Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-04
A Prosperous Farmer.

prosperous farmers or UpShuf county,
w. Va, is Mr.. Adam Post, of Buck
harmon. Mr.. Post owns 1900 acres of
good grazing and farming land, 1900
of which is improved. Mr.. Post
makes specially of buying good cat
tie and feeding them for the export
trade. Nearly, or quite all of this
land is underlaid with coal. none OF
which has yet been sold He grages
about 200 cattle, $50 of which he
winters. He feeds bur little grain
during the winter. yet these cattle are
ready for the boat by the middle OF
August each year. He owns some
land that only few years ago did
not produce ton of poor hay per
acre that now cuts three tons OF
good timothy hay. This Improvement
has been brought about mainly by
the use of small quantities of lime
frequently applied He also grove
COW peas as soil renovator But lit
tie commercial fertilizer is used on
his farm, he having the opinion that
the former use OF 1t soured his soil.
His success with cattle is due large
ly to the fact that he will buy moth
ing but good cattle. When asked
what breed of beef cattle he ccnsid-
cred best he replid, ANY of the three
breeds are good enough. ] refer to
the Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn.
The first two will ripen at an ear
lier age and where one wants to put
them on the market at two years old
are preferable, but ii they are to be
kept until they are three or four
years of age then | prefer the Short
| horns" He believes there is more
money in selling the fat in the form
Of butter, but does not think the dairy
business Is suitable for many farmers
He Is studying the silo question and
thinks he will build one next year.
The livestock business has better
outlook, he thinks, than 1t has ever
had, and there, will never be a time
when it will not pay to keep good
cattle, sheep and horses.
Stock Cattle.
/ To the question, How can the sup
1 ply of stock cattle be kept up?" he
said, 1--WE must raise more cattle.
While there is not much profit in
keeping a COW for her calf only, yet
1t is the only sure way for supplying
our farms with the right kind OF
stock for then we can breed to suit
our fancy. 1t is true we can go on the
western markets and get all the cat
tie we need, but they will not do
/ web here, and those who have triec
/ it do not recommend the practice rs
1 being a profitable business"
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Il Unlike some extensive farmers OF
the state MIR. Post is in hearty sym
| pathy with the new agriculture, be-
lieves that farmers institutes and
farm literature will yet reyolutionize
the methods of farming.
Has Faith In Lime.
| I have never met farmer who
set more store by the use of lime than
| this gentleman does. He says it was
lime that brought up in few years
his meadows to their present yields.
He, has spent more than three thou
sand dollars for lime during the past
few years and believes that every dol
lar invested has returned him good
profit. 1t is a pleasure to meet and
converse with farmer who has so
much faith in the future of the agri-
/ culture of our state.
The Labor Problem.
What is your solution OF the labor
/ question: | asked. Farmers must
| till fewer acres and produce more on
this area. We will be forced to use
more machinery and that of the most
improved kind. But the influx to the
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