The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-16

Farmers want more innd They
seem possessed with % ambition "a
have their boundary lines circumscribe
rs macy acres - possible They seem
to think thai the advice given BY the
old lady 20 her husband. IN Edward
Ecgleston's story Of the Hoosicr schools
master, when he was about TO buy land
after they had gotten 70 ''Injianne." 10
'.git plenty while you're gitten.' l.
good enough 10 BE- improved upon; and
SO they not only get - much as they
can when first buying . farm, often
making . cash payment which would
have paid for small but large enough
farm. then run into debt for two o.
three times more land than IL actually
needed. Then. after years Of pinching
economy. and they have succeeded in
paving for their first purchase and
have gotten little cash or stock ahead,
instead Of using their means 10 improve
their farm. and make things more tidy
and home like. put up better. more con-
vcnicni and comfortable buildings. put
music. pictures books. papers. gond
stoves. washing machines. etc. into
their houses, they simply 60 and buy
more land. ~ course this Is not a.
ways true. and the tendency is not so
strong that way rs il was a few years
ago. Yet there is much room for inn
proycmcnt in this direction.
A. rule our farms are too large
There are some conditions under which
extensive farming pays; and arguments
may be advanced in support Of large
farms To run farms Of live hundred
or one thousand acres successfully and
proftably requires capital 50 large
that but few farmers can command t.
II also calls for an executive ability
rarely met with in any call ng Of life.
The idea that any fool can farm must
and i giving away. even in rcgari TO
the small farms: and the time will ONE
when II will be found and admitted that
70 sucec .>fnlly manage a thousand acre
farm on nm intensive system VII re-
quire man 70 be- fitted for his work by
natural eEdow,nents and long and care
full preparation.
Problems connected wita agriculture
are among the most serious and mo-
mcnious Of the age. The wants II The
world for fool and clothing are ever in
creasng. These must be supplied by
the farmer. and in adeluat, quantities.
or there i suffering. To meet this de-
nand the farmer must be rccompenscd
SO that he can live comfortably ard
happily. so that he may maintain and
improve his intellectual condition. 50
that he may keep up with the onward
march Of civilization. But while n. Is
70 be thus recompensed his products
mus, hc given 10 the world IL such
prccS as will enable mankind to buy.
To accomplish these ends will require .
more careful system Of farming than we
have been wont % employ. /, VIII adj
NIT II no wastes. and call for the use Of
AZ our resources
We as a people have been spreading
over this continent AZ such rate that
there seems 10 be but comparatively
littlc land left for occupation. Hut We
are spread too thin. II the 5O.Op. OOJ
Of people Of the United States were oc-
rupying less than half the area they are
now. aud the agricultural and manu-
featuring resources properly 4 .veIoped.
they would lie better OF and the coun-
try would be richer. The income fron,
nur farms could easily be doubled. and
in doing that their value would bo
largely increased. While farmers are
les ring and adding moro acres to their
farms. they are not using what the, al
ready have AMI fase been fencing and
paying taxes on for years /. j. hardly
possible 10 go onto farm. where the
and = Al all broken. without seeing
more or less land living idle when
might DC made rs profitable a any on
he farm with little extra work. hi
slough runs through a field. il IS
allowed TO take is winding. tortuons
curse. occupy strip Of land from
'nc 70 three rods wide in the r'cne.t
art Of the field. on which nothing
'ut rank weeds and br;ers can grow.
such strip Of land il unsivhtly: Il
: a nursery ground for the propa-
cation Of noxious weeds: il affords I
harbor for destructive insects and v.r- |
MN. an 4 takes just n much to fence |!
A. any part Of the field. i taxed ~ I
igh. and the slough does not answer /
lac purpose II waterway as well - \
might be made TO- The course OF the !
TN should be made as nearly strairht \
I. rN'4.'s.+ ~ ttAstt - ttAItl ttt0 IN- NFltt0
long side: or If the fall i not too great. /
he run can lie made broad and shallow /
. team can walk over it Then IL il
seeded with redtop or blue grass. an
iashing VIII be prevented The slough
len viii serve rs drain mucil better
han when it, course Is 80 winding and
hvkcd up with weeds. and need not
ccupy more than four or live icct Of
md
Besides these there may BE- seen. on
'anf farms. patches Of brush Or grubs.
'orthiess Tor any purpose. but simply
Volunteering the ground.
Would i not Be well. instead Of buy
y more land. 70 Try and improve AID
axe available that on which interest
~ ta>es are being paii'
Esen Il no more land i 10 be bought
eiion should be made 70 make the
rn . paying As possibly BY having L
n use Now after the summer
ork j. over put the men and teams NJ
ork O such improvements twill
y 4 the farm j. st1l to be cultivated. |
u i will pay IL il is 20 DO soil. Cole
an's Anrai World. II
Mother Goose" i.