New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-11-16

Building Up the Land Small Things
to Be Attended to NoW--Keep-
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Artichoke Culture--cu Cur
rant Culture.

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rant Culture.
Building Up the Land,
Much OF the prosperity of old-time
farmers, and ofneW settlers on virgin
soil, was because SO large a part of
their work was ard is devoted to
making the farm better. On wild
Land something must always be done
at first before it can be made produc-
tive. Then, too, there are houses
and barns to be built, fruit trees to
be planted, wells to be dug and fences
put up. In all these ways the early
settler finds a use for his labor, which
is paid for at good wages, while the
soil remains fertile. But when fertil-
ity diminishes these improvements no
longer pay. In all the older sections
OF the country, and in some places in
the West, land can now be bought of
disguised owners for little more than
the cost of the improvements, often
for less. There is naturally much
more caution in these days about inn
proving farms. It comes from previ-
Gus mist axes in making Improvements
that did not pay, and is not always a
wise caution. WHAT'S needed says a
writer in Cultivator is a closer dis
elimination as to the character and
productlveness of improvements.
Some not only do not bring
money to the owners purse, but sub
ject him to an annual bill OF expense.
In constructing a new house, for ex-
ample, many a man has found too
late that not only did the house cost
more than it should, hut the expense
OF furnishing it and the style OF living
that it pre-supposed were all equally
disproportioned to the farm income.
We do not say aught against fine
farm houses, but they should follow
rather than precede improvements on
the farm itself, to produce enough in
come TO justify such dwellings.
HOW TO IMPROVE THE FARM.
How shall the farmer heavily in
debt begin to improve his farm? He
will not at once expend large sums OF
borrowed money in putting up ex-
pensive buildings and fences. These
be can probably better do without
than he can with many other
things that cost less money. He
may and should spend part OF what
he can get IN manure, and another
part In tile for draining, using his own
labor at tines when other work does
| not press, to dig bitches and place the
tile. Hand as this work is, in no 9th
erNay will a man form greater lovefor
his farm than under-d draining it. The
rule of Nature always is that we love
what we have sacrificed most for.
Whatever may be thought OF the
Henry George theory denying the title
to land bought with money, there
onght to be no question as to the title
ofthe farmer who has taken wet land
and reclaimed it by thorough under
drainage. And such a farmer not only
thus acquires a love for the land ne
tills, but it is also the best way to
make sure that he can keep it. OF the
| thousands of abandoned farms in the
older States. comparatively
FEW HAVE BEEN WELL DRAINED
The money expended Oh them was
| put where it did much less for soil
prod Judicious planting
OF fruit trees and properly caring for
them until they come into bearing is
another safe way to improve land. It
is not enough alone, for the fruit trees
must be well cared for and MANFRED.
Unless this is done they willentailloss
rather than profit. When planting
| trees, most farmers ,lnder-e estimate
the labor and manure they will re-
qulre; hence they plant too many.
Fewer trees better cared for, and
more money invested in the beststock,
| is the best condition for the farmer
! heavily in debt. Ii he buys ever SO
| small a number Of. thoroughbred
| animals at first. and cares for them
as he should, their increase will bring
him out OF debt quicker th an he can
| get out IN any other way, and without
imp verishing the soil BY an exhaust
I've system OF cropping.
Now,
In the press OF work on q farm,
many little things go unnoticed, or are
seen at a, time when it is impossible
, to attend to them. This is particular
/. " the case regarding barns, stables,
chicken houses, etc. If the farmer
will cast his eye around when, in these
places, and make a note OF the broken
hinges, the loose rattling windows, the
holes IN the floor, constantly growing
larger from Wear, the rickety perches,
the neglected manure heap, broken
posts, leaky roofs, and the thousand
and one other little things that will
give him annoyance In the near
future, he can set apart a day or two
to attend to his mending. Secure q
few boards, q hammer, a saw, and
nails, and go to work with a will says
q writer in Indiana Farmer, and it