The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-07-07
The R,ght Kind of Farming.
BY HENRY WARD BEEcHeR.

There are few places, for a visit, more de-
hghtful than large and well kept farm.
The farmhouse, spacious, unpretending,
neat, convenient; the barns large and clean;
the clubhouse for pigs, poultry, tools, etc,
well arranged the bees humming endless
music in the long row behind the house !;
the garden, the fields, the forest; these, TO-
gether with the coming and going of herds,
the steady progress ofyarious kinds OF work
the unwasteful abundance Of provisions,
which in cities are doled out in close meas
ure eggs fresh every day, sweet milk op-
pressed with cream, all manner OF fruits in
their season, and above all, vegetables fresh
from the garden, whose true favor is un-
known in cities--nO wonder that farM ex-
cites the Imagination, and raises up apicture
Of delight and enjoyment Speaking of
vegetables, it may be cruel To say to people
in the city that they have no idea of the
flavor of peas or corn; not unless they re-
member how they used TO taste when they
lived in the country.
They must be eaten alive or they are poor
luxuries. They should be plucked only long
enough to be shelIed or shredded for cook
ing.
Then in the sultry days OF July and Au-
gust, ss the great iureen comes Streaming
with the one, and the huge platter smoking
with pyramids OF the other. who cares for
meats, or for all costly confectiOns2 Peas
alone are feast and sweet corn, in its
various methods, on the cob cut of and
mixed with cream, or raised into the ineiiahle
glory kof sflecotGsh,-is banquet, which
would have made all the gods forget am
brosia and nectar, and stroke their heards
with celestial satisfaction
But this is mere episode. 10 uistt n
ihrm, as good company, to have horses Mt
your disposal, 10 sii ia the shade and hear
hens cackle for eggs laid, and rau-eau-caukle
for conteatment 10 watch the workmen at
their task, ALI this is quite charming. But
to carry on the farm Is another thing
quite 7
farm ia a vast manuiactoTy. Instead
of building and mac chinery, You are to car
" on manufacturing operations through the
agency Of the soil. No lsbraiory turns out
greater variety at products none requires
for lis highest success more knowledge,
skill, and business tact. Ii chemist were
obliged To- evolve his various products in
such a way as at the same time 10 build his
houses, create his furnaces and implements,
hiss task would be like farmers; who,
while raising crops, is also bringing up the
condition of his ground, and hitting it for
its best functions.
IL is not difficult for "A man to raise good
crops, if he has money enough. a rich
man can walk out nj the city upon poor
farm, and in one year put ten thousand dol
lars worth OF expense upon IL He can
make soil, If he mas money enough But
wheat that seiE for a dollar a bushei, will
cost at least three and corn i1r seventy FIVE
cents, will have cost two dollars. II is not
hard to ret good crops if profit is OF no ec-
count. A rich man plays with "A farm rs
childrea do with hshies dressing it up 10
suit his fancy, and quite indifferent 10 eS-
pen-eS profit. IL i his tdncy and not
his pocket that he farms lOr. Such inen are
not useless. They employ many hands
They try great many experiments " hich
working iarmers cannot afford to try. They
show what can he done. And American
/ farmers. although they will not initiate
! will do hetter than that; they will take
| hints in this thing and that, and by gradual
4 improvement they will raise their own style
of farming many degrees. Every township
! ought to have one gentleman farmer who
/ aims 10 show what soil can he made to do
z la his case it may not be remunsratiye.-
But, take the country through, the indirect
effect will he remnneraiiye. His very mis-
takes will be useful. A mistake is offer
more instructive than success. But il i:
not everybody who cat afford SO dear
school-maSter.
But, even with pocket full OF money
aud with farm a. n mere playground,
rich man may carry on very foolishly.
careless, scheming foreman may waste vas
sums of money without producing one use
full result, either to his employer or to tn
community Indeed, We scarcely know o
any other sponge that will suck, in 30 shor
d time, 50 vast quantity of money, as
farm recklessly carried on But unlike
sponge, no squeezing will give back tn
precious contents. Buildings in bad tast
and wrongly placed trees planted by th
thousand, and dying almost as fast as plant
ed t: the grounds drained at great expense