The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-06-17
FARM NOTES.

A POOR farmer, even on good land,
can not grow good crop OF corn;
whereas, good farmer, on poorish land,
may succeed in producing fair yield OF
corn. Ole can always rate farmer at
his exact value by seeing his corn-feld
any time between April and November.
Farm Journal
A PENNSYLVANIA farmer took the small
est potatoes he could find and planted
them, with admirable results. He then
selected the smallest from the smallest
the next year, and planted them, and
obtained about double the quantity
planted. The third year he ran the ex-
pertinent into the ground, and left ii
there, the potatoes not being worth Dig
ging. Journal.
In SETTING hens, IL is very important 10
provide dry earth, or some good substi-
tute, in the bottom of the box or barrel.
Quantities of chickens are counted on
that never hatch, every spring, for want
of little common sense in this very
thing. A simple nest of hay or shavings
on bare floor will not answer. The
hen who steals her nest knows how to
do it, and hatch ten out of every dozen
eggs Provide something to hold the
heat under the eggs while the hen leaves
the nest to feed, and make it easy for the
hen to supply her wants without absent.
ing herself too long from the nest.-Io,cn
Homestead
"A WRITER in the american Ag icut.
t,iriSt speaks in the highest terms OF the
double white lowered horse-chestnut, as
shade tree. Its bloom is q great at
traction, and its foliage unsurpassed by
any ornamental shade tree in this eli
mate. Not bearing any fruit, it is con-
sequently clean tree. For lawns OF
street shade it is unsurpassed, as it in.
variably grows in a beautiful shape
without trimming. Indeed, its symmetry
is one of its chief beauties. A proper
consideration of its merits will induce
amateurs and others to employ it oftenei
in the characterization OF public and
private grounds.
On CLovER.-An experiment was made
on the Michigan State Agricultural Farm
showing the result of sowing plaster on
grass land, In comparison with other fer.
tilizers, which We applied one year only,
and the grass carefully weighed the fol
lowing three seasons, with the following
results: On the plat to which no manure
or fertilizer was applied, the total weight
of hay yielded per acre was 8, TAO pounds
Where two bushels of plaster per acre
were applied, the yield per acre was 49,.
226 pounds, a gain of 4,4S4 pounds
Where five bushels of wood ashes were
applied, the yield per acre was II, 007
pounds, a gain of 4, l65 pounds. Where
twenty loads of horse manure were laic
on, the yield was IA, CSC pounds, a gain
of 6,224 pounds. From this it appears
that two bushels of plaster produced
over two-thirds as much increase rs
twenty loads of horse manure, worth ter
times as much as the plaster cost. Ole
pasture fields can often be made to pro
duce luxuriant grasses by the use OF
plaster; but all lands are not equally
benefited by its application.
UNIFORM PROFITS OF FARMING. i have
recently had occasion to examine some
farm accounts which have been kept fif.
teen years, some notes from which
send you, which show the uniformity OF
profit of the farm, and the stability Of
the business The farm contains 2O(
acres, besides sufficient woodland, anG
the price of it fifty years ago was $40, 600
The present owner. who inherited n small
part of it, was TO have it at that price il
he could pay for it. The price of the
stock and tools of the farm was 81, 1872,
so the capital invested was S11, 1872. The
accounts have evidently been kept with
accuracy and i'll proper manner, giving
all the income of the farm, whether from
sales or from use by the family of the
owner, and giving all the expenses of the
farm, whether from sales or from use by
the family of the owner, and giving al
the expenses of the farm-not of the
family-including the cost of boarding
the laborers. Itappears that from 1881 t.
1841 (the first ten years, the average me-
annual income was 81, 150.51. For the
second period of ten years the annua
net income was nearly the same. From
1851 to 1861 it was 81 $40. AZ; from 1861
to 1871 it was $2,259.S9 and from 1871
to 1881 1t was 81 ,261. 81. 1t does not APP
pear that there was variation of more
than twenty-five per cent. above or be
low the average i'll any ten years. Il
shows that in the first twenty years the
net income or profit of the farm was al
most exactly ten per cent. on the capita
invested, besides any increase in the
value of the land. In the last twenty
years the net annual income has beer
ten per cent. on 800, COS. 67, which would
be considered full valuation of the land
stock and implements. 1t must be con.
sidered, i'll looking at the value of the
investment, that money at the begin.
ming was at seven per cent, and now OF
five per cent?, IN Country Gen
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