Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-12-17
agricultural.
Harrison Farmers Club.

ltNcs VIA
What measures shall we take to make
our farms pay US better than they now
do
Mr.. NATHAN CARSLEY, End, said that
he had improved part Of his farm very
much by pulling the stumps. lie had
one acre Of land on which there were
twenty slumps. Each stump took up
about 20 feet square, the whole number
taxing up % square rods of land worth
$40 10 the acre. The cost OF pullin.
those stumps was s., and the land which
ho gained by it was worth S7.25-S2.25
more than the cost OF pulling Stumps.
We can DO nothing on Stumpy land that
will benefit it more than il will 20 pull
out the stumps, ard put them out Of the
way. We should make moro manure.
ANY OF US can make q cord OF good man
ure with muck aud leached ashes. lie
had pit in which he made manure IN
this way. 1t held a cord. and he filed it
with muck and leached ashes. using three
barrels OF the latter. This, when taken
out in the spring, was n good Is the
sest hog manure. Any farmer can
make manure in this way. Another point
Is that we neglect our pastures too much.
The small green trees allowed 10 grow
up and crowd on, the feed These ought
to be cut out 1t pays to p,ow pastures
where we can. lie had p,owed up tour
acres and taken eli two crops, aud j; was
nov stlording more feed THAN the ten
acres which had not been plowed.
MR. Benz. STRoUr said that he agreed
with Mr.. CarsIey about stumps. lie had
aoout three tourths oil ~ acre oil land
on which there used To oe zoo stumps
hom one to two feet through The land
M, good and mellow, but could not be
worked on account ui the great number
ct slumpS. lie had PJiicd ,hcm AZ an
expense OF about So. .ud ,.uw ue work,
the land With ease aud 10 yielded heavy
crops. He Thought hal "c neglected
manure too much We ought tp make
more lie hauled out MACK and let 1t
lay a year before using il. Dating The
summer he styr~ed lime. or plaster, and
salt over IL, and pIowed j, over 50 "a 20
thoroughly pu.ycrize auI mix 10, and
bring all parts OF il ia contact with the
air and sun. Ia the lai, be hauled ID into
his yard and let i, remain until the next
spring. We were also apt 10 till too
much land lie knew 0t mcu Who had
but y acres OF lSul who kept & COWS,
horse, AMI yoke U, oxen, and had .
plenty of hay and pas,urins Tor them.
When they worked their iAud they put
the manure upon one acre which j. usu-
ally put upon great dea. mor,, and 10y
u>in. it in this way IL paid them much
better We neglect our pastures very
much. Trees OF al Kinds are allowed
TO grow up in them and shade q great
deal OF ground The glass; ia The shade
becomes sour, Nud the cattle refuse 60
e.. IT, II these trees axe Gil. tho grass
becomes good again. and saiu 50 much
feed for our cattle Some laImcyS in
town work Just right to improve their
pastures. They keep the bushes cut
down. pillow their pastures and crop
them one or two years, aud then turn
them out again. II Ne cannot plow
them we should SOW on lime and salt.
As we work land We work these parts
ont. When We pa, back into the land
what we take out OF it We arc mol ruin
ing the land otherwise we are.
Mn. A. MoULroN said tina. he agreed
with Mr.. Strou, about farmers cU.tiSa-
ting too much land =, a ;jnie We arc
ali apt 10 work too much, and the couse-
queuce is that we DO uot Ooia our land
enough, nor enrich /, with manure Is We
ought 10. We pillow ouy land TOO lit,.e,
and 90 not plow il deep enough. lie
believed that deep piowiug was OF al
vantage Farmers 10 uol pa. capital
enough into the farms. 4 great deal OF
money is taken of from oar farms and
used for something else WAeu it might
be invested in farm Improvements.
When Improvements are suggested 10
such men they say that they would
make them /. they only had the money.
He believed that 1t paid 10 cultivate
our land thoroughly. The saying that
''when a thing Is worth doing it IS worth
doing well IS true ABOUT farming lie
believed high farming paid, and read an
extract from the American Asricuitutist
showing how a man had spent $50 per
acre on his lands in Improvements, such
rs digging drains, getting OF or sinking
all OF the rocks. burning up All slumps
and brush, and thoroughly pulverizing
the soil 10 great depth, and mauuring it
highly. lie had hired some money al
per cent. to DO this joO His ueighbors
thought he was TOOL. &c.. Dat the re.
suit was that the increase in his crops
paid him back his money every year. II
he got such such results As these from
high farming We can set them too.
Mn. john JOHNSON thought under
draing was good. lie also thought that
it WAS better TO sink our rocks out oil the
reach o, the plow than 10 take thOm off
OF the land. We are apt To- injure our
land by taking the rocks all of. Deep
blowing was not bsuetcia ou wet, dat