The morning times., 1895-07-14
Bon Marche,
9TH st. N. w.
STEADY FARMING.

Mistake Of tie Farmers in Not Stick
ing TO Any One Thing.
Steady farming, with q good rotation OF
crops peTsislently followed, is the surest
way 10 success for farmers. Abrupt changes
in order TO meet high prices for some farm
product are dangerous practices, says the
Germantown Telegraph 1t is within the
remembrance Of every farmer when hay was
solow that il hardly paid 10 raise il for mar
kci, but since then farmers have been max
Ing more pEObt -~- " than almost any
other crop. To sau the change, a greet
many dropped hay from their list of farm
crops and tried TO get along without it,
The steady farmers continued to give grass q
place III their crop rotation, turning II under
when ii would not pay 10 cut and sell il as
hay. and when prices Went I'D again for hay
They were the only ones who had good crops
20 sell. Besides enrichmg their soil with
the grass, they found themselves prepared
10 reap good harvest when prices came
around again to their normal condition
just now sheep have been at n discount,
and thousands have been selling them off TO
raise something else more profitable But
sheep, bothfor wool and mutton, W i'll be prof
liable IN the future. Several times in the
past the sheep induStr ~ has been a its lowest
ebb, but IL revived in Time. Steam and
electricity ire said TO be driving horses
out OF the market, and that il Will 10
longer pay to RAISE fine colts. There
never was a time, and probably never
wlll be, when it did not pay TO raise good
horses Underbred stock is too pIcnti-
full and VIII be at j greater discount in
the future than now, but fine driving road
horses and heavy draUght horses Will
never lose their value permanently 1t
is within the remembrance of the writer
when many farmers paid 50 and Sc per
head for ordinary sheep because a boom
in that line was sending everything up
ward.
There are too many farmers engaged in
this industry who wait for high prices and
then they ush into that particular line
of work. If sheep are high-priced they
pay eXorbitant prices for stock in order to
raise others TO sell IL corn is the leading
farm product that paws well they turn
their farms into enormous corn n-fields,
unmindful OF the fact often that they do
not understand its culture nor tie ex-
penscs attached to il. Frequently they
have to make an initial outlay to adapt
themselves to the abrupt change, which
alone VIII take away all profits
Just now more farmers are preparing
for abrupt changes than ever be fore
II has been a disastrous year with most
OF us. Many have lost money and are
generally dissatisfied with their condi-
tons Each one is looking around at those
profitable Very often these profitable
products are only temporarily so, and by
the time The change is made they viii no
longer pay good prices. Good, steady
farming, with q fair rotation of crops, is
the only sure way for any farmer to
make farming sure thing. Grass, hay,
oats, wheat, potatoes, corn, sheep, cows,
and horses cannot always be Improbable.
The land is kept not run down. Ex-
penses are normal and outlays not in
creased by such violent changes The
pigs, chickens, COWS and sheep viii all
yield some incidental profits, while the
main farm crops may fluctuate from year to
year, but not more so than manu- factured
articles. Fluetuation is characteristic
of every business, and farmers have no
more than their share. The shoe manu-
facturer does not take up pin making be-
cause shoes happen to be Improbable for
q season or two.