within the
boundaries Of his domain. The fact is
now being spread abroad, that large
farm does not make Il man rich, content
ed or happy but, on the contrary, the
reverse Of all this. unless well titled, when
his labor is rewarded by ample crops and
fair success in the various departments in
which he is engaged. No farmer can re-
alize the full benefits of his profession
without adopting thorough system Of
culture. Ills success. commensurate to
his wishes. always depends upon the man
ner in which he prepares his ground.
plants his seed and rears his stock. Mel.
Their of these departments, which may be
considered the cardinal ones of his pro-
fession, will take Of themselves. The soil
may be rich, but it needs culture. The
soil may be sown. but it should be in due
time. and always on soil well prepared
and of suitable quality for the production
of the crop desired. His stock must be
constantly cared fort derives its thrift
from the soil. and sends again to that soil
the sustenance it requires but this is not
done in a loose or haphazard way. The
farmers care is required, and all his bet
ter judgment must be exercised in keep
ing up this system OF reciprocal benefits
that may be realized by every intelligent
and industrious farmer.
Thorough cultivation and systematic
attention to all parts OF bis business are
indispensable to good degree of success.
The very corner stone to this whole sys>
tenn OF farming is TODD what you do tho>
roughly-nature will not be cheated. and
never gives full returns to the halfway
work that is practiced by vastly 100 many
calling themselves farmers. If the land
has been worn. the extent Of that exhaus-
tion and the food required must be first
considered. When ascertained, the full
measure Of these requirements must be
given to bring out full returns. If the
farmer has but II small stock, and conse-
quently but a snail amount of manure TO
replenish his land, it is obvious that but
small farm can be supplied with it and
good jud gmcnt at once dictates that to
cultivate properly large farm. artificial
fertilizers must be used if good crops are
obtained. And SO with the laborer; two
men cannot suitably till one hundred acres
of land. when the labor of two men, and
perhaps four ight be employed on sew
entY-fve acres.
This is the great error in farming, two
men strive to do what four men can hard
ly do, and thus thousands of acres are
run over. half titled and producing half
crops. The land, is run over till worn
out. sustaining year after year the unna-
tural tax. till its energies are entirely ex-
hausted. and it fails to yield even fee
BILE crop, because it's life is worn out.
Much of the soil in Virginia. and other
Southern States is type of this. Thou
sands of acres are lying useless and ex-
hauSted, and will ever remain so, till the
first elements of its power are returned to
1t. This process is fast going on in ma
ny of the Western States. The soil is
treated like an inexhaustable mine the
tlllers crying give. give till in few
years it will have nothing to give. The
boast of the West is large farms and large
crops of grain; pillow and reap is the bu-
lsness OF the western farmers, drawing
out the very life of the soil, sending away
IN heavy exports that are constantly GO
ing onward. without returning to the soil
theafoOd it requires to make it productive.
The light that is being spread abroad
on this subject. is beginning to correct
this practice to some extent. but in most
cases very little is returned to the soil to
keep it alive. till after several years of
continued cropping. it maniIests signs of
exhaustion and ultimate barrenness.
When tillers OF the soil understand their
true interests. they will cultivate no more
land than they can do we'll. Fifty acres
of land for ti!lage. brought to high state
of cultivation, pays better than one hun
dred run over in the way that many do.
jefferson Farmer.
A PARIS ROMAxCE-P is a CITY of
wonderful occurrences. The suicides are
wonderful, the lives extraordinary and