Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
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The Progressive Farmer.

'NNN'Na sc oNNA'hy Va wv h"hNt ""N
no man is a good farmer in our day
who is not good thinker. A con-
slant toiler with the hand to the
neglect of thought is not a true. farms
er of the present age, but a drudge
who labors without reward. 1t is
one of the great blessings of an adj
vanced civilization that mind is
made to guide, direct, and relieve
the burdens of physical toll, and no.
where is there a better Illustration of
the benefits which mind can confer
to relieve the labor OF the hand, than
in agriculture. 1t is only necessary
to refer to the moving machine, the
reaper, the horse-rake, the manure
spreader, the threshing machine,
cloyer-huller, and the perfect chilled
plow, to be convinced ofthis.
In the days when all labor was
done by physical force, the battle was
to the strong, as well as riches to men
of understanding, but in u day the
battle on the farm is to men of
thought, rather than men of strength.
The time can well be remembered
by many of the present generation
when the nan of the strongest mus
Gle, who would handle the scythe,
the sickle or the cradle and the hoe
with the greatest force, and with
diligence, was called the best farmer,
and was generally the most success
full in accommodating money; but
times have changed, and mind has
gained a victory over strength. Sue
cessful farming can only be awarded
to those who, by the exercise of
thought, make every esOurce avail
able to their interest. There Is no
such thing as success, at the present
time, in ~hap>hazzard farming; there
must be order and system, care and
thoughtfuIness, in every department
of farm management, or no profit
will be realized.
AT the present time of general de-
preston in every branch of business,
we can expect only n small margin
of profit, and for that profit we must
take advantage of every means, and
economize in every way. If the
steer raised on the farm, of common
stock, will be worth at three year:
old $50, a cross of improved stocl
with a little better care, of like age
q. would be worth $40. The dairymar
; who makes his common herd pa.
; but $50 a season will, by a little car
; in the selection of COWS from the hes
milking stock and with better at
tention, bring them up to $50. Ii
feeding for pork, when fed in a care
less and thoughtless way, a bushel c
corn will make but six Or seve
pounds; but. when fed with care
the corr made into meal and scalde
y or properly soaked, a bushel wi
make ten or twelve pounds or a gal
of one-third by economy in feeding
y In the making of dairy products, tn
range of values are as one to three
" or, in other words, the best butte
L. sells quicker, is in better demand
80 cents than the poorest at 10 cen
or the ordinary at 20 cents.
~ The grain-grower who cultivate
his land in an ordinary, way has I
regard to rotation of crops, and wit
but little care for soil fertilization
y, will expend fromj$4.0O to 5000 p
ID acre for a crop Of wheat. that ms
yield from sixteen to twenty busheI
u and at present prices would bril-
h SO or 81 for the use Of land, with Il
loss Of fertility, Thee thoughtf
farmer has learned that, to expel
So OR SIS per acre more in fitting al
fertilizing, the land will safely retu
thirty bushels per acre, and a pro
es of So OR $40, and the like rule will a
,g ply TO all other grain crops. If a or
.U|HHE 80 MA
US Of barley is grown, the farmer who
IN not alert may let it become over-ri
before harvesting, and the grain
ly stained and the market value redl
zee ed ten cents per bushel. If beans &
mt grown, the farmer who meets wi
IS, success allows notime to pass uni
nd proved in harvesting and securi
err the crop unchanged by wet wealth
81 but the thoughtless farmer allows
ire rain and damp weather to injl
ire them in the field, or puts them
ms the NOW damp where they stain a
tn are damaged twenty-five or fifty
cent in value. The only profit is
always raising the best Of all P
EN- ducts, and in saving expense by
Sc. use of l%abor-saving machinerywf
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