| Show large arge crops croper vs large earms rams W it cannot be too strongly impressed upon the m minds i rie lle J of olour r farmer farmers a that B small ma farms well weil til tilled led are in all countries more profitable lil liw than tf n ilarae fias Il large arje i farms harms skimmed over nor is there any section of con conniry country i where the adage is is more fully applicable than within teat that portion of the north american continent included within the the great basin and designated upon the map as utah the fhe immense labor of arri irrigating 0 acim 6 alone to aay eay ayo nothing 1 ahin of the scarcity a 0 water that exists in nih nii nearly every settlement during daring midsummer mid summer at the very tir tima time 0 when water is most needed should be an incentive the farmer to exert li himself it by more thorough culture and a liberal aap 11 1 c atlon of every species of fertilization to raise rai ral sehl aphis sustenance from a smaller quantity kofl n d the extra soil cultivation of which would mould probably not exceed xeda the additional labor that would have to be expended in irrigating alst aa if i 4 0 0 a lar jar larger er tract P cultivated in the common let a aone one r practice irac tice there lell is s however another and still more potent BV reas onn orf why the utah farmer of all others should especially husband his soil as ay iy thing else pertaining to his vocation I 1 the quantity of available land is very vw limited vani th are acquaint acquainted ill w with kt h thi s anid annd prid arid mountainous region need not that we should 1 in inform et orm 0 IV fh them e m i that not one acre in ten thousand I 1 I 1 I 1 COm composing pOsiA the breil of our territory can ever eriq Q ebu ehu condition be made subservient td tife the sustenance nalice of W lito eoa ToA arpp arop rothe the continuance of oe the argument for fon a anito antto hito fito cowe come to the poin at once 1 i e abt not that if the lands now under cul Uv atron on w were ore ere brought into a pr proper oper open state of fefolt inhar fertility gila gild and plia thoroughly tilted the number of ts ill lir in thi 0 settlements might b A W id quantity of produce from t meland e gd increased at least two hun hundred aired Alrod pe C lie following oU owing excellent and t lip lit n a prfto v we e copy py frala ou t h keerl C t 0 or o lil lib bep ep arr ey ely remark remarked eds if our far tia oda ii 0 la boring laboring to dortic their acres would endeavor to double their crops crol they th ae would gina fina gin fin d ita it a vast saving of 0 time and t toll toil if and an increase of df profits lethis Is thIs true idt lit Is the he secret of successful far minT what it has been declared to be hluch bluch much aluch labor on little land lana up to a certain point i we isle believe it to be so A few farmers are successful because they possess a soil naturally rich in every element of fertility and suited in character alid and situation to the growth of large and profitable crops but these farms farm but a small portion of the whole surface of the country under cultivation most soils need some improvement and amendment deepening draining and in order to their highest productiveness and all need careful cultivation at least to keep out noxious weeds the thorns and thistles whistles es with which the earth was cursed for our oar sake y with too many farmers the acres in possession do not come nearly up to the productiveness which might be attained doubling the crop would be thought a very simple undertaking b by the progressive farmer be would I merely add ada a 1 d sufficient labor in the preparation of the soil to give the product to which he would devote it a fair chance depth of soil ap appropriate S food freedom from weeds etc an and the yield would be doubled at once that farmer will be most successful who by a wise expenditure of labor and capital gives to the lands he cultivates a like character with those most productive not forgetting also by clean culture to concentrate the whole energy of the soil on the crop artificial means must be em employed ant loyed to give depth and fineness to hard and shallow soils and a course of and culture adapted to add the elements of fertility to sterile and impoverished ones stagnant water that enemy to all vegetation of a profitable character must be drained ole off and retentive soils thus ameliorated light sands ask for an addition of a calcareous or aluminous character to give them better cansis consistency sis tency for cultivation the hill bill sides bides and knolls have long iong contributed from their soluble i and floating elements of vegetable matter to fill the adjacent marshes let these return their rich deposits of muck a and nd a partial exchange of soils would be no injury the th e abie passion for more land is one which works incalculable able evil to american agriculture it crowds out of farming many who would athe otherwise fwise i engage in it many who were small farms more readily attainable would do good service in the culture of the soil and in the elevation of the character of our farming population if the great mass of farmers would e engage ng a ge in the laudable enterprise of doubling t their he I 1 r crops ops aps they would soon find use at home for all their outside investments and excuse for selling off that portion of their land which they had bad not ample means to cultivate would soon find too that they were makin making more money and doin a more pleasant any ant and satisfactory facto ry business than ilan under their former term tern we are glad to see the idea gaining ground that farming cannot be carried on without capital enterprise intelligence and that it opens a exercise of 0 the noblest endowments of the human mind let us then ie be less covetous of surface 0 of large farms and broad plantations and more anxious for prod productiveness tic ess asi asking asling ing for better crops finer animals more serviceable implements rather than one field more chy why when our title deeds cover all benea beneath th us should we not be anxious to own and use the subsoil instead of seeking ever to enlarge our outside boundaries why cry more land when our sterile acres are a shame to our skill in farming what we already possess they give ive lve such meagre crops let us farm thoroughly h ay a few acres and we shall thus thug best prepare ourselves to farm profitably upon a larger scale |
