The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-03-10
Prom As American Agriculturis,.
Walks and Talks GA the Farm.

""se III regard 10 making IN
pure. The Deacon thinks corn-stsll
arc werah great deal more for manu-
~ than straw -aimply. I imagine, becau
they do not rot - soon and make a In
ger heap Of manure In the spring. b,
the most popular cvor and one that
constantly cropping out at all Farmer
Clubs, and IN the columns of our arr
cultural papers is the idea that the AN
NAL makes" the manure. There Is
sense. Of course, IN which this Il tru,
a stove makes ashes, and a sill make
whiskcy; ard 10 the same extent n
true that nm animal makes manure. I'M
- In fact, II is the wood that makes m
ashes, and the corn that produces IN,
whiskcy. and the food that makes M,
manure. The amount and yalue of tL,
ashes will DO regulated by the ouantit,
anu quality Of the " God consumed. am
this Is equally true OF the manure. II,
value depends Ola the food. The animal
AIDES nothing to it.
Iha editor Of one of our agricultural
Paler' was here short time ago. and
nas given some account Of my firming.
nc stys: ~ the manure III lde on the
larm Is carefully saved, as fir as can be
uone, without expensive appliances and
arrangements for housing. The pig pens,
barns, and stables surround n dishin1
YARD three or four feet deeper in tie CEN
tire than on the sides. Into this Tho ma
nure from the pig-pcns and stables is
wheeled. and undeldrains from the -, me
10 carry Oft the liquid from the animals 4
empty into it. There are separate nm.
derdiains for carrying all the water from
the buildings and conducting il or with |
out letting it come in contact with the
manure. Nothing that will make ma /
nure is sold from the farm. bat large
quantities Of provcndcr meal. spont-
feed, bran, and oil-cakc are purchased IA
and hnd their way after being steamed
with one 0fFrindle 5 agricultural steam
crs, through the stock and farm rescr-
voir on to the farm. Yet stock cnough
10 do much in this way toward high
is not kept"
Here is the old idea that il is the stool
hat makes the manure. Now Tho trntI,
=, that If ] kept three times as mucb
'tock as l now keep, should NOT make
'nlcss bought more food, one particie
more manure than now make-with b.
his exception: I'll bought auimsls in a
'ood condition and kept them until they ;,
ct thin, the amount of flesh LOST mi~ht y
e food in the manure; or if any Of Tho m
nimals died might get an increase az ~
manure from their carcass. Bit fills - a.
athcr Oh expensive method of getting
lannre, though am sorry To say not 2 :
cry uncommon one. In England. where
70 farms arc nearly all rented 10 tcn- ii
Its, the landlords sometimes insert n q
ause In the lease prohibiting the taxing Co
TWO grain crops in succession from
q same field, aud others comnel tho
rimer to raise a certain number of acres n
cry year ofturnips and feed them out =
hers will not allow the tenant to break a
Old pasture land or permanent meal me me
ss. Mr.. I-awcs, who has studied the Ser
after very thoroughly, proposes thai SSpe
such restrictions should be done away snd
TN and In order TO prevent the ten pri'
from impovcrishing the farm from FIT
er cropping, that he should be COM r.
lied to produce on the farm every wear IL
certain amount Of flesh meat. Ii he a. a.,
cs this he may crop the land as he =
Eases, and sell what he p!esses. and II Ii
u be utterly impossible for him 10 I'M
verlsii the farm. The test Of GOOD
ming Is not the amount Of stock Won
er, but the amount Of beef mutton.
'ol, PORK, poultry, eggs, butter, and
eese you produce in year. You NAV -
Ike manure without making meat. but resi-
cannot make meat without making II
Inure.
q feed out everything raised on the
m except wheat, barley, and clover -
"a, winch Is my rule, and spend more
'ney In buying bran, oil-cake, and corn
~ get nom the grain and seed sold.
III a. q loss TO know how keeping 81
re STOCK, unless bought more food, y
uld enable me TO make more manure. =.
ls the quantity and quality Of the food Ks
OUT that determines tho quantity and -
nc Of the manure and not the num- UNI sic :lS
OF animals. l keep about 10000 lbs. and
livestock se on the farm and an animal GEO GEO
y eat ABOUT lbs. Of hay per day, or -
equivalent Tor each 1CO lbs. OF live
lgnt According to this my stock w
2 Sl9 tons Of hay per annum, or itst ~. wv
,ivaient IN grass, grain, straw, or ddr
'Hs; Leaving out wood and waste 4 {
q, have only about 22O acres actual Tx
IN grass or under cultivation, so that tn, the
IN feeding out at tho rate Of about
high" '"' out il
sut IT is true that l told my friend the
tor that was ADOPTING the slo,v srs. Relic
\ of fnrn,lper ;ret.aJ - ~ a.. ~ =! effect
system. The truth is, am adopting III
one ~ hopes Of sooner or later being G !, uo
~ "uOPs tuc Otner anu nave been Addr
tcr1ng myself that / have already. uot phia.
'rly half way towards high farming. tx (,
there can be no really profitable farm
III TINS country, when labor is SO :, IT, y,
- wH"out IuIsIlS large crops per home
E. There can be no e<ception IN th;s Husir
G. IL 10 a. true at the West as at the po Dor \
y at the South as at the North. No ness.
tier vrhcfhc, land T. ,,,~..I. a all VI
. L...I % "oit" uNe OF the b
hundred dollars per acre, you must As ar
w large CrODe or tho coat ~ cuitsvo trout