The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-02-11

| up the failing and exhausted soils. EX
perience will soon teach the farmer
| that as load goes out another of raw
material must be brought back on the
| return trip TO re-lltter the lot again,
and thus the business, like an end.
less chain, mays on from year';to
year.
No hand will do the farmer more
real good than the manure maker Flf-
| teen hundred lDads of we'll ro;ted ma
nure may be car,ed out during the
year, and estimating the value of each
load at IS cents Ga low estma,e), the
sum total is S725. BY putting these
thoughts into practice, an opportunity
presents itself to harness "the hither-
TO idle forces and put them in con-
dltion to turn more pennies into the
farmers pocket. Whenever thorough
test of this plan is made, the wisdom
of the course will not be a debatable
question, as the effects will show that
the nail is hit square on the head. The
expenses Of such labor may be paid in
part, if not entire, from the products
Of the farm made by the use Of the
manure put out; whereas, when com
mercial measures are used they must
be paid for on specified day and in
cash, otherwise somebody's note is
protested and credit is gone for the
next year.
1t is not at all out Of the bounds OF
reasonable calculation to expect and
realize by liberal manuring a bale of
cotton or SO bushels of corn per acre
on the old lands anywhere in the cot
ton States. Falling below this the
margin for profits is entirely TOO small
and the intensive farmer will soon
learn that by using more manure two
bales of cotton and 100 bushels corn
may be made the rule instead Of the
exception, as is now the case. 1t must
not be forgotten that these abundant
yields can be made with the same
labor that made one half the amount
the year before, with only the addi-
tlOnal COSl OI UlOIc IlldlulS.
1t goes without saying the richer the
land the faster must be the cultivation.
The intensive farmer must place him
self in a condition that he can flush
the soil as soon as dry enough after
every big rain.
"Excelsior" should be inscribed on
every days work Of the year.
Having succeeded by constant and
arduous labor through the cold blasts
OF winter and the intense heat Of a
summers sun in being rewarded with
abundant yields of every farm product
for man and beast, forget not to honor
and love an All-wise Being for giving
you the brain and energy and execu-
tive ability to set in motion the ways
and means by which these results
have been obtained. Remember now
is the time, as the products are
brought from the fields, to put
them in attractive and merchantable
shape.
Cotton picked as it opens and te-
fore rain storms spoil lis looks and
kept clear of trash, commands better
prices than trashy, storm-stained cot
| ton.
There is no better time to look
afer the best and largest ears Of seed
corn than when they are yet hanging
on the stalk, where the eye OF the
farmer may be better able to Judge the
quality and pr ,lIfi.,nr,s If the ears, as
many stalks maxi Two, while many DO
| not.
The wide-av ,kc farmer will find II
| to his advanlaac 20 save seed Of every
wos,hy farm pru,!uc, which grows on
the premises and then provide safe and
ample storage room for their satekeep
ing from the depredations of all TO
dents until seed time shall call them
TO field again.
Sooner or later the intensive system
Will be the rule and not as now. tie
exception. God intended the ~hl'e
man to develop his brain power, and
no wider field is offered any ywhere Tor
this purpose than IN the system OF IN
tensIve farming. Our bralnlest and
best and wisest men must 60 TO The
| farm TO hasten the development OF this
J system.
/ Nervousness, Sieeples5ness, Nervous
! Prostrati0n, Nervous Debility and kim
n rod Il Stu