The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
rAkMtK AND PLANTER
SOME FARM MAxIMS.
They Are Not Entirely New But
They Apply Now just - They
Did Twenty Years Ago.

reading and should be preserved for
reference:
/. The three great essentials are:
First, the theory (true plan) OF farm
ing; second, theory of controlling Ia
Dor, and executing all work to the best
advantage with least labor; third, (last
and best) success depends on quick
perception, wise judgment, that seldom
or never errs. How is this to be ac-
quired except by the use of books In
conjunction with practice.
2. All vegetable matter placed on
your fields, will, in due time. turn to
cotton and corn.
3. Land must be well broken before
planting. Commence in time to do it;
but the later done--in this latitude
the better for the land.
4. There is only SO much corn and
cotton in any manure, and the sooner
you get it the better.
s. Plough deep, cultivate shallow,
and you will have no trouble In grow
ing crops.
s. Subsoil Ohe-fourth your land every
year.
Z. That land pays best with guano.
that pays best without it. And this is
on soil that has plenty Of vegetable
matter In it.
s. Drain wet lands. Terrace hill
sides; then deepen your soil to the full
extent Of your ability.
9. I consider preparation half, and
the best half of making q crop.
10. The planter should follow the
laws that govern the universe, and
only when he does can he reach the
highest efficiency.
IL. The planter should mix his own
manures, and save the profit Of manip-
ulating.
IL. The more vegetable matter you
have on your land the more nitrogen
you can command.
Is. The more nitrogen you store
away In your Land, the more you can
obtain from the atmosphere.
II. To be successful in agriculture,
you must know where all the ele-
ments of plants are, and how to con-
troll them.
Is. One inch OF clay each year over q
good soil, will do no harm In any land.
16. 1t requires till the LIST Of May to
break your land right, and this is time
enough to finish.
II. Fill your soil with humus, to
stick the sand together and to darken
It. This will prevent its rejecting the
heat, and will cause it to receive 1t
gradually and to part with it the same
way.
Is. With clay lands, do the same
thing, to make it ploughable Ut all
times.
10. Il is better to plant late than not
ut all, or in half-prepared land.
20. In 1868, planted a twenty-acre
lot, finishing the fifth day of May; used
500 pounds Of my compound per acre.
It made 30 bales. The lint paid . d.
vidend on one thousand dollars per
acre. after paying all expenses; and
the land was in much better condition
for another crop. Including the sale
for seed, 1t paid a dividend on four
thousand dollars per acre.
q. Vegetable mould should be kept
up to the same standard as appears in
virgin soil.
%. Rust is nothing but poverty
caused by land being depleted of vege-
table matter.
%. Make Just the amount Of cotton
wanted at paying prices; keep out OF
debt; be the creditor; make your
supplies at home; then and only then,
will you have power.
"a. Large ears Of corn are more east
" gathered than small ones: the same
Ii true of perfect bolls Of cotton.
rs. Compost manure should be spread
On the ground, and applied Immediate
y, so that the decomposition shall take
place exactly when it is wanted.
26. From every source, let as much
atmosphere into the land as possible.
81. There is no such thing as failure.
when man does his duty in the cultiva-
ion.
%. Save q portion of your income ev-
Try year, and buy everything for cash.
20. Make all supplies at home, that
AN be made.
80. Teach your laborers how to work;
how to do it with ease and efficiency;
md to do better and better work ev-
ny day.
81. An over estimate of the impor-
ance of deep and thorough breaking
II the lands for cultivated crops can
lot be made.
81. The four great cardinal points in
)ickson's system Of farming are: Deep
thorough manuring, sur
ace culture and rotation of crops. You
want to stir the whole surface between |
he stalks OF cotton orcorn ;pulverizing |
very clod and leaving q dust-blanket |
o hold the moisture for the plants,
instead Of allowing 1t to waste upon !
he air. We have seen many who
ave tried the dust-blanket, and every |
me was highly pleased with the re-
ults.--Southern Cultfvator.
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