The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-22

Diversified Farming.

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though the latter NAV Get good
salary, he will not have as much rra-
Iy money left at the end of the
year" and the vijt,r might have adj
died, or The ta,mrr il.at is c,'tivn1lng
y four hundred acre fam ard making
cotton his special r'or. rNr twenty
acre farm is an illustration of dlvrr>i-
Ted farming; and It is as true as amy
certain fact, that tie only way to
farm successfully is 70 diversity the
crop: and in acrnIdauce with my
experience, it can be rroIi'ahl';' done
on a farm of two hundred acres IN
cultivation. But where it is done ON
u two hundred ac!r fam, at least
eighty acres shonl lie put down to
small grain crops, sixty to corn, fifty
TO cotton, a'i ten acres to tlnrk
crops. My father maintains that
two hundred acres is Il farm 'H'-r
~nourh for auy farmer t" cultivate
With hired labor if he wants to farm
successfully.
r,;s ,,;rns ny. =, tho suh;cct IL.
vers;t;e1 r,In;uv which ! have adj
r,c,tol ,nI recnmmrnIra ever since
the cm,nr;n,tion Of sl,vrry The
r,rmo,'s c,,,;t,l now cl;rt)y consists
IN his farm and stock and Ills inter-
est is in imnrovinr his lands, and
no1;na than, ,,,,s n,o}uc,;vr and
Moro v,1n,h]e eyrrv Year, This can
,rlv lo Innc Inv d;v.,s;er1 crons
,nj st,ct to turn;sh linn nanurrs
,,r rho allows L;s farm tn rnu dow,
and a.t )nss ,r,1nrt;vr his r,uita, is
heinz diminished ard his income less
- murh A nrov;drnt farmer win
Ln.n an evr ~ Ercninr his lands
nnv;nu t,,,t his snccrsS is dcncnd.
rnt nnnn thrir fpr,i,;tv. ou, any re-.
,,rct;ur farmer will soon discoye,
,hot # will take thc hest Of manage
nent and most npt;rino energy and
;n1rstrv tn kecn nm two Kindred
ncrc farm imnrnv;ny in fertility and
teen;"a # in rena;rs. On a two bun.
iyed acre farm it viii, take at least
xeven ooo1 mn)es or HORSES to cu]ti-
vatc it propcrlv, one yoke of good
oxen for hauling. four good cows,
i've breeding sows, and twenty sheep.
i|ia. is ample stock for such sized
farm, but it can support more If
deemed necessary. This stock should
re stabbed and pcnned of nights to
save the manure. Ten good hands
are sufficient as laboreys, provided
lou have the most improved plows-
and if the farm is owned by an active,
energetic, progressive youug man,
hire Your hands for money wages,
and manage the whole Yourself. Bn,
should the owner I've advanced 10 life
and not capable of active snperintend
ence. Get the most reliable hands yor
can secure and farm on share system
but keen an eve yourself to its whole
details. This is nv system-bcine
nll and infirm-and | have succeeded
rs well as any, and | have hands tina
have been in my cmplovment fol
four years.
Now we vii, 1;scnss thc ADVANTAGE,
Of diversified crons IN l,,c first MAC,
,1ivcrsi(;cd crons nffnr] tho ,Ivontan,
If yotation: and w;thnrt rotat;ne
tho crnns # i ;mnoss;lle r. keen NJ
the fertility of )hnls or keen them
from washing or gullyinc, Corn and
wheat draw more heavily from tho
land t|,an ANY, crous we liant or jr
other words, they are the most ex.
hausting crops. unless it lie suga,
cane and sorghum. Hence corn OF
wheat should never bc planted OF
any field but one year, when it ough
10 be followed for two years by some
ether crops, say oats and cotton. Le
aats follow corn, and cotton follow
wheat, and corn follow oats, and t|c'