The Jasper news., 1902-10-16

Increasing Fertility Of the Farm
Destruction of the Borer, etc.

Destruction of the Borer, etc.
From the Iudiana state Sentinel,
The profit from farming come in slow
ly, aud several years may eIapso before
the farmer is aware that his farm pays
This is due to tae fact that fertility in
the soil is cumulative, the results of the
first year being but little, apparently,
though every year thereafter the farm
will increa3 Sc in productive capacity. The
system Of farming practiccd viii also in
luence the future Of the farm. Where
stock Is a specially the results are nearly
always excellent, and rotation Of crops
aid in giving a profit, but the largest
/ gain is when the farmer uses fertilizers
literally and gives his attention to the
preservation OF the manure produced Oh
the farm.
/ II several kinds OF food are placed be.
/ fore cows they will select the kind first
/ that 6 most palata,lo, and whcn satish-
ed will reject largo portion, which may
be wasted, When tho foods arc prepar-
ed aud made more palatahlo by the al
/ dition Of ground grain to hay or straw or
fodder, there will be- less waste. Dur
ing the winter the object should be to
have the animal consume the desirable
/ foods as a matter Of economy, and at the
same time give them other foods in con
ncction herewith that 5wiil enable the
animals to gain, as it should not bo sat
isfactory to have them simply remain
AT the Same weights.
/ Somebody raises The fresh COWS that
the farmer buys, and if that somebody
can afford to supply farmers who viii
not keep the hplfer calves it Is cyidcnt
that il the farmer will ondotyor to have
heiler calves sired by pure bred bulls,
and raise the hoifcrs, he can got letter
than he can buy. la doing So the farm
er should use only one breed and not at
tempt to have too many kinds, as he
may make mistake IN attempting TO
secure more than ono object.
a difference Of only ono quart Of milk
n day for ten months between two COWS
amount to 800 quarts, which will be
worth from $40 to go, according to the
price obtained per quart. Tins fact
should ccnynce all vino s,ll milk from
the fam that it does not pay to keep
any buJ the best cows 10 bc obtaiuel.
1t is mott a bad pltu for any farmer to
have some speciality aside from his
regular crops, if he is not too short for
help. Among the things to be suggcs-
ted small area IN some one fruit would
be within reach ofall. This would af-
ord profit in the majority of seasons,
and every now aud then comes u year
when fruit crop is worth a very hand
some sum.
Poor land can never be improved un-
loss something is added to it. 1t is
cheaper to allow time, in the effort to
grow crops to Le plowed under, than to
attempt to take n scanty crop from the
land. When the land is poor the
manure should be concentrated on
smaller areas, and allow a portion of the
land to 60 uucroppod until manure can
bo given 70 it. Time viii he saved, how
avaa -, nsi,,, groon mopurial crous and
,a,ti,;...s ~. f,r,,e, who p,ys taxa,
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- =. ,,,,,,;",o1 fr,,,Lo f,ct r,,t
"I .,'. ., na. oan, ,,a.,,;oo,os ON tho
,a..o,,a Tho cordi,i,n Of tho soil
'l., N''l-. ", ~ ~ 80, .i,,..,I hnt u.ar,lo =,
Ii,a' ,''9 ,,,on,od ;s,,'rsa ra,,cr more seed