Show improving a atun iown farm having havilla lost my illy health at tile the age 0 of f 24 years 3 ears while engaged in business and in consequence having lost nil all my lily savings I 1 conc concluded ludel that an all 0 indoor life was necessary for inc I 1 purchased un an upland farm in western new york which had been let fur for twenty years and was in a b bad ad rundown run dm down V it co condition u as to the soil mil buildings and fences fence I 1 ran in debt for the full amount of the purchase pur chose choge money of tile the fai farm rill and also for the stock put upon it I 1 started in the dairy bu business einess wi with th the determination to improve my 1113 farm and stock my rule rula of practice has been to raise each year all that I 1 could of feeding value arid and feed out all that I 1 raced cuc caie fully saying saving the manure both boli solid d and liau liquid id and app applying ying C it the land nis aa made fiade the die man who occupied this farm for six years vears before I 1 took possession told me file it il would twenty cows COWF and that I 1 might 0 be able to keep keel 25 cows fifteen years from that it ime c I 1 kept on oil my illy farm both suin summer trier and winter 78 cattle and 4 1 horses by using a thoroughbred bull for grading fading up tip my illy herd herd I 1 ver very y soon inere aed cd the annual average 11 er 1 e milk yield of the herd 1010 to pounds my Aly farm farin now consists of aw aso acres of which are cleared of timber but only acres aro are at present available for cultivation the soil poil is a loamy clay th hardpan subsoil I 1 have not lot practiced soiling soi jing excepting when pastures have been poor neither have I 1 used silage so that thai there is still much chance for improvement I 1 believe that any farmer may continuously improve his farm by feeding the crops grown thereon to dol domestic animals if he be will carefully save and apply the manure made by them I 1 do not believe in being confined to a a single 0 hobby and think that as far farmers we should advise all along M the line arid and never be satik satisfied fied with present attainments the conclusion I 1 draw from my farm experience and observation is that in many cases dairy farms can be purchased in the eastern ann aim middle states for less than the improvements cost and good management 0 of both farm and stock will prove to be a safe and profitable investment it ma may y be well to add that my lily farm is now paid for mv my health restored my fa family mily well educated arid and otherwise wise well ell provided for L 1 I stowell in the american agrical aurist |