Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-12-08

p0e cTeSi mistake farmers usuSllv
MAKE : Do. giving SuAc}sat thouGhtAnd
50 swing CEi Ire fAru. Snd
syrs he co~ S~i IShr IN the
KS p~Ns Us--t-. Toer Se lev
S-> ~. b->IryS wth o>oui0s such
-t%--. E-StAruccL sac SG1y - plan.
--c trs yeN Guys q S &rU IN such =
-s & 10 5>1-cUEtot .sAor through
--s ses S&Sa- s. svs-v s. paSiole snd
gss ts S-csSl ~s--r-> 81, lie }s93Urier
ga avS,ar s.. re =,7ty invested in
Scc-.
Ns- vT ca->s As variety q crops
-tv - -xlsl v.sA 9-si 81 81.
u~ S-v S-- Ire C-sSi 1uuhr Of
a~s :ocs gne;r growth, the
- r. Xne clD-ub,- - the soil. the
--eeyes t MARKETS ihe possibilities
& alas CC re relation Of this
vcr co.'s q, S ra.Etsoa snd the dis
g ta u1r 81 ssaar. 10 IS DOT 10 have NOR
sd st3 a,s lze ,s&a i: i possible to do,
sni vei g hare enough ST Sl times, the
ruPslDr nec- interesting Sud at the
sams Uuf exceedingly o~omplex-yet all
thest tt-u% should he carefully con.
aae~e& Dol 9lly eSch by itself. but in
- koc- 10 tsch other, and whoever
ertrE,cfs one ot them is likely to make
<-s0us biuniers. He may SOW his seed
on soil rot in proper condition, and 80
! tsil Of a good crop, or he may raise a
+ good crop and have no market, or he may
b SO crowded with work as not to be
able to give it the proper attention at the
critical time.
My name Of laying out q farm is
this In a book | write the name OF each
field, and the different crops for which
the soil by its nature and present con.
dition with the fertilizers which | can
put on it, is best adapted also the time
Of sowing and harvesting, with the
amount OF labor required and the
times of year it will Be needed. | then
compute, as nearly a | am able from
past experience and the condition
Of the market, the probable proceeds Of
each crop per acre, deducting cost Of seed
and labor. This will show which of all
the crops for which each field is adapted
will give the largest probable returns,
Having gone through with each field in
this way and decided what crop or crops
will give the largeS: net returns, | next
put them altogether, snd see how the
labor /. distributed, and how much grain
OF each Kind | am 10 SOW or plant. If
hud too much lsbor required at any one
season, / turn back to the pages contain.
ing the fields with the conflicting crups,
and ~leC. the best crop which will rem.
tdy The labor difficulty.
Much can he gained in the way OF
economy in farm lsbor by using the best
means and implements. Fall pl-wing Of
wet lands and surfsce draining vnen
needed, greatly facilitate esrly work in
the spring. New and improved tools sre
also 4 great advantage in doing work
quickly and economically. Farmers
often work year after year with old,
wOrnou. tools, When the eItrs crops
which could be ni~l with new labor.
saving implements in one year would pay
T for hSlfa dozen such tools. The neglect
Of c~ultyvst!n- hoAi crops, until the weeds
e: fairly rooted, not only Injuries the
crop, ha: aids greatly 10 the lsnor Of
caring ior it snd destroying the weeds.
Cultivation promotes esrll1eSs q well
IS growth, and partly supplies the place
ut manure, and. in lSying on. the vesrs
WORK, eveFy farmer should - careful no.
90 pui in ANYTHING which viii have to ~
neglected Better till FIVE scr@ well