, 1867-11-08
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Wastes Of IN. Farm

1879 eAe iNN In M1lCu so many
leakages occur as in farming. A little want Of
minute attention here, and little there, make
up very considerable sum when all added to-
getoer at the end Of the year. There NAV. nos.
soly, be sueh thing as being too particular In
regard to trihes, such a thing as spending too
muen time In AkelE perfectly clean, when .
greater loss VIII follow from want Of attention
elsewhere, and no doubt some discretion is To be
exercised as TO where attention shall be directed
to the greatest advantage at any given time. We
once knew OF farmer who lost responsible
and desirable position becsuse when a commit.
tee went to examine his premises a little lock ~
hay was found lying on the barn noor where Il
was 10 danger of being stepped upon by the
Pssssers oy. He never knew, and probably does
not 70 tals day Know way 1t -sSs thai the com
mittee decided against him.
Iaat was, perhaps, an extreme case and vet
u ne was IN the habit of leaving hay scattared
about on his barn floor, the waste in the eourse
of year must bave been considerable. and II
would have been fatal defect in bis manages
ment, But there are farmers who ought 10 know
and DO better, who allow waste in this particular
alone, oi hay or straw, or corn fodder in the
course OF a summer, to keep good sized COW one
iuIl winter The natural inference is thai tbey
nave no right to complain that farming don't
pay very little care, very little time spent
ln adopting more perfect system, would add To
their income, to the extent, at least of the profit
on COW for the year.
But the difficulty is that the farmer who suf.
iers SO great and constant waste of feeding
substances on the barn floor, carries this mode
OF management into the whole routina of ths
iarm. The cattle stalls may not get cleaned ont
al regular times, or if cleaned out when thew
snouId De, the manure is left to swelter in tba
sun or be drenched iu the rain without the nro-
tectlon OF covering of boards, as under A sbed
or 10 Darn cellar, or of mixture of absorbents,
In the form Of muck, loan or sand. The pig sty
IS not regularly or systematically supplied vitb
bedding or new material to be worked over into
the maDure. On such farm you will find "a.
cant spaces among the corn, carelessly trimmed
headlands, bushes growing along the division
FENCES and along the roads. You will find vari.
Gus farm implements exposed to the weather.
various trees neglected and frutless for want of
attention, and generally an air of neglect about
the premises, the fields and the pastures
There are thousand little things that really
do not take any time at all to attend 10, because
they come in as part of ones general manage
ment and occupy odd hours only. One man in
passing through his field may see a mullen or
dock, or some other vile weed of the stronger
Sort and up it comes. He will not allow such
growth to sap the goodness of his soil. Another
Will pass them by uDobserved A whole pasture
oil mulliens, whole field of white seed, a whole
garden ofyelow dock, would hardly excite his
to pull up yellow dock, really spends but lite
tie time il keeping down the vile weed, and be
probably effects more work than the man who
neglects it. He will soon have less, till his fields
are clean Of sdeh worthless growth. 1t is the
system that one adopts, and the want of system
on the part of the other, that makes the differ
ence between the thrifty farmer and the careless
one. II you find mans fields reasonably clean
and free from weeds, his pastures free from mul.
hens and such like growths, you would expect to
nnd his barn kept in good order, and would OBJ
serve but little waste of feeding substances or
other things about the premises; you would find
his heart in his business, aud it makes a won
derful difference at the end of the year, wheth-
er this general system of economy is adopted or
not.
A farmer who keeps his tools scattered about
and who suffers the hay to go to waste on the
barn floor, will justify it on the ground of want
oil Tune; but the factis, reasonable degree of
order and neatness, saves time and not only
that, but it makes difference between success
and failure in any farming enterprise 1t makes
a vast difference in the results of the year for u>
stance, whether herd of cows in a dairy are
regularly MIXED, aud regularly turned out of the
barn or not. Everybody at ali couversant with
farm management knows that. In one case it is
a steady persistent system, in the other it is
chance and the chance is that it won't paw.
10 conducting any farm, many things have to
be done that do not in themselves pay an imme-
date profit. 1t is the future results that are to
be looked to for the returns in money. If the
fields kept clear of weeds, the grass will
flourish and yield good crops. If the pastures
are cleared of brush and mulleins they carry
more stock, and the good crops of hay aud the
good pasture put on flesh and beef and mutton,
which in the form of these products, or in the
form of milk, or work, or WOOL must be expects
ed to pay in dollars and cents. Here is the result
Of system, and the farmer who adopts the true
system and follows it up will be sure to succeed;
DR. if not be ought to, for the result will gene
ally measure the value of the system.-lass.
PloHghmdn.