Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-10-21


loOkioe over their practices, they find
anything that can be dropped from the
programme or any be~ additions, by the
reading q IL. ~e shall be satisfied.
While We do no, fully endorse all Of the
IDEAS advanced. sc are Of the opinion
,ha, some Of the suggestion. are worthy
the careful consideration Of al farmers.
rHE pRup0ERY 90 MINED TARNiSo
HI CouHfry GsHflsmla
Some time since spoke OF writing two
letter. In particular for the beosni % Ger
tAin farmers, This 10 the second one. IL
will pcrhsps arouse lee. opposition. n Pa,
In the form Of q narrative Of experience,
Instead Of pr,Aehlng. Ny farming used
D. b. mixed enough ~ suit any ote l
was advised, when began, no, 10 hire
much help. bat 20 30 what could myself
AMI let the r,st 20; ~ have a good many
Irons In The Gre. and then would be sure
- biz Il with some Of them no, 10 pay
oat any money for snythlng ths, could
possibly b. raised on the farm, etc.
No, havlug bal any practical experience,
I tried 90 90 a. vas told "a hep, =
small dairy aud made butter. This Was
good baslusss enough, perhaps, bet having
80 much sl.s 10 attend n. u vi. bscsssa'
rly ouly hslf done. Amer tsklog cot In
tsfs.i on the cost ~ the cows, deprccls-
tlou. sni the value % the feed they ate,
there vas nothing ien 10 pay Coz the hard
labor performed ~ my wife End myself In
milking The COWS and mailing the butter.
We I'D The Skinned. mixed with oil.msal
and whsa, middling. 10 calves We fused
two % three hours = day Tor months
mixing and warming The feed. aud giving
u o. them. and feed them bay al winter
that 49, worth. IA those days. nom si2
q So too 10 The spfisg they would
sell for lusi about a. mech a. . af.i class
veal calf IN weeks Oh, OF possibly little
more. bot not near euuuEh 10 pay for the
feed they had eaten. 10 ssy ro,hipg Of the
labor 90 tskibg cars % them
We Kept plgs-tsn % them one sumner
We led them mik. meal srsss, ,pples.
etc. Thsy cost 20 start on. Ia The spring,
ahoai a. 5osach. 10 The fsll or hatcher,
a. special favor. gave ne o bead FOR
part % them. dressed All delivered Al bis
mnkst ihiBt. perhaps, ~ got pay for
the neal fsd then We wiil ssy nothing
aoout the milk. grass ard sPPlos, Tor ~
had thsm-we ana not have 10 pay out any
money for then Then Ne hsd the pleas.
urc ~ Carrying .vlll 20 them. ,hres times
a DAY. ari Gays 10 wesk, % hearing
them sqacal. sui % dressing them. That
was ,hs pronL
We Kept hens. o. course. AMI the last
,Ains remember % them was their turn
lng sons sio bashsl clover seed, which
I had lasi soved 90 The wheat nsld, Into
css. worth 20 cent. dorcn IN trade. W.
raised few oat- and little corn, In fact
d.i a uiue % everything We woTked
hAri. early ,rd late wife aud !, and wof'
RED because We couldnt DO more Amer
time Ne became slck Of this s,esiy W.
profitable drutgerv, ani began 10 cast
arouni for plsasAn,isf AMI easier way Of
gc,ilug living on farm. said 10 ny
self. Why l. IL that q farmer must be .
drutgef Why must he BE- JACK a. AL
trades. aud particularly good Al nonsl
why must he scatter bis energies instead
% concentrating them. and ercelllng In
some one dlrcciioni You must no, have
your eggs all 10 one basket" seemed 10
me an admission that one was careless
and unskll'fal. and not ~ 10 BE- trusted
with eggs Any way. This SAYING. a. sP-
Piled o. agriculture. ,hoaghi Vas al
righi when this coa1iv was new, when
there were 20 railroads OF markets 10
amount TO anything. or money either. Is
was necessary for one 10 raise pretty much
What he wanted for his Own use then, a.,
hai BE- raised Too much % oue ihing. be
very nkeiy coalint have sold H. Bat nov
10 i altogether Different, a. almost any
Thing ode can raise can BE- readily en-
changed for cash. and with The oAsh he
can boy almost anything he wants, and
many Thugs cheaper than he can raise
them.
The old argument in favor OF mixed
farming bothered TIE for awhile; that II u
L. poor season for one crop, or you have
poor lock with u. some other crop may
succeed. DAILY made up my mind that
poor luck wAs largely osing 10 the care
lcssness Of the farmer himself, and that
ID. car,lessness was caused 70 gres,
extent ~ bis trusting 10 his mixed farm
log. ani The Idea that some % bis crops
would turn ost veil enough 70 keep him
any way. IL seemed - me a. though. ia
fArnsr ga the b,st he could 10 every re-
spcci. be bad ~ more 10 fear from poor
luck % poor seasons. on the average, II be
raised oue or two crops for which his soil
vas particularly adapted. than he would
n h. raised ten or twelve crops. some OF
which. perhaps. were not suited 10 his
soil, and then, by raising fewer crops, be
would gsi ria ofa great deal OF worry and
c,ashlng aud Improbable drudgery. and he
could devote bis time Persistsn,ly 10 the
making Of The most possible out Of his
specially
Acting on these Views. l sold my dairy,
hens aud pigs, and gradually worked out
OF mixed farming Ny land was well
adapted TO pOtAto-Taislng, and 80, ~ We
bad tu, few scres OF land NJ for eultiys-
ton, and Il Was necessary 10 raise crop
that would bring q good many dollars per
acre. We made potatoes . specially, and
raised xhsa, and timothy aud clover In
connection. 10 give . rotation aud moder-
a,sly steady work. All fassing and unpro-
ntablc drudgery has been thrown sslie.
There i not calf or . colt. spig or .
chicken. = sheep or q deg on my farm.
We raise potatoes ami whes, 10 sell. The
hay and straw feeds AMI beds the horses
AMI one COW. Sometimes We have little