Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-20
AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.
kDUoaTION Ned IN ON rHEFARM.
Some simple CaIculattOns-The Adj
vantsges Of Understanding Them.

Some simple CaIculetfons-The Adj
vantsges Of Understanding Them.
t. b. Ferry in County Gentleman.
A hired man once said to me: "Ylu ara
the best hand q, guessing | evsr saw r. |
had told him there would BIS over six
loads of hay to get up, buL not quite
seven He made the remark when we
were going to the bar with the seventh
load not quite fail. Now, there was no
guess work about it. | knew the width
Of the strip ont, from the number Of
sweths, each one OF which was six feet
l knew how wide the rake was, and how
many rskefuls we could put on a load.
So, after raking once down through the
piece, little mental arithmetic told how
many loads there would be. One can
tell how much 8 man ought to plow
cultivate or harrow in day. RENE nber
once that went away to be gone all day,
leaving new hand to harrow q piece of
land for wheat. At night found he had
got over only six acres with harrow six
feet wide. He insisted that he had done
all he could. But after he had seen the
figures on board, and found he had
travelled less than one mile al hour, he
was quiet ashamed, and said "It's no
use trying to fool you on a days work, :"
and he never tried it again.
Suppose you have big compost heap,
which you wish to put on IL acres OF
ground. You walk around the hesp, il il
is round one, stepping feet at step.
1t ia 81 PAGES around 1t. You look at i,
and see that il it was levsled down to
where you walked, it would sverape
about feet high. Therefore you say 54
yards (the circumferenoe), multiplied by
AZ, half the radius, will give the number
OF cubic yards in tie pile-24}. You
know that your manure spresder will
hold just about oubic yard st load
30 you set it to spread 20 loads per acre,
and come out all right-no guess work
about it. Some years ago hsd heavy
piece of corn to cut. faithful man was
set at the job, and he only inside five.
Fights Of an acre day. compared the
weight Of stalks aud grain he mad to
handle with what he would have to on
an average piece, and was satisfied that
he was doing well. One day one of those
"blowing" men came along why, "
said he, "Adsm isn't doing any thing. l
can 60 in there and cut an acre dsv
just as easy as sitting on the fence. !"
VERY WE'LL" said l, "come to morrow
and cut an acre l will pay you 81 so,
and you can have the finn of showing
Adam how little he knows about cutting
corn." He came before was up, and al
noon, beginning to realize tina. he had
something to do, he never stopped ior hi;
hours incoming, but took bite aud
ran but it was O'Clock the second day
before he had his acre cut. When he
was laughed at about it he used tn say
1.-THE college boy was too much for me. >
Suppose you are dsirymsn, and rails,
wheat and potatoes to sell also. Y0u
want ten tons OF corn meal to fesd you
COWS in the winter, and so you plan
corn. Now careful account kept for 8
term OF years, may show you tina. Will,
you are making money from your whsa
and potatoes, you are losing on you
corn. Or on account OF having home
market for the corn, and no good markef
for the potatoes, and not time enough L
properly care Tor them, the corn ma,
prove best. Knowing the facts, you cal
raise what will pay you best The da,
has passed when it is necessary for
farmer to raise everything he wants f.
his own use. might go on showing yol
where education would be OF sdvsntsg
to you every day of your life, and il
every lot on your farm. Farming, .
agriculture, is an art, based o. a num0e
of sciences, and the more We kuow Q
these sciences, or of the ones pertaining
to our line OF farming, the better We cal
run the farm.
Not long since when coming out Of
hail with company of farmers who ha
been listening to q scientific lecture by
noted college president, one OF ther
asked another ''Well, what did yo
think of that 20 sob l suppose it Wa
good enough he replied, "but i
wouldn't feed the pigs or milk the cows.
He was one of the kind OF meu who snee
at book farmers, and think "sny foil ca
be farmer" But, thank God, We nav
some farmers who are not content msrel
with being able to carry swill TO pigs an
strip the COWS. | have been surprise
this winter to SEQ so many old men az
women, 10 or IS years old Gin one case
saw three persons rs years old in on
losd), get out to farmers institutes an
pay close attention to the Lectures, eve
when they were quite scientific Tni
is we'll, but let the older ones rot forg.
to educate the children. Nou may lesv
them good farm, but they may /
swindled out OF it. Leave them eduoa
ton, and NO man can steal il, and II the
want farm they can soon earn it.