The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-11

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al fhia : diI dsne IN aytne western
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H. settlement ~ new localities Bot
lie pnGfs on the Increase IN value ~
iands from the labor NJ others than their
ogpef have become very precafi0ls 10
XII settled districts, land left alone does
not Increase IN price. Even NJ The west
the laws Justly discriminate against non
rssident owners, taxing such lands 80
heavily M often 10 force them on the
market, and nearly always enough 70
take all the profits from holding. We
have therefore got down TO hard. pan
in estimating the price of real estate.
Whatever increases IN price is made must
follow n real increase In value and pro-
ductiye capacity. Land Is, and will be
henceforth, worth whatever sum II will
nav interest on above the cost of pro-
ducinr the crop. This may be unfayor-
able 10 land owners who rely on specula-
tive values for their profits, but it is Just
what is wanted by the real working
farmers of the country.
trYI.I 49,. ..o, not Lob for a IL rffa anh
sudden increase in the speculative value
of farms, it is certain that improved con-
dition and greater productive capacity,
resultingfrom good management, will not
fail of their reward. The farmer who inn
proves his land by heavy manuring, I'M
~derdraining where needed, and clearing
it of weeds, has this decided advantage,
that he does not need to sell in
order to reap the profit from his enter
prise and forethought. Judicious i'm
provcment of the soil is always worth
to the owner a good deal more than
it costs or will sell for. Very many
farmers can increase the productive ca
pacity of their farms 800 per year by
$500 expended in judicious underdrain-
ing. Whoever does this in New York,
has for $500 added more than 81 400 to
his working capital. In those western
states where money is worth ten per cent,
an improvement yielding 500 yearly is
worth ten times that sum to keep, If not
to sell. Wherever possible all the profits
of the farm should be yearly invested in
improvements such as these. Nothing will
or can pay so we'll as increasing the pro-
J,.4.,o o,.oo;tr 81 thu coil IN Moor or
wet land, all the labor OF preparing the
ground, planting or sowing the crop, is
poorly requited; while, if the land is
improved, as it could and should be, it
will yield a profit. With a crop of twelve
bushels of wheat per acre, nothing is left
after paying the cost of production. In
crease the cropl to thirty bushels per
acre, and all the surplus above twelve
bushels makes The rental value of the
soil. In one case the land is worth moth
ing to hold on its present condition for
producing wheat. In the other case the
land is worth what the price of eighteen
bushels of wheat will pay the interest on.
These figures are only approximate but
they show clearly enough the principle
involved. Other conditions will modify
the result. Land that produces thirty
bushels of wheat per acre must be kept
up to that productive capacity OF such
chopping will speedily decrease the value
of the land tar more than the profits. On
the other hand the owner OF poor land
may be doing better than his richer
neighbor, if the farm of the first is con-
stantly growing richer and that of the
other less fertile. As q rule, however, it
is perfectly safe to say that poor land
tends to grow poorer, while, except under
bad management, rich soil is apt to in
crease in fertility.
1t needs a good farmer and a man with
plenty of capital to take poor land and
build it up into a fertile and profitable
farm. 1t will take years, besides a good
deal of money TO make poor land produc-
tive and profitable. No poor man can
afford to buy such land. He needs a
farm on which he can at ence begin to
make money. This reyerses the usual
course but it only shows that in farm
ing as in everything else the poor never
do or can make SO good bargains as their
richer neighbors. Solomon said thou
sands of years ago that the destruction
of the poor is their poverty. 1t is just
as true now as when uttered, and is
especially true in farming.
"Too much land is the great obstacle
to improvement in American farming.
Increase of land increases labor and all
expense, including taxes, while it does
not always increase the production.
Many a farmer who has bought an ad.
d~itional fifty, or one hundred acres, could
have realized far more of profit and
pleasure from the investment of the
same money in improving and beautify-
ing his original farm. A thousand dol
lars will not do much in our eastern
states buying more land but it will ac-
complish wonders in undertaking,
manuring, destroying weeds and repair
ing fences. Most of the Improvements
will pay for themselves in two or three
seasons az the farthest. No matter how
low the selling price of land may go, its
value to own and work will always be
fixed by its productive capacity. What
ever iudicious Improvements are made on
it can never fail to secure their just re-
ward.-CuIirator and Country Gentleman.
Number Of Eggs Per Annum from The
Principal Varieties of Poultry.
After repeated experiments with the
different varieties of chickens, and COM
parison with others who have expert
mented in the same direction, | have
concluded that the laying capabilities OF
the principal varieties are about as fol-
lows:
Light Brahmas and Partridge Cochins
Eggs, seven to the pound lay 1870 per
annum.
Dark Brahmas-Eggs, eight to the
pound lay 120 per annum
Black, White, and Buff Cochins-
Eggs, eight to the pound lay 115 pei
annum.