The Bossier banner., 1892-07-14
FARMER AND PLANTER.
HOW TO DO IT.
rhe Way to Successfully Manage One
Hundred Acre Farm.

is best adapted to the land should De
planted, as some land is better adapted
to some products than others. Toman
age a one hundred acre farm success
fully and profitably is not very easy
matter. Good, sound judgment is abso-
lutely necessary in order to manage
successfully. The residence should be
so arranged and built as to give health,
comfort and plenty of convenience, and
pleasant atid enjoyable to the inhabit-
ants. A good smoke-house is very inn
portant. A good cisterb should be in
the yard, and good well near
the lot, for all purposes. The
barn should be built substantially.
and have plenty of convenience and
comfort, and plenty of room for corn
and stock, and storage for all the hay
and fodder. A granary, cotton seed
house, har11ess-house and wagon shed
should all be built, with plenty of sheds
and weather breaks for all the stock. A
good chicken house should be built, in
order to raise all the fowls of every kind
that would be profitable for home con-
sumption, and to sell az much of the
be any.
To farm successfully, man should
have plenty of good farming imple-
ments of all kinds that's needed on the
farm; the stock on the farm should
consist of two good mules, suffi-
cient to pull riding cultivator:
two good brood mares, which should,
if possible, raise colts every year
which colts, of course, should be
disposed of to the best advantage, SO as
not to have the pasture or farm over
stocked. Iwould say mules, for general
farm use or for sale, cafi be raised on
the farm. These two mares should be
of as good quality as possible, for gem
eral family use. If the owner deems 1t
necessary to raise horse colts to replace
the stock ON the farm, in case they need
replacing, raise them.
There should be four good milch cows
If it is absolutely necessary, keep a bull.
Raise, if possible, four calves every year.
The farmer should dispose of his year
lings to the best advantage, at the
most suitable time, for the greatest
profit. More of our beef consumed
at home, and less sent abroad, would
be advisable. 1 would say that there
should be hogs raised, to make
plenty of meat and lard for home use,
and some to sell. Sell meat and lard
instead of buying, which Is possible in
this country. Where hogs have to be
kept up most of the time, it would be
advisable to raise Berkshire, or some
other good stock of hogs.
The one hundred acre farm should be
divided as follows for the different pur-
poses: Twenty acres for pasture. If
there is any timber land, take it for
pasture. There should be good tank
of water in 1t. If 1t has good prairie
grass, let it stand; if not, set out Ber-
muda grass, which makes an excellent
pasture for all kinds of stock.
The pasture should be on one side of
the residence and the farm on the
other. To make it handy, the
pasture fence should be connected
to the lots and yard fence
Ten acres should be planted in
oats, sowed and plowed in, and then
narrowed well. Sow the 1st of Feb
ruary. Have the grain land fenced. 80
it can be pastured when the grain is
taken off. Plant thirty acres in corn;
break the land well before planting:
have the rows three to three and half
feet apart. When up, plow and thin to
three and one-half feet in the drill, one
stalk in a place. Corn should be plant
ed the last week in February, or the
4.
pends on the weather and seasons about
planting anything. Plant in fiat
ridge or just above level. Plow three
or four times with a cultivator The
richer the land, the thicker the corn;
the poorer the land, the thinner the
corn. There should be as much fodder
and tops saved as possible, without in
jury to the corn. AS soon as the corn
will do to gather, it should be gathered
and cribbed. The corn land is now
ready for pasture.
There should be five acres planted in
millet. Break the land twice; SOW the
seed, and harrow in we'll; it makes ex-
cellent feed for cows and horses and
mules. Millet should be sowed in April.
There should be twenty acres planted
in cotton. The land should be well
broken, in order that it may be culti-
waited with ease and produce well.
Either flat-break early, or ridge. with
three burrows when the time comes to
plant; ridge the land if it has been fat
broken; if ridged, harrow down so as
to work well. Plant from the 10th of
April to the 1st of May. The rows, to
plow out well, with cultivator, should
be from three to three and one-half
feet apart. When well up, plow with
a cultivator and hoe it once or twice;
thin it on good land eighteen
to twenty-four inches apart in
the drill; on poor land ten to
twelve inches apart; plow it three to
five times with a cultivator, with four
plows one every time. The size of the
plows should suit the work. After the
first plowing sweeps are the best for
cotton. Don't plow the cotton toe
deep; pick the cotton as soon as open :;
gin and sell just as soon as can be done.
This is better than keeping it for better
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