The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-09-15
SELECTION OF ALARM.

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ster's Unabridged !" that will tell U.S.
Reads. "a portion or tract Of land
consisting usually of pasture, meadow, til
lage, and woodland, cultivated by one man,
and usually owned by him in fee"
A farm, then, is the home of the owner.
Its management is the business of the
owner.
What more can a man desire A
home, pleasant and comfortable, a business
healthful and remunerative as much or
more so than any other occupation or pro-
fession presents.
In order to be u farmer, one must first
"get farm" Let Us talk, then, of some
things to be considered in its selection
l. The farm as home should be pleas
antly and conveniently situated. 1t is to
be the homestead and abiding place of the
owner. The health, comfort, and happi-
ness of those who occupy it are of the
first Importance /; so every social and phys
ical influence which bear upon them should
have due weight in determining a choice.
Health should be considered as far above
fertile soil. Comfort will compensate
for many pecuniary disadvantages. Hap
piness-the enjoyment of social privileges
soil of greater value than the most easily
cultivated and productive, when Il moral
miasma prevails A situation convenient
to market, to railroad, or steamboat routes,
and with educational aud religious privi-
lcges of high class, would be considered
of much Importance blythe intelligent and
cultivated man, who would make farming
his business and the farm his home
2. The farm, as q business, should be
well chosen to make that business profta-
BILE. And yet, upon the management and
carrying on of the farm depends, more
than anything else, the success of the
farmer. Let us give few hints on some
of the essentials to productive farming, to
be thought of by every owner of the soil
The farm should in extent be suited to
the means and circumstances of the farm
CT. One cannot put all his capital in land,
and expect to farm proftably upon credit
and makeshifts-so cramped that all i'm
provements seem out Of his reach 1t re-
quires as much capital to stock farm,
generally, as to pay for the land itself
The farm should be suited to the pro-
ducts to which it is intended to be devot-
ed. The tastes and experience of the
owner will mclte him to undertake certain
branches of farming; but some soils are
best calculated for grain growing, others
for fruit, others for the dairy or stock gen
orally, while occasional locations are to be
found where all these may be combined to
n greater or lesser extent. These thinos
should be considered in determining the
selection.
The farm should be suited TO the pro-
6nrfInp Ot raaIil,y
marketed, as far as may be. In the man.
agement OF the farm, much depends on
market facilities, and it is worth some
consideration whether it will cost ten cents
or ore hundred cents to bring product
before the consumer. But the recent
great increase in the means of transporta-
ton, has done much to equalize the value
OF farming lands throughout the country.
especially when devoted to the more cost
ly and least bulky articles of produce.
The farm should possess in itself, or its
course OF management should be such as
to keep up within itself the power of pro-
ducing valuable products. A farm easily
worn out-a course of management rapid
exhausting the fertility of the soil, would
soon bankrupt the farmer; his business
would no longer be remunerative: his
home and his comforts would soon mass
away. To do business proftably, one must
understand business principles, and carry
them out, and nowhere is this more i'm
portant than upon the farm.
VERY GooD.-Every one knows what
keeping a farm in order means :? 1t does
not mean merely to keep the soil in a
fertile and growing condition, but it ap-
plies to everything on farm the build
lngs, the fences, the fruit trees, the farm
ing implements, particularly the latter