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SMALL FARMERS PLOWING IN DENMARK.
A Itho there are a great number of small farmers in Denmark, the aver
age size of a farm being only about 30 acres, there is almost no one?horse
"plowing; and the above picture, obtained by Edipor Poe on his visit to Denmark
this summer, sliows how thoroly all Danish land is generally broken. It will
be remembered that in an issue of November 23, Mr.Poe reported that farm-'
ers with only 15 acres ordinarily keep two horsesf but he found one eleven-acre
farmer who kept only one. horse. But he went on to say:
; "This one-horse farmer, does no one-horse plowing; however., The truth
is, one-horse plowing is an unusual sight anywhere in the Danish
- Kingdom. One of the secrets of its prosperity is, that it has more
fhorsesioiheslaH iniie'ihan any pther country on earth an average
'X 'pof $2-an& whUhere there a small holder like Yensen, with only '
ten or 12 acres, and.thai'not quite paid for, may have only one horse,
even theh, he usually i thinks too muchof
to do one-horse plowing. When Marias Yensen wants to plow, he
? ; borrows. another horse from a. heighbor, and in return Yensen lends
his horse to the neighbor ivhen true co-.
operation for. you!". V ' - ' : ' :
preparations for obtaining another
horse.
In Ntbe winter of 1898, I bought
another jnule and some more land,
and . entered the two-horse class. I
began turning the land with a two
horse, plow as deep as I well could,
and as was consistent with the condi
tion of the land at that time. I had
made a success so far in my farming,
and kept my debts paid1 up, and I
had already brought up the yield con
siderably from what the land had
formerly produced. The proof was
plain, that more horsepower would
double my efficiency as a farmer, and
enable me .to do my work with great
er ease, and in much less time than
it required under the one-horse plan.
Each year I have plowed deeper,
and yet deeper until I have brought
up the -producing power of the soil
to moj-e than double its -former Ra
pacity, but the deep plowing alone
is not the sole reason for the excel
lent condition of the land. The add
ing of humus to the soil in the shape
of trash, coarse manure and all re
fuse matter, that grew on the land,
comes in for its share in helping to
build up the soil. Still,, without the
big' plows to plow deep,' the coarse
trash could not have, been buried
and mixed with the subsoil. -
I have Just begun to realize-on
that farm, which lies Jug ' below ' the
one I have been cultivating so long,
and hope thru deep plowing to come
into full possession of it ere many
more years shall pass by.
I have gone up from the one-horse
class to the eight-horse farmer, from
the 15-acre farm to the 130-acre
farm, from producing ten bushels of
corn to 25 bushels to the acre; from
making 400 pounds of seed cotton to
.1,600 pounds-to the acre; irom i&
bushels of oats tt 25 bushels to the
acre; .ana last, uui xiuw icasi, uum a
family of two to a household of nine
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.The income from the farm has
gone up from a mere pittance to the
sum of, 43,000, to $3,500 per; year,.
- m aft il
mucn or wnicn is consumea on me
place by the stock and poultry and
Tthe. healthy: band of youngsters, 'that
have grown up, and are still, growing
up on the farm, which the parents
have striven .to " make" so attractive
that ' none will have the desire to
leave. -
Any young, ambitious man of or
dinary -intelligence may get out of
the one-horse class if he possesses a
fair amount of get-up-and-get, and
has made a success of his business
as a one-horse farmer. If he has not
succeeded as a one-horse farmer, he
will likely fail as a two-horse farmer,
for the possession of two horses only
enables him to do in a shorter time,
and with greater ease that which he
ought to do with one horse.
To the young man of ambition and
energy, I would say, "Gef another
horse." If, however, he thinks there
is nor way for a one-horse farmer to
make a good crop, I would say to
such, "Let. the other horse alone, and
work according to some other man's
direction until you can be master of
your own plans, and carry them out
in a definite way."
W. HENRY GRIFFIN.
Nashville, Ga.
Two Horses Pay Better Than One.
HEN I was married, my father.
gave me a. mule. That, and a
good woman, was all I owned. I
farmed for five years with one horse
and could hardly make a living.
So I bought another one on, time
and have a very good team of mules
now. - I also own a wheat drill, corn
planter, disk harrow, section har
row, mowing machine, hay rake,
turning plow, cultivator and a good
many other tools, all bought and
paid for since I have been working
two mules. I have also bought a
farm on which I have paid more than
$650, and. propose to do better In
the future by reading and studying
The Progressive Farmer.
JOSEPH M. HIPPS.
Casor, N. C.
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Aunt (to engaged niece) So Henry went I
away yesterday, I near. Farting la very
painful, lan't It?
Nelce I ebould think mo. - Every rib In
my body la aching today. FUegende Blaet-
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