The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
MISTAKEN IDEAS
ABOUT T | L. "A !. N
The Trend ofiH Young Men ~.
Make a Living Not All
Toward the City.
.T0WN-B RED MEN AS FARMERS.
They Know How to Utilize the
Time and york Over Hours
When Pays Them.
Especial 10 mo Times. Dispatch,

IN (spoclnl to Tho Times. - spatch.) 53.5,
AlCRRlSN WILLIE. ~ Al " All gust h 1.--Just
4 at this seasotiEo of the year when SO many
people IRE Hooking from the cities to The
try, the question frequently arises. "Can
the clty#llint make n stick Of 1t In the
n countrygin business Z? "a SO much has been
written about country boys and girls
= leaving tho farm, land the best way TO
Induce them TO relnnin and make farm
& ing their occupation, that q false senti-
31nent has grown up upon the subject.
a Many appear to think thatfif the farmers
Schildren do not stay upon tho farms that
u no one else can mako thel soil produce,
y and the country Is doomed. But do law
&yers' sons all become lawyers, or cur
ffpenters' sons all become carpenters? 10
keep a boy upon the farm that has an
sirreconcilablcs dislike for the lifo or the
work Is to mean but an Indifferent ste
y cess IN life for the man ut best. M
s38aE Tho men who nre to day making the
4 grcntust success Mt farming In this sec
ton are not unvarylngy the ones WHO
&stnyed the closest on the farm as boy ana
youth or whose parents owned the most
Il acres Of farming land but who In youth
and early manhood worked with prac tictl
and progressive fartners--whe her pa
I rents or only employers-and who learned
4 to love their work, bringing to theirSa1d
health and energy. There are numerous
farmers. sons who have been failures rs,
\ farmers, and there are city-boril and.
4 COLLEGE bred men who have been noted.
4 successes at farming Mr.. Morgan Fin
nall who for forty years. until death 4
few years ago, ranked as the best
4 corn grower In this section, wa $ raised
In washington City and educated at
Georgetown College Mr. George p. Balm,
of Lois q Is a town raised boy who for
fifteen years has personally directed tho
work on the farm lie inherited from his
aunts. and besides realizing q handsome
profit from his operations, he has greatly
increased the value OF the estate by the
q erection OF expensive buildings and im-5
proving the land. III II 55s3 81;
II Probably the largest yield OF wheat per
acre anywhere in this section was that
produced at Mount Ephraim on the Rap
pahannock, BY Rev. ]. Royal Cooke, a
young Presbyterian minister, who took
up farming largely to improve his
health. Besides beneftlng his heal TIL BY
his farming operations, 1,e seems to have
worked out the best crop rotation for
general farming In this part Of the state
that 1T Ia possible to devise, Old timers!
y all agree that the yield Of wheat to day,
where It has been aided by the heavy
LILY
fertilizers, is not rs large to the acre
Ras Ut was forty years ago on the same
\ quality OF land unaidcd by any manure
& or d fertilizer. Instead Of following corn,
with wheat, Rev. Cooke sows the corn
&stubblc in COW peas, which, ut from one
Z 10 4 two dollars n bushel. yield q good
6nrotlt. and follows tho peas with wheat,
aided by q light applicnt ton Of CONNER
) cial fertilizer. Many practical farmers
declare that the wheat has acquired the
fertilizer habit, Just as n human being
habit, and cannot get along without the
laid Of an artificial stlm,lant, no matter
how rich the soil may be.
Il II. For fifteen years John Anderson worked
In Washington City at the, plasterer's
trade, making from IS per day to 81 on
special contract work. and Yet was able
4 to save but little OF what he made, by
reason OF his continued bad health, Six
years ago he camo to the country Tor
8his health. He improved from tho first.
and as he grew better he decided to
experiment In a small way IN farming ft 50
#he purchased twenty-five acres near Pine
View, to which he afterwards added
seven more He purchased a horse and
COW. built fence, cleared up land
planted corn, potatoes, COW peas and gar
don truck. Il Two hogs he raised dressed
400 pounds apiece at fourteen months Of
age. He built two nen-houses and went
into the poultry business In a syste-
mat,c manner. keeping strict account
OF all the expenses and the entire income.
The total average cost per hen for
year, for grain. gravel, lime and meat
scraps, was s2.ol. and the average In
como tor three years was 1898 for each
hen per year, leaving net profit OF
$l.s7 per hen. Mr.. Anderson Intends to
build hen houses at widely separated
spots over his place. and give up his
trade 10 devote all his time and his
attention to the poultry business, which
he claims. beats q gt-edge trade.
# But to the man who has worked by the
day any length OF time upon public
works'. there Is little chance OF his maxi
Ing a success on m undeyeloped farm
In this secsion--old. yet new, There are
{ occasions, Ike complaining time and
hay harvest, when the farmer raves time
by working overtime and putting little
extra speed In his movements that tho
hide-bound labor union man, with his
4 slow. tlme-killlng motions and his ten
hour religion cannot catch up with.
however hard no may try
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