The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-01-09
From tie Prairie Farmer.
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EDS FARMER:-To no class of beings
will this word apply with as much force
as to farmers and nurserymcn. In the
city aud village yards, force Of circum-
stances compels mos, people to keep
things snug and more 10 their place,
from want of room to scatter abroad but
among rural districts how varied the
scenc-heavy wagons, buggios, carriages.
etc, not to mention the plows, harrows,
cultivators and reapcrs, are now seen fro
zen in, in the very spot where last used
Indeed, their "wintcr quarters present
anything but pleasant appearance, and
should commanding general show as
little care for his staff of warfare ss nine
tenths Of the agriculturists of the West
do for theirs, in the care of the weapons
furnished them by the thipking inventors
of the aye, the cry Of the people would
be "down with him is no, fit man
to rule over u.s. and yet the ons is of
no greater importance to the one, aside
from suffering. than the machinery for
tillinG the soil and gathering the crops
is to the other. Nercy. farmers. can the
northwest afford to be slovenIy. An army
once formed for the defence of our coun.
try, and worthy officers sec well t, it that
they are provided with all necessary COM
forts for their maintenance and support
in like manner will the "wcll to do far
mer" sec that his tools and machinery
are all housed in such manner that re.
pairs can be mate during the leisure
winter months. The expense is small,
even if temporary buildings are erected
for the purpose. A building II by 20
feet will not consume more than 1000
feet, and left open one side, will lessen
the amount about $50 feet At most
places this amount can be had for $40 or
Sl2, and any farmer can erect it in such
manner that once well up, he will new
er tear it down "becausc it's of no use,'
but unless he is bigger sloven still, viz:
too lazy to gil it when built, he will al
ways end enough to put in it, and always
have it full This small invessmcn: will
pay for itself upon single reaper every
season as long as used, and properly
cleaned up and housed, which is but one
I ful implements which require the be- same nic7
treatment. Even in these hard times
and pressure of business any and every
thing which costs money, VIC would sup.
pose, wodld be well cared for when po,d
for at the present prices of wheat; but
shiftlessness has become such fixed rule
in the practice of many, that it seems as
ute their mite to the millions or so ef
dollars in the amount of negligent decay
Of machinery.
1n another sense still would We "clean
up the West. Farmers and gardeners,
have you done all? Has the garden of
bedding plants, roses and shrubbery,
vines and fruit trees, received its AUTUMN
visit in taking up plants, pruning the
hardy ones, and protection to the half
hard Y and tender sorts? Has the rub,
bish been removed, uneven surfaces
brought even, the garden plat neatly
raked, and all the gleanings of weeds
and prunings burned, or, what is better,
deposited in the compost heaps? Gar
dens aud yards are usually left just as
winter overtakes them in their rough.
ness and unsightlincss, few realizing ,ha,
there may be beauty in order and neat.
ness, though the flowers are not, and
the gardens controlled by taste and labor
will haze the grounds well spaded before
the winter closes in, and everything fin
i-hed in order. Nature is beautiful when
not marrod by slovcns
The rood pile is an object of much
intercs; in the winter, and requires its
share of cleaning up. Too frequently
the rural wood houses are altogether too !
large for the support of the farm. cover.
ing not legs than half acre, and that too
in decided poor taste Of location, viz : as
often in front of the dwelling as its rear,
Subjcc:ing the incomer and ut-goer to
winding his way around various logs and
chunks, and the prudent wife to water
soaked or snowy wood. The cause is not
so much shiftlessness as carelessn ess and |
Indifference by habit. The remedy is
very suggestive to farmers and gardeners,
again to c'ean up. o. S. WILEY