The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-07-28
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He Made 1t Pay.

B. f. B. Woodall, one of the enterpris-
ing young farmers near Milford, Delaware,
contributes to the Chronicle long article
detailing his experience and impressions
on the above subject. Our farmers may
get suggestive thought from the follow
ing extract:
Five acres year is enough to commence
improving if your income from it does not
allow you to improve more. From seed
time to harvest is long enough to be in debt
for the feed in growing any amount, or
kind of crop, for the next years crop must
be fed also.
The next thing is to sow clover seed.
Our present scarlet clover seed is God
send to the poor man with poor land, for
by the use of phosphates to start crop OF
it you can enrich the poorest acre of land
in Sussex county in three years, if it is
drained land, so that it will grow twenty
bushels of corn.
Fruit is a necessary product of the far
mer and he should not be without some
kind of it the year round but you should
not 90 into it so extensively at this day or
in the future. Extensive fruit growing
has almost ceased to be profitable. But a
few acres handled by every farmer may be
made profitable. l warn you against
nursery men or their agents from distance.
Purchase your trees and plants from re-
liable men at home as far as you can. l
never had to pay more than the trees
or plants were worth, bought from home
nurserymen, and they always proved to be
what are they represented. In fact to have
your farm pay, you should deal with those
that deal with you if it is possible to do so.
bought six grape vines once for So that
| might have bought at home for one
dollar AID fifty cents. have seen the
men that have swindled the farmers of
Delaware out of thousands of dollars with
their wiry tongue, beautifully colored pic
lures and their selected specimens of fruits
preserved in alcohol
Try to sell nothing but good fruit either
TO home or city market as this has proven to
be and will be and will ever be the sure
hope of success.
Never cultivate more acres than you can
work with your own hand, or can see to it
often. A crop may be ruined by one
working done by inexperienced hands.
Setting of plants, trees or sowing seeds
should be done by some one who has had ex-
perience. Buy your seeds from reliable
seed houses regardless of cost. Have
every acre you own bring one or two crops
each year. Do you calculate what your
profits will be on any one product. |
have hundreds of times been asked does
this certain fruit or vegetable pay? Yes,
every kind that is adapted to your soil and
climate pays if you can handle and attend
to it properly. The small farm can raise
all the vegetables needed for the family the
year round, and have some to sell, you can
raise your fruits and have some to sell, you
can grow your hay and that is needed to
feed your family and stock, you can raise
pork from the culls off the farm aud have
pork to sell, you can fatten an old cow that
has ceased to be profitable for butter. If
you have not one every year to dispose of
in this way you often purchase one cheap.
The following are the results of Mr..
Woodalrs farming last year near Milford.
Produce sold from Shawnee vegetable and
fru;t farm 1893.