The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-05

q ticularly with the Northwest, the o
q following, by Earl W. Gage of New o {
q York should be of interest to our o ;
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rHE man who lives on a small
farm must carry on intensive
farming operations to make
profit that will show well alongside
the man who has several hundred
acres. There is probably no region
of the United States where this mas
been found more true than in New
England, which is pre-eminently a
section of small farms, due largely TO
the generally broken character OF
the country, the farming land being
located in small areas scattered
among the hills. Since the farms
are small unique method Of inten-
sive farming has followed Whlch
makes place of 40 to so acres very
profitable. and which serves to point
ont to farmers in other portions OF
the country the most advisable metn-
DDS of succeeding with small
farm.
Inasmuch as this land has already
baen titled longer than good land
will bear an exploitive system OF
farming. live stock has been found
necessity. And the most intensive
form of stock farming is dairy farm
ing. Taking the northern states OF
the union as whole, owing to ell
mate and topography. the land is IN
general adapted to the growth OF
grass and trees. The fact that grass
Is so much at home in these states
. has led to serious fault in north
ern dairying, namely, mismanage-
ment of grass lands. Closely asso.
ciated with poor management OF
grass lands is the failure to uti1ze
other crops available for the north.
ern regions, especially corn. Wna'
IA most needed is that sufficient at,
tention be given to the selection OF
seed in order to develop strains OF
corn fitted to the requirements "
the different sections.
One dairy farmer. one forty-acre
farm. raises all the roughage ant
some of the grain for forty head o
cattle. two teams Of horses, AM
twenty head Of sheep. He IS ais
able to produce from three TO lou
acres of potatoes each year. whic
are sold to the nearest city marke
for highest prices, delivered dlref
IN consumers. About twelve acre
of corn are grown each year Tor 81
age. nearly as much grain, NIL
ture Of oats and barley, while tn
remainder Of the forty acres. aslo
from the potato patch, is devoted
the hay crop. The rotation on tn
farm comprises one year OF cor
one Of small grain, and one
clover hay, while part OF the iano
rrn for mixed hay second yea
The land is seldom left in hay mo
than two years before 1t is aga
plowed up for corn. making either
tbree-year or a four-year rotation.
The manure is mostly applied
the late summer and fall with
gpreader, both as top-dresslng
the new seeding or other grass Ian
and to the land to be used for co
the next season. This is applied
the rate of ten tons to the acre
either purpose. The seeding is 40
with the grain in the spring Ma
moth clover is seeded at the rate
twelve to fourteen pounds to
acre. with two to three pounds
redtop and four quarts OF tlmot
The result of the short rotation,
freouent manuring, and the hes
scoring is a crop OF three tons
bay to the acre at one cutting. Otl
crops yield in proportion, so t
This farm furnishes feed for so la
an amount Of stock that 1t see
unreasonable to the average exI
fenced dairyman.
Another man who farms on Mint
six acres, Of which a scant thirty
tillable, about thirty more being
nasture and the remainder in VIC
and. is making wonderful head
for the size Of his farm, and Is
ting the way to farmers everyWh
a~.un r,roIuroS all the co.