Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-19
Weekly Bureau of In
formation for All Who
Till the Soil or Are In
teyested in Making Homes
MAKING CORN FARMS PAY:
A FEW TIMELY THOUGHTS

The following extracts. necessarily
emitting detailed recommendations.
such as Ppcciai treatments for each
grain crop. and tn" use Of waste i'm
fccdng live stock. give an outline ~
the plan recently suggested by the
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture FOR
combining business farming and
scientific agriculture 20 tho monetary
and social prof; OF tho farm
The Farm-Civiiixstion's Cujt-"Thc
farm is vastly more than = business
enterprise: i, * home. q soc.a, and
civic ccnter-;he mos, Important; unit
Of civilization. The success lof a farm
home is based on the success of Tho
farm business. What farmers need
most To know is how !" make tho
science of agriculture hcos; she bust!
ness Of farming
RobhinC or saving the Soil-Ths
farmer who rohS his soil IS saving off
the limb u2pu nhich ne is sitting.
Your deed calls To- IN. suhsoi IS vel
As tna surface soil. and Inc suhsoil IS
a minc OF fertility and we'll Or water
u properly utilized.
Lime Is tho ono thing NOS, needed
by tho average rundown soil rhos
phorus. ncXt 10 lime, - the mineral
plant food probably most needed by
the average unproductive sol. Ma
nurr IS regularly - YOU harvest.
Stable manure i ,he best form OF for
available green manure mus: b. used.
F-oper ,tllSce becomes more jmpo--
tan; As the farm grows olde-. unit,
on '~o!n-out farms {, Is a factor -
chief .rn?o-;>7ce T!lage gives ;hc
crop ,-o-. soil sur:Ac. on which 10
feed wt:Aov: Increasing your taxes
makes existing 0,ant food more avail
able, Sives 80 - re roots regulates
Nats- S27T.E al As.,S weeds Where
the !a-I .Acss 1&;2-s. drainage. ever
thing s.s :.cs-:< - now ;horourh.y
ihc 50. : :c>.6 q tiled"
Sv-e.a-;;-s 80 ES-;us-The farm.
er who ss.ts g. rs crops OF! the place
and ;Hs1 as? e--3s al. his corn stalks
and straw reminds enc OF the burglar
who tases a.! tas valuab!es he can
carry 90 s1G SEES Are 20 what is left
EuE.us and Legunes.-Humus is the
cultivated sell. Pow under all stah.eN
manure, s;-ao. corn stalks. stubble,
leaves. weeds and EreeH-manurc c-ops
Where nature grows sweet clover
YOU can grow sweet clover R.mcr-
Der iheTe IS !eSune crop for almost
every sol. The productivity ot a
farm is not being Kept UP on e per
manant basis unless annually at least
onc-four;h OF that farm is made Ia
grow iegumes, all OF which except The
seed IS plowed under as stable ma
nure or green manure DO not. un-
grow corn IN the same fed more than
two years in succession. Feed as
much or your grain as possible to live
stock on the farm.
Live Stock.-When YOU break even on
your beeves you are ahead OF the
game provided YOU save the manure
especially II you have kept hogs fol-
lowing the cattle. Saving the ma
nure' doesn't mean saving merely one
third or one-fourth: II means saving
20 per cent or more. liquid as we'll as
soiid. The problem Of Keeping live
stock With profit is largely a matter
or making use silage roughacc az.
bedding, OF stuff that is wasted on m.
average farm. Weeds and weed seeds.
usually counted worse than nothing,
may be put on the rigtIi side OF The
ledger by means OF a few sheep.
seed Selection and Wagcs.-Ca,ch
but one bad ear in testing seed corn
and you save good days wages. Find
the average number OF bad ones and
YOU save n weeks wages In a winters
alterhoon buying seed is d business
proposition--no an exercise Of faith.
side Lines and Women Foik.-As
long as the average farmer "l,e.ns
ms garden ON the grocery shelf" he
Se''s everything wholesale ana huy,
everything retail. Side lines such a
canning, preserving, making apple bur,
TER. are profitable where the farmer
~ wise enough to sec that tn. n.c,,.,,
OF MS household get all necessary b.In
win their work. The price differences
between ham. lard and bacon and bor
OH the MOOT shows The money gain fn,.
ihrn butcher!nI and smoking
Making Capital ''Avajlable
acc"uhts-fnd Just where your money
comes from and jus, WHERE i, rocs
"e'ne men wealth * like a good ,!ca
o. the fertility in their soil, is NOV
"Naiiaols, If the Uoys and girls .ra
to b. Kept on the farm. the farm ,,n.
ne MADE not only q lna,,cini ord
economic Asdccesf, but also : <,-'i,,
"'ho ciN"- s,NccsS. Any -eason,hle
pehdl'nr" for making tho home nice
more attractive Is - real and prof,,,i.lo
an investment as though III. name.
hSn heen spent for liiucston. and mas
phate. ""' P'oS-
Prcpa redness. rrcoarearG. -
important fur the farmer a. d, -, .
me soidici, Tho farmer uIo ..s,
ms leisure time and vino f.,,s
uti''"e rainy DAYS aud Slack s.u.o,. ;,
get hiS affairs in shap, ON r,,., W.
10 catch up during tho bus. ..s.,.,.'
Marketing and Co.Op.ra,i.,, ,,
ho' enough TO grow good ,ro.,
n'eh 10 grow good rrop AZ Law. az.
make big crop a business az.
cess ~ must u" disposed ~ -,
nt'en'!H as II is growr-lnus, l.. -
si'"e" ana packed as 10 me-.
~ 80 an" ;" marketed as 20 b-inr
"a" "rint' the highest currcr, r,,cc .
:, if'r+r VIII" is too sty,,irio,,.
'"sriher with his ueirhto-S -,
W. ." CO "pcrttivcly VIVA, mo
'' can Il" alone is sure u my 1o.-h,
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