Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-03-24

as many cattle to the acre az our own
country Owing to the seasons, there
Is longer time of rest in the growth
of Vegetation than here, and a very
'small part of the soil anything like
as gond as ours. And another great
advantage Iowa has, Is i'm being well
watered. We cannot raise stock to
any advantage without plenty OF
pure running water easy to be got at !;
and there Is no State that have ever
been through, that think IS as well
watered, take the whole extent of
territory together, as Iowa. We can
scarcely lind an so or 40 that we cam
not get good, durable water to run
ont at tue surface, at but little cost.
AS l said, before, have no reason to
change my views of Iowa as q grass
and stock country, from what they
were when I first came here sixteen
years since. / came to get stock
farm, not to raise wheat. I have
land that has been seeded Il or il
yehrs to clover and timothy, and it
still does we'll, although would not
advise any one to let it remain that
long in grass at one time. We must
change, rotate our crops and put
something back if we want to keep
our land as good as we found it; take
two or three crops Off then seed, let
ting it remain two or three years,
then turn under n good growth Of
clover and timothy, which is the
only way | know of keeping our
land up, as we cannot make manures
enough on the land to manure it in
any other way. And we are too far
from any great supply of any foreign
fertilizers to manure in that way
Glover will sometimes winter kill,
hut not often, and do not know of
n State rs far north rs this but that
it will quite as often, if not more 50.
Our land docs not heave up by the
frost and throw the roots out near as
bad as many parts | have SEEM
Now, let anyone commence to seed
to clover and timothy grass before
they run down their land, as well as
their credit, by raising wheat; get
stock as fast as they can. Instead of
making wheat the first or principal
object, let it be the secondary consid-
GRAFTON, and my word for it, they
will soon realize n difference in their
circumstances, less debts that they
cannot pay, less hired help and vex-
alton attendent upon the same, a
farm that is as good or better than
when they first took it, stock grow
ing around them-something that
will bring the money whenever
needed, instead of farm that is con-
stantly running down and encum
bered By old machinery that is not
paid for, and is going to decay. But
we haYea far higher duty to perform
than merely supplying our individ-
ual wants. God has here in the New
World, as we term it, createh coun-
try which, for its extent, richness,
beauty and everything that goes to
make man happy, far exceeds any
thing in the Old World. He kept it
back from being settled until He had
brought mankind up to n higher
state OF civilization. We can trace
the finger OF God as readily in the
education of our fore-fathers and
guiding them to this country, and in
all his dealings with Us as a nation,
from that day To this, as plainly as in
leading the children of Israel to the
land of Canaan; and we can but
think He has but just commenced to
open that book which shall tell OF
the high destiny lie has in store for
mankind, and that here it is to be
worked Out. He has honored us by
! placing us here in this go0dIy land
and making us the instruments tc
carry out His great work; and He
will surely hold US accountable 70!
! the manner in which he improve
what he has given to our care. We
hold our country in trust for our pos.
terity, and when we go to give all
account of our stewardship to Him
who gave it, our postcrity will at
least claim it in as good condition a-
when we received it. We have nc
right TO sell our birth,rigbt and that
of our posterity for a mess ofpottage.
But on the contrary, let US try to add
something to the real wealth of our
country, If We cause. two blades oil
grass TO grow where bat one grew
before, or start n few trees where
none grew before, we shall be app
! proved of God and remembered with
gratitude ~ our posterity.
J. II. a.
Buckingham, Iowa, Mar. 10, II.
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