Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-15

/ D. NJ Smith, Of auckland, has raised, on sixty
square rods oi land, sixty bushels o. onions, tw,
hundred and twenty heads Of cabbage, on,
hundred and ten bushels Of turnips, thirty-tw,
bushels Of globe mangolds, and one and q ball
bushels Of potatoes And another paper records
that in Iamoillo county, on about one quarter Of
an acre young mechanic has forty young apple
trees, and has raised about twenty bushels Of po-
tatoes six Of carrots the carrots be sells TO dairy
men for colorng butter. three of bcct- one vi
onions; two Of tomatoes, and beans and peas 'nl
fccni for family use We will not forget the bril-
liant flowers, and the little plot Of green In front
Of the house II oycp nook and corner Of Yer
mont was cultivated up to this standard, how
many families could the state support 2
But these are not instances Of ordinary
farm crops. There are not wanting how
ever, men who, on small plots, grow potatoes
al the rate Of seven hundred bushels, wheat
at the rate Of fifty bushels, beans at the rate
Of forty bushels, turuips at the rate Of twelve
hundred bushels per acre. Take a piece Of
poor, sandy land, and let village be laid
out upon &C. Previously, the crops hardly
paid for harvesting but soon we see around
the houses grass heavy enough TO cut two
tons to the acre, and all other crops thriving
uxuriautly in the gardens The soil docs
MOI seem to be really poor under the right
management Now we ask, is there amy
real reason why these results are got only Zoo
villages, except that moro labor. and capital
in the form Of manure Is put on the land 2
Then the only question is, does this extra
expenditure on a little land pay a profit
equal to a like expenditure over a larger SUR
face Of land This is a matter for expert
ment. We have tried it, and are satisfied
that it pays a great deal better Butourcx-
perience has no convincing power over the
reader Then why will he not try such ex-
pcriments himself lie won't We know
he won't Why, we ask again, win lac not
Ask the wife, who has been trying for a year
to get her husband TO put latch on door
or gate, and perhaps she can tell you. 1t
is the innate indifference to improvement
the " let well enough alone" feeling that
has such a Supplying influence upon our az
ricultTal population They don't begin TO
do half as well as they know. They are con-
tented to stand in the old ways" They
need to be gone for with a broomstick, as
the desperate wife sometimes does in order
to get her latch mcuded
Yet there are few among us, especially
among the younger men, who are not yet so
".stuck with the Spanish mildew but that
they can see the point Of our argument, and
be willing to work ont the problem Of doub-
ling the fertility Of their land, by working
no more than they have the means of work
ing thoroughly. When man gets fairly
started on that road, he is all right Farm
ing from that moment ceases TO be drudgery,
and become, delightful, inspiring occupa-
ton. The man himself grows and develops
as fast as his crops. lie becomes leayeu
to his ueghborhood For little while he
will have opposition. But the Yankee, even
the fossil Yankee farmer cannot very long
withhold his respect from success, for moth.
ing succeeds like it, Try it, boys What is
the use Of scratching over SO much land A?
| Aud remember TO save every mite OF the ma
nure in the best order, aud to make as much
as possible, aud make it as rich as possible,
by composing and high feeding. Till no
more land than you can till wen keep no
more stock than you can feed well. These
are the first principles of success. Down
with old foryism