The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-12-02

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aWatFUr hN "a trnant. grt lh the mlrkct
Whr rurchascr usually pays only part q
tr pYice. and calculates 20 pay the res
III ,M hi, annuNl crops. dairy products
and the growth Of yonn. stock.
Now. with worn OUT soil. there will
be ai.aproinimcnts often during the
first low wears. The careless farmer has
rloughcd freely. nlsnurca lightly, and
soNed but little grass and clover seed.
often using the Svcciings of The barn
floor. containing various Kinds that have
been Shaken irum The hay dhring the
winter.
such land nlSs We'll be compared 70 a
COW 80 nearly furnished. or 81 q fine
horse In - 10Y, condition. that every
bone. muscle. tendon and cord. a. well
~ the blood. i affected. onc "ener-
aus feed 10 such animals does npt result
ina generou. How ui rich milk wi,h the
one. nor IN .n Shiiiiy ~ travel ten miles
i.n hour or iiiiN Ia i day with He other.
II such Az aaiulai has scrc~- 10 iic corn
fir.l or ost-bin thc stomach becomes
loaded with nutritious iuoi. bat ii i'm
parts but little benefit to the body. But
continuous good care ILL., I've ~hrunken
SKIN ith lirm flesh. mingled y III at.
80 that the animal j. eventually able To
make a good return for the overs care.
The first farm south OF my own WAS
occupied by tenant during the first i'll
fecn wears Is, my remembrance. u, soil
j rarity Of n light character. tending TO
sand OH he cop, OF the knobs but on
The lower portions approaches clay
- that iencc-pO>i- are thrown oat by
the frost. and The soil Is slightly ,tirky
when vet This farm j. naturally free
from stone. and j. part OF valley Of
3. 100 acres OF excellent land. During It's
rccup .ary by tenants il was al times
badly managed. Large fields were
uiougbcd and sowcd ~ oa.~ three or four
wear, la succe~sipn. then tightly seeded
10 grass. The plougning WAS VERY shall
low. about four inches. ana was done by
BOYS. who would III m.,llow s'ubbcI
ground run the pl0w two feet upon the
land. ouly STIRRING part Of the soil; but
ii harrow smooth. No effort was made
10 preserve manure or add 70 IT, guam
titv. What did accumulate in spring
and fall was drawn to the field. dropped
in small heaps. and the boys took StentS
iii spreading and gained time. Where
the heaps were. the grain would lodge.
4 SINAI. piece of corn was usually well
rnanEred. and made good crop.
Mn teen wears ago this farm. Of 900
acres. yya5 bought b. &. IL. and Myron
Brew ste. for $500. These young men.
with a widowed mother aud sisters.
came ..oin tie country. near Lake
ChamDlain. good corn aud stock re-
gion. and they commenced the work the
first spring with good courage. \. pas
ture was plcughed for corn aud potatoes.
and plaster applied in the hills. But as
corn here must be well manfred. this
crop was a failure. a. the old residents
here knew IL would be- The grain and
grass was light. The pasture was grown
up to alders by the brook, and on higher
land the sweet elders and raspberry
bushes were abundant. The stock pas
tured. eight COWS and twenty sheep.
proved enough to consume the fodder
raised. No wheat was raised. a. the
Inilge would destroy it. 30 with poor
crops. low prices. with flour. sugar and
,nanv things To be purchased. the income
was bat little more than enough TO pay
the interest on the purchase money.
What seemed strange was. that after a
piece had been well MANFRED and crop
ped only twice or three times. and seed
ed TO grass. it would not yield heavy
crops but short time. when sorrcl aud
June grass would come in. Thus seven
years Lassed. Both young men were
married and G. i. Brewster bought out
his brother, paying him $500 and as
suming the old debts. More attention
was paid to manuring all made in the
winter was applied in spring the coarse
ploughed in, the fine narrowed in: the
soil thoroughly worked and more clov-
er and grass seed were sown TO the acre
The pastures were improved BY cutting
bushes and clearing some woodland.
and more stock was kept. Dairy pro-
ducts brought higher prices, and cows
Were kept better. Hops were raised. and
with good crops proved remuneraiivc.
Ii became necessary to have new
house. and after due preparation a com
lnodious one. with wood she'd and horse
barn attached. was erected in 1862. 1t
was thoroughly built, well finished and
painted throughout. Shortly after this
the estate became 30 desirable that So
900 was offered for il. but Mr.. b. con-
sidcred this his home and refused TO sell
Help was freely hired. liberal wages
were paid and workmcn well treated
The soil, by successive manurings and
good management. became more fertile.
and wheat began to be raised with rood
success. As many as % bushels per
acre were harvested, 20 of oai-. 800 of
potatoes, 10 of corn and 800 OF turnips
The lessons that | draw from this in