The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20

- N After Al. the opiy Sure Way to bne-
Gees for Farmers.
Steady farming, wth good rotation
of crops persistentlyl followed, is the
surest way to success br farmers ABB
rupt changes In orda TO meet high
prices for some farm Droduct are dam
gerous practices. IL islwithin the re-
membrancc of every fanner when hay
was so low that II hardly paid TO raise
IL for market. but since then farmers
have been making more profit off hay
than almost any other crop. To suit
the change, great many dropped hay
from their list OF farm crops and tried
20 get along without 1t. The steady
farmers continued TO give grass place
In their crop rotation, turning IL un-
der when II would not pay 10 cut and
sell IL as hay, and when prizes went
up again for hay they were the only
ones who had good crops TO sch. Be-
sides enriching their soil with the
grass, they found themselves prepared
TO reap good harvest when prices
came around again 90 their normalcon-
dition.
Just now sheep have been at dis
count, and thousands have been selling
them OF 10 raise something else moro
profitable. But sheep. both for wool
and mutton, will DO profitable In the
future. Several times in the past the
sheep Industry has been at its lowest
ebb, but it revived In time. Steam and
electricity are said TO be driving horses
out Of the market, and that 1t will no
longer pay TO raise fine colts. There
never was time, and probably never
will be, when IL did not pay to raise
good horses. Underlined stock is too
plentiful, and will be at greater dis
count In the future than now; but fine
driving road horses or heavy draught
horses will never lose their value per-
manently. 1t is within the remem-
brance of the writer when many farm
ers paid IS and SO per head for ordinary
sheep because boom in that line was
sending everything upward
There are too many farmers engaged
in this industry who wait for high
prices, and then they rush into that
particular lime of work. IL sheep are
high they pay exorbitant prices for
stock in order to raise others To sell
IL corn Is the leading farm product
that pays well, they turn their farms
into enormous corn fields, unmindful
of the fact often that they do not un-
derstand it's culture nor the expenses
attached Co it. Frequently they have
To make an initial outlay to adapt
themselves TO the abrupt change,
which alone will take away all profits.
Just now more farmers are prepar-
ing for abrupt changes than ever be-
fore. 1t has been disastrous year
with most of us. Many have lost
money and are generally dissatisfied
with their conditions. Each one Is
looking around at those who seem to
be raising something more profitable.
Very often these profitable products
are only temporarily so, and by the
time the change is made they will no
longer pay good prices. Good. steady
farming, with fair rotation of crops.
is the only sure way for any farmer to
make farming a sure thing. Grass, hay,
oats, wheat, potatoes. corn, sheep, cows
and horses cannot always be unprofta-
BILE. A proper system of diversified farm-
ing will make profits certainty on
some of the crops. lis at any rate good
farming. The land is kept up, not
run down. Expenses are normal and
OUTLAWS are not increased by such vio-
lent changes The pigs chickens, cows
and sheep will all yield some incidental
profits, while the main farm crops may +,
fuctuate from year 10 year, but not
more SO than manufactured articles.
Fluctuation is characteristics OF every
business, aud farmers have no more
than their share. The shoe manu-
facturer does not take up pin making
because shoes happen TO be unprofita-
BILE for a season or two.-Germantown
pa Telegraph.