The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-12-30

6sdwhess fhrns ofSfws q fhres M
dfed aeres, thoagA s<An are roaDy hroe,l
lots OF men are notsatls1sd u thsy
have : farm Of at Ieast thsss handfed
acres, and then thsy want TO ON Mths
land adjoining them. Bat - sd hFns
how many acFes Of rsally waste I'D N
proaSltivs "a ialposs yos, thsss hs|
And how much better ~ many saeh
farmers would be, did they not havs to
go over. - mnch llahdl ~ & d1ere.t
crops, and really small proAts, but ia-
stead, had smaller and better csltivs-
ted farms. 1t IL not always TIE large
farms and the largo farmers that pay
the best, or that show the greatest 70
turns. There are hundreds Of localities
in New England where any4ll far'1e are
desirable. where they an be msse ID
vantageously handled thaa large oaes,
where greater prosperity would come
to the farmers from such system Of
farming - would naturally follow, II
small farms were common.
Understanding, lhen, dr.t Of IN, that
the man in fitting for small farm, what
docs Is eGer In the way Of advantages
It demands economy, clean culture, she
occupation aud profitable improvement
Of every rod Of land, and the personal
oversight Of the business. What does
man get on fifty acres Of land? Fiji
teen acres in permanent meadow, - u
, called, tor moving. This win yield
thirty tons Of hay. It may seem ex-
travagants but when it is remembered
that OF many large farms now that arc
higlllymanured in spots, two or even
three tons is not an unsommou yield, 1t
is very safe to reckon on this crop. In
fact, we know Of many small faams
which cut on an average two tons OF hay
per acre. Pot down, then, thirty, tons
of hay. Next, twenty acres in pastur-
age. THIS may be more than is nccessa-
~ for the stoch which q farm Of this
size will carry /; for with = system Of soil
ing or partial soiling the area for pas
turage could be much reduced, Next,
Ave acres Of arabic land tvs fur wheat,
one for corn, one for potatoes, and one
for carly crops, vegetable garden. etc.
| Ii the location 10 one near to good lo-
cal market, where what il called gar
den truck" or small fruits find . ready
sale, more land may proatrbiy be do
voted to these last-uamed crops, and
less TO grain or the hoed crops Of the
Geld. This n,ust be decided By the cir
cumstances of location, nearness T. mar
ket, etc. There are left our farm Of ff.
" acres, ten acres for . w0od-lot, and
this, II Of good heavy growth and care-
fully managed, win be sfncent for the
demands of q small FIRMLY. Or, linear
. town, or ON farm where landis too
valuable for purposes OF growing fuel,
the ten acres we have reserved as wood.
lot may be depended upon, put into 9th
er crops, to provide wood or coal fol
the yearly wants ofs family.
i On this farm Of fifty acres may ye kept
on horse, heavy enough for some farm
work and Of good style for family rid.
ing; or two horses, Necessary. There
may be kept eight cows, six shoals and
twenty-yve hens. This stock will yield
sufIicent dressing for abuudantly M
nuring the twenty. acres in CROP
aud moving, once in five years. From
the wheat, corn, potatoes and pardon, q
sufficient amount of crops AID fruit may
. be grown for the wants Of an average
FIRMLY. There will be ten tons of hay e
be sold annually, which may be carried
from the farm without injury 30 long u
plenty of manure is used and the land
well kept up by a short rotation. 1t viii
be an easy matter foa our readers, dur
ing one Of these evenings Of early au
tnmp II figure out for themselves, In &C
cordancc with theiF own ideas OF cos
Of living and cost Of carrying on thu
farm, as well rs OF the profits TO be ex
prcted from its management and sc'
, which way the balance will appear.
We have only limited, in abis article
Of the most general features Of . small
farM. For various PERSONS we lcav'
QUA readers 10 think out others TO
themselves, aud 10 draw theiv avn con
illusions from this brief outline. Th'
fact is, the capacity of fifty7acrc farm
put to test, well rnanured, well man
aged aud CAREFULLY husbaudcd, has new
or been fully appreciated. Farmer
who have felt delighted at the thought
of owning q largh farm, three-foursh
of which has actually been waste ban'
and who have thought no one coul'
get q living from fifty acres; do no
really know In what profitable farming
!. consists. They have yet to leasw 4 fey
simple lessons in profitable farming an'
the nature OF those solid comfort
which come from
> A little farm well titled.