The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-01-06
Chr farmer.
The Art of Farming.


state means il Is half worn out or only
exhausted Of half lis plant food. aud
thus has the power Of growing hall
crops II this mae gees on lowering
the condition OF the laRd. he Is q bsd
farmer if he does Bet weaken the soil
further nor improve is capability 10
grow heavy crops, be will be non
progressive one kind Of milk and
water farmer; but if be manages so as
steadily to increase t! c fFaitfalnoss Of
the whole extent, till, 10 the sad. i.
becomes sufficiently rich to grow as
heavy crops Of every variety as can be
brought 70 perfection, be is a good
farmer, a0d one the country should
honor; he has not hidden biz talent
under hushel.
II is easier to farm well than i'll
Thc man who makes two blaSas Of
grass grow where one only grew bofore.
aud makes every other produce double
too, Is happier man than the one who
plods on doing neither better nor worse
than the average; while the miserable
mortal who impOverishes bis land must
ieei how degraded position he stands
IN, and his mind must sink lower and
lower with his poverty. If a report Of
every farm through every parish ia the
Union was made oace 10 seven wears
ana the improvement, the impoverish.
ment or the non improvement Of each
was published, it would give the country
at large better idea of what i poin,
on in agriculture.
IL IS OF no use denying facts. aud
the truth Is, starting from the east the
and Is robbed Of more than half its
fertility, aud still as population moves
on 50 does the exhaasting system. If
wnen parish, a county or a State is
hall impoverished, a stop can be put to
the facilitating process, why not 4 s,op
az tho beginning Why not reimburse
from the starty Land is seldom too
rieh, and when il is said to be "iu the
very highest state of fertility" what a
pity TO bring it down Yet this Is the
custom, the fashion and the examnIc
set BY all This kind of policy carried
into other lines Of business would caase
men to say the guilty parties were 10.
sane or fools. Land cannot throw nm
Immense crops on water aud air; there.
Tore, ii these crops are sold of. The land
Is that much the poorer, but science
aud even the common experience Of an
proves there are stages At which some
Of the productions of the earth can be
taken away when nothing hiss been ab.
siraeted to cause injury, aud If at this
period OF the crops growth it is turned
INTO manure, the land is benefited
without any foreign aid. Thus. by
having Intervening crops of this kind.
there may be things sold one year which
viii be replaced the next BY this reno.
walton This IS why the four. course
system, or some other suitable rotation
Is insisted upon in England Poor
land is brought to be rich. and rood
land IS kept up on the best estates vet
snere are annually great quantities of
TAT cattle and sheep sold from these
farms, and wool, cheese butter. &c.
continue to be produced because there
Is an art in doing this so as to improve
and increase the stamina of the soil.
There is no mystery whatever ia the
case, for here Is field of barley, say
grown after roots, this barley, probably
slxty bushelS ncr acre t.Los .s..,. -