The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-16
NOTES FOR THE FARMERS.
A MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF IN
TEREsTING FARM NEWS.
Some Reasons why the Farmers Fail
ana the Remedy Needed-..EcOnO-
my is Required in all Depart
mcnts.
Southern CultiuHor.

The years work is about completed; expcn'
seS have been calculated the income meas.
ured, and we fear the result has not been sat-
| iS!artory to Il great many farmers. II This
years " ork stood alone in It's failure, the evil
would not be disastrous but coming, as 1t
does, to repeat the history or years That nave
gone before, we must belieye that there Is
something wrong in our methods anu not BUS
exhaustive and needs to be remedied, or COM
pete bankruptcy must come TO those farmers
who uniformly consume the corpus OF their
estates. Success at any business does not de-
pend more upon the large gross income 1t
may bring than the amount Of actual profit
there may be, and the wise expenditure and
investment OF it's proceeds Prudent econo'
my is not niggardly stinginess, but wise ex.
penditure that vii: bring the largest income
from the smallest outlay. Farmers do not buy
wisely, and many things that they buy eX-
travaguntIy should not be bought at al.
We now have in service, upon our farm, q
pair of young mares that did not cost fifty
dollars apiece, up to the time of breaking To
harness. outside OF the service fee. The econ
Omy of putin. to work, Il team that cost one
hundred dollars, raised upon the farm, as
against the same team, bought In the markets
al an outlay Of three hundred dollars, does
not admit discussion. With Bermuda grass
! for grazing in III. summer, fodder corn, sDr-
2huIn, Milo maize and u little grain fed un-
der good shelter in The winter, mule colt,
ready Tor service, need never cost more than
| fifty dollars on any farm in this State; ana
| vel nlnC-leuIIlS Vi luc III sCl NlCC III
Georgia have cost the farmers an average OF
sI25 or the hard earnings of the farm-the
waste of about seventy-five dollars yer head
! for the la:k of q little prudent economy.
| 4 great many farmers, who are not able TO
buy comfortable clothing for their families,
buy large amounts of commercial fertilizers
TO be indiscriminately scattered over their
fields; while barn-yard manure, that costs
the rains aud lost to the permanent benefit Of
| the farm. II, under our present method, one
hundred thousand tons of commercial ferti.
lizer are necessary 10 produce the present
! tons could be dispensed with, If our farmers
would shelter their stock and use, for bedding
suitable uOSOrbents for manure. The waste
about the premises, The ashes and bones that
| accumulate in the fields and about tie homes
will still further reduce this expense and help
out the yield. With a little prudent economy
| in the use OF manurcS, the saving to the farm
No satisfactory excuse, outsiue of providen-
tial interference and disaster, can be given by
any farmer for failing to raise his provisions
upon the farm. This is the leading idea OF the
business; If farmer is not to produce iood,
who will ? If one farmer Is to depend upon
another to feed him, the sooner he quits the
business the better the example he Will give
! to his neighbnrS. No man can make money
who pays SID for corn that could be raised on
his farm for sixty cents. Every article OF
trade has its legitimate value IN market, ant!
such an advance as farmers pay for the io0d
| crops lUCy COHSulIlC WOu.u lttt any oN'-
mess that could be ruined BY the gradual de.
cay Of its corpus.
But only such things as are essential, and
always ut prices you are sure you cannot al
fcrd TO produce them, and the farm will be
made selfsustaining, II, under good methods
Of cultivation, diversified crops are put upon
the markets osmake an income. Prudent
ccnnOmy careful attention to the detail ol
the farm, and close study of tho markets,
more for the purpose of sale than the pur-
pose Of purchase, Will bring thrift and sue