The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
The Scrap Book.

There is perhaps no occupation which
has as much to commend it to the man of
a sound, practical turn of mind, and who
loves freedom, and courts q contented
mind, as stock farming. There is no
business so free from unavoidable dis
aster; there is less risk, less cause for
worry, and more to give the mind pleas
ant recreation than in any other business
whatever. A well conducted stock farm
never fails.
Economy of production, preparation
and marketing contains all the elements
of success in staple farming Production
must be on large scale, time and labor
saving implements must be used, and there
must be a thoroughly practical super
vision, and favorable seasons and circnrn-
stances. With all these there is a large
element of risk Large profits on one
years crop mayall be required 20 make
good the Shortage on the next Better is
small farm well titled, than a vast will
derness of weeds, and a little cotton
therein.
Much moreNCorn is planted too deep
than too shallow Experiments conducted
at some of the experiment stations for
several years, and experience, agree that
one inch is the best depth. AS the depth
increases on this the yield decreases. If
the season is unusually dry and warm the
planting should be deeper than if it is un-
usually cold and wet 1t is a fact that
thousands of farmers have never learned
how TO plant corn.
The present bad financial situation in
Australia is the result largely of the flow
of people from the country to the cities
OF course the people ''must live,'' and the
great majority will worry along somehow,
but it will be at the cost of much suffer-
ing. The big interior farms which raise
grain and live stock will continue in OPP
GRAFTON and their produce will be moved
on new lines of credit. The hitherto pay
ing mines will be kept at work and the
metals taken from them sent to Europe.
But in the cities the prostration promises
to be so complete as to cause an exodus of
hundreds of thousands unable to obtain
employment there, the need being all the
greater from the fact that the cities in
Australia have been congested for years
past at the expense of the interior.
The principal agricultural industry on
the Island of Jersey, near England, is the
growing of early potatoes for the English
markets. Although the island is only
about 100 miles south of England, the
Jersey farmer manages to get into England
from $4,000 TO $1,000 tons of potatoes an
nually ahead of the English farmer.
Many of the farmers rent their land, and
pay from $50 to S75 per acre yearly (tho
average higher than the former sum-. A
man who can pay such rent and live
comfortably from the returns of ten or
twenty-five acres of land must possess the
lSnack of turning everything he touches
into gold, and the faculty of taking care
of it when he gets it.
The New York Sun prints a very in
structive and interesting review of the
wheat situation throughout the world. It
points out that Europe's requirements are
each year about ID, 600, 600 bushels greater
than the year before on account of the in
crease in population. Wheat production
in Europe is decreasing and the present
years requirement of 36S, 900, 900 bushels,
or a little over 1,000, 900 per day, will
probably be less than what will be needed
for years to come. The Sun says that
with q liberal estimate India NAV furnish
&C, 900, 900 bushels. If our crop Yields
$1,000, 900 bushels we may be able to
spare, with the surplus of 1899, as much
as $4,000, 900 bushels On the most favor
able showing there must be q deficiency
of GA, 0O0,0 900 bushels and then leave no re-
serves to be carried over 10 1894 We
think this very conservative and safe
estimate, and look to see wheat selling
much higher before this time next wear.
AS to the use of nitrate soda for Gloom
ing'' grass that is growing too slowly.
there is the serious objection of the high
price of the fertilizer European farmers
that sell hay for city use have, however
used nitrate with good results and profit,
and in some cases near cities in this
country it would possibly pay TO use il.
The nitrate brings away very rapid
growth of rather ''washy" grass, and
sometimes doubles the yield of hay, but
in our experience horses are not fond of
hay so grown unless they have to eat it,
as is the case with city teams. The day
has not come for the free use of nitrate in
the west, although many are using it in
the eastern states; the time Is here, how
ever when the teachings of the manure
pile and stable should be carefully saved
and used.