The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-04-21

Thursday, april Il, 1870.
The Farm.

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We publish In another column the cal
fnr the annual meeting Of the Maui,owot
County Agricultural Society, and hope tina
every member of the Society will be pres
ent.
The Society is row in full working order
e.t OK dcbt, and money il the treasury
Thi. i, a most gratifying state of things,
considering the large expense the Society
was obliged to incur las. summer il fitting
up the grounds, ieucinc, tie, &c. In fact,
bu. very leS, if any, county agricultural
society in tic State had larger income or
r:id out more than did ours las fall. But
the Society, on account Of expense in pre-
pairing grounds, &c, could pay blt small
prerpiums to exhibitors. Next fall al pre-
miums advertised or given at the last Fair,
can lie douJlc4, and in many cases tre1'ed.
This aii make it an object for the farmer
10 prepare beforehand to compete for pre-
miums.
Nearly the entire revenue of the Society
can be hereafter paid to exhibitors, and We
predic, that cur next Fair will excel any
County Fair in the State.
The farmers Of the county should m
nence this spring to get something read
from their farms upon which they can x
pect to get premium. 1t Is true all can
not be the best, but many times in the his
tory of fairs, hundred farmers have bet-
ter articles at home on the farm than Is
brought out for exhibition. Aud further,
the farmer who takes great pains during
the season 10 raise something nice, and suc>
ceeas, will not regret his labor, even though
lie doeg 10. get the first premium at the
County Fair.
In the line of stock, also, il farmer
takes extra care OF some animal during the
summer, in anticipation OF the Fair, even
though he does not get a premium, lie will
have the satisfaction of feasting In his own
eyes upon what he no doubt will consider
m annual that can't he Leat.
Therefore, we say to the farmer, turn
over now leaf this spring. Take step
to,rard towards Improvement in Jour
farms, your crops, aud your stock. Com.
mcpce this spring by blowing deep and
well the land upon which you expect to
raise crop. One half Of the blowing that
will be done this spring will not be more
than half done This SWIMMING the ground
TO the depth of three or five inches is the
.hecrest nonsense! Why do you not go
dozen a lew inches further? You will find
down there ne,o (irm-a farm that you
never before thought sou oNEed-a farm
that is worth two Of your old one.
We know whereof speak, and if the
farmer who reads this has some old field
""'N' az 49, SNtuiiiiCu ana DlSu Tor Years
until now 1t is worthless, We will only ask
Pow one acre Of that old land to the depth
Of 10 to II inchcs-sOw it TO anything that
is adapted to the land, and if you do not
have good big crop we will pay you for
your extra labor. But before the seed is
put in, the ground should be well harrow>
ell and not sown until the great fertilizer
old Sol-has had time to warm the land.
Seed buried in cold, damp grave will rot
and it ought TO.
There is as much science in farming as
there is in any other profession, and were
the men who own and till land better ac-
uiain,cd with the chemistry which apples
to vegetation, better and larger crops would
he raised, and with less labor. And to ed
ucate the farmc. in that direction, foI his
own good, is, or should be, the first great
object Of county agricultural societies.
We have one of the bcS, counties in the
State, if it is properly improved, and to
advance towards improvement the farmer
himself must take the lead. Take and
read some good agricultural paper (TuE
Flior for instance) and seek at all times
and all places for light
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