The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-04-09

Stock on a Farm-A Mixed
IIusbandrY.


and will in tiEie, wear it out, let il
be ever so fertile. '-(Old Firkin.
We know that gypsum stipulates
the growth Of both grass and grain
That it is essential in certain condi,
tons Of soil is sure. It's effect is to
secure supply of ammonia for the
plant. That it affects the fertility
Of the soil permanently is doubted.
Guano is stimulant, and an un,
healthlnl one, when applied continu-
ally and with no other manure =
The principle Of putting on the
ground what is taken from it, or its
representative is the only safe pro-
cess for the farmer. This can only
be done by keeping stock-by rails
ing cattle, feeding them from your
products and dcpositing their ma
nure upon the soil again That
farmer must rapidly approach poy-
erty who continues to crop his
fields with grain and give no return.
The plant must be fed, and there IS
no food SO natural and applicable to
the wants of the plant as well pre-
served barn yard and stable manure.
Well preseryed--mark that. for that
manure is not well preserved which
is exposed to sunshine or st I'M, or
is left in large heaps with no absorb
ent to prevent heat and evapora-
ton. Who have been most Success
full us farmers in the west /? Those
who have ignored stock altogether,
and cultivated grains for market
not for feed This IS a question
for each reader Of ours to consider.
We need make no assertion. You
have only to look for a solution to
the 1almers Of your own neighbour
hood. We know men VINO pay large
prices for stimulating manures, and
use large quantities Of them, and
yet their barn yards steam from
April to April again, with the eyap-
Grafton of manure heaps whose yal-
ne, real permanent value, is as
great, pound for pound, as the pur-
chased stimulent. II is claimed
that grain can be grown cheaper
and with more profit than Stock
There are sections where water is
scarce, fencing Difficult, to be OBJ
tanned, (and no man should raise
cattle without good fences when
Iora while it may be more convent
ent to grow grain. But there IS
scarcely ! cation where water my
not be obtained by digging or bo-
ring, Fencing must be secured
sooner or later, and the labor of at
tending to a herd does not compare
with the labor Of seeding, harvesting
and threshing. But the herdsman
may not and should not cease the
cultivation of cereals. We advocate
a mixed husbandry It insures the
husbandman independence. If grain
is low or unmarkctable, he has 9th
er resources. His young stock, his
oxen, his COWS, his butter and cheese
afford him revenue, or he has other
grains than the one or two great
staples, wheat and corn - barley,
oats, rye, buckwheat, millet, broom
corn, peas, &c, or Of vegetables
beets, carrots, parsnips, po-
tatoes, beans, &c, &c, or of fowls, .
turkeys, geese, &c. He is a happy
and prosperous man who can COM
Jine these different departments of
husbandry in the cultivation Of his
arm. Talking on this subject with
l farmer who practices it, he said,
: The advantage is, that it is con-
;tantly yielding an income. You
nave something to Turn off at all
lines"
FATrESING OATrLE.-Owing to the
great Improvement caused by the
Infusion of short-horn blood, the fat
.ening stock very often consists Of
.wo-year-olds. It consists, also Of
hree-year-old bullocks, and heifers,
md cast COWS. These should be all
led up in houses by Themselves, as
hey are fed in different manners
rom the younger stock; and l. is of
treat Importance that such cattle as
re intended for the butcher should