The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-01-28
No. d..
PAYING FARMING.

great wealth. Probably no business al
fords so sure an avenue of support, and
this is no small consideration 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 arc high, the faEr
mer is economical, sells the best of every
thing, denies himself and family, is up
early and late, and just keeps his head
above water. We think this is truth
full 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 ,0Ork. The ma
iority of farmers tread right on in the old
paths regardless of the immense improve
mcnts that have been made in modern
agricultural, improvements as important
as the application Of steam in mechanics
or the loom in manufacturing. Suppose
a manufactures disrcgarding the fact of
the loom should attempt to make cloth
as our grandmothers made it why he
could not come intQneompctition at all
with other manufacturers and would lose
ground He would stand in just the po-
sition that thousands of farmers occupy,
who ignore the modern improvements iMNl
the cultivation of the soil. We are aware
that the information necessary to the far
mcr has been locked up in many costly
volumes written in a scientific language
that the farmer did not understand, but
this difficulty has now been overcome
and the whole subject has been reduced
into one ordinary sized volume, written
in the plaine5t and most practical man.
ncr; Git is entitled "HOC to make the
Farm Pag"* This volume treats of every
subject in which the farmer is interes-
ted
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, and what to
pillow.
The third chapter is upon manures,
| and is one of the most interesting and
valuable we have ever seen ). it shows
lust how and where the manure goes to
waste, and how at very triHing ex-
pcnsc the manure can be doubled in
quantity, quality and value. There are
also full directions for the purchase and
use of commercial fertilizers after the
most has been made Of what every far
MGR has at his hand. This chapter if
read, and its directions followed, woan
surely double the scealh of every farmer
IN ten years. Chapter four treats of the
purchase, use and care of all Farm I'M
plcments. Chapter five Of the cultiva-
ton of grain. Chapter six of grasses and
hay making. Chapter seven ofroot crops;
and chapter eight on special crops and
the rotation of crops. This chapter gives
the latest information on the cultivation
of cotton, rice, tobacco, fax, hemp, hops,
bccts, for sugar, &C., &c. Chapter nine
to twelve inclusive, treats Of domestic
animals, breeding, raising, care, manage
mcnt, and feeding, and in particularly
ot all diseases Of domestic animals with
plain, simple remedies. No man who
owns single animal can afford to DO
without the information contained in
those four chapters. Chapters thirteen
to eighteen treat of the cultivation of
large and small fruits, showing how mill
lions of acres of now almost proftlcss
lands may be made to yield large and
paying crops, how every farmer may
make 5000 to 5000 per acre from
apples or grapes. The young men
who read these chapters and COM
mcnce farming on these principles will
not be the poor ploddcrs their prcde-
cessors have been. Untold wealth is in
store for those who catch the ideas and
pirits of this book. Chapter nineteen
treats of the planning and building
of farm buildings Chapter twenty of
Market Gardening and Farmers GAR
dcns. Chapter twenty-one of various
miscellaneous items, as fences, farm la
borcrs, forest trees, &c, &C. Chapter
twenty-five contains nearly three hun
dred choice receipts for cooking, pre-
serving, &C, ana Inc Iast claPtci SiNo0
the symptoms and remedies for the ordi-
nary diseases of children and adults,
with directions for preserving the health,
and other matters Of interest. We think
we arc justified in saying that so much
information of use to the farmer is not to
be had for ten times the price anywhere
else. The book, as the reader will no.
tice from the description in our paper,
has one hundred and forty illustrations,
which we have neither time or space-te'
describe.
We say buy this book if yOU.w;@hto
learn the secrets of Paying Farming.
Published by Zeigler. McCirdy 4 CO., PhiladeI-
nha. See Advertisement.
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