The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-03-13

fields OF 10 acres each. These are
used as follows: One for potatoes,
one for wheat, and two for clover.
One OF these clover fields could be
plowed under each year, thus giving
the entire farm a good green manur-
ing" every four years. This, in adj
diJion to the manure produced, should
be sufficient to keep the land in good
condition. The three remaining fields
should then yield:
1000 bushels of potatoes, worth $1,000 90
$50 bushels of wheat, worth 49, 80 90
40 tons clover hay, worth. ......... 400 90
$3.50 90
The figures are wholly within the
bounds of possibility, and yet would
give a much better Income than most
farmers receive from the cultivati n
of 100 acres, while the labor and eX-
pense of conducting such a farm
would be considerably less than upon
the larger one. The only trouble is
that many farmers will cultivate with
the degree of care that is requisite to
keep land up to this state OF product
iveness. Many consider 40 acres as
the most desirable size for farm in
any thickly settled region, and We
should be glad to hear from any who
are thus situated regarding their sue
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come, together with the crops and
methods of tillage by which the re-
suit is attained.
1t is not the part of wisdom to rush
into high-priced fruit or vegetable
novelties to the exclusion of the old
"tried and tested" sort. This is the
season of handsome catalogues, whicn
all con; ain pictures of several new
wonder" Some of these will doubt
less prove good and become valuable
!. additions to our accepted list. If OF
an exp. rImental turn of mind II
would be well enough to purchase
lightly of these, and to try them
in a merely experimental way, but dc
not invest very much money in any
one item, nor neglect the regular
planting OF those things which are
known to be good. An illustration
of the folly of thus rushing enthusi
, astically after new fruit may be seel
in the history of the Niagara grape
Few new fruits have been so highly
= yaunted within the past generation
and enormous quantities OF the vine
;, have been sold at from 81 each dOwl
; to (recently) few cents each. At
= recent meeting of the Iowa::HOrticul
q tural Society leading members state
g that the Niagara had proved "no
! superior to Concord in size nor quail
y ty," and Professor Budd said tina
. thousands of dollars have bee
{ squandered for the high-priced vine
y during the past six years, with tn
u resulI OF absolute failure in most lie
y calities, and faint endorsement by
favored few" 1t we look oyer
- nursery-mans's catalogue OF q doHe
u years ago we will fluid this mos
{ pertinentIy shown in the case {
= strawberries. OF the sorts that WEI
,,e popular then perhaps not half
- dozen survive, while of the ne'
y varieties originated since and la4de
r. r. as the !'comfng berry" not one In.
Is dozen can now be found in any lis
y or the hundreds of new varieties
81 potatoes that have been advertise
~ within the same time those that haV
~ stood tue test of time can be cohnte
10 on the fingers of one hand. Ne
70 varfties and better varieties we mu'
u and will have, as time goes on, bl
le notsevery new thing is therefore be
80 . =. ter, aud Judgment must he HI,fd,
Il Trying tliem' J; T. ~