Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-05-17
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From the American Agi,rolturaus1
At Least One EBuSiiel More.

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There is now exc encouragement 70
eultiyators 10 increase the products OF Their
fields 10 the last bushei, the present season.
whether those products be wheat, corn bar
lev. oats. beans, peas. potatoes, carTo'S, iur-
nins. orchard fruits, or garden vegetables.
This does not necessarily imply the plant
ing or sowing of more ground though ev-
cry acre that can possibly be tiled we'll
that is, so as to yield fair profit, should be
nut under cultivation this year. The win
Ter grains are, of course, already growing
yet the filing up of bare spots with spring
varieties, the CLEARING out of obsiruced
drains or dead burrows, and the application
OF some kind of manure as top-dressleS'
may materially increase the yield. For
the crops yet TO be put in, thorough prep
aration Of the ground, selection oil good
seed, with the application Of the last shov-
elful of manure IRON the barn-yard, poul-
try yard. etc, viii all tell in cash next Au-
,umn. Nothing makes our severe laoors
IN The field less irksome, than to feel that
we are putting in a crop so ioeH that 1t can
scarcely fail to give good returns. Inc sat
isfaction will be still greater it we have rea-
sonable prospects of realizing good prices
for the resulting crop.
Such prospects are now before the Guilt
vaiors Of this country, In the Market ne
view, on a subsequent page, reference VIII
be made to the condition of the breadstuil
markets. An active demand for wheat,
-four, or corn, will tend to a greater con-
sumption of other farm and garden products.
1t may suffice TO say here, that owing to the
unpropitious harvest throughout Great
Britain last year, with but moderate yield
on the Continent Of Europe, the demand
upon this country for breadstutfs has thus
far been very large, and is likely to eontln-
ne so through the year. Net only must
sufficient supplies be drawn from US to meet
the deficiency until the next harvest, but
that harvest itself is likely to be small
one, comparatively, owing to the fact that
the prevailing rains last Autumn prevented
the sowing of the usual breadth, while the
lateness of the sowing, the poor quality OF
the seed, and the severity Of the Winter,
leave small hope of good crops TO our trans
Atlantic neighbors.
Again, as we write, the sounds of martial
music, and the gathering hosts OF armed
men that almost momenarily pass our win
dow, betoken an impending war OF no small
magnitude. OF that war, its causes and
aims, this is not the place TO speak. So
much is certain, that it will Transfer vast
multitude from the producing 10 the CON
Stunning classes. As one result, those who
are not ca.ied from their homes to the SER
vice of their country, will find more work
upon their hands, which, with the increased
demands upon their fields, will require
greater skill and effort.
The foreign demand will alone greatly
stimulate the market for agricultural pro-
ducts, and enhance prices, thus affording
means for jqudating debts incurred for
land, and for implements, and other liabili-
ties, perhaps unwisely contracted in the past.
Let, then every cultivalor of the soil take
hold with increased energy and confidence,
and spare no effort of hands and brain TO
secure AT least" one bushel more" either by
filling better than ever before, or by in
creasing the area under cultivation, or by
both Of these means.