Des Arc citizen., 1860-05-26

condition, and demanding an immediate remedy.
 The True System of Farming.
 Trying to do too much, is common error into which the farmer often falls. His great eagerness in striving to be rlch is doubtless the cause of his error. He is ambitious and energetic. and forms his plans on large scale, too often, perhaps, without counting the cost He buys a large farm and wants to be called large farmer" without understanding or consid- ering the true elements that constitute real farmer. He fancies the greatness of that profession, as is too often the common estimate, to be in proportion to the num- Der of acres, not to say cultivated, but ebraced within the boundaries of his do- minion. The fact is now being spread abroad, that large farm does not make man either rich, contented or happy, but on the contrary, the reverse Of all these, unless well titled, when his labor IS rewarded by ample crops and fair success in the various departments in which he IS engaged. No farmer can realize the full benefits of his profession without adopt ing a thorough system of culture. His success commensurate to his wishes, al- ways depends upon the manner In winch he prepars his grounds, plants his seeds and rears his stock Neither of these deparments-w which may be considered the cardinal ones of his profession-will take care of themselves The. soil may be rich, but it needs culture. His seed may be sown, but it should be in due time, and always on soil we'll prepared and of suitable quality for the production of the crop desired. His stock must be constant ly cared fort derIves It's thrift from the soil, and sends again to that soil the sus- tenance it requires; but this IS not done in a loose or haphazard way. The farm CTS care is required, and all his better judgment must be exercised in keeping up this system of reciprocal benefits that may be realized by every intelligent and in- dustrious farmer.
 Thorough cultivation and systematic at- tention to all parts of his business IS ln- dispensable to a good degree of success. UC FSI COlliCl"otOtlC lO tliio "boiS SJo7 tenn of farming is to do what you do thor oughly-nature will not be cheated and never gives full returns to the halfway work that is practised by vastly too many calling themselves farmers. If the land has been worn, the extent Of that eNhaus- ton and the food required must be con- sidered When ascertained, the full measure of these requirements must be given, to bring out full returns. If the farmer has but a small stock. and conse- quenly, but small amount of manure to repenish his land it is obvious that but small farm can be supplied with 1t, and good judgment at once dictates that to cul- tlvate properly a large farm, artificial fer Itilizers must be used if good crops are obtained. And so with labor: two men cannot suitably till one hundred acres of | land, when the labor of two men, and perhaps four, might be proftably employed on seventy-five acres.
 This is the great error in farming Two men strive to do what four can hard ly do, and thus thousands of acres are run over, haf-tilled, and producing half crops. The land is run over till worn out, 'sus- taining year after year, the unnatural tax, until its energies are entirely exhausted, and it fails 10 yield even feeble crop, because its life is worn out Much of the soil in Virginia and other southern States is type of thIs. Thousands of acres are lying entirely useless and ex- hausted, and will ever remain so until the first elements of it's power are re- turned to it. This is fast going on in many of the Western States. The soil IS treated like an inexhaustble mine: the tllers crying give, give, give! till, h a few years il will have nothing to give. The boast of the West is, large farms and large fields of grain; blow, SOW, and reap, is the business of Western farmers, drawing out the very life of the soil, send ing away in the heavy exports that are constantly going forward, without return
 ng to the soil the food that 1t requires to make it productive.
 The light that is being spread abroad on this subject, is beginning to correct thls practice to some extent, but Tn most ln- stances very little is returned to the soil to keep it alive, until, after several of con linual cropping it manifests signs of ex- haustion and ultimate barrenness. When tllers of the soil understand their true in- terests, they will cultivate no more land than they can do we'll Fifty acres o , land fer tillage, brought to a high state oI cultivation, pays better than one hundred run over in the way that many do.- Jsf' ferson Farmer.
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