The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-06-26
SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME.


IncreaSInE the Resources oT she Earna.
Il is presumed that farmers "a q gen.
eral thing adopt plans which will insure
The best results from the ls.esns which
they have at their command. The first
step toward successful farming is to have
well insured plsns of operation and to
systematlze eli farm work. Order should
oe strictly observed, saving much ;imA
NO time is spent by a good farmer IN
nupt-ng up what he wants to use. or re-
pairing some machine or tool, everything
1aving been done at the proper time
ne has his grain and early-cut hay
safely stored in the barn at the earliest
suitable time. 1t does not paw to have
more land than you have labor to bestow
upon It. Land left without care will
not pay Its own expenses, which must
De paid out OF the profits of the inn.
proved land and the more you have of
unproductive land, tie less your balance
sheet will show.
Instead OF blowing up exhausted
mea'1Hws, put on q toP~dresslng of ma
nEre or fertilizers, which will soon bring
them up to a paying condition, thus
saving the expense OF breaking up, ma
nurlng and Te-seeding Rather piow.
level, and clear off the surface stones of
n.
put 10 crop which viii nearly or quite
pay the expense, and thereafter you will
have field giving a handsome profit.
equal 70 your best cultivated land, and
costing only trifie mere perhaps than
ploWing up the smooth meadow. But
you may say you have more cleared IN
now than you have manure to keep up
poor pastures, without some kind ri
2eftlllzerss will grow up again the same
as before, and the labor is lost. I anRwer
that you must make more manure. You
have the materials in some swami or
muck hole. The swamp when cleared
on makes an inexhsustible meadow. and
the muck both contain is a mine of
wealth to draw on at pleasure To
throw out the muck to drain and drv
does not require a great amount of
Aahor IN proportion to the quantity and
value thrown up. When dried by ex-
Posure to the sun and air, put it under
cover, and with free use without stint.
as litter and absorbant IN the stable
hegNpen, hen'hOuse and privy, you will
be astonisbsd at the additional Quantity
OF manUre you have made. Large CROPS
are always dependent on manure.
1he muck can be used independently
OF stable manure by composing it with
latter is not to be had substitute potash
in its STEADY. and you have a fertilizer
nearly, not equal to, stable manure
IL you have not the labor or means at
your command, borrow $50 or S1OO; hire
some one 70 to throw out the muck and
prepare it for use. The increase in
crops will soon pay back the principal
and interest, snd you will soon be much
ahead. In this there is nue. more
safety than in engaging in trying new
crops, huctuating in value from wear to
year. Much OF our woodland does not
pay because il is unproductive. Unless
covered with valuable timber it is not
only dead capital, but an annual expense
to the amount of interest and taxes.
which comes OFT of the Profits OF the
farm. This may be overlooked by
many you have not the means to
clear up this woodland, it would be
petteI 20 sell off part, take the proceeds
and clear the balance, or even give it
away athrr than keep it at an annual
expen'e OF two dollars per acre, more OF
less.
1t does not pay to allow the roadsides,
the fence corners or pastures to grow Ut
with briars, weeds, etc. A little labor
expended In moving them once OF twice
at the proper time august is considered
the best) will exUeTminate them. Visit.
Ing the village as often as many do does
not pay. Time is money Each -triE
consumes the greater portion the day
Gut down these visits, and devote the
time to Improvements on the farm, anc
IN making it more productive, and in 8
short time the visible change will b,
pleasing and profitable - ChenangC
Co., N. Y, Cor Country Gentleman.