The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-09-18
nG- BLAcX.DRAUGrT tea cures Constipation
MODEL FARMER.
How a Man Can Run Farm and also
Railroad Locomotive.
From Southern Cultivator.

We propose to present the Guilt.
vator readers with a fine example
of what may we'll be termed model
farmer of the class above referred
to, admitting, however, at start
that it is an exceptional case in
some respects. We reefr to Engin-
err Thomas l.. Bussey, so favorably
known in connection with the At
lanta and Marietta "Goober" train,
on the Western and Atlantic Rail-
road, man whose military training
at the once noted Georgia Military
Institute at Marietta, has influenced
his whole life, and as he was then,
for the merit of his work, so he is
now, whether on his engine or at
his farm home.
TO explain what We mean by this
We will quote from Mr.. Joseph NJ.
Browns recently published military
novel, "Kennesaw Bombard1ent,"
in which our model farmer is thus
complmented "Tom Bus:ey, who
was always noted for having the
cleanest gun of any cadet, and who
is now engineer on the Atlanta and
Marietta train of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, and as jolly and
full of lite as when he was in the
Military Institute, ran into his room
and got sky-rocket, which he had
been saving up for months. Com
ing into the yard again, he touched
it off, and up, up into the heavens,
amid the cheers of the boys, it shot,
leaving stream Of fire in its course.
This was first noticed by MAJOR
Storrs, who called General French's
attention to it. Both readily sur
mlseu It's meaning.
The point we wish to make right
here, on this quotation, is that the
young cadet of that critical period
whose ambition was gratified in
having the cleanest gun, and know
ing how to use it, is gratifying with
the same success, the desire to have
the cleanest dairy, cleanest cattle
and horses cleanest home and the
cleanest crops of any young farmer
in Georgia. And yet, for seven
days in the week, he leaves his farm
home at about seven o'clock in the
morning and returns at about six
at night. However, in the long
summer days the rising and setting
sun seldom fails to cast his shadow
over every acre Of his little farm,
and an able writer says the shadow
of good farmer falls upon his soil
like fruitful fertilizer. Tom Bus
sey not only casts big shadow over
his fields, but it is one that has
strong fertilizing power in it. So
much for the man and his charac-
teristics, now let US look at the farm
and his methods of conducting it's
varied departments.
The location of Mr.. Bussey's farm
is such as to aid him materially in
his efforts. 1t adjoins the 6ne
estate of the lamented Governor
Mcdonald, now the property of Mr..
Joseph NJ. Brown, and is about a
mile from the depot at Marietta.
1t is on a hillside, with a gradual
incline to a small stream of clear,
cool writer that flows through the
pasture from Kennesaw mountain.
AS you approach from town the
pastures are first seen, with several
large trees near the water for shade,
and some OF the handsomest Jersey
COWS in the state resting beneath or
grazing on the hillside. The pas
ture is divided so that one-half can
always be kept fresh and green for
the stock. Next to the pasture are
small fields of fodder, corn and for
age plants for horses and cattle, and
finer crops cannot be found any
where than are grown in these high
ly cultivated patches.
Higher up the hillside Mr.. Bussey
has an admirable system of terraces,
with three foot incline, and on
these terraces he rotates his crops
so as to secure the largest possible
yield from whatever is planted. In
this way he has saved his hillsides
from washes, made the soil extreme