The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-10-21
lrrom the American Agricultnristl
MANAGEMENT of the Farm.

Management Of tie tarm.
IrIwcrc Obliged to fix on amy one
rrinciplc as the foundation of successful
ts,mino. | should take thss of Il just
nropoiion between the different depart
,uents of the farm organization. Moth
inc is more common than TO see, among
those who are striving after improve
mcnts. Farming Is a composite business.
II is like IN army advancing on parallel
roads. where the only chance of success
lie, in simultaneous aitact by all the
columns. Ii one is forced IN advance
or the others. il is defeated for want OF
suprort and the others in their turn are
defeated for want of the help that II
might have given army is whipped
in detail" There can be no success III
farming, or at least no such success as
we Ali should strive for. unless true
balance is kept up between land. labor,
stock. and management. He who adds
!, hundred acres 10 his farm without in
creasing the number of his hands, the
amount of his stock, and his intelligence
and attention i'm managing the business,
probably does himself harm :-it il is
pasture-land that he buys. and II he uses
!, for summer etrok. or il il be woodland
the case may lie changed; but on
general principles. if The farm is enlarged
without an enlargement OF working IA
cilities, the work must be carried on AT
disadvantage. Very often. indeed, a
farm wakes up 10 the idea that the Key
10 al. success is to be found in manure !;
and he deyotes himself most energetical-
" to its procurement, sending his men
and teams to town to haul out night-soil
ut a season when they should he busy
with blowing, planting. or cultivation;
Manure he has, OF course, ana MS lana
is made rich by it; but for want OF prop
er care and management, the richness
spends itself in the production Of weeds
instead of crops, and what would have
been source of great profit, with an
addition of more men and more teams
for home work, has been a losing bust
ness. Another NAV believe that his best
chance for improvement lies in the en-
ployment of abundant labor; and hires
more men aud teams than with his
general facilities lie can probably en-
plov. or more than he has the head to
manage. Another, again, pins his faith
10 livestock Of the finer breeds; and he
buvs expensive animals beyond his ca
pacity for feeding and grooming. All
of these men lose money, and all for the
same reason. They endure prominence
to one branch Of business in which the
growth of all the branches should be
uniform.
Iwrite this not from theory, but from
experience. l have probably saved time
by the couse that has been pursued here
but had l known as much two years ago
as now do. l would have bought more
manure to use Immediately after drain
ing the land, and would have had more
labor to enable me TO make use OF the
fertility. the drainage and manure would
have given. have maintained a pretty
fair balance between the items of manure
and labor, but by having more of both
could have taken much earlier aduan'
tagc of the capital invested i'll under
drining. Neither my experience nor
general statement of the principle cal
be OF direct value as guide to any on'
farmer, but they ought to be most prom
tably suggestive to every man as IN
walks over his farm and makes his plan
for future operations. For every load
manure, let there be suitable land allot
ted, and for this land, let there be du
facilities for the most profitable croppini
If land is extensively underdrained, &c
it also be thoroughly manfred and calf
waited. If fine stock is bought, let goo
food be provided for it, and let it b
well attended 70. In short, let no pal
of the whole establishment fail to do il
very best because some other part is nc
fective. As soon try to ride rae
with a lame-legged horse as to max
Your fortue by working lamc-legge
farm. Every one of us is suffering tt
day from this ''want of balancc:' let
all look sharp after the weak spots, an
establish as much uniformity as we cal
SO that every dollar invested may brin
its yearly ten per cents of profit.
there is any better test of good formin
than this, i have failed to discover it.
In keeping up the balance, let us n.
forgot our own heads, which are u
most important part Of the whole outf
A good farm, with bad manager, W
"beat the dogs" at losing money. Ru
kin saws. 1T is only by labor that thong
can be made healthy, and only by thong
that labor can he made happy"-let II
add that no labor can be happy that DO
not pay.
ASSERTING POTATOES. The prop
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