The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-01-25
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actual want. ana oht lev ever attain 20
great wealth. Probably no business
affords 30 snre an avenue Of support
and tins is no small consideration in
these days Of fluctuations The major.
iiy Of farmers feel thai farming is per
pctual slavery, because that after bard
ST. ady work from one years end 10 the
other. they end themselves at the end
Of the year just where they started
from The price u farm products are
high, the farmer is economical, sells the
best oi everything. denies himself and
family, is mp early aud late, and Just
keeps bis head above water We think
tins is truthful picture of the malori'
~ OF farmers A few like John John.
ston, Of Geneva, New York, rise grad,
uAlly from this condition ta one OF
abundant wealth. What makes the
di8ersbee between these two classes
We answer that in every case the dit.
ference is in hard cork The majority
Of farmers tread right ON in the old
paths regardless of the immense i'm.
proyements that have been made in
modern agriculture, improvements A.
important as the application OF steam
IN mechanics OF the loom in manufac-
turing. Suppose manufactures dis.
regarding the fact Of the loom should
attempt TO make cloth as our grand
mothers made it why be could not
come into competition at all with other
manufacturers and would lose ground
He would stand in just the position
! that thousands OF farmers occupy, who
| ignore the modern improvements in
the cultivation Of the soil. We are
aware that the Information necessary
to the farmer has been locked up in
many costly volumes written in 70 sci
entiiic laugua 70 that the farmer did
not understand, but this difficulty has
now been overcome and the whole sub
jeet has been reduced into one ordna-
ry sized volume, written i'll the plain
est and mcst practical manner (t is
entitled How 10 make The Farm Pay"
This volume treats Of every subject in
which the farmer is Interested
/ The first chapter treats of drainage
as the foundation Of all improved cul
ture, aud gives plain practical rules ior
oil the operations Of drainage.
\ The secoud chapter treats OF plow-
ing. showing when, where, how, and
whAt TO plow.
The third chapter is upon manures,
aud is one of the most interesting and
valuable we have ever seen ii shows
Just how aud where the manure goes
TO wnste, aud how at very trifhng ex-
pense the manure can he doubled ih
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
farmer has at hls hand This chapter
If read, aud its directions followed.
uouh surely doHbie Me ,oea'h NJ eCerg
farmer IN tea years. Chapter four
tie is Of the purchase, use and care Of
ali Farm Implements. Chapter five
Of the cultivation Of grpin. Chapter
SIX Of grasses and hay maxim Chap
ter seven Of root crops and chapter
eight Oh special crops aud he rota-
ton OF crops. This chapter gives the
latest inf prmution on the cultivation Of
cotton, rice, tobacco, fix, hemp, hops,
beets for sugar, &c, &c. Chapter nme
to twelve inclusive, treat OF domestic
animals, breeding, raising, care, man
Pgement, aud feeding, and particu ary
OF all diseases Of domestic animals With
plain, simple remedies. No man who
owns siugle animal,c afford to he
without tho information contained in
those four chapters. Chapters lhir-
teen TO eighteen treat Of the cultiva-
ton Of large aud small fruits, showing
how millions Of acres Of now almost
proftless lands may be made TO yield
large aud paying crops, how every far
mer may make 500 to 5000 per acre
from apples or grapes. The young
men who read these chapters aud com
mence farming on these principles will
not be the poor plodders their prede-
cessols have been Untold wealth is
N store for those who catch the ideas
J aud spirit Of this book. Chapter nine
teen treats Of tho planning aud build.
ing Of farm buildings Chapter twenty
Of Market Gardening and Farmers
Gardens. Chapter twenty.one Of yari-
} Gus miscellaneous items, us fences,
farm laborers, forest trees, &c, &c.--
Chapter twenty-five contains nearly
three hundred choice receipts for
cooking. p, eserying, dc, aud the last
chapter gives the symptoms and rene
dies for the ordinary diseases Of chiI-
dren and adults, with directions i0r
preserving the health, and other ma.
tiers Of interest We think we ARE jas-
tilted IN saying that 80 mach iuforma-
liou of use To the farmer is not 10 be
N al Elr ten tlrnes the rlrlca nnrnhsre