The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-04-03
From the American Agricul'urist
Walks:andl Talks On the Farm.

MICA lister ollercu me Slt All acre
rent for land to plant corn. provided
would plow it for him. l told him
this was more than | shonld probably
get by planting it myself, but that |
wonld not tent because no one who
hires land for one crop wouid cult
waite i as thoroughly AS it should be.
One neglected corr crop will %inlure
land vastly more than the rent comes
10. The weeds allowed to go seed
would affect the land for years. Our
plan is to SOW barley after cora, and
wheat after the barley. LOOK at the
harley strbbles, and in five cases out
oi Sky on Will see them covered with
weeds. These weeds frequently re.
duce the following wheat crop eight
or ten bushels per acre. And in this
crop alone you lose more than the rent
received for the land. But this is not
the end of the mischief. The clover
is not as good. and when you Mcw
up the land the next time the weeds
soon threaten the very existence Of
the crop. One years seeding makes
seven years wedding.
do you not thinx you Gel make
Sl4 an acre profit on a corn CROP"
At present prices. ycs. AT ordinary
prices; no. Thirty bushels OF slelled
corr per acre is a good average crop
in this section. worth, at IS cents per
in-hel, $3.50; corn stalks. S5.50.-
Total receipts from the crop, S2S.-
Preparing tie land for the crop. So:
planting and seed. $3.50; ~cnltivating
three times. twice in row. Both ways.
SIS: hoeing twice SO; cutting up the
corn, Sl.50: hnsking and drawing in
the corn, 81: drawing in the stalks.
DC, ST.; Smelling and drawing to mar
Ket. 50. Total, S23. Profit. $500
EARNING is a poor business
Yes. poor farming is a very poor bus
mess; but good farming is as good a
business at present prices as / want,
and withal as pleasant. A good far
iner raises 60 bushels of corn per acre
instead OF 80 bushels. He doubles
the crop and realizes five times the
lrotit. His land is cleaner, ard he
has twice the amount OF fodder to iced
out. aud makes twice the amonnt of
manure. and this doubles his future
crops and quadruples his profits. His
land is getting richer and richer,
while in the other case it will be like
ly TO get poorer and poorer; ditto the
farmer, and alas. alas. ditto his
family.
But what is a man TO do who is
poor and has poor land!" Ii he has
good health, is industrious, econom-
seal, and is possessed Of a fair share
Of coed common sense, he need have
no doubt as to his being able to reno
vate his farm and improve his own
fortune.
Faith in good farming is the first
requisite. Ii this is weak, it will be-
strengthened by exercise. Ii You
have not faith, act as though you had
Work hard, but do not be a drudge.
A few hours vigorous labor will &C
complish a great deal, and encouraged
you to continued effort. Be prompt,
systematic, cheerful, and enthusiastic.
60 to be bed early and ge. up when
you wake. But take sleep enough.
a man had better he in bed than at
the tavern or grocery. Let not
friends, even, keep you mp late; man.
ners is manners, but still your elth's
your elth.'
s'But what has this to do with good
farming!" More than chemistry and
all the science Of the schools. Agri.
culture is an art and must be followed
as such. Science will help-helpI
enormously-but it will never enable
us to dispense with industry. Chem
istry throws great light on this art Of
cooking, bnt a farmers wife will roas
a }urEnv better than Liehio.