Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-20
Get the Most from the Land.

DR.. Roberts secoud lecture was ex
ceedingly entertaining. its general sub
iect being the farm its soil the element
Of fertility in the soil and how to get the
largest amount out of the soil with thu
means at the farmers command Some
sthe best points in the lecture are given
"l gu have in every 100 pounds of earl
upon your land certain amount Of
potash. phosphoric acid, nitrogen, and
other ingredients Of the soil which were
placed there by the courses of nature
This is your bank account, what you
have on hand to start with.
Now God sent US into this world tt
get everything possible out OF the sol
for our own use and also leave it in con
iition that there shall re something fol
posterity to work upon.
What have you taken out?
You have grown hay upon the land
you have received good yields of pota
toes. corn and grain, and have been tax
ing from it for yesrs. and now perhaps
wonder why it is that your land does not
produce more, when during all this long
period you have returned to the land
next to nothing in the way of fertilizer
You wonder why your farm is NOT
worth as much as formerly.
You have sold your farm in half bush
els at the railway station. Can you ex'
pect your farm to go on producing when
you are sapping 1t Of Its life blood?
You must shorten the corn row, con-
centrste the chemical forces OF your
land Begin on the farm and conclude
at there are portions that are not worth
botheriug with Let them run to grass
and thu, take the hest and see how much
you can raise. Concentrate all your
forces, making the corn row shorter and
the 'oad Of manure longer. Make land
Weld more per acre. where you have
raised txo bushels to the acre, raise
three when you have made these frat
plots produce to their fullest capacity
take up ona of those that you have let
go and pretty soon il you are smart
pushing farmer, all those old back lots
which were once givea up to pastures
and small underground will be ssnong
the brightest spots on your farm.
Corn Is one of the best crNps that you
can raise. They raise it in New York.
YOU eau raise IL in Maine But. how
Don't SOW your cora Plant it, and
don't plant is tushel TO the acre.
To raise corn is to raise corn, not
stalks
Corn is q sun plant 1t needs warmth
aud light. Dtain your land II very wet,
plough it ia the fall and pl,ns early and
not n ore than i've stalks ia the heap
Care for Your corn. keep the land thor
oughly cUl ivated and # will pay many
times better than crop Of Timothy hay
upon the same land
The feeding value of two acres OF corn
is fou and one-haif times tia. of linn
othy. Get more per acre
Rise roots. mangles. The great trou
Bile with farmers in planting roots ia that
they plan. from four to six weeks too
late rhe seed Of the Inangle Is iucased
in little she'll. It will hasten growth
to have the frost act on that shell And
again, weeds won't start early. mangies
will
Use philosophy in everything you do
Don't let thing get of year farm until
YOU have added labor and skin to the
last possible point Strive to do the
hard things Anybody can raise com
mon place bushel-to the-acre crops.
Get the largest and the hest. When you
have learned inst how TO -sise plant
you have agriculture half iesIned
Bring animals into play in the bringing
up Of your land"