Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-12
THE FARM AND HOME.
WHAT CAN BE DONE ON Tt'lR-
TY-FivE ACRES.
Intensive Farming Handle nees Gre
fully Useful sheep Pclts Rolling
Farm Notes and Home
Hints.
All on rhlrty.Flve Acre.

All on ThIrty- Five Acres.
A Southern paper gives tho oSIe'
rience of farmer in Mississippi
Last year he raised on his thlrty.tis
acres 500 bushels OF corn. 100 bushels
of Irish potatoes i25 bushels OF sweet
potatoes 22O gallons OF moiasses. $500
worth OF Strawberries. beans, peas
and radishes and l. $50 crates OF to.
matoes. which netted him $971 Be-
sides he fatted niue hogs saved ten
bu hels OF speckled peas seven tons
of fine hay and kept cows sufficient to
furnish milk aud butter for his family
and sold four TO tive pounds OF line
butter per week. All this from thirty
five acres of pine land.
A Louis ana paper commenting
upon the above says; We are satisfied
that the above results cum be- easily
obtained ON any OF our land In this
country by proper effort Even bet
ter results can be obtained by inten-
siye farming. Where we have such
n climate rs we possess and soil
and subsoil that is not only ricI in the
elements OF fertility but is especially
adapted to holding and utilizing all
fertilizers that are put into IT. the
farmer who is willing to pursue the
crude methods OF running over large
field and lighting the weeds and get.
ting few bushels per acre instead OF
concentrating his efforts on small
piece of ground is blind To his own
interest
We believe it is much more profit
able and great deaf pleasantcr to
raise 81. 900 worth Of produce ON ten
acres than to raise the same amount
on fifty acres. II any OF the lands ia
Southwest Louisiana are brought into
thorough cultivation BY perfect drain
age. deep plowing aud sub soiling,
and then. are intelIgently fertihzed
properly planted and cultivated the
very best results are sure 10 follow
Hrce it will pay big to feriilize
any OF our lands. FOR our
climate and seasons are such that the
valuable products raised in the world
can be produced; and the quantity
per acre can be greatly increased by
fertilizing. For instance about 10 10
20 tons OF sugar cane per acre Il
about as much as our best land. we'll
cultivated will produce without fer.
tilizer. By putting "a To- S. worth OF
fertilizer per acre the yield is increased
10 twenty-five TO forty tons per acre.
Now when we remember that exactly
the same labor is required to make
/ the crop in both cases except the
putting on OF the fertilizer. which
can be done NJ tho rate OF ten acres
per day by man and team using ii
distributor and that sugar cane
sells readily at 81 per ton. ii can be
seen that by using IS worth OF lerLil-
izcr per acre the farmer who raises
sugar cane will increase his receipts
$40 TO $50 per acre with scarcely any
more expense except for fertilizer
Almost the same relative results can
be obtained in any crop.
Farming will pay immensely in this
countri il the intensive system Is
| adopted for almost all crops. on
course there is u limit in this II Is
undoubtedly truc that the thing We
are advocating can be oycrdone.
For instance. as high as z2j bush
els OF corn has been produced
on ono aero In this state
| but the labo and expense pui
on one acre in order 10 produce this
result would probably cost more than
\ the crop was worth. We believe,
however that IL will pay to so Guilt.
/ yatc and manage our land as to pro-
duce IS TO 100 bushels OF corn Per
acre and other crops in like proper
tions This can be done by first
thoroughly draining the land by tile.
ing; second thoroughly pulveri2inn
the soil TO the depth of ten to twelve
inches; third. using fertilizer intclli.
gently rs TO quantity and
quality fourth, planting good
seed thinning OFT TO The
proper stand and thorough cultivation
Our climate and seasons will do th,
rest and rich reward will follow.
When Southwest Louisiana lands arc
farmed in this way the business Il
sure 10 bring in u rich reward TO Oh,
happy farmer
While Southwest Louisiana canno
boast Of as rich natural soil perhaps
rs Central Illinois or Iowa, IT is un
dOu5tedly true that her soils can b,
much more easily stimulated will
fertilizers and made 10 far surpas
the richest OF the lands Of Illinois am
Iowa--even with fertiIizers-in th
value Of her products. Let us max
the most Of our opportunities
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