Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
THE FARM AND HOME.
A FARMERS COMPARISON OF
THE EAST AND WEST.
Agrieulturista OF Both Sections Can
learn OF Each other-Destroyins
Tree Borers-stock Notes
and Home Hints.
From Name 70 Mis- our.

w est ana southwest cannot ntlp puL
notice. IL would do many New Eng
land farmers good to take u trip
through the West aud many western
farmers could learu something from
visit to the East You say conditions
vary SO that people in one section can
not do as may Oe wisest in some other
locality. and that the general way Of
doing in any given section is the
wisest and safest for the place This
is a remark often made by intelligent
men. But 1t isn't always true. For
example, have attended an institute
in section whore stock keeping was
! followed largely by all writes I. b.
| Terry in the Practical Farmer There
were perhaps 200 farmers present
/ Out OF that number there were but
I or who had water-tight stable floors
I and saved all their manure In a basi-
| ness-like way. Was common custom
right or these two or three cranks"
! Now let us consider one point
/ wherein little change both in the
! East aud West would be wise. Let Us
/ look nj Maine which il the extreme
I northeast. They can grow good corn
I there Of the early maturing kinds.
4 saw plenty OF il and know OF men
who grew large paying crops. ] know
/ what ii cost them and Just how much
profit there was in H. They can also
I grow spring wheat oats and barley
But they do not do very much In this
line. A farm Is measured in Maine
BY the number OF tons OF hay il will
cut Hay Is king. rode many miles
by carriage Invariably when ! was
told about a farm we were passing
they spoke like this: There Il 200
acre farm that cuts 1875 tons 81 hay
Here Is one o. sixty acres that bought
last spring thar cuts thirty-hyo tons
OF hay. This Is the way the ninety do.
Is Il the best9 No. sir, They had
better raise more grain plow moro
and reseed oftener.
Grass should be the foundation, but
not the whole end OF their farming.
The first year or two after re-seedIng
they got large crops; then tho yield
grows less and loss II dwIndles down
to half ton or less per acre nm
told by good authority. Now this
they can do. establish say four year
rotation. aud raise good deal Of grain
/ and have moro hay than they have
now. Suppose one has forty acres 81
pillow land. He Is moving il all and
getting thirty tons Of hay on tho nv
erage He can put out ten acres %
, corn each year and ten 10 spring grain
seed largely with clover and now Il
two years and get fifty tons 81 hay.
, say. per year from tho twenty acres,
Perhaps not mt first but eventually. II
he manages wisely OH said some
farmers 10 me-. but We cannot sell
clover hay. No. and | wouldn't want
TO. ! would feed II out II living where
you do. and save tho manure care
fully. Some said 10 me but II Is nc
!. use TO put out any crop without put,
ting on dressing" Clover Ia short
rotation. and all manure saved. and
!, the grain that you raise fed out prop,
1 erly. will soon settle the dressing
matter Maine farmers In some 10
: calitles need TO pattern after western
ones TO tho extent OF growing NOR,
grain to turn into butter. beef ant
wool and lambs. They can get NOR
I for all these products than western
q farmers. Under sklllful management
:, they may raise rs much grain per acr,
9 as their western friends do. as the,
are now managing.
2 One point IL very noticeable tn
e eastern farmer saves every spear o
y what he grows. There was no corn q
. be seen outdoors, every stalk was 80
r cured; nor were there any straw stack
even. The waste in this line Is enor
nous in tho West Millions and mil
lions are wasted that would be save
70 by New England farmers BY so doin
Is they can we'll afford to grow grain. I
Il soil and season are not as favorable a
le in some western states.
to But now what can the western farm
n er learn OF the eastern one? Why Il
j save what be grows; more CAREFUL
% and turn it into money; but more par
N ticularly to grow more grass in hi
% rotation. In many sections here IL
most all grain. They need rotation
with clover perhaps clover anC Time
thy brought 10 more. They coul
thus grow more grain than they no
10 do and have lots Of grass and hay b.
y sldeA Much OF tue lanu mas OeC
~ grained to death. True most OF Ii
land between here and my home
O. Ohio. is natural corn land; but III
yield is getting down altogether Il
e low. BY good management in u
:, way spoken above, 1t would DO double,
20 Again do not suppose that chang
in the single line mentioned. East at
West is all that Is needed to NAL
farming more profitable We can d
as improve in many directions. ha,
~ tried only to point one way
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al Farming Pay.