The Osceola times., 1882-01-28
FOR THE FARMER.
Experience in Farming balancing Ac-
eounts-Agricultural Notes.
EXPERIENCE IN FARMING.

adopts level culture and another heaps
up his corn and his cotton and leaves
water furrow in the middle. One man
sows his oats in the fall, and another in
the spring. One man sub soils for plant
ing, and another says it is bad plan.
one man gets his seed wheat from Ken
lucky, and another gets it from South
ern Georgia, ard another sows his own
raising year after year. Well, it looks
as though these things ought to have
been settled by experience long ago. !
was talking to Col. Samuel Carter the
other day, tho largest wheat grower in
North Georgia, and he told me he always
sold his entire crop and sent down to
Americus for seed; that up in Ohio and
in the Northwest wheat was an eleven
months crop. 1t was sowed in Septem-
Der and reaped in August, and it was in
cline TO be late if sown down here; that
down in Sumpter it was a seven months
crop, and if sOwn up here it ripened
early and esca 3ed the rust. lie hardly
ever fails of making good crop. and is
satisfied that it is because he brslgs his
seed from farther south. Now. believe
that got my Dallas seed from Lincoln
county last year, and made twice as
much to the acre as did from some fine
Kentucky seed | sowed next toit. | be-
lieve we ought TO do the same way about
our seed corn, for then it would mature
a month earlier, and escape the July
drought, but don't think we ought to
plant the whole crop Of that kind, for
the drought may not come, and when
our native gourd seed corn does have
good seasons, ii will make more to the
acre than any other. think we ought
to SOW some oats in the fall and some in
the spring. Take a double chance for
everything so that if one fails the other
won't. Plow deep in shallow land, plow
shallow and level in cultiyating; use the
harrow and roller to pulverize; harrow
the corn and small grain frequently after
it comes up, using a light dressing har-
ROY, which any farmer can make for
himself If the winters frost spews up
the wheat land, roll it down again and
settle tender roots in their places. Sow
peas everywhere; they feed on air and
will renew the land. II you want a fine
crop of native grass, follow wheat with
wheat and the grass will come. II You
follow corn with wheat the rag weed
will come next, but you can NOW down
the rag weed before itmatures, and then
the grass viii follow right alter and give
a good crop in the carly fall. A good
grass crop costs nothing but the harvest
ing, aud is of more valne than the wheat
that preceded it. Sow clover at any
time when the ground is well prepared,
1t doesn't matter much what month
The best stand ! ever saw was sown in
April, but the winter months are better
as a general rule.
Now, these are some points that come
from my own experience. | have farm.
ed only Il few years and was at 6rst
right smar fool. ! planted some onion
sets on cotton seed, and the seed came
up and lifted the sets away up in the air.
heard that mushrooms were a splendid
vegetable, and I wrote to Atlanta for
some seed. thought that some cotton
rutarasc's '' 'Ts'iff Saiffa r"f yss4s Gsd, and that
But Pun learning from my ncigbOrs ard I
from Books, and folks don't laugh at me
like they used to. | know that hpifer
calves make the best milk cows StiU
we are all powerfully bahind. A man
told me the other day he had lost three
cows in one week from eating pea vine /
roots, and another man said he lost all
his fattening hogs one fall from turning
'em on q pea field The roots killed iem.
Well, now you see don't know whcth-
err that is so or not, and | want more
light. A man told me that broom sage
when cut young and green made the
finest hay in the world, and don't know
about that. The trouble about sll such
things is that If n man goes to expert
menting to find out the truth, he puts
his stock in peril, and the first thing lac
knows he hasn't got anything left but
experience. Well, we are going to keep
on diggin. and observing, and maybe by
the time a fello., gets old enough to lay
down and die, he will know right smart
about his business.-Bill Arp.
BALANCING ACCOUNTS.
Every man, whatevermay be his bust
ness or condition, should at least once a
year ascertain as nearly as possible the
value OF his property, and an effort
should he made to settle all open ac-
counts as often as once year once Il
month is better.
The first of January coming at a season
Of the year when the farmer has more
leisure, it is a good time for him to look
over his accounts and collect and pay
| his bills as far as possible. Long un-
settled accounts often lead to hard feel e
ings, hard words, and the seyering of
| friendship; il is, therefore, best to settle
accounts often, even if the balance can.
not be paid. II one must owe it is better
to owe it to one or two persons than to
owe it to large numbers in small unset
tied accounts.
There are many advantages TO a ma
TO know, at least once year Just how
much he owes, and how much he has
owing to him, and also if his property
has dimin ished or iuCrea ed, during the
wear; if he finds that tits less than year
ago it will lead him to economize and to
put forth greater exertions the coming
wear. that tho balauce may be on the
nyht side: it will also lead him t1review
the management OF his farm, TO discover
if possible a more profitable way to con-
duct it, this review may open his eyes TO
many little wastes which had not before
been thought of.
The farmer, in looking over his prop
erty to estimate the value Of each article
oranmal, will have his attention called
directly to it, and by comparing with last
years value he will know better how
well he has IN lnagel during the year; If
il be piece of land he will estimate
what has been the improvement, or Eo "
much 1t has lost, and If an animal, its
value compared with last year, will be a
reminder of what has been his success in
feeding it..
In estimating the value of farm crop.
erty permanent improvements should be
considered by themselves and added TO
the capital stock as well as TO the profits
| Of the year The condition Of the bulin
| ings should ha considered if no rex rex be
have been made the value slvr vear be-
estimated as much less than ,pef of repairs,