Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-07-01
A9ritultural.
For the American.
Farm Management Reversed.

me through the American l0St week III.
forming me Of my faulty composition.
For this, Sir, l kindly thank you; and
trus' it will be benefit to me in the
future. There are several reasons why
my last article forwarded to yoa was 90
incorrect; one of which l will attemt to
explain. It was at that time a very busy
season of the year; and being somewhat
busily engaged in farming, had there
fore but very little time to devote to
writing; consequently, my article was
not attended to, so strictly as should
have been.
Having given the subject candid
consideration, l will endeavor to keep
on the righ: course, and talk to the pub
lie, instead of confning my remarks en-.
tirely to my opponent.
Farming is subject which requires
labor Of the mind as well as the hands;
and in order to obtain thorough knowl-
edge Of the subject, we must consult ag-
ricuitural books and paEers-conyerse
with men Of experience, those that have
studied with care and obtained good
knowledge of farming; and then act ac-
cordinsIy. l do not pretend to say that
our process Of farming should be fac
smile of theirs, but that We should try
experiments of each. and compare :hem
together, and thereby ascertain the best
method Of farming.
1t is an indispensable requisite to farm
ers, to know the quality of land they
should purchase for farm; for should
say, that much more depends on the
quality of land, than on the quantity,
because it is certainly the quality Of land
that produces large crop; hence arises
the idea, that small quantity of land
well cultivated, Will produce better
crop, than much larger quantity poorly
cultivated.
would say, as in my article on Large
Farms,' that small farm for a man
Of ordinary circumstances, is more ecom-
ical, than one containing many acres
1t is not my intention to speak Of what
is termed gentleman farmers, those who
can cultivate an hundred acres or more;
but ny object is to speak Of those that
have not the necessary amount ofmon-
ey to carry on large farm.
Suppose Mr.. A has $1,000 in cash
with which he wishes to purchase farm.
settle down, and obtain the principal
part of his living by farming. Now
would i, be better for him to buy, say
$50 acres of land at the rate of $500
per acre; then lay out $500 in building
small house and barn, Of course they
would be rather small for that amount, and
then spend the remainder in stock. which
he could not we'll Go without and there
by deprive himself of the funds necess-
airy to carry on his farm with; or pur-
chase 40 acres of land at the same rate
turn 80 of them into pasture land. build
him some comfortable buildings, buy
necessary amount of stock to c>rrcs-
pond with hi. farm. and then have $l00.
or more to cultivate the remaining 10
acres with, which would give him, what
is termed "a good start Here is qucs.
ton which I wish G. E. G. to answer.
and others that are engaged in farming.
have an qnain;ance,w who resting on
the the plea that large farm should be
obtained in preference to Il sma one-as
tie most satisfactory, has for the two years
past, been engaged in clearing up large
quantity ofland for the purpose Of raising
large crops of grass, but has paid very
little attention to cutivat,ng it Alright,
because, he said that there was so much
to manure and drain, that he was not
able to spend too much on one piece. for
he wanted to go over the whole Of it
Now, adjoining his lot, lives man.
owning but 4 very small field in compar-
ison with the one above mentioned; yet
he cuts twice the amount of hay that his
neishbor does; and why! Because he
has paid s,lict attention to a thorough
cultivation of his land--hc has well
drained and mapurcd it, and thereby OBJ
tains a COOL crop of hay and ola deal
better quality than he would, had he
condu ted like his neighbor.
There dear reader, l have attempted
to sh0w the reson why large farm is
to be dispensed with, and small one
obtaned.
think every person who has consd-
cred the subject, has found to his sat.
isfaction that the instances which have
mentioned are true. in their relation 10
to the subject under discussion.
Respectfully Yours.
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Gouldsboro'. June 81. 1889.
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