The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-01-28
Aerirultural.
HOW TO FARM SUCCESSFULLY.


land rich? Is there single acre OF
it that is rich? If not the owner hat
better sell it, or even give it away
than work it, unless he is resolved u
make some of it rich. Ii he is deter
mined to do that let him 90 ahead
Surely man with one mule, COW
and calf, and few hogs, can make
three acres rich enough to yield one
heavy bale of cotton. One quarter
of one of these three acres must BIZ
the garden, and that properly attend
ed to, with the milk and butter of the
COW, and little bread and meat.
would handsomely feed the farmer
and his small family, supplemented
with the chickens and eggs, the wife
will secure by little careful atten-
ton to a good breed of fowls. He
still has left y acres of his three rich
acres. IT he made cotton the year
before he has some cotton seed, and
surely nice little pile of manure
saved from his mule, COW and hogs.
supplemented with such material
within the reach of every farmer,
however small his means. Let this
be divided between his p acres. Put
of this upon one of his rich acres
and 4 upon the other acre and three
quarters. Let the one acre be devo-
ted to lucerne, clover, or any Of the
good grasses, perhaps small portion
of it to turnips. Every farmer knows
or ought to know, that one acre made
rich and sowed in good grasses will
enable him to manure other acres in
compound proportion. This is better
than relying exclusively or even
chiefly on bought manures. Every
farm should "tote its own skillet. :"
Let the other acre and three quart
ers be devoted to cotton, and add at
least two acres of other, the best land
on the place, to this acre and three
quarters, and if possible, from, cot.
ton seed and other sources, give them
a little manuring help. This will
give this small farmer two bales O
cotton weighing $50 pounds, whicl
at 8! cts. each, would yield him SIG.
90. Every one can see, at once, how
much better this is than to cultiyat,
five or six acres to make a bale. Ii
the latter case, the expense is greater
than the profit, and the farmer is los
ing instead of making money.
But this small farmer must hay,
corn to feed his horse. lhn,, 6ush
els, with feed from his rich acre il
grass, and the run of the pea field
will put him through for the year
and surely he can find three or fou
acres that will yield those bus hels
and as many more acres, will suppl,
his family with all the meal and llou
~ bilNAA pilOiis
Besides the rich acre in grasses
there ought to be two in rye and il
oats.
From the foregoing it will be seel
that this small farmer with one null
will require only about Is acres 70
all his crops for the whole year, an,
for the regular summer working, on
~ about ten acres. This will enable
him to get over those acres ever
eight or ten days, so that they coul,
never suffer for want of work in time
Each year he can add to his ricl
acres, and every acre will yield
paying return. The great cause of
farmers hard time is caused by ex
cessive work in too many acres, with
out doing justice to his crops. Man,
farmers expend more money to make
their crops than they are worth. /
IS true large crops may be made, bu
the benefit accrues not to the MAORI
ty of those who make them, but tC
the commission merchants who han.
die them. They grow rich and sucl
farmers grow poorer from year tC
year. The only way for farmer tC
prosper is to make gain over arc
above his expenses, and the greater
the gain the greater his prosperity
will be. We throw out these simple
and homely views for their reflection
and trust they may give them consid
crate attention.
We have confined our remarks to d
one mule farm, but they are equally
applicable to hundred mule farm
II the expense exceeds the profit
There Is scarcely a farmer in the
country who could not close his years
labors with profit if he would fol
low out the simple rules we have
laid down. lie would then never be
Overtasked. Thousands of farmers
have been ruined by attempting tc
cultivate one third more, or double
the acres which their forces coulc
successfully manage. .MllcdgcqH
Rec0roler.
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of blood equal to one-thrteenth o
his weight.
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