The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-11
ThorouRh Farming.


1t is an old saying that, UNMARRIED
diligence is the price of success. This
is applicable to all professions and pur-
suits in life, and in no small degree to
those whose occupation it is to tlll the
virgin soil. This fact is clearly damon
stratsd by observation; for whIle he
who neglects the proper care required
for the comfort and prosperity OF ms
stock, or the requisite culture OF his
crops is only rewarded by viewing
meagre crops and poor, halfstsrved ami
mals, as tue reward of his laborE he
who is Instant in season and out OF, sea
sol in the desire to leave no stonA un
turned whereby the growth OF his crops
is to be advanced, or the beaith and
bodily comfort of animals augmented,
will meet with a reasonable success
This then clearly proves the neces 'lty OF
thoroughness aud care in all farmlDg
operations. IL is no index of Thrift TO
see q farmer leave his mower In the field
where last used, and his plow in the fur
row, there to Withstand the storms OF
winter, ne more than it is to see his
herd and flocks roaming the fields in
search of food aud shelter. Yankee
shrewdness would naturally suggest
that either case would result in failure.
Now the attempt of many to cultivate
too many acres, involves the necessity
of sighting in a great measure the crop
while under cultivation, aud if, in con
sequence thereof, the returns are uDsat-
isfactory, the failure is not often at.
tributed to the true cause, but is charged
to the unsuccessfulness of farming gen.
orally. There are certain climatic con-
ditions that sometimes affect the success
of culture, that are beyond the control
of the cultivator; but aside from these
he is wholly responsible for any failure
that may occur in his prodHce.
What then is the natural inferencei
That less acres should be cultivated and
this thoroughly done; and in doing this
the advantages do not 90 single handed,
for while, in the frat place, the crops,
upon perhaps half the amount of ground,
are equal in quantity and quality, only
one half the time is required in their
cultivation, 80 that the farmer can be
improving his mind the better to tis
him for his employment. One great OBJ
stacle in the way of farmers is this at.
tempt to cultivate far beyond what
their fertilizers should allow, to say
nothing of their physical endurance. 1t
is clear that twenty FIVE acres thoroughly
cultivated is better for the owner
than one hundred only partially culti.
waited. The necessity of thoroughness is
found in every department of produces;
th9re is but little doubt that there are
thousands of loads of manure allowed
to waste its fertilizing power each year,
which if properly secured would be a
source Of profit to the farming commu.
nifty; in fact all vegetable matter that
has passed through the stages of decay
may be rendered servicable to the grow
ing plant; hence the necessity of secur.
ing such in the form of compost heaps
where, by the union of different sub
stances, fermentation is induced and
thorough decay is speedily accom-
plished, thus being brought to that
condition necessary to be assimilated
by the plant. Now from henceforth let
the motto and watchword of all farm
ers be thorough farming.