The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-11-29

sy III vaded and con-
VIZ quered England In
(C$ 1906. and became
kingofthat country.
whih' SIN retaining his dukedom. His
SUCCESSORS in the dukcdom were enter
prising and powerful Princes. and took
an active part In the crusadcs and other
warllke enterprises. At the same time
they encouraged both agriculture and
navigation. and the people Of their sea
coast were the most daring and skill
ful amongst the naylgators Of that
time. They conducted an active traffic
with foreign countries. and as early as
the fourteenth century established
treaty ports on the coast OF Africa. and
elsewhere. In the sixteenth century
thoy discovered the ST. Lawrence river.
ana occupied its shores: and also ostab-
lishcd settlements In Brazil and other
parts OF South America. This com
merce necessarily called for the ostab-
llshment Of scnports In France. Tho
least important OF these ports was
havre. at tho mouth OF the Seine
founded by Francis. the first King Of
France, about 1885. the previous port
OF llarncu, Gt the mouth OF that stream,
having become ineligible on account OF
the filling up OF the stream by allu-
Vium, similar TO what has occurred az
the mouth Of the Mississippi and other
rivers OF IT, kind. The harbor has ever
since been maintained and Improved at
great expenditure OF money, and IT'S
docks are now more extensive than
those OF any other port except Liver
pool ana It's commerce equals. II not
exceeds. that Of any French port. Dur
ing the growth OF the commercial prop
oriy the agricultural interests OF Nor
mandy made corresponding improve
mont, this being mainly due to the
TACT that, unlike England. the land. in
stead Of descending alwaya In n body to
the eldest son. was divided among all
the children, until the whole country
is held In small tracts. This state OF
things have continued until this day,
ana now nearly the whole OF France 90
owned BY occupants Of the soil, who
thuA nave the greatest interest, as II %
to their advantage. to bring and keep
the same Ia the highest state OF cultl-
walton and productiyeness. The lands
are now In better condition than they
werc five hundred years ago. the policy
OF the farmers being to replace the
drain upon the soil each year by It's
equivalent In barn-yard manure. The
propriotors OF land make II an inyari-
able practice In renting 10 require the
tenants TO be skillful producers OF barn
yard fertilizers. Such tenants have but
little difficulty In renting the best lands
In Normandy Many OF these lands are
occupied by the 9th and sixth genera
tlon OF tenants.
Threo-quarters OF nll the land I'm
England Is owned by less than 10000
propriotors. while three-fourths OF all
the lands OF France are owned by
three-fourths OF the people. who work
them; hence, for seventeen consecutive
years, up TO the last twelve years. the
French farmer. with about 10000. 900 OF
people on n territory but little larger
than the State OF Texas. produced a
surplus OF wheat. horses. cattle, butter
n
very large share OF table supplies TO
London. A French farmer on sixty
acres OF land. with but few fences 10
keep In repair, other than mud fences.
that require little or no attention after
they are made; although they are about
four feet at the base. they take IN loss
than no land at all. as they are four
feet high and two feet wide on top. and
MS they are universally cultivated In
grass, which is cut and grazcd az grass
lands are In this country. with the adj
dltion OF line OF trees. mostly beech.
This class OF French farmers, which
are about the average, will have at the
end OF the year little balance sheet OF
sales about as follows:
Six head of cattle. at an average OF
/ 400 pounds; head OF hogs. at an
average OF 200 pounds: 400 or 500 chick,
ems, worth so cents each: 700 or 800
pounds OF butter; or I Norman draft
colts. where they work mares (for they
do not keep their stations and mares
on the same farm; together with their
wheat and fruit. for there Ia an orchard
on almost every tract OF land. Such
farm has more money to its credit than
tho average OF our farms with 800
acres. When our people raise corn and
hogs and pay taxes on at least one-half |
OF a 3O0-ncro farm that is not cultivat-
ed. our farmer making his land poorer,
and the French farmer increasing the
productive quality OF his land every
year. The tillers OF the French soil
understand. furthermore. the import |
ance OF growing crops adapted TO par
ticular qualities OF land, taking into !
close consideration climatic influences
and weather probabilities.