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33 S. Cultivator 1 (1875)

handle is hein.slavery/socultva0033 and id is 1 raw text is: V rAdcal h Scienific glagit. FOR THE PLANTATION, THE GARDEN AND THE FAM4JY'61RC0 VOL. XXXIll. ATHENS, GA., JANUARY, 1875. NO, 1, SEE COVER FOR CONTENTS, TERMS, &C W. L. JONES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. A,-ric ultural Pi rpartrnent. THOUGiTS FOR THE MONTH. The judicions farmer will mature plans for the yiar at once, if lie has not already done so. It is .xtremely unwise to take one step in the new year's operation without having first ascei- tainity, fully, one's means-secondlyt lie b.es re- sulu! attainable frot these, and thirdly, how thse results may be secured. Under existing circumstances one cannot hope to be a truly sucesnful farmer, who does not conduct his op--rations on true business principles. Making money on the farm is by no means a matter of roerac thing; the experience of the last ten years has fully demonstrated that. Perhap, where oae has made money on the farm, fro have grown poorer. This sad and deplorable fact ex- ists, not because farming, in the very nature of thiigs, cannot be ma le to pay, but because we have farmed injudiciously and very rashly- have neglected to examine carefully the three items mnentioned above. First, our means.-Since the war our farmers have owned scarcely anything besides their land, a little stock, and a few implements; of ready money, or workrng capital, they have had very little; and the labor within their reach (corsid ering its inefficiency and unmanngeahlen s.) quite dear. Under such conditions, what wou!d be the dictate of cominon sen? Obviously to utilize the land to the greatest extent with the least amount of labor. How can th;i be done ? This brings us to our 2d and 3rd p,iais. which will be discussed together. Fipt by planting crops, requiring, in comparison with others, lit de labor, and, secondly, when planting crops re- quiring much hihor, to put them on land so ri(h by nature or by art, Ins to yield a lare, return for the labor expended. Of crops rvquiring lit tle labor, comparatively, may be mertion-d oats, wheat, rye, peas, clover, grass, millet and drilled corn. Large breadtis of land dkn be put in such crops with little labor or outlay of money. But, granting this, the question may be askel, will it pay? Most certainly, at least to tIhe point of supplying the farmers' family and stock with provisions. Beyond the point name(, the ques- tion of their remnerating turns upon accessibil- ity to market-they certainly will pity, to the ex tent of driving out of our markets northern Day at $30.00 to $40.00 a ton. Arain, our surplus lands can be utilized with little labor and at ssull expense, in raising stock and, especially, mnUlar. Stite of our friends would say sheep.- We are not enthusiasts on that point. TI e sheep is a deli*ate animal, and, at part1'ar seas- ona, requires most careful nursing; it cannot be raised protitably when left to take the rough and tumble chances for life. A sheep farm Digitized from Best Copy Available V\1 ID

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