The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-07
She Senusha telegraph.
PROFITS OF FARMING.

The Farmers Home journal says; we
frequently hear farmers complaining that
there is nothing to be made In FARMING
Ifa farmer, after paying his expenses Tor
tho wear. has thousand dollars left, he
considers he has been very poorly paid
fer his years work, but if ne will give
the farm credit for the three great neces
saries of life, house rent, table supplies
and fuel, he will readily see that the re-
suit 10 quite as favorable as any business
will produce If $4,000 is judiciously
invested in farm, with all the appurte-
nances necessary to its cultivation, it will
be found that the proceeds from such an
investment will support family with Q
degree of comfort that would cost from
Eve to seven thousand dollars in a city.
We do not know of any mercantile pur-
suit with capital of $4,000 thst will
make so good showing. One of the
best arguments in favor of farming is
that it is q safe business. It is q rare &C.
Surrance that farmer who confines him
self to that alone, fails in business.
Whenever we hear of farmer making an
assignment of his property for the benefit
of his creditors, upon inquiry it will be
ascertained that the cause of his trouble
is in some outside speculation, and not
farmi' g.
SOURCES OF FERTILITY.-A Canadian
journal says: The sources Of fertility to
farms are the refuse of the crops which
they bear, modified by the farm stock,
and preserved and judiciously applied by
the busbandman. There is not a vegeta-
bic matter grown upon the farm, be it
considered never so useless CT obnoxious,
but will, after it has served ordinary use
full purposes, inpart fertility to the soil
and contribute to the growth of new
generation of plants, if it is ju Iiciously
husbanded and applied. There is not an
animal substance, be it soil, liquid Or gas
eous- be it bone, horn, urine, hair, wool
or flesh, or the gases which are general
ed by the decomposition Of these matters
but, with like care and like skill, may
be converted into new vegetable, and at.
forwards into new animal matters TIC
economic and apply all these fertilizing
materials, is the province ard the duty Of
the hasbandman.
FALLoWING TO KILL WEEDS.
Ifthero is field on the farm which is sc
thoroughly infested with qusck, Canada
is unrem lucrative, or if it's soil is hard, and
needs exposure to the air and frosts to ameli-
crate it, then it is suitable subject for the
genuine following process. This should be-
gin in the fall with thorough blowing, tc
be followed Immediately by narrowing, to in
duce as rank and complete growth of weeds
as possible. The next step is a second pillow
ne jEst previous to the setting in Of winter
but when the soil is dry and fri&ble. The
narrowing sh ould be omitted after this sec
ond blowing, and the surface OF the FIELD
should be left as rough as possible, so tina
the frost and air may penetrate the soil, anC
take effect on whatever roots there may b'
In it. This tillage will! give the roots Of th'
most vital weeds a setback from which the.
will not3easily recover. Next spring. whsI
the ground becomes dry and in q good con
dition 10 work, the field should be narrowed
down smooth, and about the first of June an
other a I'd final blowing given it. The cult
walton subsequent to this must be done wit
the cultivator and harrow, and so frequentl
that no vegetation can struggle into growth
If the roots of quack abound near the SUI
face, a strong t oothed rakes should be EN-
ployed to bring them into heaps whore the
may be burned. By raking and cutvatin
the surface to the depth of four or five incl
es. it can be completely cleared Of roots. an
fine filth given the entire top soil. Root
buried deeper than this will be smothereC
and thus destroyed. An important point
this plan of tllage is, to do the work 30 tho
oughiy during the second season that 4
green blade can appear on the surface /
the TALL, the field will be in a. fine conditio
for crop Of winter grain and weeds will
etfeci ually subdued American Rural HON,
During the!process Of churning, certal
uniformity Of temperature must be observed
or the butter will be soft and spongy, instea
of being firm and compact. The agitation
also, of the cream should be regular-nelh'
too quick nor too slow. II the agitation
too.quick, the utter will make and unmak
Itself before the churner is aware of 1t, as tC
rapid motion induces fermentation, whicl
when it has reached a certain point, is entir
~ destructive of anything like the possibil
tx nfmnkinn even moderately good or we