Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-01-25
Paying Farming.

class. But few of them ever come
to actual want, and but few ever at
tain to great wealth. Probably no
business affords so sure an avenue of
support, and this is no small consid-
Grafton 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 at the end of the year
just where they started from. The
price of farm products are high, the
farmer is economical, sells the best
OF everything, denies himself and
family, is up early and late, and just
keeps his head above water. We
think this is truthful picture of the
majority of farmers. A few like
John Johnston, of Geneva, New
York, rise gradually from this con-
dition TO one of abundant wealth.
What makes the difference between
these two classes? We answer that
in every case the difference is in head
,oork. The majority of farmers tread
right on in the old paths regardless
OF the immense improvements that
have been made in modern agricul-
ture, improvements as important as
the application of steam in mechan-
les or the loom in manufacturing
Suppose manufacturer disregarding
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 manu-
facturers and would lose ground. He
would stand in just the position that
thousands Of farmers occupy, who
ignore the modern improvements in
the cultivation of the soil. We are
aware that the information neces-
sary to the farmer has been locked
up in many costly volumes written
in scientific language that the farm
er did not fully understand, but this
difficulty has now been overcome and
the whole subject has been reduced
into one ordinary sized volume, writ
ten in the plainest and most practical
manner; Git is entitled "H0l0 to make
the Farm Pau" This volume treats
of every subject in which the farmer
is interested.
The first chapter treats of drain
age as the foundation of all improved
culture, and gives plain practical
rules for all the operations of drain
age.
The second chapter treats of plow-
ing, showing when, where, how, and
what to pillow.
The third chapter is upon manures
and is one of the most interesting
and valuable we have ever seen; il
shows just where and how the ma
nure goes to waste, and how at q
very trihing expense the manure can
be doubled in quality and value
There are also full directions for the
purchase and use of commercial fer
tilizers after the most has been made
of what every farmer has at hand
This chapter if read, and directions
followed, Doutd surely double the l0edlth
Of every farmer in ten gears. Chapter
four treats of the purchase, use and
care of all Farm Implents. Chapter
five OF the cultivation Of grain
Chapter six of grasses ard Of hay
making. Chapter seven of root
crop and chapter eight on special
crops and the rotation Of crops
This chapter also gives the latest
information on the cultivation of
cotton, rice, tobacco, fax, hemp, hops,
beets for sugar, &C., &c. Chapter
nine to twelve inclusive treats of
domestic animals, breeding, raising,
care, management, and feeding, and
particularly of all diseased of do
nestle animals with plain and simple
remedies. No man who owns SIN
gle animal can afford TO be without
the information contained in those
four chapters. Chapters thirteen to
eighteen treats Of the cultivation OF
large and small fruits, showing how
millions of acres of now almost prof
itless lands may be made to yield
large and paying crops, how every
farmer may make 5000 TO $500 per
acre from apples or grapes. The
young men who 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 nine
teen treats of the planning and the
building Of farm buildings. Chapter
twenty treats Of Market Gardening
and Farmers Gardens. Chapter
twenty-one of various miscellaneous
items, as fences, farm laborers, forest
trees, &C., &c. Chapter twenty-five
contains nearly three hundred choice
receipts for cooking, preserving, &C.,
and the last chapter gives the symp-
toms and remedies for the ordinary
diseases of children and adults, with
directions for preserving the health,
and other matters Of interest. We
think wo are justified in saying that
so much information of use 10 the
farmer is not to be had for ten times
the price anywhere else. The book,
as the reader will notice from the
description in our paper, has one
hundred and forty illustrations, which
we have neither time or space to
describe.
ASHES FoRWHEAT.-A correspond
ent of the Rural Gentleman says: