The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-01-10
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The present leieurc from more pressing
work hiay beturied ~ great frbfti'frcad
ipg, study Of the, science 81 farming, and
plannine for fnnith improve meIi. There
are many details Of husbandry that require
forecast aud reflection. Now is tle time
70 lay Illans fot the coming year. aid for
the distant future. The most successful
farmer row,is the man who applies most
Of thought TO his business, The. days of
routhfeS fafmhlg are numbered, and the
man who plods on in the ways of his
fathers, is certain TO be distauced.
We want TO get rich by farming, with
outgseiliag on Al the fertility Of tho so'l
under our feet, 4 rich Iarm, giving a gcu-
erous yield TO toll, makes rich farmer,
whether he have much or little stock IN tue
haRk or railroad. We want 10 study not only
10 get great crops Of corn aud grass, bnt
70 make the crops pay.for the labor and
manure, aud leave the soil licher. ln no
way can this be better accomplished than
BY raising stock and feeding ali the gruiu
on tho farm. The high price OF labor, an
the difficulties Of obtaining it at any price
nj certain Seasons OF the year, ia IN many
places fast changing us and our systen OF
farming from a graingr growing into stock.
yaisi community. The stock upon our
farms is as much improved rs the crops,
now that stock breeding has fallen into
competent hands. so that now we probably
have as 0ne Durham, Ddvuur, Ayrshire and
and Alderneys. ms can he found in the
father land while we are not far behind
in our horses, sheep and swine. A passion
for fine stock ia rapidly spreading. AND as
agriculture becomes more skilliNlly co0
ducted and better rewarded, farmers viii
have the means to crafty this hudable
passion. Indeed, already the Durham
Devon, Attorney aud Ayrshire stock has
been widely disseminated So strong has
been the conviction of the necessity OF
iull.blooded animals 10 give a permanent
character to our stock that men Of capital
have visited the best breeders in Euglpnd
and bought largely Of their choicest Nani
mails, at prices, too, higher than over were
known before ia this country, and also of
quality in tho animals themselves, far
superior. Their sales have been rapid. |
and they have been widely disseminated
throughout the stock breeding States ;5uudiI
moro or less Of fulbloodod animals andI
g'ades may be found in almost every coun-
~ where an Agricultural Society has boon
established
The results which follow such change
NJ llt |h1hltlU " lNIlnlnF, W lnN great /
grain producing ceures of the west. may
he summed as follows: Tho material OF
our meats las been greatly improved our
stock-broeders are enabled in cattle, to get
their beevee TO market, one or two, and |
even three years younger with greater
weights than beforehand comparatively so |
with our mutton aud pork and all at l,ss |
cost iOr the same time in Keeping, than
with our old unimproved stock. With this |
experience, therefore, we cannot afford TO
iall back, nor 10 stand still The stock. |
breeder, the grazcr, aud the feeder for mar
kot must so on, and st i f,u{her Improve, |
if he means to make his business profitable. |
The whole sentiment Of the country may |
he summed up in the sentence Raise |
not bushel of grain that may not bc con. |
sumcd on the farm This sentiment is op.
Grating with great strength Just now en-
forced, as il is, by the disastrous operation |
of the eight hour labor law. the freight ex
tortiohs of railroads, and, above all, by the |
conspicuous SUCCESS of the cattle feeders |
for the last few years. There Is indeed /
not a farmer in the country, be he small or
large, who, having devoted himself to
stock far the last ton years, has not nc.
qured competence, and many have made !
fortunes in that timo, besides incNastps |
the fertility OF their iarns, while their |
grain producing noighbors have impovcr.
ished theirs, aud made littlo o. no money. |
Tile use OF absorbcnts is another sign of |
progress upon the farm. One sees almost |
cverywhere long lines of muck thrown out
from bitches, or large heaps drawn to fields |
that are to be planted tho next season, |
The benefits derived from its use arc so I
manifest, aud so generally known that most
farmers regard their muck swamps as
mines Of wealth. The shore farmers 70. |
sort extensively to sea weed, aud mud |
taken from the harbors and creeks. These
are carted into the yards aud s,ys. aud
mixed in various ways with stable manures,
they not Only furnish large quantities of
carbonaceous matters, but ihe salt in them
serves to FIX the ammonia, aud prevent al
llss MANY have doubled the quantity of
manure made upon the farm, and cultiva.
fors are becoming settled in the opinion.
that II is far better 10 make, than to pur.
chase mSnures. Guano, dissolved bones
and bone.dust arc very good for special
crops hut do not pay so wen as the home.
made article, The results Of fifty loads of
stable manure applied TO an acre rarely
fails to be satisfactory.