The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-01-16
TERxs or ;a0vEREx5ENG.
PROFITABLE FARMING.
From the Virginia Rural Messenger. ]

From the virginia hnrai Messenger.
How 10 .arm with p:o6t to ones. self l. a
very necessary piece nt information, ior
profit In the proot ot ssreess. Let Us lake
y hrirf practical view of the subject F..
prntt il farming comes iron growing
urge cr,ps On small areas The cost oi
frrlillEe,s and labnr for small field Is less
than that for large one, ana leaves vi
der margin ioF pioft, o. course II vue has
the maa ! 10 till aud manure the larger u
rea properly. and will do II. IL will pay as
we'll or better. IN proportion. than the
sm4ller hut ~ MANY attrmpt u. vhu from
,ass sans, or another. fail 10 do the wax
rn the large ARA as IL shpall be ts.ne. til,i
il il sale. u general rule To say there IL
lao profit in culrivating large fields Many
IL large icld j. put into small harII. e.
A farmer dues mot realize much muney
from fifteen bushels Of wheat or corn 20 the
acre. hnt if lie gets ,hlrt, there i 4 mar~
yin Tor pro6l. Is il not decidedly the best
pulley to 70 I'LL aud iertillzs the small Geld
y, 10 bring il up to the latter standard, or
higher. We think you will admit the
truth IS this without question .z .~==r
Yet there are nan, farmers whose ciops
fall heL,w even the pittauce Vi fifteen bu-
shells 10 the acre. Now, what is the cause
of IL. l. il n,,t hecause m"st men attempt
90 cultivate too much land or. because
they txpec, To reap \ large reward frum
tao little labor?
Ha farmer knows be Is losing every
wear, and knows how to prevent j.. 1T
iakes uu proper step 10 pie'ent II, whsis .
"a he thought Of MIN as q business mat.
rer2 or. whom esp he blan II he falls {
last int y,eruniary disgrace! SIsy. il II
,Lan labvrs hard isT d,zen years Or mure
he ought 10 have something to show for IL.
ard il he dnes MT there is something wrung
Yet many toll bard all their lives aud ale
little better 90 at the La, than when th, y
started, This is nat profitable farming.
Such men say that :hey have made liv-
ing and surpurted their families. aud ifthey
have done - without becoming involved in
debt, that is something: but onght they TO
lave been sati>hed with this! II By bet
ter management they epuld have increased
the products Of their farms 6fty or hun
dred fold. ought they not TO have done II I:
Now, we believe that fair compensa-
tiou il within the reach Of every man who
has = farm Of his own. aud will manage il
as he should. We insist that there is a
troit IN farming--pct large one. perhaps.
bur still pro6t--if people would get oa'
~ This ruiuous habit Of euliiyating tOu
much land for their means. Let them enn.
centrate their energies and means on 4
smaller area, and see ifthey do not do bet
ter than By the old eourse. -
There are two things that tend in large
degree to produce this general poverty q.
morg farmers. Too many Of them are rul.
tivatIbp rented lands. which they take nc
pains 10 improve. because they have no 10
ierest therein except the immediate erop
and too many undertake to work with I'm.
plemenis and means utterly unit Cor any
pnrpnse - profitable hushanJry. We who
lives by the land must make the land IT,
sell alive--aliye with fatness for his crops.
TIE area o. land that farmer can put %
this condition is limited unless he has . for
time a command. !. Is best. therefore.
for most men TO eoncentrate their force on
small areas Ind aim BY good iillsge and
management ~ take larger crops thereirom.
This j. the only certain plan 20 secure .
prof, from farming. How to do this cer-
iainly aud efFectuslIy ought to be the con.
slant study aud labor Of every man shC
wishes Or expects 10 be paid for bis work.