, 1881-03-12
D;r.s.isv Of Produces.

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cause come uneasiness in the minds OF
penple most interested, and it Is begin
ming 70 be- . serious question as to
whe,he. tie lands so used cannot be uli-
I'd TO better advantage in the cultivation
OF other crops Ii time and labor can De
more prchtably expended IN change OF
crovs. il becomes the duty OF the farmers
to study the situation in their own 'nses'
est, As i. is barely possible that with
succession Of good years, n"re wheat VIII
be raised thzn the people can possioiy
consume, even with liberal demand for
the same in foreign markets.
Diversity of products has become so
essential 10 the prosperity of our farming
community, tha, no apology is necessary
for keeping the subject constantly before
our readers.
Year by year, the country is becoming
more and moro thichly settled, and the
once unlimited stock range more con-
tracted. And, as We are rapidly attain
ing the population Of older settled con-
munities, it behooves us TO practice the
methods by which the thrifty, even IN
thickly srttlrd districts, reach lnde-
p.pdenc. and even opulence.
Wheat is and will continue to be our
staple product, and every attention should
ne bestowed by our farmers to producing
IT,. best quality and putting 1t Oil the
market in tn cleanest and best possible
condition. The expense Of transportation
makes it doubly necessary that all foreign
matter should be cleaned from the wheat,
for no farmer can afford 70 pay for trans
,ort;n- ar. - ihe s.aboard. The expense
Of raising, threshing, sacking and market
ius wheat leaves a very small margin for
proft-or it MY be better to say. pays
the farmer very poorly for his time-eon-
seouently, he must look to othe; pro-
duct. in which there is money, or, at
least, should raise only what wheat is
needed at home, and retain the money
here thai is nov sent abroad to pay for
articles Of food that can as easily be pro-
duced here IS elsewhere.
Strange as it may seem, We are now
sending to California for such articles as
bacon, hams, lard, butter, cheese and
canned fruits, and to Oregon for apple
butter and sauer kraut.
Lsit not shameful that in this favored
land, where every grain, fruit and vegeta.
bic, adapted to the temperate zone, can
be grown, if proper care is taken, yet We
import the commonest neoessaries OF htel
We advise our farmers for their own
interests to consider this matter carefully
and should it be within the province Of
the Agricultural Society, We think 1t
would he eminently proper for it to con.
slider the subject and make such recon-.
mendations as may be deemed proper.
With wheat a. the present ruling price,
could a part Of each mans crop have
been more prc6tAbly disposed than by
putting it into hogsl II our farmers had
raised meat sufficient for their own con-
sumption, and each one had q few fat
hogs, surplus, to market. We would not
now be sending money to San Francisco
for bacon.
It 4 not imprss.ieabilities that We are
talking about. Every farmer can do this
mend for their own sakes that they do try.
The butter business tco-try that. Our
people do not make enough for home
consumption, yet We believe thst nice
little purse of money can be easily made
by every farmers wife each year, by pay.
ing attention to her dairy.
Roots should receive much attention.
Whenever water can be had for little r.
rieation, beets and carrots will grow to
perfection; twenty tons to the acre, we
know, can be raised, and there is no bet
tar food than beets for cattle, and carrots
for horses. Had there been more roots
grown last year, there would not be 81
many murrain hides for sale this spring.
Fur milk producing food, these vegetables
are good COWS fed on them will yield
good aow all winter; steers can be we'll
fattened On them, and fat beef in March
will fetch good price in any country.
Try roots; put in an acre of them at all
evenls: FIVE will be better, but try an acre
and you will be glad of it. All your stock
will thrive on roots, from the chickens up
to the children; beets and carrots can be
planted in drills far enough apart to be
worked by horse, so after the thinning
is done, the work is not tedious 1t is
claimed by some that the roots can be left
standing where they grow, and only taken
up when wanted.
The growing and canning Of fruits
should receive the attention of every far
mer's family. A portion of tie family
can well be employed, during the season.
at this work. If the master will plant
the garden and orchard, the mistress viii
generally look after it and attend to the
canning Many farmers think they have
not time to attend to the garden, but We
do not remember having nodced that
the farm Was badly tended where there
was good garden.
There are many other suggestions that
could be made in this connection, but
this is not the last time our readers will
hear from Us on this subject. What We
want is to awaken our farmers to the fact
that change in the method of farming
has become an imperative necessity.
ASorHER BooH-The n. P. railroad COM