Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-06-27
From the wOrIiss r.rpsr.
Useless Acres.

Consequence Of attempting to cultivate too
many acres. instead Of conhnins their labors
TO such quantity OF land as they can man
ipula,e properly and manure fully. No
farmer who now skins over his one hundred
acres or more, can DO as well as he who
pl0vs lees number. and docs that thor
oughly.
Suppose a farmer ha. one hundred acres
OF land, $1,000 in rSady means, his farm
fairly stocked halt Of !, in pastures or
meadows no, yielding foil cror., and the
Other City acres in various crops producing
Interior rcsult.-what should he do under
these circumstance suppose him to have
on band go loads Of barnyArd manure, on
how pany acres should heopply it, should
he loan Ou, any par, Of his money Op inter
e.,. or can he use il to greater profit en-
b., land ! In our opinion bis capital Is too
small for bic farm. and he has not manure
enough Tor the most profitable culture Of
even ten acres. Ls, him leave his grass
land, and attack the other portion Of his
farm frs..
Every acre he dis,urbs should DC plowed
Is deeply as practicable, without. turning
Up the sabsOil at the erst plowins. Le, him
follow in the furrOw with subsoil plow
propelled BY a separate team, and thus dis.
turb the soil fully, and avail himself Of m.
ture'. laS. to improve its quality. lie may
uss bis money for labor and we'll chosen
fertilizers, IN the full and efficient prspara'
ton Of just as many acre. as he can prepare
in the bc., manner. rememberin: that be
.hoali fnd ou, ss early as possible, " how
much manure be may Use with increased
profit, ;" and no, try to &c, large results IN
a manner calculated TO impoverish b.. land.
Let him devote the few acres he may thus
fully and properly prepare. TO the higher
prieed crops Of his district. or 10 iho-e o,
high value and small bulk. 80 as to bear the
cost Of transportation 20 distant markets II
required. Lands when hrs, fully prepared,
should no, Be Immediately devoted ~ sras,
Tor largo Disbursement, Per acre cannot
suddenly be ret9rnet in thi. crop. II rear
n city or large town, devote the frs, few
ACRES, well prepared. the hrs, year TO cab
basc-. or some other bulky aud desirable
crop, worth iron SlOO to $500 or more Per
acre If more distant from market, less
bulky crops. such as Lima and other beans,
desirable seeds, etc, and IL jGdieiOu.ly
chosen. be can Get bis capital back the frs,
year. leaving has land doubled in value for
agricultural use. Tor years to come.
The next season let him pursue the same
process with few acres more, putting down
the !and Of the year before TO grain and
grass-ior iis preparation is isalready paid Tor
and he can aaord TO raise full crop Of
grain. and have a gra.. Geld to follow. that
will not suffer from drouth, and will pro-
duce iuG bay crop without a Continued
large outlay. II he have stock which he
pastures on his unpreparcd grass lands in
summer. let him devote part Of bis well and
newly prepared acres, to the raising OI Car.
ro;s ahI other rOOis for cattle feeding in
winter. aud thu. send. lis crops TO marke,
on iojt-lst him a, lea., End bic $1,000 or
more always back 10 the bank on the fr',
day oi February or March.
Thus let him 50 over hIs whole farm a
fsw acres each year, inereasin, the quantity
a. his means increase. and our word for it
ls new grass fields will give permanent and
increased income. II hi. mean. permit. be
may unlsrdra:n bi, co.ie., aud We, lands,
and eventually all his acres. but no faster
than be can DO !, eurrcuily and prOh,ably,
until hi, whole farm j. down TO grass. IL he
desiFe, Of tie best quality then be may
keep an increased amount OF stock. aud
again 20 over his iaru gradually Us before,
fJr further improvement.
Compare this farmers grain with tha, OF
q anCishoor, Who spreads his manure ,hiniy
over many acre. and skins over his land
with shallow surface plOwins. without sub
soiling or undertaking.. and at the end Of
ten years you will Gnl the last named ind,.
vidual as poor q. when ho commenced. On.
less he ha. meanly starved himself and hi.
family; while the other farmer, even q, the
rate Of only Eve acres Per year, vii, have
hIsy in full iil,h, and paying large profit,
enabling him to do likewise With the rest ol
his farm in a much shorter space Of time,
with the sIPenses Of the fully prepared acres
lsssSnins, and the crops increasing each
year.
We anticipate the reply ,ha. they cannot
sell the high priesd crops 10 their districts.
etc; We simply say, tha, IL they will read
over the list Of any seed dealer, they will
fnd dozen crops which may be raised with
profit on any under1rained and sub.Oiled
acre Of good land fully manured. at rrcf,
even the sseOni year. IL the bsss toOls and
means 10 be used to do 10, and this. too, Ia
the face OF rental Of the value Of hay
crop per year. We do not believe IN gradu
ally reteenins land; We prefer to redeem
less a, q time. but do it Thoroughly and al
once.
a SINGULAR PLANT. A plant, called the
droiera. has lately come 70 notice. 1, kali.