The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
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\ But few of them ever come to actual want,
and but few ever attain TO great wealth
4 Probably no business affords 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 are high, the
farmer is economical, sells the best of eve
Tything, denies himself and family. is up
early and late, and just keeps his head above
water. We think this is a truthful picture
of the majority of farmers. A few like
John Johnson, of Geneva, New York, rise
gradually from this condition to ore of
abundant wealth. What makes the 'diffsr-
enee between these two classes? We
answer that IN every case the difference Is
IN heud lcOrk. The majority of the farmers
tread right on in the old paths regardless
of the immense improvements that have
been made in modern agriculture, improve
meuts as important as steam in mechanics
or the loom IN manufacturing. Suppose q
manufacturer, disregarding the fact of the
loom should make cloth as our grandfathers
made it why he could not come into COM
petition at all with other manufacturers,
and would lose ground. He would stand
in just the position that thousands of farm
ers occupy, who ignore the moderni improve.
ments in the cultivation of the soil. We
are aware that the information neces-
sary to the farmer has been locked up in
many costly volumes written in a scientific
language that the farmer did not under
stand, but this difficulty has now been
overcome and the whole subject has been
reduced into one ordinary sized volume.
written in the plainest and most practical
manner; it is entitled 'How to 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 culture, and
gives plain, practical rules for all the opera
tions of drainage.
The second chapter treats of blowing
showing when, where, how, and what TO
plow.
The third chapter is upon manures, and
is one of the most interesting and valuable
we have ever seen; it shows Just how and
where the manure goes to waste, and how
at a very triling expense the manure can
be doubled in quantity, quality and value
There are also full directions for the pur-
chase and use of commercial fertilizers
after the most has been made of what
every farmer has at his hand This chap
ter, if read and its directions followed,
would surely double the wealth of every
farmer in ten years. Chapter four treats
of the purchase, use and care of all Farm
Implements. 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,
beets for sugar, &C., &c. Chapter
nine to twelve inclusive, treat of
domestic animals, breeding, raising
care, management and feeding,
and particularly OF all diseases of domestic
animals with plain simple remedies. No
man who owns a single animal can afford
to be without the information contained IN
those four chapters Chapters thirteen to
eighteen treat OF the cultivation of large
and small fruits, showing how millions of
acres of profitless lands may be made to
yield large and paying crops. how every
farmer may make $500 to $500 per acre
from apples or grapes The young men
who read these chapters and commence
farming on these principles will not be the
DOOR plodders their predecessors have been.
Untold wealth is in store for those who
catch the ideas and spirit of this
book Chapter nineteen treats of the
planning and building of farm buildings.
Chapter twenty of Market Gardening and
Farmers Gardens. Chapter twenty-one of
various miscellaneous items, as fences,
farm laGorers, forest trees, &c, &c. Chapter
twenty-five contains nearly three hundred
choice receipts for cooking, preserving, &e.,
and the last chapter gives the symptoms
and remedies for the ordinary diseases of
children aad adults, with directions for pre-
serving the health, and other matters of
interest We think We are justified in say
ing 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 notice from the description In
our paper, has one hundred and forty illus
trations, which We have neither time or
space to describe.
We say buy this book if you wish to learn
the secrets of Paying Farming. Published
by Zeigler, MeCurdy & Co., Chicago See
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