84 Soiling. 



could harvest it, and deliver the grain to market 

 for cash. It has often been remarked by visitors 

 at my place, who have witnessed the cutting of a 

 splendid crop of oats or rye just as it was head- 

 ing out, " What a pity ! " It is a greater pity, in my 

 estimation, to see a man so short-sighted as to be- 

 come " penny wise and pound foolish. " Such men try 

 to see how little they can feed and keep their stock 

 alive. They go on year after year, plowing wheat 

 after wheat, yearly reducing their stock and the fer- 

 tility of their soil, and grumbling because " farming 

 don't pay." Let us see what the expenditure of $i 

 per day for extra labor accomplished in my case. 

 My farm contained only 100 acres of tillable land and 

 pasture. By the hay and pasturing system, as be- 

 fore mentioned, I was able to keep only twelve head 

 of stock a year on sixty acres. By soiling summer 

 and winter, I was able to keep thirty-six head of full- 

 grown stock from the product of thirty acres. Who 

 is there who cannot afford $i per day in extra labor 

 to produce such results as these? 



