Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-02
MAKES A piFEERENcE.
Locality Has Much - no With the sae-
cess OF Farming Methods.

Locality Has Much - no With the sae-
cess OF Farming Methods.
IL seems hard for some farmers ~
understand that plan that may hs
best IN ono locality and under certain
conditions will not always DC the best
with another farmer under different
conditions IL is this fact that is often
the cause not only NJ considerable loss
but also of great dissatisfaction whom
n change Is made from one locality To
another. II is also n source OF disappoint
ment in trying new varieties OF grain.
fruits aud vegetables. as well rs new
methods or plans of planting and cul-
tivating
Eastern farmers especially. coming
west too often have the idea that the
western farmer does not know how To-
farm, and that when he gets settled
down in his recent purchase no wilt
proceed TO teach them. Unacquaintcd
with the difference in the character
Of the soil, the change of climatic
conditions and other causes. he at.
tcmpts 20 do Just what the greater per
cent OF western farmers are doing,
and that Is, follow the plans he has
been brought up To. IL may be the
same that his father aud grand father
followed before him, and may for this
reason bc considered the more valua-
bic. He meets with failure and blamcs
the country for not changing 10 suit
him, when with the same work with n
different system OF management better
adapted TO the new conditions success
would have been realized. Those
who see this in time often save thsm-
selves, but many persist in attempting
To do what Is next To impossible, and.
In consequence, are ready either - go
back or make another change. Fully
three-fourths OF the failures among
farmers who come west can be traced
directly 10 neglect to adapt themselves
To the changed conditions under which
thcy'arc working.
Western farmers VIII read OF tho
heavy yields secured with some partic-
ulGr variety Of grain by having n
variety that is well adapted 10 that
particular soil and locality, having the
soil rich and well prepared before
planting aud giving thorough cultiva-
ton, in fact giving all OF tho essentials
necessary, the big yield may Toe OBJ
tanned But planted and grown under
entirely different conditions the result
fails, TO say the least To come up TO
the expectations OF the grower. not
altogether because OF the seed. but OF
the difference in the conditions OF
growth
IL is the difference in the results
under different con ditions OF growth
that keeps back considerable improve
ment In too many eases only one
trial Is mads, and without taking into
consideration the changes IL Is discard.
cd. In "A second trial with such nodi
tications as seem necessary 10y the
first trial, better success would 10
realized. II the proper course Is pur-
sued much can bc learned from fail
ures as well rs from success Under
present conditions the farmer who
simply follows In the beaten track
will often fail 60 make the farm pay
as well as IL would. But. on the other
hand, the one that is always expert
mcntinR or trying something new will
spend considerable money FOR which
he will derive but little return. II is
not only interesting, but often profitn-
BILE, 60 try experiments ON n small
scale, but neither with new va rietics
nor new plans is IL best 10 go 90 cx.
tremes st Louis Republic.