The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-19
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
To Young Farmers.

exhausted Will Olu LlCuD "ho'o " >s
and vision are not as active as our
young farmers, whose hopes, energies
and ambition are in the spring-tide OF
life. 1t is as much as the old men can
do to carry on their farms as best they
can, for their activity and energies are
pretty we'll gone, so all they can hope
for is to make crop with as little
trouble and expense as possible, and
are satisfied if they make provisions
sufficient for the use of their farms
and money crop to pay the expenses
of the farm and family, and if they
succeed in doing so, they do we'll
that is all attempt, and so far l have
been successful. But the changes
now going On in farming, which
science and improved farm machinery
is developing, is work for our
young farmers; they are young ana
active, and they should have the am
bition, energy, perseverance and will
to take advantage of circumstances,
and make farming a success. 10 40
this, they must read as we'll as work,
and make theory and work practically
beneficial. My advice to all young
farmers would be, not to over-reach,
have small farms, and farm on the
diversified and intensive system, and
let your first object be, to the keeping
up of your land in state OF fertility,
that will assure you it's production will
amply repay you for the expense and
labor bestowed upon it; how many
young men have been discouraged,
and given up farming, because their
first attempt at farming was failure.
Cause and effect should be one OF
the first subjects the young farmer
should investigate and study, for Ell
fects are the results of some causes.
Like the failure that discouraged him,
the cause was, the lands he planted
were not in condition to yield a re-
munerative crop, hence, the effect was
a failure. If failure should be the
result of some cause termed Provi-
Dental, such as extreme drought or
from storms, or sickness, be not in the
least discouraged, for that arises from
causes that could not be averted, but
take heart and try it lover again. l have
met with great many such reverses
IN my long experience at farming,
which l expelled from my thoughts
by arousing my energies to try
it over again, and if the failure
was from any cause attributable tc
any fault of my own, in judgment OF
execution, I guarded against it in
future, and remedied the failure as tal
as it was in my power to do so. Self
, reliance is your main dependence. De
pend mostly on your own resources
and make the farm as self-supportin&
as possible, first, by raising all you1
!, own food supplies, and make all youl
fertilizers as far as possible. 1t won
do to depend on merchants and manu-
!. facturers to supply you with food ant
fertilizers. If you do, failure is inevita
, BILE. Depend on the plow to help yo'
! out in fertilizing, by rotating crops
! and turning under all vegetable mat
ter on the land to decompose. B.
this mode in few years yo
- will see your fields recuperatin
= and producing better crops. Kee
all the stock you can without incurrin
expense to do so, and that will hel
$ greatly in making manures, as well
g enabling you to put your land in bel
!. ter order for planting and cultivation
.s Stock is no expense when you ca
o maintain them out of your own crib
# and barns. They pay we'll for the fee
70 they consume, especially now when
h much work is done by machinery
!. which requires extra stock to worl
i, Let corn, oats, rye and clover be you
specialties, and the cotton your surplr
crop, paying proper attention to rota
ing your crops. By such a system yo
a. will improve your crops, and succee
AZ as a farmer, at the same time obser'
IN IN ing judicious economy.
We No farmer can expect to accumula
'd wealth rapidly these days by farming
J. so they need not attempt it; if a
-, tempted, failure is the result Far
=, to accumulate by slow and sure pro
~ ~ ess, that is, make the farm self-su
90 porting and self-sustaining, and wi
!, judicious economy, and paying as VI
-. go, by gradual increase of crops, al
y, took, by accumulation, in a few yea
y, the increase is so much added to yo
~ capital, which keeps increasing und
NJ judicious management. Farming
nd not speculative business, and shou
at not be made so. 1t is a regular bu
m. ness of system and methods, to be pr
no sued judiciously and perseveringl
II. paying strict attention to details. LII
.es all other business it requires stu
it. and calculation and constant attenti
~ to make it a success, and no buslne
is SO much under the self-control of
"a proprietor as that of a farmer. You
III. men can choose no better occupati
ne than that of farmer if they set abe
en it right. JNo. ii. DENT
six
me Big Profit in Sheep.
ty-
zen That there is large profit in she
he there is no doubt, and to show 9
ak farmers what may be done in this L
N. we published few facts furnished