The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-25
Value OF INTENSIVE FARMING !.
A CHARM ABOUT THE FARM
Continued from page one)

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steps farther on. by two large shrubs
Of the euonymus. There we're sew.
eral large boz trees in the garden,
whose thick cover afforded hiding
place for many birds, whose twilight
repose used to disturb for my
amusement by shaking the trees.
There was in this garden a large
clump OF cane which furnished the
boys of the place with convenient
fishing rods, and everywhere through
out this two acres was manifest the
highest intelligence, the finest taste
and unceasing industry.
"The guardian spirit of this gar.
den was my mother, under whose
hand everything which grew out Of
the ground always flourished. |
have always thought that the minis.
tering angels who supervise the
growth of plants must have specially
loved the gracious spirit Of my moth
er. for her plants lived, no matter
what happened to the gardens Of 9th.
er people. | shall never be salts
fled until am able to own and en-
Joy such a garden as she had, and
with which she made my boyhood
days happy. Adjacent to the garden
was big smokehouse where we put
up our own meat, and a yard where
the chickens and ducks flourished
and helped to feed the family.
81 may be forgiven these personal
"reminiscences when point to the
fact that this two. acres and half
OF land furnished very large house
hold with the greatest abundance OF
food In the form Of vegetables, fruits,
berries, grapes, throughout the year,
as we'll as with an abundance OF
beautiful flowers. II was intensive
farming. Every foot OF the ground
was kept thoroughly MANFRED, the
plants were transplanted from time
to time where their nature required
It, and the life habits of every plant
were studied and thoroughly under
stood.
In contrast to the productive pow
er of this two and one-half acres, ]
have seen, in Indian Territory,
poor farmer trying to cultivate enor'
nous areas OF land with single
team, and with the invariable result
that his crop was so poor, as to af-
ford him and his family not even the
necessaries OF life, much less its con-
veniences or the luxury OF fruits and
flowers. Such farmer, with bad
and muddy roads to travel, Is prac-
tically isolated from the market,
from the school, from the church
and from other conveniences and
pleasures OF civilized life, and can
not conveniently or cheaply deliver
TO market even those things which he
does raise. E.
The man who works more land
than he can cultivate thoroughly well
wastes his time; he does more: He
makes life unhappy for himself; for the
faithful woman who lives with him,
and for the little children who look
TO him for guidance. He Is not as
useful nor as happy citizen as he
would be II he concentrated himself
on 40 acres, cultivated a garden,
kept a few COWS for milk and but
oh nd
and domestic animals out OF which
the profits OF the farm arise.
Comparison With England, Germany
and France.
In England, Germany, France,
Belgium and Holland, the people OBJ
tain much higher results than in the
United States. The average wheat
production of Great Britain is over
80 bushels to the acre, and in the
United States only a little over i3
bushels to the acre.
Il spent the summer in Germany
and France, and there l saw that
every foot of the ground was thor
oughly cultivated. 1t was divided
up into very small tracts, and off al
distance would look like strips OF
carpet laid upon the rolling fields
There was constant rotation o
crops; they were busily engaged II
fertilizing with manures, making th'
ground richer. The farm roads wer'
in splendid condition, and thousands
OF miles OF surveyed, carefully lev
eled and graded turnpikes afforded
the farmer cheap transportation 81
that single team might move fou
or five tons with less difficulty thai
half a ron could be moved by tn