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THE sr or GARDEHj 1 .y - VOL. LXVI INDIANAPOLIS, JAN. 28 1011. NO. 4 PLAN YOUR WORK. BdltOTS lmllaiiaai liaaa. "Havs yon any potatoes tn sell Mr. Btockwell?" "Yes." "1 want to buy ten bushels of you," I friend must have known that his land was wet, and that heavy ruins would drown his potatoes, but he took the chances and lost. The other two failed for lack of proper cultivation. The last man knew his corn and animals potatoes, or sacrifice his potatoes ln order to not in gleet hts corn. If the sea- Bon has been favorable his corn has had extra cultivation which on farms not already cultivated up to the highest notch, alwuys pays and pays big. honor of Commodore Lawrenes of tks United Mates Navy. Lawrenotburi is tin i ulllitj i-1 aal. and is rapidly growing and ls an SIlWllllUlj imsy Uttls eity. The original 40o am- upon which tho tuwn was lmilt was granted t'i John The start for first cultivation of corn on the big Wallace Farm, Miami Co., May, 1911. This fleld produced 82 bushel planted an acre last spring and did not raise any." This neighbor's land was too wet, but another farmer planted a good sized lot on dry ground and did not raise any, too many irons in the fire; some had to burn, so in his case it was the potatoes. Another let his sorgum go for the same reason as did the last man. Another man lost a lot of corn and the animals that ate it (foundered). Cause, poor fence. Wow, here were preventable losses occasioned by lack of a plan. Every farmer knows, or should know the condition of his fields, fences, ete. He knows Just how many acres he is going to put in the various crops, and his capacity for tending those crops when planted. The tendency is to undertake fully as much or more than could be done, with our working force, lf every day was a fair one. We Ignore the fact that we are. in the very nature of things, bound to lose a lot of tim" on account of rainy weathor. Our first were in danger but trusted to luck. I'll lix the fence he no doubt thought, but he didn't. Or, the animals may not find the weak spot, but they did. We are prone to rail at the rich, but unless they inherited their riches, no honest man ever got so; without carefully planning his work. A business man, and every farmer ought to be Included in that category, would say, "I have so many acres for each crop." "I have so many horses to do the work. and my help is so and so." "My experience teaches me that I can accomplish about so much and no more." "There is a piece of sod that would grow good potatoes and if I knew that the season would be favorable I would put them in but I don't know that, so I will leave it in sod." "It will grow grass that I can utilize for pasture or hay, and the time that I would nsed to spend on the potatoes will pay big if put in on the corn crop. Thus ln a bad season he has not had to neglect his corn In order to save his There is never a year passes that sa of farmers in every township do nut put in crops that a little .study would show the planters ths futility of smh work; failure writ large from the very lieginning !•• a Mas they do not carefully plan the year's campaign. Indiana. L. A. Stockwell. LETTER IROM Tl NM --EE. Editors Indiana Farmer: I thought perhaps some of your readers would like to know something about this part of Tennessee. I^awrence Co. is located near tbe center of the state east and west; is in the last tier aif counties next to Alabama on a parellel with lower California and is about 1200 ft above sea level. Lav.iin. . Oft is the second largest county in the state. It Is forty-five miles long, thirty miles wide from east to west, and contains about 590 sq. miles. A little more than half as large as the state ot Rhode Island. The first settlement in the county was In 1815, and lt was named in Thompson in 1792 for meritorious serin ala. Revolutionary war. And (lo- lirst surrey wan made in 181U. David Crocket was ono Justice of the ai ai: " in I j I. ■•! to establish the first court In Lawrence <'o. Ami it was here that James K. Polk was first admitted to tke practice of law. In 1820 and began his spl< n.lid oareer, which culminated in the White House as Chief Executive of the nation. Large numbers of •» ople) are coming here from the north, and it is estimated that half the people lure are from the north and i ast. Less than 4 per cent colored people. Ko saloons in the county. There ls much interest taken In education. There was a school rally at tke county seat some time since when 1200 school children were in line of march. One of the leading features was an "old time spelling school." land varies in quality from the best to the poorest, and ranges In price from $5.00 to $70.00 per acre. With proper selection, one can buy a good farm for about one-
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1911, v. 66, no. 04 (Jan. 28) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6604 |
Date of Original | 1911 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 2011-04-12 |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | THE sr or GARDEHj 1 .y - VOL. LXVI INDIANAPOLIS, JAN. 28 1011. NO. 4 PLAN YOUR WORK. BdltOTS lmllaiiaai liaaa. "Havs yon any potatoes tn sell Mr. Btockwell?" "Yes." "1 want to buy ten bushels of you," I friend must have known that his land was wet, and that heavy ruins would drown his potatoes, but he took the chances and lost. The other two failed for lack of proper cultivation. The last man knew his corn and animals potatoes, or sacrifice his potatoes ln order to not in gleet hts corn. If the sea- Bon has been favorable his corn has had extra cultivation which on farms not already cultivated up to the highest notch, alwuys pays and pays big. honor of Commodore Lawrenes of tks United Mates Navy. Lawrenotburi is tin i ulllitj i-1 aal. and is rapidly growing and ls an SIlWllllUlj imsy Uttls eity. The original 40o am- upon which tho tuwn was lmilt was granted t'i John The start for first cultivation of corn on the big Wallace Farm, Miami Co., May, 1911. This fleld produced 82 bushel planted an acre last spring and did not raise any." This neighbor's land was too wet, but another farmer planted a good sized lot on dry ground and did not raise any, too many irons in the fire; some had to burn, so in his case it was the potatoes. Another let his sorgum go for the same reason as did the last man. Another man lost a lot of corn and the animals that ate it (foundered). Cause, poor fence. Wow, here were preventable losses occasioned by lack of a plan. Every farmer knows, or should know the condition of his fields, fences, ete. He knows Just how many acres he is going to put in the various crops, and his capacity for tending those crops when planted. The tendency is to undertake fully as much or more than could be done, with our working force, lf every day was a fair one. We Ignore the fact that we are. in the very nature of things, bound to lose a lot of tim" on account of rainy weathor. Our first were in danger but trusted to luck. I'll lix the fence he no doubt thought, but he didn't. Or, the animals may not find the weak spot, but they did. We are prone to rail at the rich, but unless they inherited their riches, no honest man ever got so; without carefully planning his work. A business man, and every farmer ought to be Included in that category, would say, "I have so many acres for each crop." "I have so many horses to do the work. and my help is so and so." "My experience teaches me that I can accomplish about so much and no more." "There is a piece of sod that would grow good potatoes and if I knew that the season would be favorable I would put them in but I don't know that, so I will leave it in sod." "It will grow grass that I can utilize for pasture or hay, and the time that I would nsed to spend on the potatoes will pay big if put in on the corn crop. Thus ln a bad season he has not had to neglect his corn In order to save his There is never a year passes that sa of farmers in every township do nut put in crops that a little .study would show the planters ths futility of smh work; failure writ large from the very lieginning !•• a Mas they do not carefully plan the year's campaign. Indiana. L. A. Stockwell. LETTER IROM Tl NM --EE. Editors Indiana Farmer: I thought perhaps some of your readers would like to know something about this part of Tennessee. I^awrence Co. is located near tbe center of the state east and west; is in the last tier aif counties next to Alabama on a parellel with lower California and is about 1200 ft above sea level. Lav.iin. . Oft is the second largest county in the state. It Is forty-five miles long, thirty miles wide from east to west, and contains about 590 sq. miles. A little more than half as large as the state ot Rhode Island. The first settlement in the county was In 1815, and lt was named in Thompson in 1792 for meritorious serin ala. Revolutionary war. And (lo- lirst surrey wan made in 181U. David Crocket was ono Justice of the ai ai: " in I j I. ■•! to establish the first court In Lawrence <'o. Ami it was here that James K. Polk was first admitted to tke practice of law. In 1820 and began his spl< n.lid oareer, which culminated in the White House as Chief Executive of the nation. Large numbers of •» ople) are coming here from the north, and it is estimated that half the people lure are from the north and i ast. Less than 4 per cent colored people. Ko saloons in the county. There ls much interest taken In education. There was a school rally at tke county seat some time since when 1200 school children were in line of march. One of the leading features was an "old time spelling school." land varies in quality from the best to the poorest, and ranges In price from $5.00 to $70.00 per acre. With proper selection, one can buy a good farm for about one- |
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