St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-24
FIFTEEN ACHES ENOUGH.

farm of CSC acres, conducted under
what is usually known as the inten-
sive or "bigh farming" system
Were it even desirable for every one
who has the capacity to engage in|
farming upon as extensive o scale|
as that above mentioned, compare
lively few possess the means. With
the superabundance of idle and va
cant lands to be found almost every
where throughout our country ;.
every farmer can become the owner
of a small tract of land, and With
good health, and tae exercise of
proper industry and economy, by
adopting a judicious system of @ix-
ed husbandry, can surround himself
and family with the necessaries and
conveniences of life, and secure a
competency superior in every respect
to tina: enjoyed by the average cot
ton raiser" This can be done with
out placing himself under the ha-
initiating necessity of asking the
merchant 20 run him. upon the faith
of the incoming cotton crop. and q
mortgage upon every thing earthly
le may possess except the wife OF
his bosom and the pledge OF their
love. We will illustrate by taking
a family of five persons and a farm
of fifteen acres. Presuming that
the land IS of fair quality and that
the farm has the usual outfit, horse,
farming implements, etc, and that
the owner possesses ''brain az well
as bacon" sufficient to direct in the
highest culture each crop he may
plant We give the following as the
approximate result:
5 acres of corn should yield %
bushels per acre, or 125 bushels, be-
sides 1000 pounds of fodder and "a
bushels of peas.
3 acres in oats should yield 4(
bushels per acre, or 120 bushels.
q acres in wheat (rust-proof,
should yield 37l bushels CT six bar.
rels flour, besides the shorts and
bran.
! acre in sweet potatoes should
yield 81 bushels.
aof an acre Irish potatoes shoule
yield Is bushels.
/ Of an acre in sugar cane shoule
yield 40 gallons syrup and 200 TBS
sugar.
/ acre of clover and.grass for ha.
always q success.
l acre in an orchard of selecte:
! fruits.
l acre in garden. with vegetables
Strawberries. tobacco, etc.
The above is no fancy picture
not simply theory, but, with the ex
ceptionlof wheat" is demonstrates
10y practical tests in our midst iron
year to year, in every article named
(There is much of our land that vii
not produce wheat, and where tn
land is unsuited another crop ca
be substituted with equal profit
One good COW will give 500 gallon
milk per annum, and allowing l
quarts of milk to the pound WI
give go pounds of butter durin
the year. Thirty hens will produc
at low estimate, 200 or 800 chick
per year. Five hogs, getting on
/. quart of meal per day, or As bushel
d total per year, together with til
fallen fruit gleanings from the slut
BILE fields, kitchen Stops, etc, vi
, produce more meat than two sue
n families could consume. Three be
hiyes-taking Mr.. James Moore
exanple-will yield IS pounds {
e honey.
: The horse, if stabbed all the tim,
1 and is not allowed to Craze, Wi
consume IS of the 125 bushels {
corn, and 1900 Tbs. Of hay. Nearl
81 yone-third of this amount can, how
) ever, be saved by pasturage an
: feeding green muck of the green an
) other stuff grown on the place tt;
would otherwise go to waste. Shee
goats. pigs, aud other cattle beside
the mich cow, could be kept wi:
u little expense by allowing them
III run and sabsist upon the common
III or range which usually surrour
every farmer. The above figur,
are based upon experience of sou
a Of the most practical and successf
ii farmers os the South, and the pi
~ ture of independence. healtbfulnes
! contentment, happiness and thri
thus presented. should certainly a
tract the attention of the toiliI
& masses. who have SO long followt
q the all cotton policy. There is 1
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