Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-09
rARM IMeRpVEMEMIa


rae nnIy way q <eerInA Nutat RFo1tT
from rosipe a Faiae
Whom the busy crop season il over
We should give the farm g thorough ~
bpection 70 SOC what Improvements can
Be made. There are very iea farms
but what could bc betlsred 10 soma
way, and II should be the aim Of every
owner 10 make each year. some per
inanent improvements thereon
does not matter whether the farm q
large or small. the value may Be great
~ enhanced BY making additions IN the
way Of buildings and fences. the plant
Ing Of valuable fruit and other 0rnnr
mental trees, the clearing Of land,
cleaning old fields and fence rows "a
bushes and BY adopting other measures
to render the premises more attractive
and the soil more productive.
The farmer should consider his farm
the little world over which he reien1
To make and keep IL in 3 neat attract
i've condition. will give him an afr Of
independence, self-respect and hospl-
tality. Il is also true that the appear-
ance Of farm will often make greas
difference in the price it win command,
II offered for sale; for, in this. as in
many other matters. people judge BY
appearances. As far as you are able.
have good, neat and convenient
dwelIing-house and out-buildings. Let
the lawn have tasteful display Of pa-
ture's beauties shade trees and dow-
ers. Nothing else so inspires the young
heart with sentiments Of purity and
love. as enduring as life, as the beauti-
full shade trees and lovely flowers Of
home. Have a well-arrangsd vegeta-
BILE garden and an orchard Of well-se-
lected fruit and these in variety, both
early and late This viii tend to In
spire in the heart love for home, and
instead Of boys going to the towns and
cities for the wonted pleasures, they
will find them in their lovely homes,
and It will also enhance the value Of the
farm.
There are other items Of equal Inn
portance in estimating the value Of
farm. The first is its fertility, or pro-
ductive capacity. The man who In
creases the fertility of his soil, thereby
increasing the yield annually material-
ly adds to the money value Of his fields
and advances tho real worth Of his
premises cOrrespondingly. Manure is
one Of the things Of which farmer
can never have too much. The more
he makes and uses the better his crops
will be- and the broader become the
foundations which he lays for perman-
ent prosperity. There aremany farm
ers who are not careful to make and
save manure, and who pay great deal
of money for fertilizers to make up the
deficiency caused by their own neglect
This is matter to which too littlc at.
tention is given by many farmers.
Some seem to be always making ready
to attend to this, but never do it They
go on carelessly and negligently, al
lowing the soil to degenerate from year
to year.
Every farmer can best see what inn
provements his farm needs. While one
farm requires better buildings or fences,
or both, another calls for enrichment Of
the soil. Every farmer, whether his
specially be grain-growing, dairying,
grazing or fruit culture. knows what
or should study what his most urgent
needs in the line of improvements are,
and should make efforts to carry out
these improvements. A farmer can
not stand still. II he is not improving
his farm. it is safe to say that it is going
down. Prairie Farmer