The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-03-10
PAYING FARMING.

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But few of them ever come to actual want,
and but few ever attain to great wealth.
Probably no business affords so sure an
avenue of support, and this is no small con-
sideration in these days of fluctuations.
The majority of farmers feel that farming is
perpetual slavery, because that after hard
steady work from one years end to the
other, they find themselves Just where they
started from. The price of farm products
are high, the farmer is economical, sells the
best of rything, denies himself and family.
is up early and late, and just keeps his head
above water We think this is a faithful
picture of the majority of farmers A few
like John Johnston, of Geneva, New York
rise gradually from this position to one of
abundant wealth. What makes the differ
ence between these two classes We answer
that the difference in every case is in head
,rork. The majority of farmers tread right
on in the old paths regardless Of the immense
improvements that have been made in mod
ern agriculture, i'm proyements as important
as the application of steam in mechanics or
the loom IN manufacturing. Suppose a
manufacturer diSregarding the fact of the
loom should attempt to make cloth as our
grandmothers made it ? Why he could not
come into npetition at all with other man
ufacturers and would lose ground. lie
would stand just in the position .9sat thou
sands of farmers occupy who ignore the mod
ern improvements in the cultivation of the
soil. We are aware that the information
necessary for the farmer has been locked mp
in many costly volumes written in scien-
tific language that the farmer did not under
stand. but this difficulty has now been over
come and the whole subject has been reduced
into one ordinary sized volume, written in
the planest and most practical manner it
is entitled "Ho,r 10 make the Farm Pay"
This volume treats of every subject in 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 the operations of
drainage.
showing when, where, and how, and what
to plow.
The third chapter is upon manures, ard
is one of the most interesting and valuable
we have ever seen it shows inst how and
where the manure goes to waste, and how at
very trifliIg expense the manure can be
doubled in quantity, quality and value
| There are also full directions for the pur-
chase and use Of commercial fertilizers after
the most has been made of what every farm
er has at his hand. This chapter, If read
and its directions followed. rould surely
double the lUealh of every farmer en- ten years
| Chapter four treats of purchase, use and
care of all Farm Implements. Chapter FIVE
| of the cultivation of grain. Chapter six of
grasses and hay making. Chapter seven Of
root crops and chapter eight on special
crops and the rotation of crops. This chap
| ter gives the latest information on the cult
walton of cotton, rice, tobacco fax, hemp,
| hops, beets for sugar, &c. &c. dc. Chapter
| nine to twelve inclusive, treats of domestic
animals, breeding, raising, care. manage
ment, and feeding, and particularly of all
/ diseases of domestic animals with plain, SIM
| pie remedies. No man who owns a single
animal can afford to be without the nforma-
| tion contained in those four chapters
Chapters thirteen to eighteen treat of the
cultivation of large and small fruits, show
| ing how millions of acres Of almost proitless
| lands may be made to yield large and pay
| ing crops, how every farmer may make from
| 5000 to 5000 per acre from apples or grapes.
| 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 of this book.
| Chapter nineteen treats of the planning and
building of farm buildings. Chapter twen-
| ty of Market Gardening and Farmers Gar
dens. Chapter tweDty-one of various mis-
cellaneous items. as fences, farm laborers. for
est trees, &C., &c. Chapter twenty-five con-
tains nearly three hundred choice receipts for
cooking, preserving. &C., and the last chap
ter gives the symptoms and remedies for the
ordinary diseases of children and adults,
with directions for preserving the health,
and other matters of interest. We think we
are justified in saying that so much infor-
nation of use to the farmer is not to be had
for ten times the price anywhere else. The
book, as the reader will notice from the des-
cription in our paper. has one hundred and
forty illustrations, which we have neither
time nor space to describe.
Wesay buy this book if you wish to learn
the secrets of Paying Farming.
See advertisement in another column.
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