The Republican journal., 1876-03-30
What Farming is and why Some
Farmers Fail,

aihOiS ALI
II any one considers "what farming is"
OF what it ought to be, they would come
to the conclusion that farming ought to
be the managing OF land SO as to keep it
in condition to pay for occupation, and
there may be many farms which will pay
for occupation which will not pay for Gull
tvation that is, there are vast tracts of
country which from the nature of the soil,
from the high price oi labor, and from its
adartability to remain in permanent actu-
al grass would pay exceedingly well to
Craze with any kind of live stock and by
raising stock, dairying, tattening and
wool growing, etc, money could be made
very last. This would be farming, and
any system OF cultivation and course OF
cropping on good, free working land,
which would keep the land rich in plant
food and allow OF selling enough to cover
expenses and interest pay OF capital and
also profit to occupier, would be farming
too.
Therefore it is easy to say what farming
is but robbing the land is not farming
it is running down OF Gods beautiful
earth and although mapy men purchase
a fine tract of land and accumulate for
tune from the fine crops the virgin soil
produces, il they take the crop after crop
without some system OF relmburslng 1t tor
the drain upon its productive powers, they
are no farmers in a strict sense of the
word, but real despOilers OF their country'5
wealth and are deserving Of reprObation.
Farming to be worthy or the name,
should be conducted SO that the manure
made on the farm be applied to produce
very heavy quantity OF some nutritious food
for cattle or sheep: thus the converting OF
such an extra growth otVegetable food in
to dung or urine again adds to the richness
OF the soil, SO that rotation can permit
the sale OF some valuable crop, and the
end of the term OF course will lind the
land better than before, and the manure
made on the farm will have increased be-
cause the produce from which it has been
made is more and consequently on an I'M
proved system, the manure VIII augment
jn proportion TO the crops.
Market gardening is not tarming-truit
growing is not farming; for horticulture
and agriculture are not one and the same,
and it is seldom this Kind of mixed farm
ing does any good. Near to any great
supply of manure from livery stables and
other city sources, OF course the soil can
be compensated and. indeed, be forced
to such a degree Of truitfulness that it is
not of the least consequence how frequent
IS crops ot the most eXhausting character
istics succeed each other.
'ihe truth is, farming requires to be car
ried On as all other successful ways of
business are ANY shop-keeper, if man
OF business, will have such articles in his
store as sell readily, and as he finds that
al of frbnAS hnSt
for having always on hand, he takes pains
to have an ineXhaustible supply; there
lore. If fine, powerful draught horses, good
tom sheep, pay those who raise them, and
the first and last mentioned pay duty on
freight from Canada, he is only to use his
own common sense, save duty save freight
and make money, instead of of grumbling
about the hard times. [Rural New York
Ell
Prof Baird has arran ged to import
lot OF sole and turbot eggs from England
this Spring, to be hatched in Massachu-
setts
TWENTY-FIVE States have undertaken the
propagation Of food fish, and Kentucky
and Georgia win soon bring the number
up to n.
Dampness in cellars is frequent cause
of decay of potatoes, apples and vegeta-
bles generally. Moderate diyness and
coldness are essential to secure the keep
ing OF such articles.
Horses troubled with the ''heayes' are
cured by sending them west The dis
ease is unknown in the western States,
and heavy horses, which are otherwise
healthy, may prohtably be sent there.
Cotton culture in California has proved
a failure The soil and climate are well
adapted to its growth, but the cost of
labor is 50 much higher than at the South
that it cannot be protitably raised at pres
ent
The price of hay in Maine is said 10 be
less than tor 80 years. In Lubec the best
quality is selling tor Sc per ton, In Yer
mont, however, hay is said to be very
scarce and farmers are obliged to feed
meal