Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-12-20

bors had losf enough this year % pay
their taxes and the extorions of mon
opclie. and miidlemen for many years
Ia come. underirsinlng warns the soil
aud makes cultivation easy even In Net
seasons. The work need not be done all
at once. u could be- done gradually and
with q little contrivance, With the regu-
lar farm forw. lie Was proud 10 say
that he had dug many rods of ditch
With his own hands st q time when he
MAS too poor to hire u done. The prof.
its from this drained coll enabled him
to DO more. and he had seldom failed "a
nearly pay for the outlay with the frst
crop.
William strong % Ducas County be-
gan on a rundown, fat, clay farm, n
dorm years ago, and his first crop oi
wheat Was nine bushels per acre. lie
has Increased this Yield year by year.
until last year he got thirty-six bushels
per acre. lie planted M corn until be
had fir-t planted tile, aud the foundation
of his succcss was undertaking. II
YOU have no money to 90 into Il extco-
slvely, begin In . small way; buy two or
three thousand tile and lay them your
self. The Increased crop viii help pay
for moe. Experiment . little and YOU
~ill soon be satisfied that Il pays. After
the land Il drained u Will be possible to
work more nearly on time, which often
means . good deal. This rear the con-
slant rain made narrowing of little avail
In killing the weeds aud Il became
apparent that hand work would he nee
e.ssry. The first day or two . man
would easily 20 over an acre day, hut
after q few days only half that could be
done, an q nelghbor Who delayed =
week ~as unable to gct but cne-fourih
of an acre done In day. The careful
preparation of the soil aud careful cult
ure are ~hat bring the crop In many
Instances. The average Yield for Ohio
IL about seventy bushels of potatoes for
each barrel planted. last year the speaker
raised as Bushels frvm barrel of seed.
After draining, the farmer u ready for
clover, which would pump plant food
from below. Clover on his farm proved
IN. equal of manure; la one Instance
wherv twenty loads of manure and q
crop of strawberries took the place OF
the regular clover rotation on q half
acre of ground, the Yield of wheat fell
below that of the clover sod.
Figuring on the basis of the chemical ]
values of comm.rrial msnur.s, his clover
manur,d At the rate of so per acre once
In thrrc Year,, while the crops removed
bot sls worth. II there MAS any value
la figure. then his land was constantly
gaining In fertility, which seemed 10 be-
the case, and rrp.atci experiments With
commercial fertilizers had failed Ia give
any return. lie does not, however,
waste manure bc,au.. clover IL doing so
murh for him. With covered barn
YARD and tight stable foor., every parti-
Gle 1. SAVED that u po.slblc Ia save.
Drainage, tillsgr, clover, manure saving
this !. IN. grand four-bor-e team that vii
pull any farmer out % the quick.and. OF
debt, II he will make u.e % II. The
farmer working thi. team will need no
special legislation, ar two per cent. losn..
With this four.horse team II was not
difficult 10 rai.s twenty-five to thirty
bushels Of wheat and $50 Ia ~ bushel.
~ po,stoes per acre.
1hi. course IN. speaker had msrked
out for other. wss the one pursued by
himself. and u thoroughly AMI persist
entity iollo~ed could ouly result In sue
cess. "wouldn't IN. universal following
of such q course result In oyer-produc-
tion and thu. increase the dif!lcultie. OF
farming instead Of producing three time.
as much a. he now doe-r' Hut very
snail portion of farmers will do u, and
II will be entirely safe for all the farmers
Of summit County Ia attempt u. The
world. market Will never know of the
difference. Therr !. q story current of a
girl Who refused Ia marty her lover until
he had accumulated a fortune of $1,000.
lie accepted the conditions and proved
"a Ia accumulate the fortune. After he
had been At work about tao weeks and
he had not been near the girl, she met
him on the street aud asked HIN how be
90, along. '.Oh, hnely," hs replied. III
have got sl. toward the slO,0Do." The
girl reflected a minut. and then saii :
.John, 4 gue-. 81. l. near enough" The
ratio of ell to $1,000 IL much greater
than that Of summit County. produc-
ton. Ia those Of the rest of the world,
and no farmer need hesitate about doub-
ling hi crop. for fear of glu,ting the
market; besides, he feared many resolu-
ton. made to-day would BE- as short
lived AZ the girls. Finally. brother
farmers, undertake no more than you can
do and do veil. II I. the only way Ia
succeed. Many dsirymen ouly average
sl0 to q COW, while some make more
than twice that. II Il plain that the
former only do half a. we'll ss the latter.
IN one ONLY makes an average crop AMI
Do profit In growing four things, " Will
not help matter. To do eight thlng.. The
only way !. to do four things twice NJ
we'll.
Professor shaw Of Ontario, whose
speciality u weeds, recently visited the
speaker after q tour through ohio, and
he expressed the opinion that the rag
x.-i was a wors. scourge than the Can
adam thistle; yet most farmers let them
grow AZ their own sweet will, especially
Ia the .iubbles and pastures. The many
farmers this summer, driven almost Ia
death by their work, reminded the
speaker of \ hear story. \ family In the
mountains of Virginia were out of meat,
.ni Jane told her husband that he must
get some. With this intent he shoulder
"a hi. gun and set out In search of n
bear. After while he fell In With one,
aud after q short chase shot at u. Then
IA. bear set chase aud the hunter
dropped hi. gun and started for home
The bear galnei rapidly. and the man,
by shedding his garments one by one,
finally got within hsiling distance oi
home when he began Ia yell; "JdHe'
Jda,. olss tAs dcor' fosr meat e ooS'-
isgr'
There are other ways % saving money.
one I. to shelter tools. Another is Ia
buy at wholesale. The speaker saved
money by buying at wholesale. There
was a retail profit of twenty-five per
cent on many articles, and II a man did
not have the money Il MAS better to bor'
row at eight per cent. and buy at first
hands. Farming was, at the best, 4
small business, and II could not be- ex-
tended like manufacturing. The manu-
fs,turer superintended the work of many
men, anL = large part of his profits came
from directing their labor. The fsrmer
could not do this, so he should not com
pare results or become dissatisfied With
his calling. On the other hand, farmers
have much for nothing that the town
resident has 10 pay for. lie had, last
year, refused Ia 20 To Columbus at q
.slary Of s2soo PER year. lie and Mrs.,
r. figured up the probable cost of living
there. They would have 10 pay s10O
for house as good AZ their own. They
raised and used 800 worth OF fruit.
Their COW Was worth eD per year,
A horse would cost nearly slU
more. Water and gas had TO be paid
for and Il was often necessary IA
use gas instead of daylight, the houses
we're 90 close together. Altogether u