High Farming

A noted farmer of Xew Eñgland, aftor visiting England andexamiuing with the oritical eyo of a practical and experienced agriculturist tlie system jnirsuod there, saya : " I am thoroughly confirrnud in ray o!d faith that the only good farmer of onr futuro is tobe the ' high farmer.' Thore is a widly provailing antipathy auiong the coiuinon farmers of onr Stato againat Dot only the practice of high f ar in ing but agiiinst tho nse of the phrase by agricultural writers. This is is a!l wrong and should at onco bo oorreoted. Thr.ough some misconception of tho meanihg of the phrase, and also of its applioation, they have come to believe it synonymous with theoretical 'boolc-farming,' ' nuw-fcngled notions,' boasted strides of progresa, followed by disappointaients nnd final failure. This is all an error. Highfarming simply means thorongh cultivation, liberal ínauuring, bountiful crèps, good stock, good feed, andpayingprotits therefrom. It is not strange that uiisconceptions have arisenin the mindsof doubtiug farmers who haye been eye-witnesses to somo of the spread-eagle experimenta of onthusiastic farmer?, better supplied with inoney obtained in a business they know how to manage, than with practical experience on the farm. Bountiful crops and paying profits of course are what :t 1 1 farmin whj are dependent upon the farm for an incomo are striving to obtain ; nnd every year as it passes is reconfirming tw, opinión that tho profits aro suiall, and will grow ' beautii'ully less,' where high faiiuing is uot practiced."