The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-02-24
THE FARM.
d Change Your System of Farming' OF
,oizns Total Rnin Must Ensue-No.2.

1 d For the 6LdHuaiu.
sra Change Your System of Farming, or
sroiza Total Ruin Must Ensue-No.%.
es,s1 In ii previous paper, two important
Sachauges have been recommended In the
10 farming operations of this State, viz: A
,,,great,.r variety of crops, and the more ex-
:, tensivc use Of horsepower in working Ire
{, land. with a much smaller:.nttllaS-
of laborers Naw- nc proceeu u. ,.,,;ons in
Sd. Many farms IN tue oes. .,,'trIected ps
n,s stofe are exhausted and neglec'eu.
md ye,l yaIueless which are oy ,i ~,
pe.us JuaSS and small trees, us OH nelds.
WIN VT tiesr can be renewed by the SIM
No~, ~ s,ss ~ breaking them up, and SOW
pie p ,nas clover, or huckwheat. und plough
;., these crops down when in flower. Thus,
with but a small outlay per acre, redccming
tile waste places, and greatly Increasing the
profits of the farm. =
4th. A much more extensive cultivation
OF grass aud clover is desirable, in order to
provide food for the stock in the summer
= when the pastures fail, and also in the win
Tier. The cattle should be fed in the house
or farm yard, and thus large quantity of
manure would be accumulated. by which the
produce OF the land might he almost doub-
led; whilst, at the same time time, large
and valuable Income might be obtained by
eA0 Sdic va Butttf anu Cheese.
Indeed, it is surprising to see the careless
ness and neglect with which the COWS are
., treated on most farms in this State, when
I'VE consider the high price of butter, and
the constant demand for it in every neigh
sibqrhood, and the large quantity imported,
at extravagant rates, from the North. .,I.
ALI that is needed is, TO provide a good
supply of clover and grass in the summer,
Of <Ia han tfttrt ,ipco " fa,,ta
Sstoes for the winter and then the farmer can
sthave milk and butter in abundance all the
year round. His current expenses and
those of his family, can he paid by the pro-
duce of his dairy, whilst the additional ma
nure will enrich, his lands, and greatly
increase the amount of his wheat and corn
crops The present custom Of turning his
cattle to wander in the woods to pine
away with hunger to eat unwholesome
hfeod, and ultimately, perhaps to be stolen,
should be at once and forever abandoned,
and the cattle kept in well fenced pastures,
near home. and carefully housed and ted
every night. qsa.r ..u
All hogs also, should be brought to their
'styes and fed every evening, and then
they would be more secure from the multi
tude of thieves that now infest every neigh
borhood, and this would, also, greatly in
Grease the amount OF manure for the farm.
But it may be objected that all these OPP
erations would take up so much time and
labor, that the expenses of the farm would
be greater than the profit l answer, not so,
because by variety of crops, by house feed
ing, by constant attention to the COWS, and
1.-THE dairy-proviGing food, and preparing
it for all the animals kept-the work would
be distributed regularly, ocer the achole gear,
and not, as at present, confined to the five
months of the crop season, whilst the crops
of clover and grass, and the pasture fields
would need little or no labor, and thus fewer
hands would be required than on the old
corn growing system. Besides, almost the
whole work with cows, milk, butter and
cheese, can be done by the family of the
farmer, with the assistance of few women
and children, and thus fully one half of the
expenses now incurred in working large
farm, in the old way, would be saved, wdilst
the farm hands would be employed all the
year round, and not turned off at the end
of the crop season. as at present, to wander
idle about the country and live by begging
OF by stealing.
One thing must be granted by all, who
consider the condition of the farmers in this
State, at present, that corn raising on the
odd system, will not pay expenses. The la
Dor of the hoe is FAY too slow, tedious and
costly, and the wages of the laborers would
swallow up the whole crop. The same
may be said of the culture of Tobacco and
Wheat, whilst cotton is uncertain, and very
hazardous in this climate, bringing ruin
upon thousands in every unfavorahle sea-
son. Why not then turn to the raising of
stock, and the eminentIy profitable and
.leasy work of producing butter and cheese,
to supply the demand of our own State Are
not these the words of reason and of COM
-mon sense2a '-ra DELTA.