The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-12-15

yard manure, otherwise it will loose
much of its valuable and most solunble
nutritious property by evaporation vast
Ing etc. Our open farmyards too often
lead to lnJudlclous management of maure
where efforts is made to husband their
resources and spread over large area,
without timely saving. our manures
loose half OF their fertilizing value. In
asking our farmers in preparing and
fertlllzlng their land for a crop to con.
slider not only the yield for the wear Int
a permanent increase in the produc-
tloness of the soil We would emphasize
the necessity of rotation as improving
the physical and chemical condition of
the soil and compensating for exhaustion
which attends reproduction, and inioin
the necessity of not permitting anv
thing OF manural value on the farm to
vast. Do this, and with judicous use
OF chemical fertilizer material the yalue
OF our farm lands will increase.
REDUCE THE COST OF MAKING.
In rendering our lands productive and
increasing tqeyield per acre, we have
done much towards reducing the cost of
making. AS approximately the same
amount of labor is involved in cultivation
where the yield is small as where tbe
yield is large In addition to this the
use OF labor saving implements should
be studied, and adopted where they can
be saving in this direction. Here it
would not be out of place to say that
line economy can be shown on the farm bv
proper care of tools. harness. etc.
STUDY THE MARKET.
Of all questions unfortunately related
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has perhaps paid less attention to study
OF the markets than any other.
q. This result from the fact that our
prlncipel crop is one that has always
found ready sale for cash. It. is the
DUTY OF the farmer to study the wants
OF the town, 3ity or village near which
ne has located, ticelities for shipping to
the large marts of commerce, AMI their
demand for various farm products. E,
doing this he will Frequently find side
crops which he may probably cultivat.
Rnd for which he may be able to gec
sash when it is much needed.
The Investigation that would result
would moi only be of immense benefit in
restoring worn land but would aid at
arriving at what shout be the aim of the
farmer of the cotton states, a reduction
OF the acreage III cotton and that crOI
as a surplus. 1t may be said by som
that now that the cotton markets has
gone up it is useless to further urge upon
the farmer.
THE NECESSITY OF A SMALL ACREAGE.
To this we need only reply that the
same error will again result in the same
disaster, and that living prices can only
be obtained, by a reduction in the
amount made. The journey began in
the right DIRECTION, we should not turn
back allured by the hope of tempo
rary profit when experience has demon
strated that It can bring only ruin. We
wish it was in our power to convincingly
impress on tire mind of every farmer, if
we of the so'th would prosper, we must
make our farmer self sustaining, utilize
every thing of value at our Command to
renovate our waste land and reducing the
acreage in cotton, plant it only as an in
dependant money crop. In conclusion
we reeterate, let your doctrin be one
'ot restitution not spoliation, more grain
grass and fruits and less cotton.