The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-03-08
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY RECORDS.
1907 and After.

, ducilon 10 that Work OF genius. III Is
d in the exercise Of the faculty Of antici-
patton or foresight that the experience
ed and careful farmer is contradlstin-
guished from the ignorantand careless
Indeed let the experience Of farming
be ever so extensive, or in other words,
let the knowledge Of minutiae be ever
so intimate, unless the farmer uses his
experience by foresight he will never
be enabled TO conduct a farm Alright.
Both foresight and experience are ac-
quired by observation, though the
former is matured by observation. OBJ
servation is open 10 all farmers but all
do not profit by il. Every farmer may
acquire, in time, sufficient experience
to conduct a farm in passable man
ner; but many farmers never acquire
foresight because they never reflect
and therefore cannot make their ex-
perience tell to the most advantage
Nobody can deny the truth Of this
Almost the sole value of books lies in
the training afforded to the reflective
powers, in the facts presented in such
a way that the judgment shall be ex-
ercsed. What is book learning but
the orderly marshaliug OF the results
Of observation Wisdom derived from
/ books, like any other excellent thing,
may become worse than a nuisance;
it should be a stimulant food. In
brief the farmer who uses books in
his work and gets the name of
"book-farmern deserves the title Meth
er Of farmer nor bOOkman. The farm
er who uses books in his work and
raises better crops, makes more money
all round, is nothing remarkable. lie
is only what is to be expected in any
thing where commonsense has replac-
ed the haphazard and the hit-Or-miss.
70 point the moral: if you are resi-
dent i'm Prince Edward intending to
settle here, take the Southern Planter
published in Richmond and read it
every month, advertisements and all |
The paper was established about the |
time Henry Stephens wrote his
famous book, and has for sixty-seyen |
years been a light to the farmers
path. 1t is probably more valuable
today than at any time previous. The
Virginia farmer who cannot give an
evening to the Southern Planter once
a month and enrich his note book
thereby must be man who is de-
barred from voting under the new con-
stitution.
Item Two in advice to the immi-
grant who would progress: Keep the
Southern Planter and make it the
nucleus Of a professional library. Get
in touch with the Virginia Depart
ment Of Agriculture CBlacksburg or
Richmond) and with the Department
at Washington. When a bulletin is
announced that interests you, send for
il. These department investigators
are able men who are living on small
salaries i'm order that from time to
time, free Of charge, they may mail TO
you what will help you to make more
money, what will enable you TO got
more out Of your farm and out Of life
in general. There can be no question
about it, the day has come when If the
farmer will but keep his eyes open
aud take advantage Of the opportun-
tiles that are offered him, his profess
sion is far and away one Of the best in
our world-where the farmer is a land
ed proprietor.
Item Number Three Not only be a
collector Of books, but a keeper Of
books. Have map Of your place
you can make one YOURSELF and know
the acreage Of every field. Then by
close figuring on each field separately
learn precisely what goes into any Civ
en- crop and how much comes out Of it.
II has been said that if you figure on
the wheat crop you are sure to lose.
Ofcourse, there is nothing in that.
II you lose you lose anyway, and It's
much better to know how much. De-
pend upon it, the man who can tell
you just what he is doing is pretty
sure to be doing we'll The planter
has at times regarded the merchant as
a sharper because the merchant is
clio figurer. Note the profits.
Who can fail to succeed in our boun-
tiful country il he works as he should,
il he keeps informed as he should, il
he keeps his books as he should Any
sort Of ledger will do, but there are
number Of good devices on the mar
ket i'm the way Of business books de-
signed especially for the farmers use.
Below will be found a list Of bulle-
tins which should prove especially
useful to the settler in Prince Edward,
OF for that matter, to the man who
has been long settled here:
Farmers Bulletin No. 80 Clearing
New Land. L. ;. Dept. Of Agricul-
ture No. 2i5-RenovatiJn of Worn
Out Soils. Us. Dept. Of Agriculture
No. -Barnyard Manure. u. :.
Dept. Of Agriculture No. 4i-Com-
mercial Fertilizers, Composition and
Use. Fumers' Bulletin No. sl-Corn
Culture i'm the South. Farmers Bull
letin No. 199-Corn Growing. Farm
ers' Bulletin No. lOO-lIog Raising in
the South. Farmers Bulletin No.
lil-Poultry Raising on the Farm.
Farmers Bulletin No. S2-The Cul-
ture Of Tobacco. a Successful fog
and Seed Corn Farm. Farmers Bull
letin No. 7l-Some Essentials in Beef
Production. Farmers Bulletin No.
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