Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-05-06
lfos the Ellsworth Anssican.]
Farm Management.


speak Of Farm management, allow me
to take into consideration Q few ideas
advanced by o. F. G., which l read in
the American for 22j Of April. l pre-.
sumo he 70. F. g. is not "misappre-
hended' in his "few remarks" neither
he misunderstood in relation to his
method Of farming; for judging from
what he said should say he is zone
idea man. with little practical knowl.
edge. 1t must be that his hoe doesn't
hang right. or else his knowledge Of the
world is indeed limited. otherwise he
would have known that the entire inhab-
itants Of this world are dependent on
the farmer for support-that large por-
ton of this globe is calculated for sgri-
cultural purposes-that it is the duty Of
fallen man to cultivate the same. take
it for grant ed that o. F. G. would work
all day in half bushel and not com.
plain for want of room. What would
man of activity AMI intelli .ence do, |
ask, on farm of or even 20 acres 1t
would be hardly garden spot for real
farmer and would feel so pent mp that he
would believe himself imprisoned for
life. If the gentleman referred to will
have patience to "wait a week." he will
have the pleasure of reading some more
Of my ideas of farming, which, by the
way, though they appear so erroneous
in the eyes Of my friend are nevertheless
sustained by experience and observation.
If were sure my U. F. g. would not
take "mif'' at what l have said,
should say the most important princi-
Piles to be observed in farm management
are the cultivation Of crops. 1t is very
/ important for the farmer 10 know the ca
pability Of his land, so that he may OBJ
tain from it the greatest amount of pro.
duce at the least exp,n To prepare
the soil for crops, different operations
are required under ditferen: circumstan.
ces. Our SOIL as general thing is too
wet an compact, and therefore requires
much labor in draining and pulveri zing
The reason why some farms produce lar.
ger or better crops than others. proceeds
n a considerable degree from the better
preparation of the soil. We mean by
this not only the actual richness or ma
nulins Of the soil, but we mean the me.
chanical condition which renders all nee
essary practicable advantages to veseta-
ton.
Again it is Of paramount importanc,
for the farmer to understand if possible,
thoroughly, the adaptation of different
plants to different soils, and thereby
learn the special requisites Of different
crops. The growth of grass as every
farmer knows, can be promoted by mix =
NJ different soils; and of course it woul
have the same effect with other pants;
but most any soil can be made to pro .
luce good yields if we'll manured. Ap.
ply the dressing aud you are about sure
of good crops.
Poor husbandry and poor cultivation
will make both the farm AMI farmer
poor. Poverty is sure to follow it. and
a distressing member is he to any family
Let the farmer sell off his cattle because
they bring high price, and then sell of
his hay because he has more than is
wanted for his remaining stock, then 90
to the market for his supplies and he
will soon experience the evil OF living on
poor land and think he had better sell
the rest-the soil-and 60 to the West.
tell you, if there is cl ass ofpeople
in the world whose privilege it is to live
life of comparative ease and comfort.
when considered in relation to any. and
every other life it is the farmer. There
are those, however, who disd1 ain its sim.
plicity and aspire to what they deem
tottier Positions; as much as to say that
one vocation is uotch higher in the
scale Of being than another, and men
are honored in regard to the position in
which their calling places them. be.
lieve any calling may be considered hon.
orable which, in its prose euti IN does no,
incur the violation of the laws of God.-
But Jet US not wander fro n III, subject
Many agriculturists for long time have
had under discussion topics which are OF
little or no importanc. :. as l b,lieve -
such as ""h en- to cut hay" and "deep
and shallow p'owing." 60. Ihave read
with interest the testimony of expert
enced farmers on the subjects in hopes
to learn the correct principles which
might be of advantage to me in coming
time. but have failed. | have come to
the conc usion. however. whether it be
right or wrong, that we should COM
mence hsying at the time-near as we
can iudoe-when the iuico Of the stalk