The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-03-27

Do Not Let the Farm.

ssheosy usS Su'CoSN W ih'utcs auu his
great anxiety should be how b,st to
keep u up to the highest point, u,
tho least expense. IL is vel,
known fact that it is much easier to
Keep IL up a, we go along, thao. nf.
ter IL has been allowed to run down,
TO make spasmolic eff,r.s t, restore
its former viaor. l, dces oct pay ~
raise s,na'l crops Of any kind me-
dium crops may just pay expenses,
while that part Of II large crop which
10 10 excess Of the medium crop j.
nearly all profit. Hence we know
where 10 look for our profit. aud
study TO devise tho best m, ans oil
enriching our laods ut the least ex
p"nse. There arc several wsys sug.
gcsted. One man feeds STICK {;
another ploughs clover under
another buys commercial fertilizers.
Tue western nun uses up ali the fer
I lily Of the soil, snd then goes farther
g. ,at the process. have seen
s'm Sthiny OF, this system, having
known lands in Central /lliobois
. few years ago produced one hun
died bu' u'hels Of ear Of cjr,, aud
which now produces but eighteen
bushels 10 a favorable season. They
tell us that this sill will never wear
out I know Of none that wears out
quicker. The same is the case in
our enstern s'ates. Tho writer was
on some New England farms soce
months sg", that had once been the
home Of thrifty bu: imrrovident peo.
pie. The life Of the land was gono :;
families were separated, aud there
was dull prospect for young man
TO b'gin life on such an impoverished d
farm, 81 these bright boys from the
New Enslnnd hillsd,s seek ether
and more lucrative avocaiious. They
srs full Of energy and vitality, Injured
TO the rigor Of tho climate, and the
rough, hard luoi. Agriculture can
not afford 10 sacriiicc such men. III
farmers wish to keep their sons at
home, they must keep up tile fertility
Of the soil. Stock feeding one Of
the most important branches of farm
ing. and requires nidch judgment,
caro- and attention. A prominent
man said that to be successful with
flowers you must love flowers, and sa
to be successful with stock you must
love stock. The venerable John
Johnston once told tho writer that
bs owed his fortune aud bis reputa-
tion as q farmer to one pile of ma-
aure. While poor and in debt he
bought an adjoining Fifty acres on
which there was an old barnyard
containing an accumulation Of tweu
" three years manure. He found it
to be mine Of wealth. lie applied
IT to his crops which 10 turn gave |
great returns, and This not only gave
him potoriets asa good cultiva,or,
but gave bin credit with moueycd
men, who freely rendered him oil The
funds that he desired to buy stock
with. Alter securing sn immeuse
crop Of corn, ho fed it t, stock and
made another great quaoti'y of valu.
able manure, and SO on, year after year.
Mr.. Johnston has fol thousanis OF
sheep aud vast numbers Of cattle.
II has been stated that in eighteen
years OF sheep feeding, buyi 10 the
fall aud selliog In the winter Or
spring, he never but once failed in
getting pay for bis feed, ani hand
some profit o" the investment. This
shows that his judsnen, mus, have
been superior, aud that the stock lad
his personal ond undivided attention.
A wealthy stock farmer in Penn-yl-
vania once told tho writer that one
drove Of catIlo will half feed the /
next: meaning that by applying
the manure from ono lot Of cattle to
the ground intended for coro, the
crop would be much larger. and that
this increased yield would cost almost
nothing, while the extra burden Of
stalks World cer,aialy make TIE
increase donation year after year. |
After the farm has become rich u
Gusts almost nothing to feed stock,
- they will live on the surplus. /
believe It costs thirty cents per bhs-
to raise corn, when you only raise
hfty bushels of ears to the acre, but
wteu one hundred sni fifty. bushels
are raised, the cost is retuced to les,
than ton cents per busheL-W. N. Il. |
10 the Country Gen,l,mau.