The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-10
FARM and POULTRYNOT

cannot be expected to produce eggs
q whole year without stopping, and
they eat the year round, but . grown
hem does not require the careful at
tention when not laying that . young
chick does.-Uncle 10, In Raleigh IN.
c. Progressive Farmer and Gazette.
Fattsn the Fe~sis Nov.
Poultry should be fattened quick
" to be tender and Juicy. II the
fowls arc kept In good condition dur
ing the summer and early fall, ten
days or two weeks Of liberal feeding
should put them In excellent condi-
ton for marketing. After they have
commenced to 1atten give them all
they can eat four times . day. Tur-
keys ought not to no confined for
any length Of time. II FED literally
while they have a free run they can
be put in condition for marketing
within ten days. There h the time
Of year when the flock should be
culled closely. The undesirable fowls
will bring better prices now than
ever. and II kept throughout the win
ter will only be an expense and a
detriment to the rest Of the BIRDS
Uncle 10. in Raleigh IN. CO. Progress
sive Farmer and Gazette.
Intensive Farming Requires highest
skill.
by billions, 1t might be supposed,
would be prone to imagine that It is
already practicing good enough agri-
cultural methods.
But We imagine that when the
farmers to move their crops and pro-
fit and loss accounts are closed, the
per capita net earnings Of our great
agricultural population win not be
wholly satisfied. When, too, tho av-
erase yield per acre for each Of our
produce over the entire country Is
compared with the yield In other
countries, we are quite sure that con-
vincing proof will be supplied that
We a. . nation are prodigal and
wasteful In the extreme in farming.
To illustrate: The United States
produces an average Of Lightweight
bushels Of potatoes per acre and the
farmer who grows 500 bushels Is JUS
titled In boasting of his skill in agri-
culture. Crowded England otter
raises 1000 bushels to the acre. and
still more crowded Belgium, with ov.
er 500 persons to the square mile.
acre. What is here said Of potatoes
is equally and strikingly true Of all
other land products. So that our az
ricultural department has sent . com.
mission to Europe to Ind out how
they do It.
The principle upon which European
farmers work IL that Of paying due
regard to the cost Of production.
That II all that intensive farm meth
DDS mean--getting the most possible
out Of an acre of land with the least
possible expenditure Of money. 1t IL
necessary to emphasize the word
money" for there II . system OF
farming which In getting the most
possible out Of an acre with the least
possible expenditure Of labor, time
investment or care. II that Is farm.
ing at all, II IL not intensive farming
but the most expensive kind Of farm
ing.
II Is not necessary to val. until
the fertility Of the soil IL exhausted
before adopting intensive methods
All can commence tomorrow morn
ing. And absolutely nothing else car
be conceived which will contribute
so much and 50 quickly to the ma
tional and individual wealth rs will
radical reform In the direction Of
moro scientific and business-like me
thods Of agriculture and horticulture
l-Washington Post.
The Bermuda Onion.
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ed tho attention Of our trucksters t