The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-08
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y recent number Of the Prairie Far.
NOR has a most readable and practical
article upon Intensive and Extensive
Agricultural II advocates the abau.
donment Of the Old system Of pioneer
farming, which obtains 50 strong
toothold in new districts as to be Grad.
icatcd with difficulty when the deycl.
opmont Of the country require more
advanced and lucrative methods. En-
g,ish ana Scottish plans Of farming are
quoted as examples Of whit we should
aim at in our moro closely settled com.
manlties, We quote the authors com
Gliding sentence: "lt may be safely
said that the i@stora new country 0han-
dOns the primcval system Of extensive
agriculture, and gradually adopt the
more intensive system, the faster it be-
comes thriving land and al intClli.
gent community This is text
worthy Of development 10y the farmers
of Texas who are DESTROYS of bringing
their occupation up to II commanding
position. The extensive system OF
farming is ut the bottom OF the slip
shod ways Of cropping lands which
result in ten bushels Of wheat per
acre, twenty bushels oats per acre,
twenty-five bushels of corn per acre,
and halfa ton of hay Der acre, It re-
suits in SlOvenly tnlns, y low grade OF
stock, narrow ideas OF education and
general naturalization. Wherever we
lnd men approximating TO high farm.
ing by working fewer acres with lar
ger returns per acre, we find a class
who are more progressive, more thrift
ty, who cherish broader convictions of
intellectual culture and are less super
stilious than the ordinary farm com.
The experience OF English
farmers, is well worth our careful
Thought and study. Those who are
most successful find il reyessan, to
snpnl from forty toScyculy dollars err
acre in preparation for a rotation ell
crops with an annual rXprdilure of |
twenty five dollars or more in manure. |
As Cur country Lccumes more thirklv |
populated the ucrcpssity of more care |
iuI methods will become strikinglv ap. |
parent. Who is TO work up this higher |
and better systpm . Farmers pcupr- |
,Ily look mon il askauce with Goubt- |
full cXpressions Of lis practirability. |
They tpar TO oct ont orthr old rut ana |
fine matter of lpyplcpmput into hiph |
Grade OF farming seems like "uphill |
worl, - They read these ucw,paI pr
articles and admit il looks very plau- |
,ihlr mon the surface, Tut hesitate |
lest therc be some saphistry in the ar. |
yumpnt that would plant English |
methods in Yankeylom. There is n |
mower in cur state that can do more
.oward the ACCOMPLISHMENT Of this
ouruose dian any other; this power
.ips nearly latent at lens with indp-
fnitr unrposc and immntured plans.
We refer 10 the State society of agri.
allure. The gathering OF II great
,rnwd Io see Il horse race: the ACCOUNTS
Intion Of n large fund atinterest; even
the owordinU of premiums upon stock,
imnlomnufs vegetables, etc, do moi 4
,,tstintn means for producing very
,stnni,hing results in the DEVELOPMENT
If high farming. The state society, nv
Dntting nm inteiilgart. practical COM
mitter in the field to award premiums
,nnm tho Lnst maraupd and most
Ibri(tv farms may accomplish a work
,ho yolmn of which cannot be deter