The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-23


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pounds n hay ~ fha h0fa. aHd simply
NJ constant gfaWlh N grain nn0n IN
Practically that iAnd was fsiHustast ~
Y COULD u0t he worked with pfeai NJ III.
~d required 4 largo expenditure N ms
way " another IN manure ~ bring il
again lbto productive condition. Tier
1ie fence, % 40 adjoining farm, VA 4
nod wblnh IN lhF same twenty yenra
hhl been ID clover and grass I'VE times.
AMI bad been paalneed five times Il
Wa tbhn beaflDy n crop NJ wheat, so,yp
htler a sod bad been plowel IN. and
which would enslly haze yielded two
tons ~ hay ~ thu aero, and tho wilant
produced oyof forty bushels per acre.
lhts snil WINS then m good and rich and
productive 40 when The timber wag
cleared oT from Il. forty yonr4 before.
bit u had boon we'll titled, there hal been
u proper rotation n crops. md n rood
grnas aud clover sod had been plowod
under nj regular intervals.
Bnt another question meets ~ ripht
hero. When land has been worked
Tor forty or fifty years, aud Tho farmer
u met with strong competition from
cheap grain grosn on new land and
cheap land In tbs far West. he can not
AFFORD TO grow won forty bushels Of
wheat per acre with sufficient profit II
ITO ms 10 pHerliice two tons Of tay 10
The y 70 once In five years 10 keep h1s
land 10 good condition, mud without this,
Or ia equivalent IN manure. he knows
be can not preserve the fertility Of his
land. lie must find sons other product
that viii pay him better and yet main.
tain his farm In q productive condition.
Is but n thing that can be done,
and that IL 10 feed live stock. The
dairy promises the most profit II skill
inlly managed and tho product Is OF
high quality, otherwise 10 Is crushed by
wicked (bccaugo frnudnlent) COM
petition OF the ndulterator who sells
ard and tallow for the real product Of
COW. Beef cattle come next In
profit, and the purchase OF Nc least ono
head per acre OF stock cattle and
The feeding Of these upon the straw,
hay, roots and grain produced. with
'omo purchased feeding sturs In place
u grain, will afford q handsome money
'roiit and leave a very large quantity Of
Hhnufu Tor the lnnd.
Sheep also afford n very satisfactory
front, and especially when lambs are
cared for market. A hundred sheen
AN DO easily fed from the surplus tod.
Ter OF q iiIty-acro farm and three or
our acres OF roots, and IL these arc
early In the fall and turned upon
no stIbblcs with q couple Of rood
Down rams, and are vol fed with
small daily ration Of bran and corn,
mere VIII be sixty ram-lsmbs 20 be-
before May At an average Of six or
even dollars each; ~ many ewe.lambs |
oit to BIO reared and fifty ewes fatted |
nd sold IN June, with one hundred I
eeces besides. and leaving fifty of tho I
est OF the ewes and sixty ewe.lsmb, |
the next years feeding. Or II u Il
lnnd best 10 sell on the whole flock In
une the profit will DO the value of one /
undtcd aud twenty lambs and tho dif. |
In value of the ewes probably I
NO dollars each, leaving the wool and l
MANURE TO pay the cost Of feeding and /
are, which they viii do with n liberal 5
onls. The profit from such a flock /
as been over $1,000 on mn expenditure y
! $500 for tho 1--WE aud rams when tho q
wnor has been = sklllful shepherd. But .
Spericnce Is very soon gained in this
II n will begin small the first d
rar and Is shcwd and ~ob.eryani. ns 4
very farmer ought to be. As fat.ening 81
.ttlo use up only four per cent. Of tho G
Irtilt,ing clements Of the food, and q
'ecp only five per cent, and the re- h
sind ,r goes into tho manure, aud as "
% small per cent. Of tho food paws in I
creased flesh and fat for the whole OF h
what is saved In the manure Is an ID
'ormou' help tothe land; and with tho Of
d OF the four or five per cent. OF food le
irohased everything taken from the Is
Is returned TO IL. In this way our Al
can be kept improving and our Of
from the farms made larger I'll
an In any other way that Is so safe In
d easy. Henry Sie,oart, m N. 4 &c
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