The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19
SOUTHERN FARM AND ZONE.
Increasing the Resource. OF the Farm.


1t is presumed that farmers as gen.
ersl thing Sdopt plans which will insure
The best results from the means which
they have at their command. The FIRST
step toward successful farming is 20 have
well mstured plans of operation and TO
systematic all farm work. Order should
be strictly observed, saving much time
No time is spent by good farmer in
hunting up what he wants to use, or re-
pairing some machine or tool, everything
having been done at the proper time.
He has his grain and early-cut hay
safely stored in the barn at the earliest
suitable time. 1t does not pay to have
more land than you have labor to bestow
upon it. Land left without csre viii
not pay its own expenses, which must
be paid out of the profits of the i'm.
proved land; and the more you have OF
unproductive land, the less your balance
sheet will show.
Instead of blowing uD exhausted
meadows, put on q top>dressing of ms
nure or fertilizers, which will soon bring
them up to 3 paying condition, thus
saving. the expense OF breaking up, ma
nuriDg and re-seeding.1 Rather plow,
level. and clear off the surface stones of
some unreclaimed portion of the farm,
put in crop which viii nearly or quite
pay the expense, snd thereafter you viii
have 8 field giving handsome profit,
equal TO your best cultivated land, and
costing only trifiH mere perhaps than
blowing up the smooth meadow. But
you may say you have more cleared up
now than you have manure to keep up
poor pastures, without some kind OF
e1tilizers, will grow up sgsin the same
as before, and the labor is lost. answer
that you must make more manure. You
have the materials in some swamp or
muck hole. The swamp when cleared
off makes an inexhsustible meadow, and
the muck both contain is a mine OF
wealth to draw on st pleasure. To
throw out the muck to drain and dry
does not require great amount of
labor, 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 sbsorbant in the stable,
hegNpen, hen.house and privy, you will
be astonished at the additional quantity
OF manure you have made. Large crops
are always dependent on manure.
The muck can be used independently
OF stable manure by composing it with
mixture of lime and ashes. Of the
latter is not TO be had substitute potash
in its stead, and you have a fertilizer
nearly, il not equal to, stable manure.
Ii you have not the labor or means st
your command, borrow $50 or 800; hire
some one to 10 throw out the muck and
prepare it for use The increase in
crops viii soon pay back the principal
and interest, ana you will soon be much
ahead. In this there is mucn more
safety than in engaging in trying new
crops, fuctusting in value from year 10
year. Much OF cur woodland does not
pay because it Is unpEoductive. Unless
covered with valuable timber it is not
only dead capital, but an annual expense
to the amount of interest and taxes,
which comes ont of the profits OF the
farm. This may be overlooked by
many. l. you have not the means to
clear up this woodland, it would be
better TO sell of part, take the proceeds
and clear the balance, or even give it
away rather than keep it at an annual
expense of two dollars per acre, more OF
less.
1t does not pay to allow the roadsides.
the fence corners or pastures to grow up
with brisrs, weeds. etc. A little labor
expended in moving them once or twice
at the proper time august is considered
the best) will exterminate them. Visit
ing the village as often as many do does
not pay. Time is money. Each trip
consumes the greater portion OF the day.
Cut down these visits, and devote the
time to Improvements on the farm, and
in making it more productive, and in
short time the visible change will be
pleasing and profitable. - [Chenango
Co., n. Y, Cor. Country Gentleman.