The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-11-11


of crops were imperstiyclv necessary, II
has been in this OF Oar Lord 1870. aud my
experience has demonstrated il. Ny
manure has been spread over about forty
acres. AMI my work over sixty acres
A the whole had been concentrated on
twenty acres, should be to-day in much
batter condition; for, not more than
about one fourth Of all ms land will have
produced enough 90 pay the cost OF il
: 'cd and cultivation " lille ii | had con-
ccniralcd my efforts with juGicious
selection OF crops, should have ma le
money by them. In the result has been
So nAisSombIc in my own case, il has
probably been no better with thousands
ri others, who with even lcs, manure
and labor at command. have spread
themselves very thin over twice As
much land
" may be set down as an un.ailing
maxim that, in the long run, the only
work that pays Gin farming n everything
ciscl j. thorough work. Ii the season j.
good, IL insects are not troublesome. aud
il i'll 20 well from secd-timC 10 harvest.
airy ordinary farming Will pay. Ii one
A-s broad acres that viii support small
ncrl> CT ilock> ia the wcfICSt and diyest
>,tsons, lac may make fair profit from
tnelg management; but If he attempt
tV cultivate poor land with scant ma
narc, vet land without draining or dry
Land without abundant cultivation and
manure he Will not absolutely fail, per-
laps. ant be may squeeze along and
save a .l1tle money for his WORKOUT aud
disappointed old are, l.sss he will not make
money As lac woald If his land were deep.
we'll drained, and fat with manure, and
Inns III 4 widc-awakc. active. intelligent
man, who j. up 10 the times and eager
10 take advantage OF every circumstance
that can help him along. Had | my
own vay- | would yearly top-drcss eve
ri atic OF moving hand with five cords
uf good manure, not straw. until IL had
become 80 rich a. 10 produce four tons
~ dry Lay, whether the season were
wet or dry. would top-dress my pas
iure lands until they would carry two
heavy steers To Tic acre throughout the
season. | would ply an equally heavy
dressing 10 corn land. root land. and
wheat land, until their crops were raised
10 the highest possible point. | would
neither plOw nor now an acre of land
that needed draining. nor would | neg
lect the fullest measure Of thorough cul-
tiyation necessary 10 keep crops fresh Ia
the drie>t times. This would cost fright
fully of couese, either in money or in
hard work or in both, but it would make
Inc perfectly independent farmer soon
or than any thing else could. Ny crops
would OF course be affected by the yicis-
situdes OF the weather, but they would
always he soabsolutely good and % much
above the average, that either i'm quantity
or in prices should get sure reward for
my work Ii il is objected that these
statements are not sustained by my ex-
pcricnce ut the Ogden Farm | will con-
les that. and make further confession
that in none Of my farming operations
nave ! had precisely such experience.
But in addition TO the farm. l have been
en- extensive market garden.
ln which farm crops have been some
times grown on land that had received
Tire almost fabUiou manuring and the
extra preparation that gardening re-
Iuire-. These crops have in no instance
tailed TO pay well for the whole extra
outlay an outlay 80 great, that few far
mers would dare 10 encounter IL.
have to-day visiteda ncighbor. whose
farm contains only twenty-eight acres.
lie has owned it and managed II for
many years. His stock this year consis-
tei OF several horses and oxen and
twcniy-eight cows, in addition TO a con-
siderable number of fowls. lie grows
no fancy stock OF any kind; SELL milk.
cream, roots, poultry, and eggs. lie
buys some grain for his poultry and
some meal for his cows, though he has a
good field Of corn every year. All of
ahc pasture required for his large stock.
and AT the hay and other long fodder
consumed on the place, together with a
good supply Of apples, are tie product
Of his twenty-eight acres of land. The
great secret of his success il TO be sought
in plenty Of manure and thorough work.
managed OF course in the most skilluI
manner. His cash sales for 1870 viii
fall but little, If any, short of $4,000.
have another ncighbor, who begun
with a fine farm OF over one hundred
acres, and capital enough to have made
a first-raic farmer OF ali energetic man.
lie has probably never sold enough from
his place to pa- his yearly bills, and his
land las run down 10 low-water mark.
Thes TWO men, living in the same town
ship, and with equal facilities, illustrate
perfectly lie truth | have endeavored 10
set forth above. The one went 10 work
in an ovef-cautious, penny-wise way.
scrimping here and scrimping there.
trying 70 cheat Nature out OF her lust
dues; and he come to grief The other