The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-19
AGRICULTURE.
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Scattered all over the New X glazed
states are ihorapds Of farm, ence mere
or less fertile. ~h'ch are nov apparently
Almas, vsluelcss bccsuse they have been
conducted ssiniellixenuv. Neatly every
ore Of these farms which s,ill ,klds mes-
are return 10 The unrrmittifg hu, ignorant
toll could Be restored 10 fertility aud Be
made valuable and pft a able simplv By the
sxpsrdlture a brains In addition TO nuscle
10 its management.
Twenty years ago professional man Of
Philsdelphis, who had been brought w on
. fAru, Inherited Is acrcs q WORKOUT land
which would support only one Gov ezcep,
10 simmer. The recipient Of the inheri-
tarce was about equally exhausted from
too close attention TO professional business.
He went back to the soil, speedily rgsinsd
his strength on The Is acres, ard to-day
o~ns the most valuable practical" farm
Of its s'zs 10 America. The farm now sup
ports ths year around two horses, lot OF
pigs and poultry and 30 high.bred cow.
Their milk IL mostly sold for fancy price
to . coniunp,ives' hospital. The little
farm pays proft Of several thousand dol.
lars year, and the owner has refused "a
900 an acre for II.
Antxpert Of the agricultural department
Is quoted a. saying that TIM mans meth
ods, II generally and intelligently followed
would be annually worth forty to 6ity mil
lion dollars TO the dairy interests Of this
country. The bulletin will be available 10
few weeks and II might be worth while
for many farmers to write to Secretary
Wilson for : copy. Upon reading this bull
letin when It appears, the ordinary farmer
vii be amizsd to think how an al.wise
Providence overrules and provides for oil
al, creatures; but In doing 30 He exac's
from US certain duties, ard the better tbs
pei Torrance the better the result. For In.
stance, He Is glad to furnish u day by day
our .daily bread" But for our own ben.
eft entirely He attaches condition to this
when He sayf, In eject Thou shalt eat
thy bread In the sweat Of thy brow Aud
60 1t 10 with al good things Of earth. While
the Lord really furnishes them we have to
assist much 10 their preparation. This 10
to give Us strength through activity and an
appetite to eIIpy the food We aided Him In
furnishing.
He created the f,h for one Of the foods
Of mar !; but we might at on the banks Of
the streams till doomsday waiting for the
fish to come to US. He has given us mind
to plan how to surmount that difficulty;
hence we mix little b aims with our de-
sires and we make nets, hooks and various
traps to catch the fnny tribe for portion
Of our sustenance.
We have more to do with securing vege.
tables and meats than we do to get n h.
The Lord prepares the latter all ready for
our use and we only hsve to do the catch
ing. The former ale varlously construct
ed and we have to place the ingredients In
juxtapcsitlon, ard then In accordance with
the laws OF nature they unite and form q
CON plete whole. These little things separ-
ately are called ferliliz ,rs" and our best
scientists declare that the earth and atmos.
phtre are replete with item. Indeed, enc
expert has estimated that average soil to
foot In epth contains 400 tons per scre Of
plan. food. We all know the tmosphere
Is crowded with fertility 10 the form Of i
trogen, which has to be entrapped 10 s,me
way to make 1t available for aiding the
growth II vegetables. This does not re-
quire fuch trap as The fish does bur Sim
ply the grow h Of any Of the legumiuous
plants.
The soil 10 full Of mineral plant food but
but cur aid is required to put 1t In suitable
condition. We must see that II has the
right degree II moisture, that I, be turned
to the sunlight and atmosphere at inter-
walls, ard be fued properly by contact
with various implements for working the
soil.
The Deity Is msgnsnimously liberal ard
wise In tupplyir plant food with the con-
dItion that We must do something ourselves
to get 1t In cor dition for use. Had He sup
piled It ready for use quite likely We would
be imprCvident Of II and most tfit would
be wasted.
The Almighty has provided coal to cook
our food and keep Us warm, but we should
not expect Him to dig 1t out Of the ground
for Us. It looks Is II be had buried 1t In
the earth where 1t will keep until the time
Of need. Were 1t all cut OF the grourd,
careless men might chance to set 1t on fire
and destroy 1t all at orce.
The managers Of the Connecticut sheep
breeders association met recently at HIATT
ford where they discussed the sheep dog
law, which tffers reward Of 90 to any
one who kills dog discovered killing or
worrying sheep. The board discussed = ID
form for application for the bounty. They
seemed to be In . great hurry to provide
for the occurrence Of ,hirg which II 10 pre-
bsble not one farmer In % ever sees In bis
lifetime. LISA well-estabished rule that
dogs select nights to commit such depre-
dations. Then how can psrfon .'discov-
err themf He may hear them but hearing
10 not reeing. The state of Connecticut
will b,ver impoveii,h itst II In pay ing boun-
ties 90 these condition., nor will any per-
son ever materially increase his bank &C
count by these means.