Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-11-08

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.Smal-How is il. uei-hbo- Jgaes that
vour ra.atoes are 50 large and fne. while
ius, over The fence. ea sis3igr soH, mine
are as small as palle:,' eggs, and precious
few At that
.Igaes-I n.auQ7et t,is field Wit. Trims.
.Sm.ft- Pshaw.-A!! the Cincinnati hog
killers c,ald-'t SUNNY brains enough for
sLiz Ten acre field
.Enes-I usai Laoaa brains, of which
there arg n.autr.
.Gattt-Ng 1a,e-Ng,7 :, ,,,.': make fun
cf me because In, ,lQI1:sv, and Providence
has sent u5. . good crop.
,J5ass-Proridsacs h.lps th5,c who help
themselves. I used ul7 oa-q brains On this
field.
.Dmfkt-So iii ! mine, and they are as
cool a. anyb7iy's
.J,aS-Ah. There's the trouble. Iou
know it all Yourself: I don { aGd 50 get
all the outside help / can. I've been col
lectin- other meas bruins t2r NJ land f5r
tweu-v years. and v1u see one resd.. in t2iS
crop.
Nfa .,i-Yes. I see the rs<slt, but Ion:
understand i.
.Taes-WeH. when We began here TWEEN
II yc4rs ago. | Thought myself good far
mer, gu: | believed others had good IDEAS.
,,o, and I made it M business u get at
,han-h,s; some | found ia the agricultural
books aad parcrs others picked up at the
Comfy Fairs. hy asking bo@ he big things
Ty-~a ~i.seI AMI o:;cn I've got good hint
t.au uoi-haor.
SHtt-Ive always been down on this
& BOOK farming, lut y5Hr crops sta-1cr ne,
thay re real kneck-doyn arguments I'm
SEX Of the poor show | get Tor all my
work, aad ain desperate enough to try any
thing for improvement.
J,uss-I'A give you my experience; it
may aid YOU. About nineteen years ago /
heard that some men who had been brought
Up on farms had clubbed together, and one
Of them vas going to publish = paper.
which shovld consist mainly Of accounts Of
h9c different farmers cultivated various
crop,. and such ike matters | sent for
the paper and have done 50 every year since, I
and now | have nineteen large volumes. ~
ery page of which have read, a little at
a time. and the whole has not cost Inc the
produce Of a single acre. VIII ! am as
toni>hed when I think over the ten th0us-
and thoughts. and hints. and suggestions
have ,hus gathered. What blank would
be left in nv head. if these thoughts were
taken away.
.Smith-But does the practice Of farm
ers on other kinds Of soil with different
climate. suit your wants?
J5nes-WLy no, not exactly, perhaps.
Bat then, every thought | get from anoth-
er. >,,ris o mr. hpughi in my o,sa mind.
ami thus I am constantly improving nay
oyn skill N ! practice. You see, | get all
the brains | can from other mems heads.
and compost them vel in nv own head
WIKI mixture Of common sense. and then
make the application to my fields In that
way, have manured this crop Of potatoes
with plenty Of brains The editor called
here !ast week OF his Western tour among
farmers, and seeing my good crops. hcask-
ed me to write ous just ho.g have treated
tbs field tor year. past, and I promised to
do it as soon as my crops are gathered. He
viii probably print il, as he constantly
prints al such practical matters, anG per
hap~ hundred thousand persons will read
It; and though noagIy else may Do Just as
I d.. many will -cc = new hint, and i'm
prove upon it. You may read it if you
viii,
.Jnia-I would ike to borrow your pa
per.
.J1nes-Better take it Yourself for then
YOU viii be more likely to read You will
fad hundreds Of plain talks about various