Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-10

cream to pour over their strawberries or .
ll~ce 10 set asparagus plants We drive in
and Tx with tae owner. His plain specs b
and modest bearing proclaim his religion.
He has no large words, no boasts, no osten-
tsii.sn, hat informs us that frvm yonder
fields " Fix scTes he took two hundred
n-h-ls al wheat. This corn-iieid Welded
las, yeas seventy. i've bushels TO the acre.
He has lad no rain for six weeks, and will
no, m4k =, much this year. but not iess than
sixty. he thinks. Wonder clover-field of five
acres gave him twelve tons, and this hand
s,me second growth he will turn under next
N; nth, and then, after sowing wheat, viii
dress in the spring with two hundred pounds
per acre of ground bone, or phosphate. or
Peruvian guano. We wax over his acres
they came 10 him from an uncle, except
the land TN the other side OF yon timber,
which his wife inherited He shows us
DIS hogs, his hens, his gang piow, and
10 mari pit. Then we drive on through
aher fields, pass other country homes, aud
linz with the fortunate owner of a hundred
and forty acres OF this admirably cultivated
region. He commenced poor thir;y-hve
Stars ago a tenant, when he thought his
rnp goOd il an acre Yielded him twenty five
bushels of corn or twelve Of wheat He
ave fu,iyiive dollars wnen be bought sew
raj years ago. when Polk was President
Now he would look away from an offer. of
wo hundred. He has no idea Of going
West. Omaha has NO charms; he cares
nothing for The price Of land on the line of
The Pacific Railroad, nor amid the hills Of
East Tennessee. And now the reader asks
tor a reasen for all this Why are these
armers so happy and content? Why do
their land so steadily appreciate We an
swer that such success is won only where
fsvoring nature has been aided by skill and
Industry on the part Of man. These Salem
county farmers are proud of thtir business,
and earnest TO know the secrets and esiab
lished rules Of successful agriculture. Tney
compare usages aud grow wise BY mutual
instruction. IfreGuced to q code Of nunler-
icsi statement, the ouli''e of their system
would be somewhat as follows:
!. Tne QaaArt Erner of West Jersey has
no fancy noIioIs, no curious theories, no
blind devotion TO book-fsrming. He reads
the rural literature of his day, but has judg-
ment 10 see what is good for him, and what
is useless. His subsoil is porous and easily
| penetrated BY the roots OF corn, clover aud
wheat, therefore he finds no advantage in
ploughing deep He raises crops of uDiyer-
sal value and in perpetual demand. hence
he spends little time 10 haunting markets
and watching for an extra five cents per
bushel.
=. tie has sound and uniform system in
rotation, getting over his fields once 10 five
years with this uccession-wheat, corn, po-
tatoes. oats, clover; or, corn, potatoes.
potatoes, clover, wheat In the low places
be puts herd-grass, and timothy on dryer
lands.
8. He adds yearly 10 the actual value Of
his acres by putting upon them either mar
from his pit or compost made from the
growth of reclaimed marshes. On wheat ht
puts superphosphate, unless he gets rani
clover with mari and plows that in.
T.. Though relieved by sind nature from
the necessity of deep tillage, he plows oftel
and k, cps bi. crors clean.
). He seldom has business away from
home. He contracts few debts. He ha.
few wants, and no vices.
If this describes model farmer we cal
only say that it is no fancy sketch. If thu
reader would see broad and eloquent refu
tation TO the standard fling of '.Farminl
don't pay, let him visit this part of New
Jersey. He will find here pure Legitimate
farming, not nursery business, nor flour
ishing truck patch. But in every symbol an,
proof of success, in clean culture, spaciou
homes, refined society, unsullied honor
, spotless morals, snowy linens and loade
tables he will see what substantial honor
ond joys nature has for him whose hand
are brown with honest work, who display
thrift, sagacity and judgment in his manage
meat, and whose heart is warm with graf
tnde and light with contentment.