Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-04
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FARMERS AND FARMING.


An Instructive letter From g Practical
Agriculturist.
Written For fe Register.
Itisa good rule in farming not 20 put
all your eggs in one basket Try to have
some wheat, wool, mutton, pork, apples
and such other products for which your
land is suited.
The specialist must be peculiarly sit
uated to succeed, and his risks are great
and his business corresp0udlngly pre-
carious. TIE farmer who has variety Of
PRODUCTS for sale ia very apt to get good
prices for some Of them, and the loss on
the low priced articles is thus more than
made up and q good average maintained
from wear to year, while the specialists,
sucb "A the onion-raisers Of Berea, o, the
lawmakers adjoining New York city, or
the chaese-r makers and potatO-raisers OF
New York and Michigan, may be unusu-
ally fsvorably situated for their respective
businesses, they see many on years
that materially cats down their net prohtsi
an mueb is tins the case that the lesson ls
plsin 10 the average farmer Who Is not
favored by situation soil and climate.
Even the cotton and sugar planters OF the
Soutb have begun 20 realizs that TIER
safety and profit lies ia more varied pro-
ducts and are beginning TO produce az
home the Hour, meat and corn they hao
previously depended on their northern
neighbors to furnish.
Agsin, try 70 produce ct home al the
various traits, vegetables and meats That
Won consume. You can raise them mucn
chesper and fresher that yen can buy them
and oftfn d little addition to the patch
will yield enough TO sell TO psy the total
cost
Another object for which farmers should
strive is TO produce more on less land, IN
erelss The gield and reduce the acreage.
thus reduce the expenses and increase toe
profit. instead Of raising 200 bushels OF
wheat on twenty acres, raise 10 on ten
scres; one represents loss, the other
prof. end so through all lines Of farming,
and right here Gomez the Importance or
smother farm product-manure. 4ou
have an heard Of the old English couplst;
More cattle. more manure
More manure more grass
More grass, more cattle.
It's homelv, but it's true, and have
vet to see the farmer that produced too
much manure, and TO produce an abund-
ance of manure al hay aud grain raised
on the farm should be fed there, except
wheat. and an equivalent to that should
should be purchased 10 mill-ieed and fed
20 stock. The result will be beneficial and
surprising 90 the uninitiated. Try NJ, and
ina year OF two your two hundred bushels
of wheat on ten acres VIII be an easy
matter.
But while YOU are feeling out your hay
and grain look well 20 the kind Of stock
that is consuming t. As / said IN my
former article, scrub stockgive scrub
returns. and we cannot afford 20 employ
scrub manure makers. So procure
good stock and bred TO none but full
bloodsd males. Only the best returns
good profits, and the profits are proper
tionate Go the care bestowed. Provide
shelter snd feed iudiciouslg tlr health and
Thrift and then when you get the manure
take good care Of IL, too. Dent DO ike
the man saw who built the corner Of his
stable out over the creek bank, and when
i asked bin bis idea Tor that, be replied
that that was a hsndy way to eet rid Of
the marurs2 I asked him what he would
have dore If De had rot bad the creek so
handy. He allowed be wo0ld he'd to
moved the stable then Ga. with such
farmers They don't delerve success-and
generally don'tget il.
By feeding aud fsttening stock the ex-
pense of transportation Co market Is re-
duced 90 a minimum--Hint WORK Is pro
vided and there is less excuse for loahng
about the country store. This loahng is
a bad habit nrd all farmers should be
ashamed 20 be clsssed among loafsrs. They
can certainly 6rd something 10 do on rainy
or story DAYS. If ii is nothing but chop
wood. Provide a tool house with a few
simple carpenter tools, such as saw, square,
hatchet. plane, draw-kniie and augurs
and many odd Jobs can be done and many
q dime saved on rainy days, and the
farmer viii feel much better satisfied than
he would splitting tobacco juice against a
hot stove or whiting boxes at the country
store TIMOTHY HAYsEED.