The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-03
How Western Farming Pays.

Whether they 60 West or not Eastern
farmers are interested in knowing the
value and Yield OF Western farm prod
ucts. The Western farmer life is quite
different and no less laborious than that
Of his Eastern brother
In the hrst place he is nightly slim
ulatcd 10 work by the size and needs Of
his farm, by the ross bilities OF incrcas
ing is production and value, aud by
the rapid actions OF his neighbors,
Work, work, work, an immense amount
OF IL, stares him in the face all the year
round. His heavy farm work opens
early in March, and from that time till
Thanksgiving, or even till Christmas,
his work presses heavily upon him. Its
order Is about as follows; Sowing wheat
and oats, blowing for corn, rolling tho
wheat and oat lands, planting the orn,
rolling, narrowing, blowing It, hayirg,
harvesting the wheat and oats and per-
haps arIey, stacking, thrcshing. fall
blowing and corn picking. During The
winter he will have nothing to DO but
look a'ter his large herds OF cattle and
other stock, prov de fuel. and market
his corn and grain. II is during CHS
period thlt the children 20 TO school
and tho Young fellow takes his girl
sleigh-r.d NJ, and old and young turn
out to attend the spelling school. A
period of partial rest, pleasure and ex-
u%bcranco Of spirits. for your Western
farmer is full OF dry humor, and n lover
OF good homes Jokes. lie usually owns
100 acres Ga quarter sect on) Of land.
keeps about four good horses. and hires
n man to help him. unless he has n boy
ten years old or a little more who is equal
As most boys o. that age arc-to the
management Of n team.
No Western farmer eve speaks OF
n horse rs q tam. Nor will YOU see
one man in n hundred driving a single
horse. His usual %cOnveyan Q Is d sub
stantial four.whoclcd wagon with two
or four horses attached. while. on sun
days, he trots more briskly along be-
nd his well.icd team. In n buggy.
Western horses are well-kept and are,
rs a rule, cons derably larger and flesh
Ter than the farm horses OF New En-
! gland. Plenty Of oats. corn and good
hay tell the story Tho Western farmer
has less small JOS AMI putterings
aroundthan his Eastern brother; though
the little Jobs which h. docs have Ia do
veX him sorcly and are oft complained
of. But most OF his work he does in a
large, generous way. lie puts in sixty
acres ot wheat and rs much OF corn.
lie buys an additional eighty aeres and
turns Il into u pasture for his colts and
cattle. he gets up early, feeds well, for
almost without exception he Is q gen.
erOus provider. Much goes TO waste in
doors and out but he would rather have
IL this way than be called n'ggardly,
Beef an | pork, turkeys and chickens.
butter and eggs, flour an vegetables,
all these are products Of his " farm.
No wonder that he provides well.
His hired man would leave II not
fed on u generous diet OF beef, good
bread, chicken, eggs, hest Of butter,
cheese. vegetables and fruit. Hos an
epicurc. is this Western hired man, who
viii be u farmer himself in five years
more. And the hired girl has her ideas
OF things; and high aud oxacting they
often are, the supply does not equal the
demand, aud she Is well aware Of the
tact But despite these drawbacks the
Western farmer gets ahead. The signs
OF thi' are evident In improved fences,
In better bsrns, IN a new. larger. and
more commodlous house aud in the ar
rangfments Of crops aud machinery.
and In the increasing numbers OF hi.
stock. He raises all tn way from ten
to thirty bushels of wheat and thirty.iiye
to Sixty-iiye Of corn TO the acre, accord
ing 10 the varying conditions II soil and
weather. He feeds his family mainly
from what he raises lie has n good
surplus Of corn and grain 10 cell, often
times some hay and. II he be . well.
managing farmer he has a goodly mum.
Der Of hogs and fat steers TO put upon
the market at good prices. In these i
his profit, when he a sell his hogs fol
six cents and his steers for i've cents 1
pound as they stand; he Is making 1
tine percentage upon money invested In
them. But his property is steadily rising
in value. lie bought for ten dol.
lars or i've dollars, or II he was ~
original settler ono dollar and twenty
five cents per acre Now. being wei
fenced aud well improved. and having
good buildings. aud beng %reasonabl,
near 10 q large village and the railroa,
it is worth forty or fifty. or possibly
sixty dolla 3 per acre. And the mai
who surveys q half section OF good Ian,
thus improved. free OF debt. and wit
has large n mbers OF horses. attic an'
hogs. s an independent man and on III,
road 10 wealth; whose condition smor
ENJOYABLE than thaiP Such n a sit
ting down in bis mat rcr years 10 cnio,
tho fruits Of his toll. frugality and fore
sight. lie has now . pleasant. health
life. younger feet run and younge
shoulders bear the burdens. but he plan
and oversees. lie Is much abroad. h
has money to spare aud knows how am
when and where 10 turn It to the les
accoun'. lie has time 20 enter Oh
political field. or TO intro luce new ma
chinery. and new and improved bro d
OF stock. Ills judgment cares weight
he fills out q large and honorable man
hood. n now he Is the nohlest tyre O
man--and the West has not a few sue
he becomes q great blessing ~ NJ
family and The community IN which h
dwell< and dos what he can In the In
terests Of education and Of religion
lie has made himself 4 large place m
nlIed "A % The best d HI. ahility.-.ha