Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
SUCCESSFUL FARMING.
Sensible Suggestions From John Dusty
Based on Close Observation.
To the Tobacco Loaf-Cnronlcle.I

There are many roads no doubt
that lead to competency and indie
pendence, If not to fortune, If syste-
matically and persistently followed.
The trouble with many of our far
mers, as soon as they get to be indie
pendent they commence trying TO
travel another road or two, and the
first thing we see they are behind,
their surplus gone, farm mortgaged
and they crying no money can be
made at farming, when the truth is
there is no money in their specula-
tons. Leave speculations to specu
lators and stick to your avocation,
from whence all wealth is derived
Because you see the SPECTATOR wear
ing linen bosom shirts, dressed in
fine cassineres, driving three minute
horses and smoking Havana cigars,
is no sign that his condition is better
than yours. If the truth was known,
perhaps, no independent farmer in
the land would exchange places with
him. i think / can show you ten
Independent farmers to one success
full Spectator; there are the fewest
number of them that make success.
$50 stick to your farm and you will suffer no
For stone that is rolling will gather no
moss"
Having thesfarm, strive to stock
it with such stock as will return you
a per cent. annually on investment.
If you are small farmer, keep close
to the shore. Get one, two or three
good mares-what you can pay for
and raise mule each year. If you
have an extra fine mare you might
raise fast colt. The mares can
more than make their living and
raise colt annually, if properly at
tended to. The farmers of this
country should be sellers of mules,
rather than buyers.
Your next step is your hogs-two,
four or six good brood sows are
enough for a start-as much as you
can well care for. l would prefer
well.bred sows to thorOugbreds.
They are more prolific, and crossed
on a thoroughbred boar will give you
good hogs. Corn is an important
factor in making good hogs. Never
suffer your pigs to get hungry, if you
can avoid it, until they are ready to
go on the scales. Never have a pig
on hand after he is twelve months
old; they cease to be profitable after
passing that age. Keep your hogs
clean of vermin and you will not be
bothered with that disease that kills
more hogs than the knife, called
cholera, for want OF a better name.
The next best investment is sheep.
What l have said in regard to sows
is equally true of ewes. A graded
eve is more prolific than thorough
bred. This Investment will pay you
annually 100 per cent. Let your
flock be large or small, but do not
buy more than you can give good
attention. | have three fiocks in
mind that | want to report on next
spring, one of twenty, one of thirty
and another of fifty-seven ewes, with
thoroughbred bucks.
What cows you have let them be
good ones. A good cow in family
is worth as much as a horse, but do
not starve your calves. A calf stunt
ed when young never outgrows it.
Give them a good send off in the first
five or six weeks of their lives.
When you commence to get any Of
your stock ready for market get
them in fine condition before offering
them for sale. You will always get
the top prices then.
John Randolph, on one occasion,
listening to Thos. H. Benton on the
Enhances of the Country" jumped
up and followed out Eureka pay
as you go!" What John Randolph
thought good for the nation is better
for individuals-pay as you go-or in
other words keep cut of debt.
Try these suggestions, and my
word for it you will prosper.
JOHN DUSTY.
Dec. 10, 1891.
p. S.-We hope 1t is not too late
to extend to jim Rice and his fair
bride our heartiest wishes for their
happiness through this vale Of sor-
row. May prosperity and posterity
bless them abundantly.