Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-21
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PAYING FARMING.

Two things are true If farmers as a
class. But few of them ever come TO
actual want, AMI but few ever attain to
greet wealth Probably no busiuess
affords so sure IN avenue of support,
aud lAis is no small consideration 40
these days of fluctuations. The MAORI
~ Of farmers feel That farming is per.
petaual slavery, because that after hard
steady work from Que years end to the
other, they iul themselves at the end
of the year jIst where they started
from. The price Of farm products are /
high, the farmer is economical, sells the ,
best Of everything, denies himself |
aud family, is up early aud late, ana |
ilst keeps his bead above water. We
think this is a truthful picture of the
majority Of iaim rs. A lew like John
John,tun, Of Geneva, New York, rise
gradually from tubs cOudi'i,7- to one of
abundant wealth, VIII. ikes the
difference between these two classes
we answer that in every case tie differ.
enoe is in hard IIork. The majority
of frmers tread right on in the ole
paths regardless of the im,nence i'm
provemenis that have been made in
modern agriculture, improvements as
important US the application of steam in
mechanics OIL the loom in manufacturing.
Suppso manufacturer dsregarding 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 manufurers aud would
lose ground. We would stand in just
the position that thousands of farmers
occupy, who ignore the modern i'm.
provements in the cultivation of the
soil. We are aware that the Informa-
ton necessary to the farmer las been
locked up in many costly volumes writ
ten in sient'fc language that the far
mer did not understand, but this Difficult
ty has now been overcome aud the
whole subject has been reduced nto
one ordinary sized volume, written in
the plainest aud most practical man.
ner; Git is entitled "LIow 10 make the
Farm. Pay." This volume treats of
every subject 10 which the farmer is in
terested
The first chapter treats of drainage as
the foundation of all improved culture,
and gives plain practical rules for all
the operations of drainage.
The second chapter treats Of blowing,
showing when, where, how, aud what to
plow.
The third chapter is upon manure,
and is one of the most interesting aud
valuable We have ever seen it shows
just how and where the manu- goes to
waste, and how at very trIfing ex-
2cnsc the manure can be doubled in
quantity, quality and value. There are
also full directions for the purchase and
use Of commercial fertilizus after the
most has been IN ldo of what every far.
mer has at his hand This chapter if
read. and it, directions followed. ,could
surely dOudleM The wediM 81 eUery farmer
ia ten gears Chapter four treats of
the purchase, use aad care of all Farm
Implements. Chapter five of the cul-
tivation of grain. Chapter six OF grass.
es aud hay making, Chapter seven Of
root crops; and chapter eight on spe-
cial crops aud the rotation of crops
This chapter gives the latest information
on the cultivation Of cotton, rice, tobae.
co, fax, hemp, hops, bects for sugar, 60.
&c. Chapter nine TO twelve inclusive,
treat to domestic animal, breeding,
raising care, management, and feeding,
and particularly Of all diseases Of do
nestle animals with plain, simple
remedies. No man who owns a single
animal can afford to be without the 10
formation contained in those four chap
ters Chapters thirteen to eighteen
treat Of the cultivation of large and
small fruits, showing how millions Of
acres of now almost prc6t.ess lands may
be made TO yield lar.4e and paying crops,
how every farmer may make 5000 Il
5000 per acre from apples or grapes
The young men who read these chap
tiers and commence farming on these
principles will not DO the poor plod
ders their predecessors have been. Un
told wealth is in store for taose VIII,
catch the ideas and spirit Of this book
Chapter nineteen treats of the planning
Of and building of farm buildings
Chapter twenty Of Market Gardenins
and Farmers Gardens. Chapter TWEEN
tysone of various miscellaneous items
AS fences, farm laborers, forest trees
d'c., &e. Chapter twenty-five contains
nearly three hundred choice receipt
for cooking, preserving, &c., aud tn
last chapter gives the symptoms an,
remedies for the ordinary diseases o
children and adults. with direction 70
preserving the health, aud other matter
of Interest. We think we are justifie,
in saying thatso mach information g
use TO the farmer is not TO he had TO
ten times the price anywhere else Tn,
book, as the reader will notice frou
the description in our paper, has ou
hundred and forty illustrations, whicl
we have METER time nor space to de
scribe.
VS. say buy this book If wish l.
learn the secret Of Paying Farming.
Sec advertisement in au1ther bolumu