St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-04-20
FARM IMPROVEMENTS


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ffoa Losiag lts valas.
When the busy crop season b over.
we should give the farm thorough in
spection to SEQ what improvements can
be made. There are very few farms
but what could be bet,er-d In some
way. and It should be tho aim Of every
owner to make. each year. some per-
manent improvements thereon Il
does not matter whether the farm II
large or small. the value may be great
ly enhanced by making additions In the
way Of buildings and fences, the plant
ing Of valuable fruit and other 0rna-
mental trees. the clearing Of land.
cleaning old fields and fence rows Of
bushes and by adopting other measures
to render the promises more attractive
anA the soil aors productive
Ths farmer should consider his farm
- lit3le world oxoe which hs-suiek<
uaks and keep IL n . neat. attracs-
I've soadieioa. viii give him m sir Of
iadspendence. sslf-ssspese 81 hospi-
tality. Il b also tue that the appear.
ance Of . farm will often make u great
difference in the price it will command,
il offered for sale; for. In this. a in
many other matters. people Judge by
appearances As far as you are able.
have a good. neat and cOnven ent
dwelling house and out-buildings Let
the lawn have tasteful display Of ma
lures beauties-shade trees and aOw-
ers. Nothing e,se SO inspires the young
heart with sentiments OF purity and
love. a. enduring as life. as the beauti-
full shade trees and lovely flowers Of
home. Have . well-arrangcd vegeta-
BILE garden and an orchard Of well-se-
lected fruit and these in variety. both
early and late. This will 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 Il will also enhance the value Of the
farm.
There are other items of equal i'm
portance in estimating the value Of .
farm. The first is its fertility. or pro-
ductive capacity. The man who in
creases the fertility Of Ais soil. thereby
increasing tho yield annually material
ly adds to the money value Of his fields
and advances the real worth Of his
premises correspondingly. Manure 10
one Of the things Of which . farmer
can never have too much. Tho moro
he makes and uses the bettcr his crops
will be. and tho 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 grea. deal
OF money for fertilizers to make up the
deficiency caused by their own neglect
This 10 . matter to which too littlo at
tention Is given by many farmers.
Some seem to be always making ready
to attend to this. but never do it They
60 on carelessly and negligently. al.
lowing the soil to degenerate from year
TO year.
Every farmer can best sec what i'm
provements his farm needs Whilo one
farm requires better buildings or fences,
or both. another calls for enrichment OF
the soil. Every farmer. whether his
speciality 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.