Year: 1875

aid you to make farming pay and kee,
everything in its place, including your
self. This / think is very necessar,
and important implement of farming
that no farmer can get along wellwith


out, and no farm is certainly complet,
without one 'Tis true, these imple


ments are sometimes more ornamenta


than useful, proving to be more cost,
than valuable, and better adapted tc
the parlor than the kitchen, and it is thi:
that probably deters some poor fellows
of weak nerves from trying ticket in
the great lottery of matrimony. Bur
a man who is not willing to risk some.
thing to gain SO valuable jewel as 8
good wife, is probably blank himself
and if he is not, few years of keep
ing bachelors hall on farm will be
very apt to make him one. in


/ In this connection. I would also him
to the unmarried lady farmers, should
there be any present, that man is also
6 very necessary thing to have about a
farm; but in selecting from this class
of farm tools I would advise them to be
very cautious, for blanks are much
more numerous than prizes among
them, and something very hard to get
off your hands without more trouble
and expense than they are worth.


Now. if you will excuse me for the
DEPRESSION l have made, in branching
off into matrimony. I will again pro-
eeed with my farming operations, and
try if l can possibly make farming
pay" But before proceeding. l at
first thought that l would mention
some other things that farmer would
want, after he got his wife, but have


concluded not to do so, for as natural
consequence, nine times out Of ten,
they are added to the store of all pros
porous farmers, and most especially to
..T r. r


the unprosperous ones. III -iE


Farming for crops the following year
should begin about the first Of August,
by following first for wheat and then
for corn, tobacco, &c. July, l think, is
too early to begin fallewing, as it leaves
the ground too long exposed to the
heat Of the sun, which is more or less
injurious to land, shade itself being a
good fertilizer. Weeds and other veg
citation when plowed under green, form
fine coat of manure, especially where
they are thick on the land, whilst if
not turned under, the most Of this fer
tizing substance is evaporated and
goes to the air Therefore, | think
that all foul land for wheat, or corn
and tobacco the following year, should
ifpessible be fallowed before the weeds
and trash have become dry and losttheir
best fertilizing substance. Plow deep,
and if possible subsoil clay lands every
three or four years. This is best for
either wet or dry season, and there
are probably no two words thatfarmers
should heed more than those which
say plow deep. In sowing wheat, /
would say, give the fallowed land a
good narrowing and put in with drill,
and where you have no drill, think a
double shovel plow is the next best,
leaving the ground as the plow leaves
it, without narrowing or brushing. In
planting corn, and 1 might say the
same thing in regard to all other crops,
cultivate your ground thoroughly well
before planting. Good cultivation be-
fore planting is very important and
worth two after planting. Plant only
what you can cultivate well, and take
good care of. If your land is thin and
well set in grass, or clover, plant only
one half of it and leave the other half
to improve for another year, aud don't
act each year with your own land just
as though you never expected to have
another chance at it. Use fertilizers
all you can on lands you intend to cul-
tivate, and if you do not have enough
to scatter broadcast, | would say put il
in the hill One quart of good COM
mon manure in hillof corn will make
from two to four fine ears where moth
ing but two small nubbins would grow
without it, and the same put in to-
bacco hill, will grow nearly a pound
plant of tobacco where plant hardly
large enough for tie leaves would grow
without it. This is troublesome, but
nothing will pay a farmer who is scarce
of manure and has thin land to cult
vate better than this. 1t is certainly
no more trouble to manure in the bill
and cultivate one acre Of land than il
is to cultivate two acres without 1t


One acre thus manured will bring as
many pounds, or as many bushels, as
two without it, of a much better quail
ity ard will sell for more money. Al.
ways work for quality as well as guam
tity in all kinds of crops and especial
ly tobacco. A good name on the mark.
ct often aids very materially in getting
a good price. s. 30 7aa .rJf


A good rule for all farmers to adop


is, to save what they have made. an(
not trust too much to the weather, Of
spend the time in trying to make Other
crops which should be devoted to save


ing what is made. Many persons woulC
have had less sprouted grains in theil
wheat the present year, and better foul
in their buscuit, had they followed uI
closely this rule. Do not depend dpoI
one or two or three kinds ofcrops, bu
plant variety of all kinds which can b.
successfully cultivated in this climate
If one kind of crop fails, the othe
may not. Sometimes the seasons sui
one kind and not another-sometime
the price is higher for one than tn
other. If you are smart enough 4
know the kind that the seasons vii
suit the best, or the kind that vii
bring the best price, then l say rails
. that kind, and if you are not. which


think is probably the case, l would sa.
, try variety. Don't raise tobacco t.