The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-01-28
The Farm That Pays.

thrift and order reigns from the front.yard
gate TO the line fence in the back pasture.
It is the farm where the fences. whether
made Of stone. or rails, or boards, wheth-
or on deviding lines or cross sections, are
kept erect and in good repair. A large
portion OF the best land on some farms
is taken up by struggling fences and the
hedges Of brush and briers that are per-
mitted to grow up alongside Of them,
Fences should be kept in order for
mere appearance sake il for no better rea-
son. Nothing impresses the would.be pur-
chaser Of property more unfavorably than
rickety, tumble down fences. 1t is an al
most infallible sign that there is someth-
ing wrong with the farmer, or with the
land, or with both.
That farm pays where every square foot
Of the surface is, il possible, brought I'M
der cultivation and made to yield its share.
On such farm the ''corners" are oil
cleared out, the sloughs and swamps drain.
ed, the stumps pulled, the stone heaps
removed, and the waste places utilized.
No wide stretches are left here and there,
around buildings and byways, coverd
with debris and grown up to weeds and
brambles. Every acre is made to do its
best. 1t is surprising how much can be
produced on farm OF limited area lift Is
managed in this way. 1t is for this reason
that small farms generally pay much bet
ter in proportion to their size than larger
ones. Few begin to realize what wealth
OF resource there is ia the most ordinary
soil until from necessity. or other cause,
they give it full opportunity to display
it's yielding power. Even with ell the
improved methods Of farming at the
present day, the increased use OF fertilizers
and other aida to successful agriculture,
no one can yet measure the possibilities
in the way Of haryessa that may be pro-
duced from a genial and cultivatable soil.
That farm pays where the buildings for
storing crops and shelteripg domestic an.
finals are neatly, conveniently and COM
fortAbly arranged. The very worst drains
on the profits Of farming are in the direc-
ton Of stability built, inconvenient. open
and lsaky barns. stables and grainaries.
We sometimes think that IL requires more
foresight and good Judgment to take care
Of crops after they are harvested than II
does 10 raiss them. II is certainly one Of
the main point in profitable farming to
have such buildings that crops put 10
them are kept from waste and spoliAtioD,
and such shelter for stock that they can
be kept in healthy and thriving condi-
tion. Sheep and cows and other animals
that have the run Of the fields during the
summer need clean and roony quarters
10 winter IL they are not 70 lose ali the b.
nefz Of good pasturAgs.
That farm pays where oil care Is taken
to put back In the soil in the shape Of fer.
tilizer part Il least Of that which u tax
en- out in the shape Of crops. Some farm
en seem TO act on the principle thst the
soil is something like bank from which
they can draw year after year without
making deposits. = il il were an insiitu-
tion from which shsy could never over
draw or run in debt 70. But such course
Of procedure i sure 70 end in the bank.
ruptcy Of the soil. II not Of the farmer
The dsposits must b. made or the drafts
will not bs Losored. NO coil. however
great il natural fertility however sbund-
ant its resources. can long Withstand .
constant run" upon it.