Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-08-03
lisftllsafaus.
Talks with Farmers.

as L knew the progress of the man, /
rather wonder at it.
"Hcw do you manage to getso much
money together these nard Jlmes?,' II
saiu.
The answer was-"My cattle turned
out WELL"
ssHow many did you fatten."
The reply was-'.Six good Ones"
sWhat had you for them?n
s-Oh, just turnips and grain
.How many acres of turnips?"
ttSeven. and all were good"
s'But seven acres were great many
to house?"
"Ah, but I pitted most of them, and
only took in my ro0t-house full at a
time."
sWhat is root-hOuse made OFF
Mine is made of logs, but most of
my neighbors have stone root-houses.'
How many cattle do you generally
reckon an acre of turnips will fatten?'
Just about one, besides keeping all
the rest of my stock, and have a
good many; but do not feed all turn
IDS; that would be too coldfor them. 1
feed all the pease and oats [ grow to
the cattle, and also all the hay, and
that gives me good manure, but with
all, it does not give me enough
do you grow wheat2i ss8gs
Yes, but not much; a little fall
wheat and little spring, but no more
than can neIp, as 1t does not pay
sDoyou grow barley?'
No; peas and oats pay better, as 1
feed ali to the cattle, and get the ma
nuIe; if I grew barley, / should be for
ceds to sell it off the place, and the farm
would suffer-
Seven acres is good deal for a man
to do. How 90 you manageabout hoe
ing and. manuringg
tNell. 1 manure the fall previous,
aid plough it in; then it is rotten in
the grounu next yeaer.WhenI / Sow my
turHips; and beside that, the gre und is
somoist that. Inever have any trouble
in geJulng them up. If I manure0 in
spring, should be obliged to manure
in the drill, and then the ground is too
light and spongy, and dries up, and
young plant either misses, or when it
does come up, witherS away, wherea J,
when the manure has been III, the ground
All the wluIer, the whole of the solI
feeds it. and the plant tgrows right away.
1 sow the turnips in drills, of course. 1
sow with the hand bario with TWO
rollers-one before the seed and one af-
ter itYAso that the ground is always fine
and well pressed down; / make the
rows from thirteen inches to three feet
apart, and calculate to leave the tur'
tnIp5 at eighteen inches apart in drills.
1 noe them WHn the nOrSe-noe between
the rows, and then single them with. the
hand hoe. II the season is dry, the
horse-hoe kills everything that IS moi
| in the row with two hceings: but if il
is wet, we have to go over it again sew
eral times, as it is required. Our horse
hoe Widens as necessary, and the
knives overlap, so .thatit. makes Gle al
work; and as We do with a horse from
1.-Two or three acres a DAY we uon't spa,t
The noeing when it is wanted.
sNnaJ apout hand hoeIng?
Il sWe go over the rows twice; once t.
cut outgenerally, and the second TIM
Ito single out the pants. We always
IcelculaJe to cut close round, SO as t.
MAKE the plant fall down. In the Ok
countrylWe always made every turniI
plant fall oyer, one way or the oiher
Iand Thought they came on all the bet
1 ter
T. How do you harvest them?'
/ we 60 along the rows with the hoe
land nick Off ali the green, then turn
Ithem out With the pillow, and SO ge
them out the ground.'
4 sWh hen you pit them in the field
thow much earth do you put on them?
ss.Not more thau four inches in tn
lsolid, ana we never make the heap
large: we are always afraid of heatinl
land rotting.
| well, but the turuips must freeze i
winter
j ( They don't freeze much, and if the,
i do they are better to freeze than t
heat. If they are cold for the Cattl
the grain warns them.'
l. How do you manage the tIn nips il
Ithe root-house"
/ we pile them so that there is goo
ldrought all round and through them
and take care to make the floor of rail
and poles, so as to have good ventils
ton. Then we keep the house we
n aired and open, e3ceptin the very hard
i est weather, when we close it. w
| are always careful to keep the turniI
as clear from dirt as we can, SO tha
they never choke and heat in the hea
in the house.
y DO you raise the cattle. or buy them
4 we raise all we can, ana Day Tn
Tres ,
Il what do you consider a purchase
beast ought to produce before you Sc
him?' ss
n well, whatever we give for him, W
1ttake care that he doubles it at least be
! ffere we sell him; if he won't do thf
2 1.-THE profit is not worth having
H. DO you find that your farm gel
tenough manure?
d 10 Not so much asI could wish, bU
1--WE are very. careful to get all we car
1--WE always have enough Tor goo
Z tcrop of roots, and scme over'
II Except, then, what wheat you rails
flor your own use, and little to sci
everything the farm makes is consun
led on itY f.l..sla - i,
eYes; if it was not fer that the Ian
would be getJIng poorer; as it is tE
Iwhole place is getting better ever
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