The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-04-22
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pa1EF RULES roR YOUNG FARMERS.


/. If the farm is to be purchased, do
not part with All your money for land;
save enough to stock and equip tue lafml
snd little besides il. pocket to farm
with. Should your purse be too short
for this. then rent farm. stock and
equip il as it should be. and,haye \ little
money in hai d TO operate With, aud ina
lew years YOU Will he able t. buy y
farm. But il you c0mnience III deoi,
rest assured yon Will remain IN thatter-
rible condition to the end. We speak
oi bona .fde farming in the country, not
trucking near Il city.
z. Under 40 circumstances plough or
cultivate the soil when Wet. Win all
things in readiness. he weather good,
and perhaps some imjudicious neigh5or
plouglling, the te mptation is very greati
hut, young farmer or old farmer, resist
this temptatiau-ie -ieMember that II yoit
only pat ont half you teilded, N inucli
Will be ma,le as II the whole had been
done when VET. Besides, the wet
ploughed land is permanently Injured.
which necessarily will diminish the
crop. for years to come.
8. To bitten to the clamor. at present
so popular " ith agricultural writer's,
about ground. and turning up The sub
sell II foot deep.is uilWise. Cnnsult the
attending circumsialccs. and von will
act more prudently than ii yoii obey
the directions OF some editor IN his sanc~
tunl. who perhaps never plongiied an
acre in his lite. if the subsoli is clay,
deepen it gradually about one inch an
nually: aud this ploughing should be
| done III the fall or winter, as it II tlle
atmosphere and freezing which fertll-
| iZe IT,.
| ha. t.af an.fs .1iffaT
| much IN character. even in the same
nriyhborhood. Study this idiosy ncra-.
cies and peculiarities OF your Own soil,
aud aise those crops wkieh are best
adapied to it,. When. you hear OF. the
wonderful success of some farmer with
| Il single crop, do not forsake what yeti
know to be the right path to try the
| new wonder. Many. y.farmers lose much
by th.s habit. Do not run alter exotics,, ;,
/ unless you have money to spare. Ia
this case it is your duty to experiment.
some, for the benefit vi others who CALL
not afford II.
/ .. Plant all trees, shrubs, eseulrnts,.
/ crops. in short everything. reasonably
| .halluw. Much loss ensues from deep
| planting, and none from shallow, unless
the seed he on thr surface.
6. Remember that iarm is made. up
i
[, e garden. tile DAFT V and poultry; and
ittnese ar~ not all regardeitas whole,
discomfort and failure Viii be the con-
neuuence. Speeialties OH a farm rem1tc
from market should oc avoided; some
thing sho Id be made ffom each de
partment; and though 1t be not much
from each, tl.e whole will be considera-
Bile. aa LsHatt
7 Do not keep single horse more
than YOU have use foi, unless you can
afford lnxurics; and never economizc
in their feed by giving bali spoiled grain
or hay, which cannot be sold. some
} tlaes saving few cents in this way
costs the economist hundreds OF dol
lars.
s. Raise your own horses; and ii il IL
properly dnnsnthe colt at three years
Of aye wilt he as mature as il would
! nave been at four SearS treated IN the
Old hardening way, as il is cal.ed.
9. Do not keep more stock than you
have stahling tor, and DO not imagine
! that an abundanc. OF food and proper
: ire can he snbsttufed by getting new
bl eeds; all klnds will decline fnegleet
, ed, and ali improve by care and saien-
!. tion. fs
!. 10. One Of the most important t,l-,o'
J to learn on farm il, how to rconof-
It in labor: in other words, how to appro
4 pirate or distribute it. Do not have ;
piece of worE done by Il fifteen doll2i
s hand, which can be done by five dol
. lar hand. Do not niix hands so tha
The rapid ones will be retarded by th'
slow ones. This is very ilnportan
lessen to learn now that you have t.
put your hand in your pocket and pa,
=: ior al YOU get. .gg.a
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