Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-30
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HINTS orr FARM Tx6PR0vI-
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bow can improve my farm-how can
increase its symmetry, fertility and capacity
for profitable cultivation ?" asks the progress
SlVe farmer, and the question receives his ear.
NeSt ana frequent consideration. He studies
the condition of his farm and its facilities for
Improvement, with an eye to putting il into
the highest state of productiveness within bis
reach. He looks to its adaptation to different
products, and to the best means of preparin0
for large returns from those suited to its ca.
pacity; not by the twilight Of tradition alone
but in the sunshine of modern agricultural
literature, an aid to which he gratefully ack.
nowledges his obligations. Every farmer
should study this-should earnestly seek to
make the best of the means and opportunities
he possesses. .9z .Y51GT
One of the first questions-to take practical
particulars-to be considered is this ."Do I
avall myself OF every means within my reach
to increase my stock of manure Do Il give
care and labor to this object with its import
ance IN turthering the ends proposed r. Ifso,
the ground and basis of farm improvement Is
laid. Ii not, let the matter receive greater at
tentlon, resting assured that reasonable T.
mount Of labor in this department will be re.
warded, and cannot be withhold without great
prejudice to progress. a2fTaE
The division of farm into fields of an ex-
tent appropriated to the amount Of iBanura
made in any year, should be accomplished
Especially should this be the case on all farms
where mixed husbandry is practieed. The
true way to put a farm into good order i, taks
one or more fields each year, and finish up the
work. Fence it well, clear it of stones and
stumps, underdrain if needed, manure it heavi.
" and plant to corn and potatoes. These
carefully cultivated will leave the ground in d
good condition for grain crop, and seeding
% clover and other grasses, and this course fol-
owed from field to field, with good manage
nent Of every crop, will put a new face on any
'f "our common run" of FARMS ny ~
Upon the amount of manure should depend
he size Of our felds-at any rate, it should be
'ur aim to give each field the quantity which
will enable it to grow large crop 1t is poof
'olicy to attempt the cultivation of more land
han we can fully fertilize and thoroughly cul.
ivate. We mention corn, as a-frst crop, be.
ause it is one well suited to the place-and
ot injured by any amount of manure, fresh or
which can be appiied-one which
an receive that culture necessary to clear the
and OF weeds, and one having no deletef4ouS
lfiuence on any after crop. From field 80
reated, we took fifty bushels of shellede corn
er acre the next year good crop of barley
nd the clover seed not taking well from
rought, had the season following with light
ressing of manure twenty five bushels Of
heat 1.-THE midge took ten of it)-and the
resent year, two tons ofhay per acre, with
lxuriant second crop now on the ground. It
lay be that the field needs understanding, the
hole or in part, in order to profitable cuItiva-
on. Why should not this be done--5thia
nall field which we would devote to corp,;and
hich, with draining, will become one os the.
est on the farm ? Let us not leaye this part
farm Improvement unperforrned Itsresulta
i'll be retained for many years in largely in>
'eased productiveness. -' it+anlbl