The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13
TOPICS ZOE FARMERS.

1OPICS FOR FARMERS,
Successful Farming.-There are two
kinds of farming, viz, speciality farm
ing and general farming. General farm
ing consists in raising something of all
the staple products of the soil. This
kind of farming seldom fails of giving
man food enough and to spare; and,
as the world has it, he can make liv-
ing" thus engaged. If a man cares
simply for livelihood, or wisncs to
combine a little farming along with
some other business which he is pursu-
ing, general farming answers good pur-
pose for such man. But, if man de-
sires both living and income from the
farm alone, we would recommend him,
as the surest and safest way to secure
these things, to try speciality farming.
This kind of farming, as is well known,
consists in the selection of some one of
the staple products of the soil and Civ
ing the attention TO this alone. Now,
consider making specialties one of
the elements of successful farming. But
there is a deal of discrimination arising
because of the following reasons, which
are obvious to the general reader. Some
portions of our country are totally un-
fit for speciality farming. In such pcr-
tions nothing will grow in abundance,
but we can obtain a little of nearly
everything. In such localities general
farming seems necessity, and will, in
deed, give man living Again, some
men are so situated that a certain
amount of general farming is all that is
necessary. General farming is suited to
certain localities, and to certain men,
namely, to those localities where the
soil is of a varied character-of many
kinds, with no chemical element in such
abundance as to warrant any heightened
and extensive production of any one
thing; and to those men who are uncon-
cerned as to whether they make money
fast or not, or to those who farm in con-
nection with some other avocation. Spe-
cialty farming belongs to those localities
where particular thing can be grown
TO advantage, and more especially to
those men who wish to make farming
their sole avocation, and get the most
they can out of it. With proper dis
elimination, then, specially farming
may be placed among our elements of
successful farming, as inferior to none of
them. If a man is pursuing specialties,
he can at the same time grow enough of
the other staple products for the de-
mands of his family; and no farmer,
whatever else he. may do, should fail of
having large garden, and taking good
care of it, He will find it half his living,
surely.
Breeding Stock on the Farm.-Says
the Rural NeaO Yorker: In view of the
market for choice stock lately thrown
open to our farmers by the exportat on
of cattle and meat to Europe, it be-
hooves them to pay increased attention
to the raising of superior animals on the
farm A late report on the American
meat trade, by Professor Sheldon, of the
Cirincester Agricultural College, Eng
land, after furnishing mass of informa-
ton on the subject, comes to the con-
clusion that, despite some fluctuations,
the dead meat trade will rapidly in
crease, and that appliances for its sue
cessful management will be multiplied
here and in Europe. The profits of the
traffic will be in a great measure pro-
portionate to the excellence of the pro-
duet, and the limit to the quantity ship
ped will be the stowage capacity of YES
sells crossing the Atlantic; for, owing to
the falling off in our imports, the num-
Der of ships engaged in the transatlantic
trade will be too small to afford room for
a large export of meat together with
other merchandise without advancing the
freight to a figure that will prohibit
further expectation.
The experience of many thriving
farmers all over the country, proves
that better run of animals is obtained
by breeding them on the farm than by
purchasing them. More care is bestowed
in selecting the likely offsprings of tried
animals; they will 60 on fattening more
rapidly and uniformly than strangers
picked up here and there, for it takes
some time before these get acquainted
and become content enough to lay on
flesh kindly in their new home; and
moreover, the tendency of prices for
young stock is upwards, and the proba-
bility is very strong that ere long it will
not pay farmers to go into the market
for young animals. In any case, it is,
as a rule, more profitable to breed the
stock one handles than to purchase it.