Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13
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WASTES on THE EARN.


There are few pursuits 10 which so many
leakages occur as in farming a litfle want
OF minute attention here, and little mere,
make up a very considerable sum when al
added together at the cad Of the year. here
NAV. possibly, be such a thing as being too
particular in regard to rifles, such thing as
spending too much time in rnking perfectly
clean, when greater loss will follow from
want Of attention elsewhere, and no doubt
some discretion is to be exercised as to where
attention shall he directed to the greatest ad-
vantage at any given time. We once knew
OF q farmer who lost a responsible and desl-
rable position because when committee
went to examine bis premises, litIle lock Of
hay was found lying on the barn floor where
it was in danger Of beiGg stepped upon by
the passers-by. He never knew, and proha-
bly, does not 70 this day, why it was that the
committee decided against him.
This was, perhaps an exircmr aa.c, and
yet if he was in the habit of leaving BAY s,a'-
tered about upon the barn fnar, ti.e waste iH
the course of year must have becn cons'd-
erahle, and It would have been fatal defect
in his management But there are farmers
who ought to know aud do better, who allow
a waste ip this particular alone, Of hay, or
straw, or corn fodder enough In the course Of
a summer, to keep good sized COW one tuii
winter The natural inference is that they
have no right to complain that farming dou't
pay a very little care, very little time
spent in adopting more perfect system,
would add to their income, TO the extent. at
least, Of the profit on a cow fur the year.
But the difficulty is bat the farmer Who stif-
fers 80 great aud constant waste Of feeding
substances on the barn floor, carries this
mode of management into the whole routine
of the farm The stables may not get cleaned
out at regular times, or if cleaned out wheo
they should be- the MANURE is left to sweller
in the sun or to be drenched in the rain with
out the protection Of a covering Of boards, as
under a she'd, or IA a barn cellar, or Of mix
ture of absor5cnts in the form Of % muck, or
loan or sand. The pig sty is not regularly
and systematically supplied with bedding or
new material 10 be worked over into manure.
On such farm you will find vacant spaces
among the corn, carelrssly trimmed head
lands, bushes growing along the roads. Iou
will find various farm implements exposed TO
the weather, various trees neglected and
fruitless 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 oil to attend to, be
cause they come in as a part Of one general
management and occupy odd hours only.
One man in passing through his fields may
see mullen or d dock, or some other vile
weed OF the stronger sort, and up it comes.
He viii not allow such growth to sap the
goodness of his soil. Another viii pass them
by unobserved. A whole pasture Of mulleius,
a whole garden full of yellow dock would
hardly excite his notice. Now the farmer
who takes a few steps to pull up ayelIow dock
really spends but little time in keeping down
the vile weed, and he probably effects more
in bis day s work, than the man who negIects
1t. lie will soon have less, till his field are
clean aud free from such worthless growth.
1t Is the system that one adopts and the want
Of system on the part of the other, that makes
the difference between the thrifty farmer and
the careless one. If you find a mans fields
reasonably clean aud free from weeds, his
pastures free from lnulleins aud such like
growtbs, you would expect to liud his barns
kept iu order, aud would observe but little
waste of feeding sub stances, or other things
about the premises; you would find his heart
III his business, and it makes wonderful diff
ference at the end of the year, whether this
general system Of economy is adopted or not.
y farmer who keeps his tools scattered
about, and who suffers the hay to go to waste
on the barn aoor, viii justify it en- the ground
Of want Of time; but the fact is, reasonable
degree Of order and neatnesS, saves time !;
and not only that, but it makes the difference
between success aud failure ia any farming
enterprise. 1t makes a vast difference in the
results Of the year, for instance, whether
head Of cows in a dairy are regularly milked,
regularly fed, and regularly turned out Of the
barn or not. Everybody at all couversant
with farm management knows that In one
case it is a steady persistent system, in the
other, it IL chance, and the chance is that il
won't pay.
In conducting any farm, many things have
to be done thai do not il themselves pay an
immediate profit IT is the future results that
are to be looked to for the returns in money.
If the fields are kept clear Of Weeds, the
grass viii flourish and yield good crops. If
the pastures are cleared OF brush and MULE
ins they carry more stock, and the good crops
OF hay and the good pasture put on flesh and
beef and mutton, which, in the form Of these
products, or in the form Of milk, or wool,
must be expected to pay in dollars and cents.
Here Is the result Of system, aud the farmer
who adopts this true system and follows it up,
will be sure to succeed, or, If not, he ought
TO, FOX the result aIl generally measure the
value Of the system. Massachusetts Plough
man.
TREES-THEIR USES AND ABUSES.
Fro" he Germantown Telegraph.
1t may seem like wasting words at this time