The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-01-25
Asric.lt.rnl Notes.

+ In sowing grasses by themselves
sometimes weeds come up, drawing ont
moisture and shading the young plants.
To check these run a mower over The
field, setting the outer bar high. The
grass plants viii soon gain the victory.
1t takes good management TO make a
farm pay a good per cent, but II It
furnishes good living for the falii!y,
and Mt the same time Is keeping up In
value, It Is paying fully IA well, con-
sidering the amount Of capital invested,
as manv other lines of business.
Usually 1t is well to cow clover or
timothy alone. Notwithstanding old
ideas Of the matter. for the reason that
there 10 not often moisture enough to
supply all, and when other grain is
sown ut the same time 1t dives deeper
and appropriatea what dampness there
may be.
While prices are low and prospects,
somewhat Encouraging, the man who
succeeds Is not the one who IL content
to do as his neighbors do" but there
Is money only In doing ones level best.
This 10 the kind of man VINO will CON-
Quer anyhow. no matter what obstacles
may stand In the way.
Survival of the fittest Ia the law of
business and trade It lis nature's law.
Poor farming will be squeezed to death.
There Is no way to prevent II. The noor
merchant goes down, and the shiftiess
mechanlc never gets ahead; the same
soil. ..e
That farmer IL mistaken who savs
that he cannot afford to follow i'm.
proved methods or keep good stock.
Such notion is fallacy. Rather. there
Is no farmer who can afford NOT tn do
these things. In no other way IA there
any profit at all.
Intelligent cultivation and good roads
for marketing hold about eaual places
when counting profits Of a cron. This
proht does not depend wholly upon the
size Of the CROP nor uDon its market
value. The debtor side consists OF
some large factors.
Expenses do not increase I'm proper.
ton to the yield. The more a farmer
produces from given area the more
prosperous he will be. The added ex-
pense comes when he goes to increas.
Ing the area for given yield.
How we waste In manure and manur.
Ing, in misdirected labor. In exposure
OF farm stock and Implements, in mast
uring clover too early, In trampling the
fields when too wet, in seed unWisely
or carelessly sown, In precious time
lost In busy seasons, In want Of fore.
sight In having things ready, in unin.
telligent feeding, in uncounted ways.
As rule, long rooted plants should
be followed by those which loot nearer
the surface. and plants cultivated for
their seeds should be followed by those
cultivated for their foliage. The former
exhaust the organic matter from the
soil to greater degree than the latter.
All experiments should be conducted
on this general principle.
II the efforts Of the government to
Increase the exports of corn are fully
successful they will benefit us very di.
rectly. The surplus of our crops IL
very small, but 4 brisk demand for
this surplus, and q little. more would
have q visible effect upon. the prices,
Our exports, through the efforts Of the
government, are growing steadily and
promise much. =.
The operations necessary for the eul
tivation d one kind Of crop are often Of
= nature to form an excellent prepare,
don for a succeedinG one. Even with
out the application Of fertilizers, with q
perfect knowledge Of the chemistry
which win supply exactly the missing
soil elements 1t may be possible to uro.
duce two crops from the same ground