Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-01-09
Too Euch Land

" Large lul small Farms trmplr'l.
lWrrk,pg Farmer.
Too Kuch Land
The great rrror with our American acri
culurI,,s. i,a morbid do,irc g, own 40,
occupy NOR, land than they can cultivate
Farming i. a scientific bo,iur.., aud i. ca
pll, OF bling reduced 90 rule. as Is,si.,
and accurate, aud W. may add, A. ,ucccss
tai o.. th,,a which regulate thc manipulate
~ PROCESSES Of the practical chemist,
Washington. wha,s discriminating power
were certainly OF an exalted order, in one
OF bis valuable cpi,llys 20 thc celebrated iT'
thur Young, say
" Tho agriculture Of th,' country u iu'
d,r.l luw and the primary cause ui IT, h,.
iu. sD t.. that instead OF Improving ll'il.
ground we'll, W. attempt zoo much, and do
% IN. \ half, third, or even fourth OF
what W. maug,r, well wrought aud proper.
is dressed, would Iriuur more ,.au tlr
whole. under uur system 0i management.
I.w aultlr.m,. ui'rrri hy the slsr pi
Mount lHsu.u. are possessed ul greater
as.r than tais. even 10 iAi. dpy, aal d,
uuU'l hr u.U i.r our a.J,rGltlri,'s who
ars sr lulilus 90 extend the limits IT their
farms. without mnuiis'tius any iurii'r dc.
s,rr a. augment their pr.iuctiyruuss auI
rrYGt, 81 'hyy w1ali ponder % more careful.
is. and act more iu arrUrllu.r with ib'
system IL suggest, Tho most successful
farmer with whom | have ever met, IN ans
country, was "a man whu-r entire home
stead consisted Ul bat fourteen acres. Like
the Roman, Crr..nn, hr managed O. nI'
mir.ilr al,nup.s, everything within ihI
amplitude u hi- profession. and derived,
from this limited scene oi operation. a N'
Ius tar superior iu point ul comfort and r''
src,nl.lity, &, that obtained by hi' mur.
hhuripu. n,ishhDr. frum farms, ~ lrrr.
holds rather. Ui Vyalrurlr The extent. W.
may form something like . correct cDnc"I-
tlun ui thg actual capanliiiir, ui the >'t,
under proper management, hy, witnessing
thr OPERATIONS ui uur gardener. What D.
done ur accomplished uu snail scale, m1y
certainly. with due care and rGort, ho ar.
cumrh,url un large one Tor gardening
which i4 50 profitable, 0. nothing hut farm
inc in miniature. Germantown Telegraph
The above accords fully with our expert
oncc the aiasr. however, Nigh b. render
cl thu. "Cul,i,a,c no moro land than
your capital viii permit w and {" lhi,m'!
y, allrl, " l'sa an the manure which cX
r,ricncc la. shown may h' used with in
creased profit % and pgrhar', " pl'iar.
YOUR ,,il as often, and tn as croatia dup'h
as will increase Your IT"l''.
Many 'EIer'men''F' 'n SONS o' "'-" .''
u', have proved That seven I''N'"s' ''''''
-..'.Ns' "'N'' my 'r-'r i''"'' ''''" ""'
I'""'"I '''' Us .'''"'h'! "", '' '". "' u
'''''. ..' crops ana ''''''! ''''' '' W..
lu.ni ''' cheaper disturbance '' SOUS '
tw.n crops 10y cuI'Na'"r'' horse No.'' '''
liii.r "rsI.r', Ac. We have 'Au'Aed o"'
selves "i t.i' ia'i' y case ~ point occur
rel thi, year, our potato crop was culiINa
,.Ir,,.r,, L,ll,J- and the ,Yil Infer au.
-. go. ,..r, f..
h'''' "'' ~" ".'"'." ''''
quentIy than on former occa''ons-in SON.
part, more frequently than IN o,her--an,
the result IT,, that notwithstanding the cns
,s,h, m,r, fr,,ucnt ,tirrIur of the .lil. a.,
e. ii. I.u,l, I.r a.. iu,r..s.
I''"' - -.
crops lh'' Is True a''' o' '"c ''''' ''''''
aud Ilr,nip crops. W. have kept . smal
,....I,..,,I 3. .,. ,,,,,ipp,Ily rupuin, tlr,u,I
.,...-.....,..-..',..i. 20.
''' '''l'' WIZ" Wv ''''',' '''' w. ',''
when AL seemed clean anu ire' from "''u'
we did not wait Tor their appearance hsiort
,,rc,tipr the orsratlon, but kent it coin.
-'.-.-.i...-,
'0' "no'' ','''", W. "'' wv" ,0"'',
that tins mule and boy have earned 'hou
sand dollars beyond the cost the pact year
a,J rryt v.ar we intend I, incrcas, IN,
-. = I,.,,.t.,,.o ~, ,Le s,iI nm,
""''"''
abandon altogether the use OF tue lA'l noe
aud some other hand tools.
The same truths are ohscryabl, in The us
OF manurcs. For most crops incrcascC
quantiuc. frequently applied, instead %
being all in the soil at the time Of planting
give increased profits beyond their cost
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