The true Democrat., 1900-01-06

small areas. .2 .-8@ u
a surplus of wheat, oats or barley
is easily produced, and commands
cash at all tines. But little addi-
tional land OF labor is required to
insure more corn, beans or potatoes
than the family will consume be-
fore another harvest. AN extra acre,
Sown to meadow, viii yield hay to
sell, and there will be IL thomo de-
mand for the grass. In planting an
orchard enough trees should be set
to yield plenty Of fruits of every va
riety to lave some to spare every
year. The garden and truck patch
ought to be large enough TO yield a
Suf6ciency for home use and Fomc
for market. The poultry and stock
ought to furnish something market
able everymonth. If an animal is
Improbable, dispose of it, and if
the farm cannot bc made to pay,
sell it.
Farming, like any other business,
can he made profitable by close
APPLICATION to the daily demands of
the various products. l know a
man in Utah, who farms 68
acres, and realizes from $4,000 to
$4,000 per annum from the place.
The land is closely cultivated, and
only profitable crops arc planted.
lie has three acres of grapes which
average 5000 per acre annually. In
one corner Of the orchard shed
contains 105 colonies of bees that
make honey to the value of -, 900
each year. Five acres of orchard,
with a good supply apples, peach
es, pears and plluns, y1eTu several
hundred dollars in green and dried
fruits, cider and vinegar. Twenty
acres cultivated to corn, beans, po,
tatoes and grain, produce good
surplus of each, for which there is
Il constant cash demand. Asmall
patch Of Strawberries, gooseberrics
and similar fruits yield many lol
lars Of surplus yearly.
The barnyard, with its calves and
colts, lambs and pigs aud poultry
furnish many hundred dollars to re-
plenish the pocket book from the
sale of animals, and the fertilHing
qualities are all utilized. The farm
er must learn that every crop taken
from the land depreGiates its value,
The nourislmcEt taken away by one
crop should be replaced by fertili
zers before another good crop can
e expected. If the stock is proper
ly cared for and fed in suitable
quarters. the manure pays the in
terest on the Investment, and en-
abIes the farmer to declare a divi-
dend. | VAS once camped in a little
ravine down near the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado. A lone man had
lnale q perfect paradise i'll the little
lie collected in buckets,
all. remnants of camp grounds and
carried them upon his little farm,
remarking that every bucketful Of
thus collected brought him
% cents i'll fruits the next year.
Everything grown upon the farm
should be made to produce to it's
fullest capacity, at the earliest pos
sible moment. There is no use in a
man wasting his time On crop that
will not ripen, or in feeding corn to
a COW or hog that will not fatten.
Manure is put upon land to make it
produce larger quantities and better
qualities. Food ought to be given
sheep, hogs, cattle and poultry to
increase their marketable values.
If lot of fowls do not supply eggs
for the table and for the market,
sell them. If your sheep lose their
wool, OF do not shear enough to
justify keeping them, dispose Of
them; put money into something
that will pay. 1t is useless for a
Turner to-expeCt to make money
when he feeds his grain and hay to
cows that do net supply
the house with milk and butter
and furnish 81 surplus for market.
Something to sell every day Ill
the year shouId be the determine