, 1877-11-05
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

1ItElt Misunderstanding Nit1Inrt Capitals
Old. FnAltlpnea1 Eennony--The First Nfove--
a Forage J'lhnt-S~wty.9et Trrcs-l4nE.
Choicrn-swlnditnF OFern-Exhauatfsr Ell.
fects of Observation-Disclosures Of Fowts-
Condition Of tho Corn.Crnps
rrtr. f}uF Ou1t Cerrssr1ndtnt
CnAMrAtox, ILL.,, Nov. 3.--"Thc farming nf
the future ls 10 10 high farming" safs writer
III oMc nf our agricultural Journals. Whether
he means by that that VIC arc to cultivate our
Botl tn Its h[gllcst extent, and make It produces
double the hn,ountit now docs, NC do not know.
It will, however, be long umc before tue
farmers of tie Wcst get out OF debt sufficiently
Il, engage In nny very high farming, for that
e,ets money, antl 50 far ~ my observation cx-
tends IT. most hands costB more than 1t psu'l'tces.
It Is a wel-knnwn fart that, up tu u certain
state, agricultural operations 1nay he carried On
with but lltte capital other than the labor sup-
piled Ly The 1ur1ncE or ls family; hut when VIC
extend our work, and aspire To cultivate marc
ncscs, or seek tn cultivate those We have In
better manner, nc require moro capital. When
q fnrmer begins to get out Of debt, hn conf
mctccs TO seed down h!s sparc acrcs, and reduce
tic number un,ler cultivation; aud It may lie /
statcd for fact that, the better oI l,c gets, tho
better crops l,c gr0ws. it Is exactly like
srA,.r1xo MERCHANT WITHOUT CAPITAL,
for farmer to expect u engage In htgh farmInE |
without thu caes. The merchant snay begin on |
email capltaf, hut ho cannot aseoctntc with the
Uercl,aut-princcs n,id put on tic stylo which |
they 10. II he is careful, he ttay, by.and-by,
accumulate as much as they have, and r!sal
them III business. So may tho farmer who stafta
with hut nttlc eanital grow rich tn time; nut "
nine chances uut of ten he will not, hceasse he
will not subject hmself to tho privations ncecs-
kary during thu tirst years, or llu will wastc ILLS
substance n running ntnut from one place 70
has. Wc siaii 6r rlai 10 scc this hsrt.farning
rra hertn, but must confess that 0llt hopes arc
small. The fuet IL, not uno farincr III q num-
drcd now s..,..-...,
TINT was tic rule twenty-five years aro.. An old
farmer remarked tn our hear lug, n1Iy vcstcr-
Hay. thnt he was as ccoho1'tsal ~ ~ e1pe
tuies .; b. Eoss1y s|a " ana se e H. VI
urics where his fatEcr pal oi,G !ur thc ncces-
eartcs Of life forty years aGo. This man Is IT.
tl,istrfnus; tas three or four grown sons, VIII.
ro % to,na mo t. stay with tllu "ol.l mai, i during
Tho winter. Their noncy, as We learned by n
Guiry Ut one ot them not long siucE. barely sui
tl,ca Il, supply them with clothes. They maT DC
found 'ou'yIng In tnwn every Saturday an1 ,oI On
| other days whun It ia mti,lAy OF wet. They
smoke tcil-ccnt cigars, cat couple Of dshcs OF
OYSTERS treat thc!r trie!ltls tO cat1uy Ut NUS,
nnu ~ spctmi their tncatis. Tllcsg boys a!e III.
,lustrioua and goo'l workers, anu command n Eoo
wa3rs. They afc fair sa'nplcs ot our farmers
hoya; hut they lail to see why they do not get
aIong better Iii the world.
oHE or THE piRsT MOVES
tu tho direction ui 1!gh flr1ning is tho sollnE OF
rattle. We use altogether loo much lana I9t
rasiuragr, or, TO 10 nsorc plain, our acres DO
ot furnish toott 70 Us n,any animals by half ~
| thcy eloul!. In EnroIt they do this thing bet
| tcr: There, very little u tho ti!labla land Ia
,eytl for pastuFIgc; but t1rcc, four, five, or SIX
crops arc taken froln the land each season, and
.ftrnF1 tNhsi
the same ruureu difficult III this country; In
truth, with our opcn prairIcs furnishing alunt'-
mt ,.asturage Tor the 1nrro takins, tue necessity
lid ,,o exist. Now, however, frtu pastnrage Is
d thing of the paat In most pnrtlons Of tho
Wost, rnst of tho Mississippi. VIC nlust seek
in sp,v lllatlI,or to obtain gscater results from,
what W. pusscsa. Our farms orc calsble, of
now d. I.nt W. can,sot feed them OIL corn and
lay. it n,,lst bc done BY Iudc!uus conb!na-
tlon OF ase.}!ants, corn. roots, asd nay, Un
to the present time natng l'as nccn tnt1 ,t1
lie pIacc here Of the Lucrst'c III Eurore. Al.
rn,mntns to Uu Thoroughly tested. We arc still
| ltw,kinr IA soma fore(tE country for th!s
fosa.r-laut, anl have forgotten to look
| at home. We l,aye 1t right hers;
rr IL CORN:
anil no other country III The world equals this
In lis production. Two, md even tllrpr, eruts
nav m ~ fs be grown in oi,e teuson on tho sn,!,s
| rrI,,uti. Ii Ia eaten with avI,lity by cattle,
both IN green anu dried condition. As y sata-
ncrfec ms 10 s''isr'or for witsr.tplaer
tile difficulty VI curling Il. a gentleman In Ohiu,
who In. ,adc tho subject q study, has lt uno!!i
ititis i @ cxrctsc. lie usvs s,axes liz feet long.
With twu uius driven through ilnlf-incll holes
t,caE tlly ,nt,, thus forming sort uf horizontal
cross. liz plasrs the fodder auain1t these poles
| III sufficient hulk tu furIn EU.Al-stzcd slluvk,
ot t,. +f.s inn wjtt NJ trtt,fr tn Tu1.l IL III IT