The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-26
THE AGRICULTURE WORLD.
THr PROGRESSIVE FARMER SURE
OF SUCCESS.
ratenslve Rather Fh.. Extens,ve
Farming Necessary-E3ect Of Food
ON Milk and Batter-Bone for the
= Poultry YarL-EarnA Notes.

In SO simple a calling as farming Is
regarded by many 10 be, one might
practice and experiment q lifetime AMI
though he should attain the age Of the
patrlarchs Sc would leave many prob
lens unsolvetl.
Agriculture Is 4 science, and the ill.,
tclligent, painstaking, progressive far
mer who believes In intensive rather
than extensive farming, who would like
to know the nature and composition of
his Oif-what clements it lacks. what
fertilizer would supply the deficiency.
how 1t can BIZ applied with the least
expenditure Of Tina and money. and
who would practice u judicioIs system
of rotation and thereby retain and even
add to the original fertility of his land
will find 1t pleasant and profitable to
solve Its hidden myst aries. says >. T..
Bupstine In Farm, Field, & Fireside.
But the man who Is satisfied with the
| ways OF his ancestors who Is content
with the traditional "grist in one end
OF the sack and stone in the other" will
never be any wiser; he belongs to that
class who contend that anybody Gun
farm" that my grandfathers ways
| are good enough for me" aud anything
that might be said or written would be
casting pearls before swine." for 1t Is
not probable that he would read, much
less subscribe for an agricultural jour- :
nal
l. is'rlght that We should initiate our
ancestors virtues to practice that
which experience has taught us Is good
and right. fanls injunction to prove
all things. hold fas. to that which Is
good" il applicable here; likewise the
''hlOcks" over which many have Stun
llel and the shoals upon which many
have stranded should as prudently be
avoided. As well cling to the fOsslized
fail and reapiIg hook as TO follow the
old slipshOd system Of farming. which
not only impoverished the land hut its
owner also.
Under the old system OF continuous
crOpping-of milking the COW without
giving her anything to eat-land soon
got that tired feeling" and there was
as much difference between the first
and last crop as there ia between the
"hefore" and "after taking picture Of
the patent medicine almanacs.
When the writer came to Central H.
linois In 'Gs much Of the land would
yield. after very Indifferent cultivation.
from fifty to eighty bushels of corn per
!
would more than pay for the land.
Much Of this same land has never
grown blade Of tame grass, lrgumin.
GUS plants. or nitrogen gathcrers' un-
less the seed got there by accident. and
1t has become SO poor that unless the
conditions are very favorable one can
hardly raise a disturbance OH 1t; the
stalks have been raked up and burned,
StubDle ami straw fed to the flames--a
mighty run has been made on the de.
p0sits" and nothing returned until tile
bank" has been forced to suspend
payments"
Remember, brother farmer, 1t Is
much easier to farm in such a way as
to retain the soils fertility than to re-
store 1t after being once exhausted
more pleasure and profit In keeping
your land up to Il high standard of fer
tiltty. than In trying to renovate Worn
out soil. Make use Of the means pro-
vlded by the state and National Gov
eminent In the way Of bulletins. re.
cords, etc. OF the knowledge gained
from the experience of practical far
mers: remember the little farm well
titled" study the nature Of your soil,
make the most of its natural resources
and OF the manIres produced on the
farm: let legumes and short rotation
be your watchwOrd: bear In mind that
handsome General Theory ia often nut
TO rnut by homely Corporal Practice.
Store you mind with useful know.
ledge, heed Chesterfield's saying.
What Is worth doing at all Is worth
doing well" and you will find yourself
practicing. enjoying and profting by
the New Agriculture"