The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-03-27
Irnrm, Homo, ~ e.
DO Not Let the Farm.

f,rnr's capittl; on this d,pendi
largely his su,ces, or failure, and his
gres' asxicty should be how b,st tc
keep u up to the highest point, u
tho least expense. It is a vel
known fact that it is much easier I,
Keep u up A. we go along. than, nf
ter il has been allowed TO run down
TO make spasmolic eGJr:s I, restore
is former vigor. 1t dces oct pay tu
raise anal crops OF any kind me-
diun crops may just pay expenses
while that part Of u large crop wbic'
10 10 excess Of the medium crop l.
nearly NIL profit. Hence we know
where 10 look for our profit, and
study TO devise tho best m. ans o
enriching our lands ut the least ex
p"nse. There arc several ways sug
grsted. One man feeds stock
another ploughs clover under
aoothsr buys commercial fertilizers.
Tue western man uses up ali the fer
lily sf the soil, aud then goes farther
g rep ,at the process. / have seen
son ,thiny OF, this system, having
known lands in Central /llionois
Few years ago produced one hun
Died bu'hels Of ear Of cJr,, aud
which now produces but eighteen
bushels 10 a favorable season. They
tell us that this sill will mover wear
out I know OF none that wears out
quicker. The same is the case il,
our eastern s'ates. Tho writer was
on some New England farms soue
months sgo, that had once been the
home Of thrifty bu. imrrovident peo-
pie. The life Of the land was gono
families we're separated, aud there
was a dull prospect for young man
TO b'gio life on such an impoverished d
farm, 81 these bright boys from the
New Enylnnd billsid,s seek ether
and more lucrative avoca,ions. They
srs full Of energy and vitality, Injured
to the rigor Of tho climate, aud the
rough, hard laod. Agriculture can.
not afford 10 sacrifice such men. II
farmers wish to keep their sons at
home, they must keep up tile fertility
OF the soil. Stock feeding is one Of
the most important branches Of farm.
ing. and requires ttidch judgment,
caro- and attention. A prominent
man said that to be successful with
flowers you must love flowers, and ss
to bs successful with stock you must
love stock. The venerable John
Johnston once told the writer that
bs owed his fortune aud his reputa-
tion Is farmer to one pile Of ma-
nure. While poor and in debt he
bought an adjoining fifty acres on
which there was an old barnyard
containing su accumulation Of tweu.
" three years manure. He found it
to be mine of wealth. Ile applied
IL TO his crops which 10 turn gave
great returns, and this not only gave
him uotoriets asa good cultivator,
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 l., stock and
made another great qnaoti'y Of valu-
able manure, and SO on, year after year.
Nj. Johnston has fed thousanis OF
sheep aud vast numbers Of cattle.
1t has been stated that in eighteen
years OF sheep feeding, buying 10 the
fall aud selling In the winter Or
spring, ho never but once failcd in
getting pay for bis feed, ani Q hand
some profit oH the investment. Thi.
shows that his judgment must have
been superior, aud that the stock lad
his pcrsonal pnd undivided attention.
A wealthy stock farmer in Penu.yl-
vania once told tho writer that ono
drove Of catilo will half feed the
next: meaning that by sppIying
the manure from ono lot Of cattle to
the ground intended Tor coro, the
crop would be much larger. and that
this increased yield would cost almost
nothing, while tho extra burden Of
stalks World certainly make tie
increase donation year after year.
After the farm has become rch lt
Gusts almost nothing to feed stock,
~ they will live on the surplus. !
bslisvs it costs thirty cents per bas-
to raise corn, when you only raise
my bushels of ears TO the acre, but
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