Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-15
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PROFITS OF FARMING.

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ing, as general ting. isys so small q
profit Oh the .iaouDt %! in,estnentl ! take
Il 20 be because farmers. as a general thing,
do nci Investigate enough. They are sHtis-
fed To pursue too much the old beaten track
OF their fathers. fearing to be humbugged
If they try sn, thing new. Now | know
flat there arc many humhrgs in the world,
and the best OF us may be taken in, but /
would rather run that risk than IA yer try
nny thing new. Take grain raising; how
many farmers ever take into Consideration,
when planting or sow:lg, as TO tie kind of
gra in that will be most in demand during.
:he next year, and consequently bring the
best price; how mary farmers nuke careful
notes of the time when SOW ing and planting
is done, the condition o; The grouni, the
weather, &c, with the result at harvesting;
low many farmers Try sutsoilirg. under
draining, ,opdrcseing, turning nsnure under
(though encugh try ithoui msnuring. } &c.,
carefully noting the results; how many try
lime plaster. ground, &c. and compare the
expense with the profits; how many try
keeping stock in the yarG. winter and sum-
mer, cutting and hauling feed to them, with
results as TO amount of feed saved, if any ),
tine isAeu in attending them, &C.; how
many try feeding ground grain, instead of
whole, and cooked, instead OF raw, with the
results noted; Row many farmers kaow the
expense Of raising a steer unlil years old,
or horse, sheep, hog or sny other animal,
or which is the most profitable stock, &C.,
how many know which is the most profit
able to raise--a scrub or Drrham--or some
other steer, improved stock, or lard pike
or some improved hog. There are numer-
Gus other instances That might be mentioned
in regard TO farming, in which the least in
tesest rs no. taken BY farmers, as general
thing, (althoueh admit there are except
IOist l-~uil vi nutNh 10 iIS WdHl Oi HLlft
investigation and fear Of being hualbugsed.
fbelieye, with proper attention paid TO these
things by farmers, that there is no ordinary
branch OF business that will Fay better
Then again, farmers, as a general thing,
undertake TO do too much. rather than doing
what they do we'll. How often have seen
isrmers limited in their seeding in the fall !,
snly by the weather. The result at the
uext harvest, as general thing. is great
deni Of ground to 60 over with but little
grain. They are frequently in the same fix
as to planting in the spring. They lay off
acertain amount of land to put in, and it
must 60 in. lei the weather be as it may
if it grows, well and good, lihey won't pre-
vent it by working if not. let it strip" In
order, then, TO make farming profitable, let
the farmer till less ground and that better.
If you have a great deal of land. let it lie
in gress, or if you do not wish to do this,
give come of it TO your poor neighbor.--
Never lei season pass without making
come experiment--not on large scale, but
enough to satisfy you OF its advantages or
Disadvantages. and in future you can adopt
or object it, as the case may be. Take o
little more time to read the experiments Of
others, and when you do read profit by it,
Fix up your garden and the grounds around
your home, thai it may be attractive and
olessant; plant out, in addition to laige
fruit, some grape vines, gooseberries. rasp-
berries, strawberries, blackberries, &C.,
tunless you have plenty in your fence cor
ners, which good farmer will noD and you
will add very much 20 the comfort & health
ofyour family; and, lastly, do not spend
your idle time in loafing about the village,
but spend it at home, in reading or conver-
sstion with your family, and unless I am
nightly mistaken, you will soon find the
employment Of farming not only one of
proEt but one OF enjoyment.
RURALlST.
RURAL RETREAT, 1869.