Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-01
FARMING IN GERMANY
Results Obtaine,. by working upon seieh-
tiic Principles.

The farm which | visited is owned by
man who, mtE recently, has been teiahs
farmer. but year ago bought for 4o,Ooo thai-
ers about 300 acres of unentailed land from the
T;erstorir I Cramm estate He is a brother OF
the widely known Professor Waldeyer, Oh
Berlin. and found him not only typicaily
sturdy "son of the soil, but man of unusuai
Intelligence and enterprise, VINO IN the most
hospitable spirit offered to show me anything
and everything connected with German iarh'-
ing. Tho morning we called upon MIN ne
was belnoaning the partial destruction OF ms
rye bv hail The hail fell without wind anu
only the dropping heads of the gram were
harrrlcSl His enthusiasm and his dlSiappoin'
ment were interesting. In the last beh OF
twelve years the changes In the Germah ell
mate have hcen considerable; the insurance
rates were based on the former eonditioh Oh
things, and inasranch as hail storms have In
crease in frequency and violence IN the tiie
referred To by about 10 per cent, the com
panic- demand thre days notice, when IN
this country is regarded rs peremptory. MIR.
Waldeycr's grain covers nearly two-thirCis OF
his farm, but among fifty other similar
farmers he is the only one who was insured.
THE TRIUMPH OF SYSTEM.
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| Of fodder is estimated for individual animals,
| is mart of "A system which is an actual tri-
/ umph, because it is universal among all CON
| siderable proprietors, and the intelligent Ger
man farmer makes estimates, in this and all
other matters, with something of the exacti-
tude of the managers of an insurance COM
many, even to estimating the amount OF loss
Der mile in driving to the village" In time,
and in wear and tear Of material
The talents Of the German are almost un-
available without direction and discipline;
the inability in the way of self-help Is some
times quite amusing but when Investigations
are made in Il prescribed and scientific man.
ner they are usually accurate
The farm buildings having been erected by
a p,aS:lut, it is Mr.. Wuldeyers intention 10
reconstruct them, as he already has his house
To some extent, from a civilized prejudice
against dwelling under the same roof With
his stock The buildings are scattered, ana
saw no Ice house, no dairy and no corn crip
They are, however, not representative, ye'
the stock barn was not impractical, the catt''
and horses being stalled around the sides oi
large. airy, light rooms on each side oil
! main inclosed floor, upon which the food
cut by hand with an ordinary cutter, ant
where the hay Is dropped from above Mr.
, Waldeyer showed us his horses with som
pride Most of them are more like fox hun
tars in their build than are American farm
horses, and look like good roadsters- Ii
7 feeding, each animal receives in the working
l season fifteen German or about seventee
English pounds OF strength food" groun
5 oats and bran, daily, together with hve Gel
t Inan pounds of hay. At other times they n
Q ceiye she same quantity Of hay and nine Ge'
n man pounds OF cut straw, oats and bran, an
$ for six weeks in the summer, beginning
/, June. each horse Is given ffty-four Engiis
!, pounds of cut clover daily.
u This careful system IS also carried into Il
/ management of the soil hundred and thi
+ teen pounds Of manure Is here worth ten cen
+ for the ammonia, phosphoric acid and pota'
6 IL contains Six dollars worth Of manure
, nut upon each acre yearly. In what is call'
r ..intensiye- farniing-scientific farming on
b strictly business basis-artificiai dressing cor
II posed Of phosphoric acid and ammonia in L
=, nroportion of . to 5 is used 20 the amount
10 ali 25 per acre yearly, and over and hbo
4 the usual supply there is an extra supp
provided at "Alihausenr by purchasing tive
q ty-five or thirty extra head OF caItle eve
o. autumn. Mannre is drawn on to to the fiei
Q, all winter and plowed in at the first opps
tunity. and there is a constant reserve kept
An omen, water-tight compost vat
M SCIENCE AT ONES FINGER-ESpsn
"A C.r;r, ,,.,, N scientist Ms n lecturer for !
=, - - oSorac,ar;stir and IL was easy to see
81 ....--..a-- Tar.
40 @finger-ends" In extent and appearan
nd aside from the marvellously finished nppe,
Ii, ance of the finely pulverized fields, Germ
to agriculture does not compare with our ov
as and naturally its possibilities are nothi
e- compared with land in which single st,
d: produces over thirty million bushels Of whe
an and In which a small part of one state C
IN produce more cotton than the world can
" at present; but, however talented and v
at satile the American agriculturist may be, |
or German farmer of the future will try tit
o. with him in some respects with methods
nd nearly like the results Of genius as V
IS Moltkes celebrated tactics The consta
re marvel is that, with such evident capaci
1u such widespread higher education, such p
lg eminent ability in every walk of life, Il
d, Germany has not done even more than
e. has, and the world may look for as mu
Il progress in the futuye as the unfortunate CT
ut ditions which inevitably prevail in Euro
20 will permit Nearly every German farmer
VI a graduate Of one of the higher schools, Ky
or nasia. or scientific institutes Subsequent
to he has two years practical experience OF
e, farm. for which privilege he pays $50 thai,
a year. and is fitted for two years course
ID the excellent agricultural schools which
Of Naturally, the small peasant proprietors
Is not enjoy all these privileges, but it is mair
no because they do not wish To. They are p
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