Author: W. C. Knight

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9780266729372

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Excerpt from The Southern Planter, Vol. 44: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Live Stock and the Household; July 1883 Capt. Lynham speaks of the. Destructive competition 'of Western grain with ours. That is true, also, in a considerable measure, of the'tobacco raised in Kentucky. This teaches us that we must resort to something more profitable than grain and tobacco. Mr. Edmund Atkinson; of Boston, the great statistician, in a paper read some time last year be fore one of the Northern Agricultural Associations, says that this com petion of Western products should not impair, and was not, in fact, impairing the value of lands in the Eastern States. He states that recent assessments of land in Massachusetts and New York prove their increased value since the commencement of the transportation of large quantities of grain to the Eastern States from the Western. He accounts for this by the farmers being driven to more profitable pur suits than grain raising, and instances the production of more grass and cattle, dairying and' fruit-raising. He suggests that the cheap bread stufi's and the comparatively 'cheap pork will enable farmers in the Eastern States to feed their families and hands at less cost, while they devote their labor to something more profitable. Our farmers should, . In the first place, devote more of their lands to clover and grass, where it can be grown successfully, and as a necessary sequence to the rais ing of more stock, which of course will be attended with the produc tion of more manure. The old Belgian proverb, though frequently quoted, will bear repetition: No grass, no cattle; no cattle, no ma nure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Southern Planter, Vol. 44 written by W. C. Knight and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Southern Planter, Vol. 44: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Live Stock and the Household; July 1883 Capt. Lynham speaks of the. Destructive competition 'of Western grain with ours. That is true, also, in a considerable measure, of the'tobacco raised in Kentucky. This teaches us that we must resort to something more profitable than grain and tobacco. Mr. Edmund Atkinson; of Boston, the great statistician, in a paper read some time last year be fore one of the Northern Agricultural Associations, says that this com petion of Western products should not impair, and was not, in fact, impairing the value of lands in the Eastern States. He states that recent assessments of land in Massachusetts and New York prove their increased value since the commencement of the transportation of large quantities of grain to the Eastern States from the Western. He accounts for this by the farmers being driven to more profitable pur suits than grain raising, and instances the production of more grass and cattle, dairying and' fruit-raising. He suggests that the cheap bread stufi's and the comparatively 'cheap pork will enable farmers in the Eastern States to feed their families and hands at less cost, while they devote their labor to something more profitable. Our farmers should, . In the first place, devote more of their lands to clover and grass, where it can be grown successfully, and as a necessary sequence to the rais ing of more stock, which of course will be attended with the produc tion of more manure. The old Belgian proverb, though frequently quoted, will bear repetition: No grass, no cattle; no cattle, no ma nure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.