The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-07-16
Concentrated Farming

Our readers are familiar With the afgn
menIs which have spprnfd IN our column,
during The past two or three years reia,iv.
10 The comparative advantages Of large ~,
mail farms. The result may be bri hy -un
med up by @ying that q isrm il 100 large
~ only twenty scres,) When there j. no
enough surplus capital 10 give il he yer,
best management; and moi TOO large, ever
N containing a'thoussnd acres. II The owns,
is shle ~ raise msximnm rrops. and 10 con
duct every part as we'll ss The most perfect
small isrm. The prevalent error is The a..
4. mpi 10 srresd over much ! nd with lille
means. II svsrv one could be satisfied thai
h. may be an extensive farmer on but a few
ncres, there would be las funnins in debt
Tor and. and less imperfect. weedy, aud su
ps' hrlai cultivation.
There are several adv vnniage- in raising
henvy crops On limits ed amount oi land.
and several disadvantages in r"sing The
-nns amntini on \ more extrrdrd area. II
s easier Ia obtain eighty hu-bel- Of corn
rom m acre ~ The hest land. ihsn The same
sn'"ua, from four acres Of poor aud badly
ground--'he plowin. and general
'asv per acre A. The other. or only one
"urSh ~. 'Xrenee per burhei The dis
srrc oi d,swing manure. drawing 10 crops
'iviru cattle I" pasture. and every other
rsrs,inn. sfs much lesrrned on the small
nd we'll msrsgsd fsrm. On the who'll, Ill
much more economical 10 huv lnnd NJ
"mhle prir. 'ha' v ~ producs iouLle cr"ns
' batter 10 exeeni ~ murh more ~ the
o-' ~ Ne lsnd i" under drsin,ng and ma
nrirr. if - r.. .qnsn'y happens. The pro-
nr',ve power ~ The roil nav he double.
Farmers are often moi " are - 'hs smoun,
'hirh n,pdrrn,e farm mav be made ~
Ield ~ The hest condition and under the
~ management We propose. therefore.
iake - sn example + nv scres. allot il in
form, crops. HSs - 70 each m srreahle
r"due'. n~' cres'e, ihsn IN. average
r""ni nh'sinsd nv 'he h.'st irvmars, and
IN show y hs msv he the result (,
While The aver .g- earn crop j. 10, over
hush T.. there are msnv VII ob,ian ev
~ Md upwards as YEARLY average.
'hiie wheat usuri Yields cniv ftesn ~ !
'rn'v slels snrl, good farmrr- =. John /
'hrsIcn h.vr rh'aInsd an sverige Of thirty !,
n'"r,. White many lrrd "wrr,s IN, =
nrrrlv = ION Of hRy psr sr'c -urh men - i.
rI"r dickinson rniss nm s,e,sg~ Of three
~ " The nav j. 'riplsd, N. smouns 81
rtursee will he increased III like propur. :.
~. Many rnIfivsinrS -ho ar,sn.nt fol J.
~ carrots srj other roots. of.en fsii b,
anfing lafr ~ on hard and rlndd, ground
hy n.gI-riinr weeds, and whom they sue "
ed ~ onl" ~" ~ three hundred bushels !,
: srre; others. by good previous props
~ snd BY proper cultivation. confidently !,
" on At least eight hundred bushels per
re
Now. having promised these admitted
-. ie' a. see What fifty scrcs may be !,
'de 'oyield:
acre. meadow. 80 tons saio,
Do pasture. Is cattle five months,
say &. per mouth $50
acr ~whesi. 40 bu-hei. rer srre. 45cl
do rorn 20 bushels, 81 s5 cents, l
focdes ~ per srre, 555 4
,cres corn iUdder in drills, five tors =
per acre. so "A
,crrs carrots, SO busrheis per acre, /,
- cents per bsshsls, go a,
'cre fu's bngas. 500 bushels Ii cts Al
per tn-hsI, 9G ~
'cres winter apples, 200 bushels per \
acre. - cents per busheI. $50 A
S2OIl =
several viher crops cou.d have been I'D =
., giving greater variety, but the above
j answer as specimen of what may be i,
sed. The m,rk-' values ul the prrdur,s Y,