| Show ABOUT FARMING AND FARM management mr R H thompson write writes on an agri cultural col toral matten matters and method methods and gifts gir interesting information EDITOR CARBON NEWS my introductory article on fanning farming must necessarily have to be confined very largely to generalizing first I 1 wish to sav I 1 have much to learn myself hav to get got acquainted with the climatic conditions of thil this lection section of the stat C also your kolla bolls and ana their varieties whether they contain the necessary elements required to grow crops and whether those elements are in available form or whether other methods of preparation of the soil soll would develop those elements so they can be economic economically alry utilized as plan plant food in proper oro proportions portions the prop artles in water used for irrigating pur posea poses influence plant growth very materially teri ally some water contains properties that are tire decidedly injurious to plant plan growth besides the application of water must necessarily be carefully considered if best results be obtained the hit bit and miss manner of tarring farring should never be depended on and yet I 1 daresay a very large number of farmers are ar doinik j itt that kind of farming if we really know how have learned it by actual experience it stands to reason it will be much easier for us to do it than thin it would be to try to do something we know but little or nothing in inn j reality about and then proceed in a hundred bundred and one different way ways finally in all probability accomplishing little or nothing very satisfactorily here I 1 will relate an object leaion lesson lea ion I 1 personally nally gave for the beneat of my constituents in mississippi if on a plat of ground one fifth of one ona acre in a a period of twelve months I 1 applied my knowledge effectively and produced the following results planted rutabagas october 20 crop old sold for 00 planted early cabbage february 1 I crop cold sold for 00 planted cane cant following cabbage made gallons old sold for 66 55 selected and sold pound pounds cane seed old sold for 6 cents 2556 25 60 planted early mature peas picked 6 14 bushels old sold for 1662 15 62 cut and cured 1200 pound pounds pa pea ane hay worth 1000 fed 10 bushel bushels cane leed seed worth soo 00 total 6 67 7 now the work was performed from tart start to finish as near right ae as my ex peri ence would permit it was imply correct application of all the science 1 I could waster rou iter the word nc nce is not always understood it is no not t a big word not one that any person need be afraid of it is no bigger word than right which Is the opposite to wrong I 1 tal te tale t e it for granted that my readers are all willing to confess that they know the difference between right and wrong nevertheless when you corte coral to think about it you must that in your everyday vocation you meet with a greater number of problems that you arc are uncertain about than those with which you are prepared to dispose of as being fixed 11 facts in your lour mind aly my fixed besim LJ ta to here briny bring out the facts about the words scientific fanner farmer there have been a great many wonderfully der fully scientific farmers who could scarce sc arcey ty write their own names I 1 admit one li Is at a great disadvantage who can not read up and keep posted on all thes thee e scientific principles as they are worked out and riven given gratuitously to as man as a ua for it yet for all that no man who had baz good health and some knowledge of ned fled work but has within himself ability to improve his farming methods in my next article when I 1 will have gained some knowledge of the things of which I 1 am nn uncertain I 1 will write on preparation of the moll good culture and chemic il abaly a of suits soils will gladly reply ft P any in cinquin fl ve vz y respectfully R H THomp THOMPSON soV |
