The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-04-19
Essentials to Productive FARMING.

The following sixteen essentials TO
productive farming are from the pen of
the editor ofthe AM riean Farmer:
l. Good implements of husbandry and
plenty OF them. which should always be
| Kept in perfect order.
2. Deep ptowing and thorough pull
verization of the soil by free use of
hagrow. drag and roller
} An application of lime, mari or
! ashes, where calcareous matter or potash
4 NAV not he present in the soil.
4. \ systematic hushandry of every
i substance on a farm capable of being
f converted into manure, and systematic
/ protection of such substances from loss
by evaporation or waste of any kind, and
careful application of the same 10 the
/ lands in culture
Tie draining Of all wet lands, so as
to relieve the roots Of the plants from
the Ill effects of a superabundance of
water. a condition equally as pernicions
as drought to their healthy growth and
profitable nuctihcation
The free use OF the plow, cultivator
and hoe. with all row cultured crops. so
as To keep down at all times the growth
of grass AMI weeds, those pests that
prove so destructive to crops.
Seeding at the proper time with
good seed, and an equal attention as to
the period of working crops
Attention to the construction and
repair of fences. so that what is made
through the tolls and anxious care of the
hushansiman may not be lost through
his neglect to protec. his crops from the
depredations of stock
the part of the owner, over all the ope
ratlons of the farm, no matter how good
mdnager he may he, as the presence of
head Of farm and the use of his eyes.
are woi :h several pairs of hands.
10. Labor saving machinery, SO that
one may render himself as independent
as needful of neighborhood labor, as
sense of tue comparative dependence of
the employer upon such labor, also be
gets disposition of obedience and faith
fitness on the part of the employee.
IL Comfortable stahlng and sheds
for horses and stock. and all the nee
essary outbuildings for the accommoda
ton of hands and protection of poultry.
II Glover and other grasses to form q
part of the rotation of the crops, and
these to be at proper periods plowed in
to the form of pabulum for succeeding
crops. The clover field to be either
plastered or ashed each succeeding
spring-one bushel of the former and
six of the latter per acre.
13 Not to keep more stock than can
be well kept, but be sure to keep as
many as can be kept in good condition,
as it is wise policy to feed as much as
possible of the crops grown on farm,
and thus return to it that which has been
abstracted from it.
IA To provide a good orchard and
garden one to be filled with choice
fruits of all kinds, and the other with
vegetables of different sorts of early and
late, so that the table may at all times
be we'll and seasonably supplied, and the !
surplus contribute TO the wealth of the T
proprietor.
10. The taking Of county papers
l6. 1t is better to cut grain just before I
it is fully or dead ripe, rs when the straw,
Immediately before the grain ripens, is /
so dry that on twisting it no juice is ex-
tracted, il should be cut, for then there 4
is no circulation of Juice to the ear.