The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-26
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
a a. Ar~r All. the O-ty sure Way % Scr
e~~s for Farmers.

49, HtF
St>sdy farming. with a good rotation
Of crops rrrs.stently followed. ) the
sur~st way - success for farmers At
rrpt changes ia order "a meet high
~ ices for some farm product are dan
gcrous practices IL j. within the re-
n~embrance of every farmer when hay
WAS - low that il hardly paid - raise
il for marke. but since then armer
have been making more profit III hay
than almost an other crop. To suit
the change. a great many dropped hay
from their list 81 farm crops and tried
10 get along without il. The steady
farmers continued u give grass a place
In their crop rotation. turning Il un-
der hen il would not pay ~ cut and
sell il a. hay. and when prices went
up again for hay they were the only
ones ~ko had good crops 70 sell Be
sides enriching their soil with the
grass. they found themselves prepared
Ia reap a good harvest when prices
ca rn< around again T. their norma! con
ditSon.
y1~, nov sheep have been at a die
cornt. and thousands have teen selling
th<m of 10 raise something else more
pcosi-able- But sheep. both for wool
and mutton. VII be profitable ia the
FIXTURE Several times in the past the
sheep industry has been At it, loves;
ebb, but Al revl-~c in time steam aud
electricity are <xsL to bc driving horses
on, Of the rnarket. and THAT IL will no
longer paw u raise fine colts There
ncyssr was a time. and pcsbahiy never
will lie. when II did not pay Ia raise
good horses Lnderbred stock Is tod
plentiful. and will be at a greater dis
l.couu; in the fTsure than now; but nn<
driving road horses or heavy draugh'
horses Will newer lose tAr.r value per
m~anently. IL il within the remem
brance Of .he writer when msny farm
-ers paid e. and 81 per head fog ordinary
sheep because G. boom in hat Line VA
sending everything upward
There are tso many farmers engages
in this industry who wait Ser higl
prices. and then they cush into tha
particular line Of work IL sheep ar
high ther pay exorbitsnt prices 70
stock in order 10 raise Others TO sell
II corn Is the leading farm produc
that paws well. they trn ther farm
1r.O en.r nous corn fields. unmindfu
Lot the fact often that they do not un
lsierstand its culture nT the expense
attached 10 IL Frequently they hav
10 make an il tial outlav To adap
themselves to the abrupt change
~hich alone will take awsy all prohts
lust n.ss nom farmers are prepal
iry for abrupt changes than ever o'
fore. IL has been a diss strou> yea
with mos. % us Many have lo-
rnonev ard are generally dl>>a;lshe
wsth then conditions Zach one
io.kin- a-ound A. those who seem
he raising something more proftahI
/, View often these profitable prodrc'
are only temporarily -. snc ~ n
, time the change j. made they viii I
longer pay good prices Gooa- stead
farming. with a fair rotation ~ crtr'
j. tn. only sure way for any farmer
make farming a sure rning Ira>,- IA.
: oats. wheat. potatoes corn - eep- cos
/. and horses cannot asU avs II rnPront
: BILE. A propersystem OF diversified farr
ing will make. profits q certainty I
!. some Of the crsps- Iti>a.t any rate gos
farming. The land u kept mp n
run down. Expenses IT. normal al
outlaws are no: increased by such Vi
Tent chaG=es The pigs cLickeR~- coy
! and sheer will al yield sfme incsient
pro.its. while the main farm crops IN;
= 1sictuate from year 10 year, hut n
: PORE 81 than manufactured article
F~lactuation is characteristic Of eve
!, yr-:ness. aud farmers haze no no
than their SHARE The sAoe man
<ac<urer does not take up Pm maxli
= because shoes hargen to h snprof'
: be Cor q season or two-.erzante>
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