The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-01-31

mes and those having tho care Of
stock, tohave All their arrangements
made for securing aud preserving
their fruits, vegetables, &C., against
the iorcals Of chat prying fellow,
Jack Frost, and see that all ami
malsshpyt good care, plenty of food
nhd water, aud comfortable quarters
Il is just as important that stock
should bo properly cared for in every
particular, as IL is that We should care
for ourselvcs---haying the same object
In view In each case. Good health
aud condition being essential to profit,
II is these things VIC should seek to
promote. There arc many who seomI
10 think--judgiug by their actions
and Conversation, aud the pains they
take TO avoid all sources Of informa-
tion-that the business Of stock raj
sing and keeping, is a natter which
they perfectly understand and there is
nothing more TO be learned with ref.
crencc 70 il. But by carefully OBJ
serving their operations, tho condi-
ton of their stock, and the losses
they sustain, We are forced to the con.
clusion that there is great careless
ness somewhere, or else there is some
thing that might be learned which
would be Of advantage to persons Of
that class. And indeed il seems chat
the progress we might make, and the
knowledge we might gain in this di-
roction, is materially hindered and
retarded by the largo number Of the
class above mentioned.
The fact is, that man needs not
ouly to exercise oil his own judgment
and skill, but he can If he will, profit
quite as much and often more by tho
exprossion and counsel Of those who
are trying, like himself, to learn how
10 make certain amount, and differ
cnt kinds of food, contribute most to
the comfort and thrift Of his stock,
and the greatest pro6tin dollars and
cents; for this is the main point; with
the least amount Of labor or in other
words to have his labor result in the
most profit.
One of the great necessities Of tho
present is concert of action, or rather
opportunities for comparing notes
with each other and thus establish a
sort OF reciprocity OF exchange Of
ideas with each other by which each
may learn something new and each
be benefited.
The prices at which farms arc now
selling being so much above what
they would bring few years since, 1t
is certain that we must somehow I'm
prove our habits Of farming and feed =.
ing over what they were in the days
of cheap lands ia order to mako the
investment pay fair percentage.
Every school district should have
its Farmers Club organized and in
operation without delay. Let some
wide awake farmer in each district
agitate tho subject aud see il club
Of half q dozen or more could be
found, and meet one evening each
week for the special purpose of ask :
ing and answering questions, and see
If you would hold many meetings be-
fore the interest would be such that
every farmer in the district would at
tend. Tho very information we of
ton desire and seek for In win Ia our
Agricultural books and papers, that
is plain, practical detailed instruction
on various topics connected with farm.
ing aud stock raising, could here bo
had in all its minute details, so far as
any one proposed II, and would thus
present an interest which a written
article on the same subject could not,
from the fact that, frequently, the
very thiug you wished to know is
omitted by the writer.
One Of your club may give his at
lention more particularly to raising a
certain kind of crop, or variety of
fruit or flowers, or distinct class or
breed Of stock, or to farm implements
and machines, and thus be prepared
to suggest and furnish information to
others who have not made these things
a study, but was equally interested
aud informed on some other branch
of farming. Try il, farmers, aud see
how it viii interest and profit you
each one of you think up oil the ques-
tions you wish to ask upon subjects
on which you need or desire informa.
ton, present them before the club,
aud note the results. See if one of
your neighbors has not had the very
experience needed to answer YOU, Of
which you was not aware, and thus
ynu receive the benefit Of his, per.
hips expensive experiments, to apply
70 your owh care, thus saving YOU
both time and expense, aud making
the experience of one answer for the
whole 'neighborhood. Or perhaps il
no one present has any practical
knowledge on the subject upon which
you wish information, some one Of
the club may have read in some Of the
agricultural journals the very infor.
nation you want, and thus you will