Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-21
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FARNlER3
y PROF JWILLARD DOLIE
lCnnYright. Western NeWspaper uniOEl
THAT ABANDONED FARM.
Copyright, Western Newspaper Union.

knew -four men and one woman
who actually have acquired aban
doned farm lands in the East, with
the idea that they are going to re-
jnyehate those farms and grow
healthy and wealthy in the process
Also, ! am acquainted with about
nineteen more people who have the
same idea, but have not yet backed
1t up with their money. How many
times have you thought you would
like TO do it yourself?
There is a fatal fascination in
farming for most city people who
have had an opportunity to become
acquainted with the pleasant side Of
this oldest Of the arts. AS everyone
knows, the East and the South are
full of once profitable farms, which
have been actually deserted by their
owners, because they could not make
O. living and pay taxes from the
fruits of the soil These abandoned
farms can be counted. literally, by
the thousands They are as fair to
look upon as they ever were, save
for the crops, and some OF them
can be purchased, buildings and all.
for the value Of the back taxes.
Along comes a newspaper farmer
telling US of the wonderful POSSIBLE
tiles of bringing these lands back to
their original fertility, or even bet
ter, by blowing deeply, summer fall
lowing. growing cloycrs, green ma
nuring, subsoilng, dynamiting, buy
ing fertilizer, and many other meth
dds. The railroads serving this ter
ritorv, and even the state authorities.
are doing everything in their power
to get these lands under profitable
, cultivation again, al here lies vast
wealth, if it can only be properly
used
What then are the possibilities Of
buying a worn odt farm in q coed
neighborhcod near q good city, for
about $25 an acre, and by careful
scientific farming make a living and
NJ INC Eililb tiluf hltttSsDt tiit ~
ductiyity C tho sell to Il point where
It is worth 500 an acre?
The success of such q venture de
pends, primarily, upon two genera
: factors the degree Of tho lands OK
, haustion, and The ability ard patience
. Of the man who undertakes the JOB
J Nitrogen can be returned to the
!. land oaeicr ard cheaper than oi'hcl
, Of the other two important plan
, l foods, hence one need not worry Owe
IT'S lack in the worn soil. II potasl
and phosphorus BE- very deficient, 1t j
much moro eerious question, b
cause they must be purchased, and I
many cases the cost of the fortlizc
will equal the value Of the crop,
The man who undertakes such
task must be prepared TO wait lon
: for results, and work hard while b
'" waits. 1t cannot be done we'll b
hired help entirely, and final success
Il IS matter of years Worn sol
h. which still possesses tho ability
to come back in mighty good Il
N vestment at the regular price, an
o. the quickest way to bring most wol
ct soils back to a profitable producer
a point Is to feed them the necesal
nd fertilizers to make them produt
crops while you are waiting, and
IN addition, put Gu all Of tho baraya'
n manure, and turn Under I'll Of Il
IN green clover cron1 that you poash
er can. Many a man has started
p dairy or such q farm, buying most
~ his feed, ana brought the land bee
to fertility with The manure from Il
IN. dairy herd