The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-04-23
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Plain Talk IN E.,rn,cr

Editors Free Yia,ier :-"Farming of the pres
ent day is not what it was ten or fifteen wears
ago; the climate and soil have changed How
often We hear the above remark from farmers.
admit 1t may be true to a certain extent, but
ior all that farming is more profitable when pro.
perry done than it was ten or fifteen years ago,
and the man that farms 100 acres of ground and
does 1t properly makes more money than the
man who attempts to cultivate twice the amount,
and In consequence cannot give it proper atten-
ton. in order to be q successful farmer man
must have some system with his farming; the
soil needs to be taken of and enriched, and
the faamer that does not manure his soil, but
burns up hi. straw, oornstalks and stubble, as
great many did in an early day, will find his
soil growing cold aud the result will be empty
cribs and grauaries. Land must be MANFRED as
it grows old, the time !, past for land to produce
forty or fifty bushels per acre by Just blowing
and then 'hagging' over it once twice. Well
may the farmer growl and claim the climate is
changing, if be still expects crop from the
ground he robbed of lie. say the soil is more
changed than the climate. The cream is gone
off many of farms, and something must be
done TO revive them / will give YOU short
experience in farming, and my theory and man
ner OF preparing my ground and the result
from It.
The great complaint OF an unsuccessful farmer
Is, that the ground old, or foul, or ccld-any
excuse 70 screen his laziness, for ignorance will
not call il, for every farmer knows that barn
yard manure viii assist in obtaining good crop.
Now, il he will Just take so acres, for that is
enough for any man, and 100 acres is enough for
any father and two or three suns to work. and
make them all rich in time, divide 50 acres in
fields or lot, or $50 in same proportonj fol-
lows. ~ acres III corn well MANFRED and put
in early sud well attended will produce 50 bush
els to the acre; - acres Ci oats properly
put in will produce 80 bushels to the acre; Is
acres Of heat rightly managed will produce 20
bushels Of wheat and ~ bushels Of oats per acre.
as a crop together. The best way to dispose of
the remaining 30 acre. will be follows 10
acres 70 meadow. 10 acre. 10 pasture, acres for
orchard, garden and blrnyari. will give you
my method Of farming to produce the crops in
this changeable climate, a. it is called 90 acres
for corn II the ground has been abused and got
foul, il vii! be q heavy task for the frs, year.
but YOU must clean up the barn manure and
scatter it over IN the winter or early in the
spring pillow il w., early IA the ground is in
proper condition After you have turned over
well, dr.L it over with light Scotch drag. then
mark and plant it at once-have it done by the
Goth OF MAY II possible. See 10 it tina, Won have
good seed. always gather nv seed corn before
We have q iro,, in 'he TALL aud secure il in some
dry AMI reasonably warm place, and | neve,
have the bad luck some OF my neighbors do: yet
We plaut the same day, and nothing but ienc.
betwec,! u. They 90 70 d hall covered crib and
select their seed OF it, aud claim it to be good
seed 0u, | tell you the first point is good
stand and wi,hpu: it YOU cannot have full
crop, and there Is not crib III five that YOU
can selec, seed corn out of and have good stand
I use OF the be.' corn planters. which get.
uniform depth, or A. near a. possible. Thi.
j. very important in insuring good stand. II
cultivate my corn | use one OF Porters com bined
cultivator, and gopher. | find that weed, and
corn will not thrive together, and his gopher i.
apericc, weed exterminator. | usually go through
my frs, with one set of the narrow blades
called Iophers, and set of shovels folio wing
the gopher. In this way | cultivate the entire
space between rows OF corn, and it is so arranged
that it does not cover mp any corn, though ii l.