Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-07-21
FEEDING AND FERTILITY.

The question that every farmer mus,
boldly face, u the question of manure
for The farm. Try however bard he may.
be i ap, 20 zee the fertility Of his 6eld.
decreasing Slowly. perhaps. bu, surely,
each year finds bis capital less than Il
~as the previous one. And how 20
counieract this decrease. and place hi,
farming upon = basis that shall End hi.
land IN an improving condition. mus, b
the constant study q every farmer %,
finally Bis bank will be stranded. Thi.
question involves many principles IN il.
solutio1. s. many, that i may be sAid
every man ~ho owns % runs = farm
must work {, through sfter bis own
methods.
While al this i practically correct.
the principles which oonirol growth and
fertility Arc The same the world over
H. by our o~n planning. Ne can obtain
paying results from the farm and .,ill
maintain it. store % native fertility. We
have partially answered the question.
II Ne caa see that our lands are I'M
provng every year and the balance j.
s,ill on The figtt side q our account.
then we have advanced another step In
The road % success. II these results are
obtained IN ihs hesi possible manner. II
there i no waste q labor IN production
OF handling % marketing. thea ii would
seem that ne are a. near perfection A.
po.sible
In looking st this question from =
s,andpoiai controlled BY general pr.nci-
ples. there are mAny facts and sugse.-
tons whieh present themselves, that may
Be q service 20 some. Who are giving
ths matter their careful study. Sser-
tary Olbcrt. In icctarc before the In
si,a,e A. Bangor. IN 1882. laid down
,oue ralc. tha, may With safety BE- fol.
lo~sl BY AL
IIis frs, pfopositicn i. that farmers
should mArks, their crops net IN raw
products. bu, in some anished produe, Of
the farm. IN The protletioa Of Which a
greater par, u The fertility Which gces 70
make Up ihe plant food i kept upoa the
farm Tbs proposition = no, only cor
r,ci In Prinsiple. bat carries Nth t the
practical solgiion q the great question
bsf O, us. that q retaining and socumu-
lai.as The supply q ? az, TODD in cur sosls
WA hat flashed Pfoduc, shall b must
bs determined BY every farmer fof himself.
H., market. help. natural hiness or the
ortupatoa these. ani mAny other ques-
t.ars naturally suggcs; ihemsslvcs Bat
ia Nl.o~ing out his plan be i working
oli The same great principle that must
govern al successful fArming lfby partly
gn.,.ng manufacturing With our business
or. nihsf. Incorporating into oar eas''
ness--we succeed IN keeping a good part
% oar fertility uPon the farm and s,ill
set an increase from the articles sold.
any one can see a. glance that there
i. less room fof waste and less expense
required 10 place the lcs' fertility back
upon oar wasted land.
Ano,hef pfineiple comes IN here the
fn.shei product : m fe api % Dc q lux
ur, ikan tie raw. and a. such, usually
bnnss a better prioe, And can Be made 10
cary much of labor and skill. The
greater skin required 70 produce any
given article The better pay ~il Be OBJ
tanned or the necessary labor. - u
Ill BE- readily sesn that there = gain
N ,hs direction when marketing farm
products Therefore le, us all do away
With selling crops jas, As iar A. Possiele'
an4 feed them upon ihe farm, thereby
retaining the plan, food
Prom secretary Gilber, We obtain
.oue tables that mus, be Of great AdVAn-
ta.e 10 al who ~ill earsfaily study them.
ne tell. his hearers ,ha, they are facts
ars derived from averages obtained BY
many careful experiments. and may Be
relied on 20 furnish data iof farm esii-
mates That our readers may have al
tbe f,ure. a. their command We copy
the tables in fun. and advise them 20
urrsrrve them for reference
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