The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-09-22
PITHY POINTS.

+; first put such guard about the
trees that the stock can reach Meth
er trunk nor branch.
Sheep will enable you to earn
; more money from a given amount of
land than will any other stock re-
curing the same labor.
Protect the young lambs from
cold and wet, or the result will be
weakened constitutions, which will
seriously interfere with future
profits.
The great disadvantage Of the
single crop system is that one has
nothing to sell except at the time of
the one harvest. 1t is apt to induce
habit of running bills" the rest
Of the year.
Do not begrudge paying good
stallion fee. Every extra dollar so
expended will return more than 100
per cent profit if it is rightly placed.
Match your farm horses perfectly
in gait, first Of ali; then in strength,
then in size, and after that 10 color,
style, etc.
A really fine saddle horse is hard
to find, and such are constantly
coming into greater demand. There
is opportunity for breeders to devel-
op a paying speciality in this line.
Feed your live stock with view
to getting some good fertilizer. and
you may be pretty sure Of also get>
ting some profit from the stock.
If sou will keep account of the
cost of cultivation and the value Of
the crop in each field, you will find
it an incentive to bring each one up
to the highest possible standard.
Treat your fields individually, as
we'll as your dairy cows.
Sowing clover seed is adding to
the capital in bank, and it begins to
draw interest from the date Of de-
posit.
Intensive cultivation means SIM
! ply farming to make money" The
man who does not believe in the
method had better abandon the
business.
If you start to build good house,
you first put in a substantial founda-
ton. If you mean to raise good
crops you must also lay substantial
foundation, which, in this case,
means rich land.
Our best farmers are not filling
their barns with corn and hay ex-
clusively, for winter feed, any long
er. Silage and well-cured cornfod-
der, bran and oil neal are more
economical and better.
Improvement of the stock and
improvement of the soil should GO
hand in hand. Buy better bull to
put at the head of the berl, and
then lay cement floor to save the
liquid manure from the stables
Recent developments in dairy
science make it one of the most
promising branches of our agricul-
ture. We should have dairy schools
now as we have farmers Institutes
everywhere, and well supported.
If you are in the dairy business
to stay raise your own calves. You
can not only develop the best milk
ing strains in this way, but you can
be sure of having quiet and gentle
cows.
The essentials Of a properly pre-
pared seed bed for wheat are fne>
ness and compactness. These are
not procured in day. Plow the
land early and work it often with
roller and harrow.
| Do not be deferred from trying
new experiments for fear that your
neighbors may laugh at you. About
the only way to learn anything new
about agriculture is by experimental
ton. Do not leave all the expert.
mentirg to the stations, either.
The farmer who experiments for
himself, in his own field, learns
hundred times more than he can by
reading Of the work of others.
A pillow that is cleaned and greas-
ed at noon and night will clean it.