Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1914-01-01
America Should Lead, Not Follow

such Of be~good rather than merely
Drag about farmingenough to make such of
us sit up and scratch our heads.
OUR PROBLEM IS: HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAYa
Two. general methods naturally suggest themselves. We
either decrease outgo, increase income
field produces 800 worth of crops but costs
US Slot for blowing and anurng and seed and cultivation
and fencing and taxes labor farming
that particular field in that particular does not pay But
if we can reduce those that put
only $94 for all purposes and still get 500 worth of
we've made about centhe field has paid that
Or If it $oe raise the crop, but by shrewder
and more skiui work increase the crops
value to S106 have again made it pay:
Now, the average European farmer does both OF these
things He not only grows his crops at less outlay COM
parativey speaking, but he grows bigger crops
Oh, yes know what you're thinking If he's able to
make much more money over there why does he 1mm
didn't say he made money say he raises better
him, the of four of your years
conscrpt army, you'd appreciate that he's
all He has bear burdens vastly heavier
Furthermore, isn't farmers of Europe who over
the third and fourth sons who have no heritage and the
andless and the hangerson around who make
up the bulk OF our immigrants The average European
farmer sticks by the land which his fathers have titled for
unnumbered generations and doesn't chasing American
rainbows.
THE EUROPEAN FARMER EXCELS US TWO WAYS.
As have said the European farmer exces us on both
sides the reduction of and the increase of
the average European farmer To begin with he isn't as
afraid many OF Of 'putterng' He learned
that it is only by taking infinite with the little things
that he the larger results Therefore he watches
for the small the triAng leaks the seemingly
unimPoTtant details recent tourist among Belgian farms
writes that the of manure which almost
all American farms would horrible the Belgian farm
His barns arranged that every drop of liquid
well solid from his animals carefully saved.
Almost every farmer in the Lew Countries keeps few
and makes butter mainly for the English market All the
from these animals is saved, If it money
it really you knewand cemPesed in such way
to be exposed one minute to weather-waste
It is applied frequently possible the fields,
any reason there be undue delay this, it Is
forked and treated with cheap abserbens AS result
the ordinary Belgian farmer, with halfadozen mich
regularly saves and applies his land about twice the bulk
Of manure which is customary from New England dairy
loads but is worth nearly double load for load because all
away, or Volatile off or leach out
Because thus saves the natural fertilizer which his farm
yields to without the costly commercial
fertilizer which less thrifty Yankees have buy by the
thousands It's too much trouble" for
out the stuff So were eternay short OF manure and have
give the fertilizer good share OF what might
be saved for profit.
The fncy carefuness which these Belgian farmers
in this of does with the saving
animal cutvatng their crops the weeds
they cut or pull up are not allowed ground
dry and blow but basketed and added to the
compost heap Much of the which burn up fall
and spring bon6res goes the way fallen leaves, house
Stops anything everything that will and make
try roads every often Tor droppngs
road dust thus obtained In TRUTH they give attention to
this matter OF Misunderstanding which we would think
Over-much to devote to a whole years farming.
Moreover, they all the methods
ing humus by blowing under green growhs, especially Glow
Then they cultivate cultivate cultivate-t TILL They
codde their fields Ondly fresh suburbane cOddles
his eight back yard garden.
And they average sixty bushels of the
while average twentynine! Also two hundred bushels
of potatoes, where average ninety-three!
of you saying softly that they couldn't
do it, they had pay such must In other
you think they haven't any labor problem Well is
quite labores plentiful in
of Europe than parts OF this county 1t also true
that wages run fnuch lower.
while their labor is pentier and cheaper by the day.
efficient and dearer by the job President Gross of
National Fertility league whose Of information
than yours said in address that the
American workman just about double the
compshment of the European farm workman That he
obtains the results in the time Buthe takes
spread himself over where the foreign aborer
himself three IF the American farmer,
Goss, will cultivate one-ha his present and
cultivate WE'LL will increase his production and net him
dollars where he gets dimes
Our farm problem lies in the scarcity OF aborers the
European labor problem lies in their nefcency Which
handicap, won't discuss here mention It
solely indicate that the only farmers who have
troubles.
INTELLIGENT TILLAGE ACCOUNTS FOR BIGGER