Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-06-15
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PR0Frf ABLE FARMING.


The question IS Often asked How can
farming be made nisre preffableg would
answer by liberal manuFing. deep and thor
ough pIowiag, aud clean culture, viii ven
ture to affirm. without fear DC contradiction
that no instance can be cited where fsrmer
has manured has grounds highly. made a ia-
dicious use of the plow, and ealtiYated with
care has failed to receive ample repauera
ton for his capital 80 inyested-aay more
that he has received a greater advance in his
outlay han the average profit derived from
any Other business.
One great diifieeltY i that most farmers do
not seem to be aware of the fact that The
greater the outlay when akillfully applied,
the greater win De the profit: they therefore
anansre arinsly- plow shallow, and the nat.
araI consequence is tlat they get pE' poorly
paidsfor their labor.
This has raised a prejudice and given .
5istaste 10 the bushes of farming specially.
among those who are in the habit and are
desiroas Of realizing more than The bare re
turn gf the income expended.
The farmer who is so sparing Of lis man
ure that he can get hut thirty bushels Of corn
to the acre, gets barely enough to pay him
for the expense Of cultivatiag the crop, aud
a addition to this his faad, BY his mode Of
pIouing, Is by every Successive rotation de-
terioraung in value, and in few gears h.
must abandon bis worn out and exhausted
acres t. seek ether business in the region
where the hand Of man has been less waste
ful OF the bounties of natHre.
Instead then Of his scanty lnauuring Of ten
oads to The acre and bis crop Of thirty bush
els Of corn, lei him apply thirty loads per
acre. The additional twenty loads viii bring
thirty dollars or It's equivalent in phosphatej
and instead Of thirty bushels of corn ne will
get sixty. He then has thirty bushels Of corn
TO pay him for the thirty dollars worth OF man
ure, which ii viii nearly do even at common
prices; finstead Of manure We use phosphate
at the rate Of half a ton per acre, the result
viii be the same, and thirty bushels of corn
viii usually buy half a ton Of phosphate.
His first crop nearly OF quite pays for the
extra manure. The next two crops Of oats
and wheat viii DO nearly or quite as well,
and his grass viii do better than either.
know farmer who in addition to good coat
Of manure, applies half ton per acre Of
homemade phosphate to his wheat, and IS
satisGedth it pays him better than any out
lay which he can make.
Last season this liberal nlaBaripg forced
his crop Of wheat forward so that it was hard
and received no injury from the midge he
harvested crop Of thirty bushels per acre,
while his neighbors had bu6 fifteen. The ex
ira 15bushels more than paid for the phosphate
and its remaining unexpended action viii
treble his crop of hay fer several years to
come.
But says oar cautious farmer, Sooner or
later the effect Of his phosphate must cease
and his capital is gone. Gone where to?
TO his baEnyard, of course, where it has doub-
led his stock of manure-g gone into his pock
ct twice or thrice oveE beside legal interest
gone into what even a farmer wants, money.
To be sure the effects OF the application will
sooner or later run out but the increase Of
the straw Of the grain crops and the hay goes
into the barnyard manure, and in due course
Of time comes back again to the same field IN
q more improved form, and makes its passage
through his pocket-book, leaving in its pas
sage what it has picked up in the course of
its travels sENEx.