The Russellville Democrat., 1889-06-13
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
To Young farnsrs

To Young rarner&
 So much is said and written about farming nowadays. the subject seems exhausted with old men, whose brains and vision are not as active as our young farmers, whose hopes. energ1es and ambition are in the spring-tide of life. Ii 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 well gone. so all they can hope for is 10 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 go, they do we'll that is all I attempt and so far I have been successful But the changes now going on iu farming, which science and improved farm machinery Is developing, is work for our young farmers; they are young and active, and they should have the am bition, energy. perseverance and will,
 to take advantage of circumstances.
 and make farming a success. To do this. they must read as well as work.
 and make theory aod work practically
 beneficial. Ny advice to ali 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 ef
 fleets are the results of some causes. Like the failure that discouraged him.
 the cause was, the lands he planted were not m condition to yield re- munerative crop, hence, the effect was a failure. If failure should be the result of some cause, termed Provi- dential, 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 itover again. 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 to any fault of my own, in judgment or execution. 1 guarded against it in future, and remedied the failure as far 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-supporting as possible, first, by raising all your own food supplies, and make all your fertilizers as far as possible. It won't do to depend on merchants and manu- lecturers to supply you with food and fertilizers. If you do, failure is inevita- ble. Depend on the blow to help you out in fertilizing, by rotating crops. and turning under all vegetable mat ter on the land to decompose. By this modo in few years you will see your fields recuperating and producing better crops. Keep all the stock you can without mourning expense to do so. and that will help greatly in making manures, as well as enabling you to put your land in bet ter order for planting and cultivation. Stock is no expense when you can maintain them out Of your own cribs and barns. They pay well for the feed they consume, especially now when so much work Is done by machinery, which requires extra stock to work. Let corn, oats, rye and clover be your specialties, and the cotton your surplus crop, paying proper attention to rotat- ing your crops. By such system you will improve your crops, and succeed as farmer. at the same time observ- ing iudicious economy.
 No farmer can expect to accumulate wealth rapidly these days by farming, so they need not attempt it; If at tempted. failure is the result Farm to accumulate by slow and sure proc ess, that is. make the farm self-sup- porting and self-sustaining, and with judicious economy, and paying as you go, by gradual increase Of crops and stock, by accumulation. in few years tho increase is 50 much added to your capital, which keeps increasing under judicious management. Farming is | not speculative business, and should | not be made so. It is a regular busi- | ness of system and methods, to be pur- sued judiciously and perseveringly, | paying strict attention to details. Like l lll other business it requires study | md calculation and constant attention 1 10 make it success, and no business | is so much under the self-control of its | proprietor as that of farmer. Young | men can choose no better occupation | than that of farmer if they set about | 1t right JNo. II. DENT.