The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-11-15
SUCCESSFUL FARMING.
What is Being Accomplished on Farm
of Ten Acres Well Cultivated.


possession of the garden of Eden,
it must be admitted that no class
of persons have fallen so far In
the rear in the race for success
and progress as the average farm
er. With many it is toll, toll,
toll-from morning until night
from one weeks end to the other
month IN and month out-year
IN and year out-from the
strength of early manhood to the
weakness of old age, and each
succeeding generation following
along IN the footsteps of their
fathers, and, in many instances,
with a less measure OF success.
We say with less measure of
success, for the land that would
yield fair returns to our fathers,
has lost it's fertility--has become
worn out-and the methods en-
ployed by them will not bring the
same results now.
This leads many persons to be-
come dissatisfied with the farm,
and to seek the towns or cities,
which generally brings disap-
polntment in the expected sue.
cess.
If the average farmer would
work more with his head and less
with his hands; or, if he should
use his head while working with
his hands, he would have less oc-
caslon to get on bad terms with
his farm.
:. While this applies to large
mum mber of the honest tlllers of
the soil, it does not apply to all of
them. There are lots of men to-
day that have taken hold of farms
that we're considered worn out,
and have brought them up to a
standard of excellence. The
fields that were once bare or, at
least. covered with fuzzy coat
ing of summer grass, have now
rich sod of timothy and clover.
The granaries are filed with
wheat, the cribs with corn, and
after filing the mows with hay,
they use all the outdoor space in
stacking the rest. 1t all comes
from knowing how. And man
cannot find out the show" In
farming, any easier than he can
In medicine, law, or banking. 1t
requires intelligent effort The
doctor has a sled load of books
that he reads and studies that he
may not make mistakes in his
practice. The lawyer has to
spend all his spare time in read.
ing and study, if he wants to keep
apace with his profession. Is the
farmer an exception to the rest
of mankind that he can make a
success of running farm with
out reading and study along she
line OF his work? 1t requires as
much brains and education to
farm intelligently and success
fully, es to practice medicine, or
follow any other profession or
colllng. One of our correspond
ents sends the following account
of a farmer IN the western part
of the State, which shows that q
large number of acres is not the
only essential to success;l that q
few acres well titled is better than
paying tax on big lot of land
that is never of any benefit.
Our correspondent says that
Mr.. Ray Hightre moved into tins
state from Trumbull county, OHIO,
and purchased little land. Mr..
Hightre believes In not farming
many acres, and farming better.
Last year from one acre he rails
ed 1400 bushels of onions, which
you will admit was a strong crop
Many of the onions weighed from
four to six pounds each. He rais
es them directly from the seed
and not by transplanting as most
Fulton comfy women do. Mr.
HIghtre farmed two acres in po
tatoes last year which yielded
him 1900 bushels. He had pota
toes that measured twenty inch
es in circumference, and weighed