The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-05
MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
Locality Has Much to DO With the SUI
cess of Farming Methods.

cess of Farming Methods.
1t seems hard for some farmers TO
understand that Il plan that may be
best in one locality and under certain
conditions will not always be the best
with another farmer under different
conditions 1t is this feet that is often
the cause not only of considerable loss
but also of great dissatisfaction when
n change Is made from one locality &c
another. 1t is also n source of disappoint.
ment in trying new varieties of grain,
fruits and vegetables, us well as new
methods or plans of planting and cul4
tivating
Eastern farmers, especiaOT, coming
west, too often have the ideJ that the
western farmer does not know how to
farm, and that when he gets settled
down in his recent purchase he will
| proceed to teach them. Unacquainted
| with the difference in the character
of the soil, the change of climatic
conditions and other causes, he at.
tempts to do just what the greatcc per
cent of western farmers are doing,
and that is. follow the plans he has
been brought up TO- 1t may be the
same that his father and grandfather
followed before him. and may for this
reason be considered the more valua-
ble. lie meets with failure and blames
the country for not changing to suit
him, when with the same work with a
different system of management better
adapted to the new conditions success
would have been realized. Those
who see this in time often save them
selves, but many persist in attempting
to do what is next to impossible, and,
in consequence, are ready either to 60
back or make another change Fully
threefourths of the failures among
farmers who come west can be traced
directly to neglect to adapt themselves
to the changed conditions under which
they are working.
Western farmers will read of the
heavy yields secured with some partic-
ular variety of grain. BY having {
variety that is we'll adapted to thai
particular soil and locality, having tho
soil rich and we'll prepared before
planting and giving thorough cultiva
ton, in fact giving all of the essentials
: necessary, the big yield may be oh
tanned But planned and grown unde
entirely different conditions the resul
l fails, to say the least to come up t,
the expectations of the grower, no
altogether because of the seed, but o
r the difference in the conditions o
growth.
5 1t is the difference in the result
l under different con ditons of growt
l that keeps back considerable improve
ment In too many cases only on
I trial is made and without taking int
, consideration the changes it is discard
: ed. In second trial, with such mod
: flcations as seem necessary by tn
S first trial, better success would
+ realized If the proper course is pun
t sued much can be learned from fai
! ures as well as from success Unde
= present conditions the farmer wh
simply follows in the beaten trac
d will often fail to make the farm pa
n as we'll as it would. But, on the othe
hand, the one that is always eXper
menting or trying something new wi
spend considerable money for whic
he will derive but little return. 1t
not only interesting, but often profits
BILE, to try experiments on sma
scale, but neither with new va rietiC
nor new plans is it best to go to e.
tremes. st Louis Republic.