The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-04-25
Agriculture.


Comparatively fev farmers realize The
amour, 81 capital invested 10 their land,
uElcss IL be those most unfortunate ones
who are ,pdeb,cd 10 others ior their land
ed capital. and are obliged TO pay inter
CO. upon H. To such tho rcslinog sense
Of tied up capital comes forclbly aud ite.
quently enough Yet where the policy
Of rep,ing farms prevails, Il /, often
found thai those who REQ, laud often sue.
coed 10 making il more productive ihan
those who own their acres that they TIL
There is 10 gathering tho rent money OF
interest money M NEGATIVE 10 make ever,
scre produce The utmost OF which ~ IL
capable, that doe. No, apply TO the we'll
10 do israer on, 81 deb. ani who has
abandoned the hope OF making money
rapidly by iaimiog, These are The wont
obstacles to farm progress. Having the
money TO farm successfully, which means
thorough farming Ia ever, respect,
heir Influence 10 keeping on 10 tbs old
a,hionel cautious ways Is therefore all
the more injurious.
There have been only exceptional trials
OF good farming 10 this conniry pnder la
vorsblr conditions Tor success Bu, there
are enough to show that this is the policy
THAT all farmers mu ultimately adopt
Almost ,veiy farmer lbs more land than
1 A A.. a Nv ks
this is the right OF every citlgan IN this
lc1uniry TO add acre alter sere, sud get
little or nothing for their use We are
sometimes almost tmpted 20 wish that
japanese avs applied here. In that coun.
try the population IS so dense that 1t Is OF
natoral concern that the laud be pushed
to its utmost possihi tiles he farmer
who let's his land lie idle Or ovrrgro ~
with weeds suddenly finds his acres taken
from him and given to those more provi.
dent and industrious. u is, we suppose
practically much the same law that pre-
walls here aud everywhere else. II is the
survival Of the fit,est, only here the exam
ina,ion requires much longer time than
| il does under japanese laws
Perhaps land may never become scarce
en- ough in this country TO mae this sum
mary dealing with poor farmers necessi-
ty. Bat it will be because our people are
quick witted enough to learn that only
good farming pays, This bias always been
true, but with the increasing competition
OF European and Asistic labor with the
tanners vocation, 1t requires much bet
ter style OF farming to succeed now than
was necessary ID, 20 OF 90 years ago, Then
tbi. country controlled the eiaiu aud food
markets of the world; as it does not now
and perhaps never may again. Ii man |
then was little moe Industrious or lit
tie better Manager than his neighbor, be
was sure 10 make living and something
,siles, We were. ia those days, s.lling
the virgin fertility of our sril, and this
lever gave the American farmer this grest
advantage. Latterly we have been losing
this, and we must somehow make up for
it.
Can this be done? We believe it can,
though it will require thought as well as
muscle to accomplish it. The frat Of oil
the lessons to be learned is TO increase
fertility and make every acre produce
more than it has been used to doing,
With our improved machinery aud skill
the American farmer can probably still
cultivate and harvest his crops more cheap.
ly than any one else III be can increase
the product per acre, perhaps in some
cases by growing different kind Of crop
from that 10 which the competition is
strongest. be can wade 10 and make mon
ey, while those who go on in the old ways
must finally succumb. Some farmers have
found this better method in the improve
ment OF farm stock, others 10 fruit grow.
ing, and many more In judicieus and in
telligent combination Of both. Good farm.
ng is indeed not doing one thing well,
but SO far as possible adopting all improv
ed methods OF increasing the productive
ness OF the land.
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