Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-01-25
Paying Farming.

class BbAtof Bit few SFdG 81 g tSgG Of trti fagRsEs as
tual want, and but few ever attain to
great wealth. Probably 10 BUSINESS af-
fords 50 sure an avenue of support, and
this is rc snail consideration in these
days of fluctuations.
The majority Of farmers feel that farm
ing is perpetual slavery, because that af-
ter hard, steady work from one years end
to another, they find themselves 1T the
end Of the year just where they atarted
FROM The price Of farm products are
high, the farmer is economical, sells the
best Of oyerythin d24iys hia,s,lr and fam.
lily, is up early and late, and just kecrs
his head above water We think this is q
truthful picture of the majority of farms
ers. a few like John Johnston of Cen
eva, New York, rise gradually from this
condition to one of abundant wealth.
What makes the difference between these
two classes? We answer that in every
case the difference is in head wofk. The
majority Of farmers tread right on in the
old paths regardless of the immense i'm
provemonts that have been made in mod
ern agriculture, improvements as imror.
tnht as the application Of steam in inocha-
les or the loom in manufacturing.
Suppose a manufacturer disrcgarding
the fact Of the loom should attempt to
make cloth as our grandmothers made it
why he could not come into competition
at all with other manufacturers and would
lose ground. He would stand in just the
position that thousands of farmers occupy,
who ignore the modern imnrnvnmnniS in
that the information necessary to the far
mer has been locked up in many cost
ly volumes written in a scientific lam
guage that the farmer did not understand,
but this difficulty has now been overcome
and the whole subject has Eecn reduced
into one ordinary sized volume, Written ,
in the plainest and most practical manner
lit is entitled "Hoac to make the Farm
Pay." This volume treats of every sub
iect III which the farmer is interested.
The first chapter treats of drainage as
the foundation of all improved culture,
and gives plain; practical rules for all tho
operations of drainage.
The second chapter treats Of plowing,
showing when, how, where, and what to
plow.
/ The third chapter is upon Hiahtres,-;
and is one of the most interesting and
valuable we have ever seen; it shows just
how and where the manure goes to waste,
and how at very trifing expense the
manure can be doubled in quantity, quail
ity and value. There are also full direc-
tions for the purchase and use Of COM
mSrcial fertilizers dttey' the most has been
made Of what every farmer has at haad
This chapter if read, and its directions
followed, wouM surely double The accalth
Of e0ery farmer in ten gears. Chapter
fur tredts Of the purchase, use aud care
Of all Farm Implements. Chapter five Of
the cultivation Of grain. Chapter six of
grasses and hay-mak.ng. Chapter seven
of root crops; and chapter eight on spec
ia crops and the rotation of crops. This
chapter gives the latest iniormctioti OH
the cultivation Of cotton, rice, tobaccoi
flax, hemp, hops, beets fer sugar, Etc
Chapters nine to twelve inclusive, treat of
domestic animals, breeding, raising, care,
management, and feeding, and particular
ly Of all diseases Of domestic animals with
plain, simple remedies. No man who owbs
a single animal can afford TO be without
the affirmation contained in those four
chapters. Chapters thirteen to eighteen
treat of the cultivation of large and small
fruits, showing how millions of acres of
now almost proftless lands may be made to
yield large and paying crops, how every
farmer may make 5000 to 5000 per acre
from apples or grape. The young men
who read these chapters and commence
!, farming on these principles will not be
the poor plodders their predecessors have
been. Untold wealth is in store for those
who catch the ideas and spirit Of this
book. Chapter nineteen treats of the
planning and building Of Farm Build
= ings. Chapter twenty of Market Gard
ening and Farmers Gardens. Chapter
: tweqty.one Of various miscellaneous items
q as fences, farm laborers, forest trees, Etc.
u Etc. Chapter twenty-five contains near