Ellsworth American., 1874-08-13
8 farm ann houstboIO.
Better Culture.


The following seasonable article we clip
from the y. +. Farmer. Ii gives the kew
note to successful farming, and We recon-
mend its perusal to all interested In the
subject
August Is / good time, indeed the best
time. for sinking rocks in moving fields
which are to be ploughed up this fall for
rc~ceding, or for tillase crops next year.
l. is so much better economy TO remove
surface rock nor, by sinking or blasting.
Than TO plough or cultivate around il
dozen years ard then remove it. or still
have il in the way. Better cultivate few
acres of good. smooth. well drained land,
near the buildings, ;han a greater number
of rough. wet. stony acres farther of
Sometimes, when We think how often farm
ers are told, through the papers. Of the
advantages to be derived from a better
system Of culture, We are tempted to be-
hevc that they are tired Of hearing about
better culture" and Improved systems
Of farming" bat when we 20 about among
them. and over their half cultivated. and
more than half neglected fields. we are in
clined TO ask if they ever heard of better
way.
Farmers - We mean the unsuccessful.
grumbllng iarmers-do not realize in what
an unbusinesslike manner they are mansg-
ing their business. suppose 4 manufac-
iurer contemplates building a mill for the
laf ra gF / 10 fret
suitable location fol the particular business
lie j. intending to pursue. If he proposes
10 use water-power he finds the right spot
where he can obtain the greatest amount
OF power from the given amount of water
under control. Competent engineers are
employed TO make surveys and prepare
plans for dam, with suitable canal, and
waste ways for conveying the water where
az VIII be OF most use. and where the OBJ
Ject most sought can be obtained al a min
imum cost. Then the work OF bull ling i
commenced in accordance with the accept
"a plans: and if the manufacturer is both
>hrewd and prudent. he sees that every
iuing : done in the most substantial and
WoTkmaniihe manner. After the dam and
canal are secured. the mill is built lust at
the right place, aud 4, near as possible Of
the proper size to use the whole OF the
available power. Then follow tenement
houses in sufficient number to accommo-
date tie employees, and il the factory j.
ID new neighborhood, store Is put up
Tor supplying the families with dry goods
"a I
joining farm i purchased where milk and
many other farm product. may be raised
Tor the especial convenience of the little
Village. All this j done before splndle
tHru> or lever moyes. Two words cX-
plain all. Foreh9Hgat and ddaptHion.-
Tie manufacturer knows just a. well be-
fore the first stone is turned. a. alter the
last one i, laid, what kind OF goods he Will
produce. One does not build a mill. and.
ailer il is flushed decide whether he will
make shovels or weave cloth. peg shoes or
turn iron. but he sees the end from the be-
ginning. Can the unsuccessful and grum-
hang farmer LAY a. much: the farmer
who. perhaps, with little knowledge of any
business, buys 4 farm and then looks
around 10 see what il Is best to raise: No,
The future of such a man is all obscured
from his own eyes by clouds and fog. Let
L., then. learn lesson from the enterpris-
ing men engaged in other kinds Of busi-
nes-. Let us use foret thought and study
adaptation. If we have farm suitable for
tilase or for grass, let US clear it Of OBJ
>'ructions. Sink the rocks. drain the wet
spots, remove supernuous fences and make
every acre we intend to cultivate lit for
the plow and the cultivator. You need
not - prepare every acre now, but take
one tins fall and another next year, and so
o.. till you have got a farm ft to be work
81. aud one, too. that will pay for working.
No matter il you let some of it lie idle
10 not plow any faster than you can clear
up One acre OF well titled. clean land
near home. will pay profit that will allow
you to let two acres of rough land lie idle
AT the outside Of the farm. 1t is the well
directed labor which pays, whether it be
in the shop or on the farm, whether on the
rich prairies of the West. or on the hills of
New England. The labor of ploughing
wet land is not well directed The labor
OF cultiyating unfertile land is not well di-
rected. The labor of feeding and IN liking
cows which yield poor milk is not we'll di-
rected. The labor of mending tools brok-
en by rocks. which will break them again
the next time they are used, is not well di-
rected. Going two miles to blacksmith
shop, in good working weather, to get a
six cent bolt put through twenty-five
cent cracked whifiietree, or TO the harness
makers with ten cent strap for a cents
worth of copper rivets, is labor which is
not well directed. The results of such la
Dor will never make the laborer indepen-
dent.