The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-06-13
HINTS TO rARMERs.


HINTS TO FARMERS.
With ample capital any one may
make very fertile land OF our poorest
ridges. But, will il pay Plen.y of
labor. thorough illagc and enough
fertilization win accomplish the re
suit but il is 4 result which to be
repeated year after year will require
the annual application Of the same
fertilizers and capital as IN the first
instance and in the end there 10
nothing gained. The farmer IN such
eases is only putting money in the
ground which would yield him q bet
Ter result il Bank Il Il not spch
examples the farmer II especially
interested ii seeing exhibited He
wants to know how one, with little
capital save his land, can mate q tir~
ing on has farm and annually increase
asJcytihg!
Now, that the farmers are worried
with the grass and cotton struggle
and labor is inadequate, We propose
to answer this question Of 50 much
Importance to tho great mass Of our
farmers.
1t IL tn late to change tendencies
tllis year. Go on piling up the
cotton bags, knowing, as yon must,
that the more there are the less they
bring Strain every muscle, pay
high for extra and unwilling labor,
increase the cost Of production, until
You are compelled uuavoidably, 70
contemplate the small margin of
profits in the years operations.
But, in doing this, be careful, as nee
cssary 70 our plan for you next year,
TO have your cotton lands this year
made and left as nearly clear as pos
sible. We will suppose, by way Of
example that besides your grain
crops you have in cultivation twenty
acres in cotton. Now, il you will
estimate the cost of fertilizers, Of la
Dor and other necessary expenses
in cultivating this area, you will see
that the same expenditure, judicious-
ly applied to ten acres, with less la
Dor, would have yielded as large a
result this year and left your land
in an improving condition. We
suggest then that next Fall or Spring
yon SOW without anything elso, ten
of these acres in clover giving TO it
iudicious applications Of Plaster.
You will bring that ground up for
anything you want in future, while
your remaining ten acres gets the
feeding formerly spread over twenty
ard is yielding as much Cotton al
about onc-half the expense. Garry
this process out Systematically Put
dawn a portion Of your grain land in
a mixture of grasses for permanent
pastures and whatever you cultivate,
whether grain or Cotton, lei il be |
IN view Of obtaining the largest pos
sitle yieia at the least cost Of labor
from green area. With such q
system the small farmer of North
Georgia may live well and see his
lands improving around him and /
the large farmer will find in it an
additional benefit in the relief it win |
afford from all tho vexations Of the
labor question. He will find that his
home fertilizers will have marked
effect upon the limited area cultiva>
ted and, while yielding abundance
of forage and paying the highest
farm profit, his other lands are uu.
dergoing gradual and permanent
Improvement Here is mixed hus-
bandry 10 perfection ga bale Of |
cotton to the acre--paying grain !
crops--green Observation-Disclosures
of hay--tine stock and almost self
renovaling lands. Would not such
a system make the farms of this
the most delightful abodes
on earth I And it is entirely practi-
cal. There is not farm in this
country upon which it may not be
signally illustrated, and the broad
hint may be added that the farmer
who fails to adopt it viii sooner or
later part with his farm TO those |
who WILL
The CINcNNATI SOUTHERN RAIL