The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-25
ExtraYagaint staten.enits

4 QfuOnS. $$G ~ elI0eFy, QeeS IL snow that the
enterprise saRasasI me whole profitable.
That several FARMERS in various states
( have raised over q hundred bushels Of
sound corn per. acre il, "a, field Of consid-
cradle size is nd loqgert be questioned,
: thuugl tGsrsInany doubted It.
tits doubtful howeyerN whether any in
crease Of a corn crop above seyenty-fiye
bushels per acre results in pecuniaryfS
gain to the produeaS There is a pleas
ure in raising O. YeRy heavy. crop Of corn
that is not to be estimated BY means Of
"A bushel basket, but if the Bro duction of
It's not attended BY profit few persons
can afford the pleasure that comes from
raising it. It has apparently been DEM
Eonstrated that it is possible during GER
tain, seasons and in few favored local
tiles to raise over . hundred bushels of
sound corn on an acre Of land, but in
many cases where this has been done
the cost of the fertilizers applied to. the
land and cost Of the labor. expended on
it have not been paid by the harvested
crop. A farmer undertook to furnish
the material. for q newspaper item, and
was successful. He saw his name in
print several times and derived pleasure
from. it. III x,
The publication of crop reports that
rank with the fish stories'' told, by
ameteur an Tiers often has an Injurious
effect. II induces credulous persons to-
undertake enterprises which. are very
certain to end in disappointment if not
in ruin. II creates anticipations that
will never be realized. Every few years
the account is published of some person
1 who raised one thousand bushels Of
onions on an acre OF land That such
- yield of onions has been produced in
more than one instance is altogether
likely. But it is not likely that one in
thousand of those who read the account
will ever be able to raise such q crop
i The conditions under which the crop
was produced cannot often be obtained.
The land most likely was o portion OF a
drained bog The amount Of fertilizers
applied to It was large The seed was;
fresh and Of every prod uctiye variety
/ The season was most favorable, and all
the work was performed at the regular
time. These facts are not stated in the
para graph chat forms many readers
that q person succeeded in raising a:
thousand bushels Of onions on an acre
of ground. Many who read the para
graph, however, conclude to engage in
raising onions and fail to realize enough
from their crop to pay expenses. The
enormous yield Ereputed from small
patches Of Strawberries have been the
means of inducing many to engage in
raising this fruit. They conclude that
they can in a few years realize quite a.
fortune, but they find that with even a
good market for berries they pay no,
better than mostfelds or garden crops.
During. the past few years much has
been written about the profit in raising
melons for the market, and the accounts
5of the great success of Q very few indi-!
viduals have served to induce many to
engaged in their pre- duction. The success
of the few has resulted in the failure
of the many. The cultivation of melons
extended into portions Of country not
adapted to them, and the crops were
small and poor in quality. q
The sensational reports that have re-:
suited in the greatest injury have Been
those in relation to raising 9 few special
crops, cultiyatingg new varieties of fruit;
and vegetables, and raising particular
breeds Of animals and fowls. These re-
ports have. been industrio usl u circulated
by persons who shaye seeds, 10 ots or
stock to tsell. Many credulous persons
I who have met with Indifferent success
or experienced failures with old va
rieties Of grains, fruits and vegetables,
or with breeds Of animals and fowls in
general use,. conclude that they will be
at once, successful if they exchange the
Old for tie new. They find j, al ter q; con.
tinuous trial, that the discarded yari-
eties Of plants sad the displa laced breeds
4 Of animals and t0Wls are full equal to
those that they have obtained at heavy
expense. The personsf who extol lied the
merits Of the new things might. have
told the Truth about them, but they did
not tell Che who es trl3t They declared
I that a grape .Yin6;uf q certain variety
would produce 8 hundred pounds Of
fruit, but they neglected to state that it:
would only grow ina sheltered place
I and that lGlregl1hed good protection dur
ing the winter; that d cow of one of the
newly-intended dairy herds give milk
4 from which fifteen pound Of butter was
made in d week 5Was true, but it was
I also true that she had received the care
generally bestowed on, 81 sick child, had
Been fed like an epicnre, and had died
after establishing her fame for beating
! the mixers record. Great caution and
good Judgment are required TO deter
mine how much reliance to place on the
statements in regard to the superior
virtue ofsnewly intro ueed breeds Of ani-S
mails and fowls and the remark ble
yield Of new varietie of grain, vegeta-
bles, and fruits; as there is q disposition
I on the part Of inter rested persons to place
them far: above their real merits,
Too Much.
IN: the west, where q much smaller
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