Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-09
UNION AND AMERICAN.
FARM AND GARDEN.
ENCOTRAGEMENT FOR THE FAR
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% Those who had their crops seriously
injured by drouth, worms, bugs oroth-
er pests, last year, have had a bad win
ter to contend with to aggravate their
misfortune. Happily these evils are
now past, and glorious spring, with
peach trees IN full blossom, and grass
a fair bite. for needy stock, are with Us,
encouraging every farmer to do his
best in the way Of good tillage, and
choosing such crops as are suited to
the climate, soil and markets Of the
country. Sound judgment Is required
for every day use IN the agricultural
mind. Successful husbandry demands
not common sense IN the primeval viii
derness state, but cultivated ike a wei
managed garden, that It may yield the
O richest fruits of the most advanced ez-
perience IN agriculture The record Of
this experience makes farming an IN
ateIlectuaI calling, for the wisdom oe one
nKn Gan only become the property Of
another through the intellec@
@ We knew a farmer IN GeoFgja mir.
David Dickson Eho made over $780,
600 by Legitimate agriculture, who said
that the farmers Of q State should have
da.ily paper devoted exclusively to
shcr calling and interests. Such a
journal properly edited and sustained,
IN Tennessee, would doubtless add
more than ten +sillio1 dollarsto the IN (
enc Of our productive Industry. But !
eInust creep before we can walk, and
may gain something by considering
The fact that the great universe, includ-
M our earth, IS constantly in notion
aid VIII bring wheat harvest il. Egypt
IN three and foar weeks; in Teas, ins
fouror five weeks, and Sc on til autumn
Erosts far-id the growth Of THIS cereal
m northern latitudes. Tie writer
knows as well as he knows anything,
that fifty per cent. -more grain grass,
meat and wool, mays be pro-
d1ced from q days vogk In Da-
wilson county, Tennnesse, than IN any
county gin the State Of New York.
The climate gives this immense adyan-
tage to the sunny South. How to
utilize this advantage Is the great
practical question fQr the reading
farmers to study. In FRANCE, with
psp1htion Of same thirty-siz millions,
wbeat Is as cheap now as thirty years
ago, but. NEST is twice as high in the-
market. and butter sells for. sthree
prices IN Paris as compared with its
4ahle n tS45. The sunshine and
showers bat fail or an acre Of. grass
are as -Benefeial and fruitful now as
then, and While the butter made from a
hectare Of land brought only thirteen
cents a pound then, costing eleven
ceHts, giving the farmer a profit Of two
6snts:. now IN article Shicl1 costs
twelve cents sells for forty cents, in
creasing the gain from TWO cents on
pound of butter to tJgeaty-eight CENTS
Beef, on witch the farmer made only
one cent a pound thirty. years
ago be now realizes i've or six
cents "a pound clear profit.
Wien corn went down to seven, eight
or ten cents a busbel in Ohio, as it has
been n the memory 5f.the' writer, sba-
con sometimes cot as low as tvs dor
hrs per 100 pounds m Dayton, and
three snd four dollars per 1900 pounds
were common doiRgs.s Legitimate
farming properly CONDUCTED VIII pay
better now than it has al any time in
sixty years. Geo. c: Gilmef, Of Abe
marle county, Va, bas an. instructive
article in the april number Of the
.ameTioag FARMER, in which he tells'of
a,fa.mer so badly in debt that he tried
s5E,ty way to sd his. dear
9 little home for 1880" pay
ont and move West Failing to find a
nnrchaser, he and young SOM went to
vDrk with q viii to raise tobacco. and
. lew DAYS since he received a bank
cIsck s6r. $500 from the sale of his
srop. lis farm is row clear and his
home ishis own. Never say fail, but
keep frying, always using your best
7udrw6nt.