, 1869-07-30
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

lands EnFm-&,OOO Toxun Cntxl.
How thc Farm fs Lnfd Out-lt
pFovementx-1hc Working Force
An improved Ffan OF H1nki1
Hedges bcr- planting Hog,
' bend Fences - Seeding kho Coz
Crop with GEass E'cediug Stock
4 Tho Tcxu1 Cnstlc d&ucstion-Tl
Weather.
(FaoN oun AGRICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT ]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, July 81
WILL LARGE FARMs FAY7
| TIRE AtAore question has been o1ten Askcd, b
nerer sasw..red very satisfactorily. The gencl
| rcsnte h u ben . negative answer especially ri
h,eb.pr,c,u lal'ds and dear labor. Theoretical
thrrn II no. good reason Why capital and 70
management may not reap as rich rcward out
tho cu1ture OF the l-ol n IN nny department
bus,ness- Merry NIL the great fortunes OF 1
country have been n,nt4'e In the advance IN #
ektrte This has ,-equL-ed no great amount
business tact, siuply .1epe4 47dtog On the industry
others, and the faSnrzl We Goaoluoo OF the 81
rpundirgr. ..
In this stste We have lame number Of ve
wealthy farmers who man.,2u large fafmsf
| most of thesn have purchased Tilt " lafns At 80
e1uneul price, md mucn Of III -lt !NeAtu eoaAa
in the advance Of these lands, In this State :
have 10 longer cheap lands, and l. questts
coDes up, under new condition Of thA Rs.-ue
stances, the above question presents ttse.t TOT
! solution. We propose to snoH thar fsl min
whether on q Large OF small scale, Is as cestA a
It's resnisR II any other industry, whether Of N
l chaHlcs o. trade To do this We must bacon.
somewhat personal In dealing r4kh the question
| Ffuc-spun lheo1tes will not answer Tho purpose
and ne rlnsr come down To fActa-us1ug. tangtb,<
| OILY euccetsis With capital md b1alns; and VI
| khNE4H xoHJf
| ceptton 10 this ru}a AlRost any man Of Ordinary
| incuhuy can make , living; get the man without
bnsineAa TACT thoash~ tnb<Ht1ng fortune, vii
stand good chance OF leaving thit void with q
t'IpinLshed pat1inonY.
For the first argument 10 th:s dtrccuou wo u
take the 1atm IN this Couusy Of Champaign knoru
BEoApLAEDa.
This farm les in the southeast corner OF :h:x
county, AID contains 6,5hlacres Of prairie actt,
mcttIy purchased OF II. l. sallIsant who Is uow
opening new farm at Buzz Oak, ID Livingston
County, Of y, 700 acrea. II cuss noout t41D 0o0 In
Eu1Ed uuEbc5F. 1t was purchased Of John T.
Alexander, Of Norgnn County, ia August, 1883.
Nj. Alexander came to Morgan County from Ohio
with lew doliass in 1871, and hired cut 10 drive
cattle. on foot, over the mountains to New York,
at con2. d.S. From this hs Was Put ID caarge
pi small lroses, AID III short time purchased md
drove On his ON Il account He WAS a cattle dealer
timp'y. To this be added grazing and feeding,
and h, time nnrrhn.ea ahou, r.n rbonsany ,crps
OF Land, ten Illles cast Of Jacksonville, now
known ns Airxands: Station, on the Toledo,
Wabash und Western Railroad. The y-aF 1sGE
was mainly occupied - putting the faru t1:order
aGl mailing artificial pents: for the whole treet 10
destitute Of ig1na wales, aad IS Several ntIcs from
'!m1e1, AMI ayc mics from Homer at Its a.arest
notpt. The hra,lcr.rtcr, nr c,-ht miles fron thn
r,tlrcad staacn Teams and sEort were otsaIn.
ed nm, ttr v,,oc uort;ne t;achin,rr racnrrdeo
a s, .tc.,, u1t,4r t,e cyr.xnI thnr1e N = = Fstnn
-Mr: A. r,u,,lutrp nj hi, be1ue In Nor-7n f,nnr.y
In 1873 art,.. cnrra,t.ns xcre co,nnonccd i
400 acres sefe mt IN eorn. and nfko !,
seeded u vra.a, wh,cn. yxth air ,hnrs,n1
In rrass M tht time of nnrrh,ts nano twe,vc-
thcr.,rt .c-es About tbr,.e .41ousani head of-
steers from four =, xtx ,cars t1d vere nunr,nsed.
Ill. among these vcre soma tge,-s- hnnd,od hrad
of 1exas ca.tJa- direct fro,n Ter.4.+rt,nrw wttt
tIcra nn,f In t,r con,.rton fron, ~. pnvnc ~, Nc
nvrr vrn,hn,S ~ ths.o 5,.i -, ,t,,rae -, ~
larm rom To,ono e nn,,tancc NJ sT:ron rn,,rs mi
otcrx after .esrhInr there rhta ,x,a y,1t,rad ~,
a tosa nj <.o nm ,nr. or n,+t,, s,crt. ,n,.s w.,
,.rInr f,n tor marret atnut s;,rte h,,nr1,.,, ~
..r,H Tcxaq co.,1e ,re,p x,ntc,.d m tn t,,,.
+na o+hc,a n,ra h,or ya+.n,as ~, ..r, r.a,s
M Yore.. ~. h+-.n-~ -, 49, .ra-a.
f.,.,,, ,nn -. -,u,,,,, ~ ~ as.~ - -.
T.,n .sI.,,,s 80, - ~ ~ Aah
' ''<N-'.re. n1. .a.',.1.'. "ssA 49,. "4A''ei'
-
rt'tusis 'os1 at Ea'un eNen. 70 -se1 or'
..-es 800 ~" r o.'. au ~ 1''o' nea' ~ teAas
5otu iout 70 e'sl 5eess o1u 10 &c aeAyesed
o. .A'lo, =. ttaeo a!'a a'.' eopea Pouou- 1oe}
"scsaseu ntan' w FpnH's enca. nEd taeis ncs
" ~ .A ,nr .aiI'. 1he:1oIs ~" lo'L !FeA u'lu-
t.ert AaouA ~ casp, w ta4o'ooa. 1ae5 arc d.
u. H. And acP1 II Pat1EseS-Fanein9 rom one 10
thsee ttohtana ncrr'. None Of them rsp Lent
oatsc o' Inc i@sa. fa-s OF thc pasture IL aeetc'l
~ eoFe1, GHletds aha Llne kfhs' aoo 8bo9n0D9o
'eFs Ia Ifan" e7A'f. LIE at7larinl Ponds sapFaT
.l1' oSohaanee OF Fn'" '7a1er. INC "ant Q! "nGa
n"o 'haGe II lahu'e u2aef IL former N.nafn.
meas. aAo"ER h1I8 htocs iolee nalls OF "fses
t'e"a per aa!' the COST or tisR7'n1H woutl oe All
l.e o' po ema! thaRnlt7ae, anh tneh t1E o. l't:o
sMar compared WIN 'tA pure poha "ater, "n'ch.
10 vac asSfrSas'' cofcss1 " least one hundred AMI
s'!'y.nse SeEh
.aI EAU" .s..n"'ef .ne aP'Ms o. tnts 1a1ns
Hnsn - VIII ,.ot. :" tho .u't'a1eo s4so~es,
u 'oa 1nousa4o nea1t ~ spt9"sF paS1u1ase-
iAa rAHA
= 7 - .! ssn,a .ton saaL :" "sn, uua ussrv ae'en
Iou' nor'a % soutpt ee1"P5in9 eoMetnlng over
Eo"hshT. w tne "ssk ase lVo pastures, eoa anu
Aoaa " tAsee "neA ~ 80" s1seA eaen' vac OF
S~e p"e p"e ,osa " ~ ~ ~, w. sua -.
ne sps,uk u. te."' s.'a 90 Hnes ~ 30, ~ nns,M"
~; 's .,. ~ " y. ~ "Hs'o ..", ~ go.
,,. 30. eas. s.snn W ~ sa a,s 80. .n 1an
= :, ~ ~ ~ " W. 'Sssn ete 1"s. o1u+ 81
~, ~ ~ ~, on,-a, ~. ~ r. 80 =.
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:. ~ ~ ~ e>ss ~.ue, .1n
=. ~ - - -. 49, 90. 49, o.-tns 80
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,ses .n". s.-
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~ .n,,,ons =. t.snsa. fra,n .ns IN ,.n ~ ~
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WI ,r'. ~ se.t. l.Sa'
IT, ',u ~. 49, ~ ~ 49, Sat o ~
~ ~ s.-. n"o ,., .I.t",s<>. -. "s.
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y, nv s,,ons ~ " ,cr-4, ~ ~. ,.ad nv ,s,s c-,n
h,b tto..no. he,t.- n, vn-, Inr nt+,hn ,,s .,, -
p1rr n,nce m thr row, p-,hnnc Mr. r,t,n n.v
mt this eoru into beef. tu. sss,,d tns nrrsent |
,,ccs con,t.ur, II SIN rtc]y RI on TIM mnrx,t
In ad,rt,an 10 this seye,at h3p.fri at-,s wtr,
powu 10 corn ana ,fc sod ta,red oycr, g.t,e some
n as dropucl into the fu1tow, Tnts had rus,lc a |
VERY eoon stand and Will bc ,assure4i n october.
About one thousand bushels Of seed corr have been
used lh,s sp1Inr,
COIN crt-uRE. !
IL the spring of Us, e,seo acrcs were trench I
plowed, as described IN my list zeek1 letter.
Tho crop WAS good cue, aau this raule Of break
I7g Will hereafter be freely adoptaa-the top FUR
row to be rs thin as possible; tho tottom fut7ow
four TO rve inches. relied harrzwr<t PLANTED In |
dr7ElA End, II possible, Just before It breaks. !
ground, ssaln rolled; worked not Legs than three
times md MI Wre:s e1t out laring tie month Of |
August. 1t viii he krpt In corn until .se cross |
hedges are ample lcE proteesson, when It VIZ Ge |
6cedcd 10 elofcfr ti12otlJ. aSo bl1e Rrass. |
Abe corn has hssa eutarated ta!s season With
the couble-shoSel pow 1n 10 sle Last time. 1hith
/. to bc done with small turning lloT. Apon.
hall the corn Is drilled With BrnHus cora dull