The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-30

A CHEAT many men throughout the
country are going back 10 farming
this year. and an unusual number Of
Young men are looking ont for starr
IL the same business The reports that
come from the West Of 4 revival Of the
oid-time inpouring ~ new settlers and
the accounts Of the taking up Of old
farms in New England. are among the
best signs Of the times II the new
farmers vii only start right. and then
stick 20 II. their success NAV be insured
n advance Want Of foresight in cho0s-
ing. and stability o. purpose and Effort
are at the bottom Of halt the failures IN
farming. for II il even more disastrous
for = farmer to make sudden and radl-
cal changes in his business plans than
20 s.puz ali his eggs in one basket" by
| depending on one crop The farmer
who rctzfes~ from sheep 70 cows and
from cows to grain and from grain 70
fruit with every tinctuztion Of the mar
I ke;s. i pretty sure TO get in one crop
1 that he cant = r1ise--a mortgage
4 Every farm il better adapted 20 some
I industries than 70 Others II the land
I i Low and springy and cold foot rot o.
| other diseases will take the profits OF
OF sheep If there i not plenty II pure
cold water and p1sturage specially
adapted 70 cows in is chemical charac-
tcristics. and that does not shrivel UP
by the end Of July. dairying viii not
prosper II the grain-producing ele-
menfs In the soil are exhausted or in
sect enemies OF climatic influences in
terfere- grain crops will fail II fruit
trees must stand -.uith their feet in
water owing to = lack Of drainage.
orchards will prove disappointing.
Then again. men are Is different a.
their farms. Some have Just the knack
4 to bring together dairy II cows. near
~ every one Of which shall Be : good
! mixer. and BY gentle. clean provid-
cnt management secure large returns
for the best Of products Another has
the faculty Of having his land. his seed,
his fertilizers. his times and seasons,
, lust right 10 coax fields Of waving grain
I from the soil Another VIII have 4
flock Of sheep. every one Of which looks
. as though bred 10 enter for the pre-
MUM NJ the County Fair. Still ano;h
! cr will plant and prune and shape a.
; orchard u half-a-thousand apple trees
: 20 that they shall Al stand uniform
: smooth. symmetrical. yielding just sncl
\ apples in just such quantities as h
T planned when he bought the trees from
: the nursery The point i. that ever.
man. in farming ~ in other cccnpa
h tions.s should ascertain what his com
b bined inward forces and outward cir
: cum-tances viii enable him to do best
. and do that As rule. diversife'
{ farming il the best except IN localitie
Z pre-eminenfly adapted % one branch
c like the dairy regions II New York o
q the natural grain-tieds Of the West
! A snug little orchard. fields II grain
e grass. corn and root crops; manage
u able drove II cows or sheep; pair Q
e choice breeding mares. pen If goo
= hogs: = yard Of pOultrv. some extr
II crops TO experiment on--this old-fasf
A. ioned method l. about the safest an
+ most comfortable after all For So
cialfies require special knowledge An
special conditions Of success. They Al
Ike onelegged milking stool--can'
H. stand alone. while varied farming ha
= various supports - Golden Rule