Wilmington journal., 1869-08-20
The True System Of Farming.

Trying to DO too much is common or
ror into which the farmer often falls. His
great eagerness in striving to be rich is
doubtless the cause of his error. He is
ambitious and energetic, and forms his
plans on large scale, too often, perhaps
without counting the cost. He buys a
! large farm and wants to be called large
farmer" without understanding or con
| sidering the true elements that constitute a
real farmer. He fancies the greatness of
that profession, as is too often the COM
mon estimate, to be in proportion to the
number of acres, not to say cultivated, en-
braced within the boundaries of his do
main. The fact is now being spread abroad,
that large farm does not make man
either contented or happy, but on the con
trary, the reverse of all these, unless woil
titled, when his labor is rewarded by am
pie crops and fair success in the various
| departments in which he is engaged. No
farmer can realize the full benefits OF his
profession without adopting thorough
system of culture. His success, conimen-
snrate to his wishes, always depends upon
the manner in which he prepares his
grounds, plants his seed, and rcars his
stock. Neither of these departments,
which may be considered the cardinal ones
| of his profession, will take care of them
selves Tho soil may bo rich. but it needs
culture. His seed may be sown, but it
should be in due time. and always on soil
well prepared and of suitable quality for
tho production of tho crop desired. His
stock must be constantly cared fort de-
rivos its thrift from tho soil, and sends
again to that soil the snstenanco it requires;
but this is not done in q loose Or haphaz-
ard way. The farmers caro- is required,
and all his better Judgment must be cx-
ercised in keeping up this system Of re-
ciprOcal benefits that may bo realized by
every Intelligent and industrious farmer.
Thorough cultivation and systematic at
tention to all parts of his business is indis-
pensable to good degree OF SUCCESS.
The very corner stone to this who 10 sys-
tenn OF farming, is to do what 5ou do
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will not be cheated,
and never gives full rctaIns to the half
way work that is practiced by vastly too
many calling themselves farmers. II tho
land has been worn, tho extent OF that
exhaustion and the food required must be
first considered. When ascertained, the
full measure Of these requirements must
be given, to bring ont full returns. If tho
farmer has but small stock, and cOnse-
uuently but small amount of manure to
replenish his land. it is obvious that but
a small farm can be supplied with 1t and
go>,l Judgment at once dictates that to cnl-
tivate properly large farm, artificial fertil-
izers must beiusedlf good crops are obtain
cd. And SO with the labor, two men can
not suitably till one hundred acres of land,
when tho labor of two mon, AMI pei
haps four, might be protitably employed
on seventy five acres.
This is the great error in farming. Two
men strive to do what four can hardly 40.
and thus thousands of acres are run over,
half titled, and producing half crops. The
land is run over till worn ont, sustaining
year after year the unnatural tax. till its
energies are entirely exhausted, and II
fails to yield even a feeble crop, because
it's life is worn out. Much of the soil OF
Virginia and other Southern States Is
type of this. Thousands OF acres are en-
tiroly useless and exhausted. and will ever
remain so, till the first elements OF ITS