The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-08-09
HINTS TO FARMERs---NO. '. :
Farmer Oldway and Farmer Thrifty.

western states had few roads, and people
used horses for carrying things instead
of wagons, save in certain localities, 1t
was customary to get sack Of corn or
wheat, throw it across a horse and tide
to mill, and return with the grist.
At one mill a young man usually wen
to get his grinding done; and it was no.
ticsd that he always come with his grisl
in one end and large stone in the other,
to balance. The millers told him to put
wheat or corn in both ends, and throw
the stone away. He did so once or twice,
but soon took to his stone again, saying.
"His great, great grand father, great
grand father, grand father, father, and
older brothers carried stone in one end,
and be did not see any use of starting
any new way; as the old is good enough"
You may perhaps laugh at this story, but
do you not sometimes do like him in your
farming? Your great, great etc., done
50, and you see no use Of going out of the
cold way"
With these remarks will tell my sto
". We have in onr neighborhood two
farmers, known as Oldway and Thrifty.
and this is the way they get along.
Through the winter OldWay spends his
time mostly in the house or out cunning.
He has no newspaper or interesting books
to read, but when in the log bouee for
he must have one because his DC. had :,
and he is no better than they he Tolls
around doing nothing, save now and then
''Whaleing' the younger Oldways, who.
Instead Of being to school, are rOmpiug G
around, ragged and dirty, and will add
their names TO the list of the ignorant
mudsills." Farmer Thrifty spends his
time in improving his mind, and calcu
latiDg how to do his work to the best adj
vantage, the coming summer. His CEN
Ter table is covered with papers, books.
ETC., and Is We enter he is reading aloud
the last number of The EMPoRIA News,
to his family. His children are at school
and the first in their classes, and will be
Of some use in society.
Farmer Oldway has his tools scattered
over his place where he used them last,
some broken that will have to be repair
ed. In the spring when he wants to SO
to work be must scour off the rust, and
msnd his tools and harness. before pro
csediDg; and is SO late that his crops are
poor.
Farmer Thrifty has his tools well hous-
cd, and every one repaired, SO that be is
ready to go to work the first of spring,
and always has good crops. Farmer
Oldaa never has fall wheat, and depends
on spring wheat for wheat bread, if be has
any at all, and it being poorly put in is a
poor crop.
Farmer Thrifty is careful 10 have plen-
ty. OldEay always waits till spring to
do his blowing. Thrifty does the most
of his in the fall. Oldway has no shelter
for his stock, and looses enough of them
10 one winter to pay for good shelter;
and Ghsn hs goes TO plOw in the spring
his oxen are SO poor they can hardly drag
along, and are always giving out. Thrift
Gy has = good warm stable for all his
stock, and they come out strong and able
in the spring. oldway either plows OF
harrOws in his wheat, and does it so
poorly that one half of the seed is wasted.
Thrifty uses a wheat drill, and it is sure
TO be = good crop of wheat. Oldway,
when he plows his corn ground before
planting, "skims" the ground to the depth
of about two TO three inches. Thrifty
plows his ground eight to twelve inches
deep, thus insuring plenty of moisture.
In "narking out" oidway takes one
horse and shO sl plow, and marks out
about three acres one way. Thrifty takes
q = scantlipg and makes marker with
which be marks out four rows at a time
and from 5 TO go acres per day, one way.
OldWAy has the bel of couple of his
''youngins," one dropping and the other
covering, and plants about three acres.
Thrifty has one of his boys to plant with
good planter, and plants to 5 acres a
day; or he has one of the new two horse
planters, taking two rows at time and
plants from 10 to 10 acres day. Old
way takes his shovel PloW and one horse
going three times in row, and gets over
about p acres per day. Thrifty takes
his "snlky" corn pillow with two horses.
only going once in a row. and gets over
8 to 10 acres. When Oldway's wheat is
ripe he takes his cradles aud cute about
two acres Per day, and cuts down ten
acre field in five days. Thrifty has a
reaper to cut his, and has ten acres cut
and shocked by dark that day. oldway
takes fail to thrash his wheat. His
great, great, DC, done SO, aud be might
as Esn do the sams. Thrifty has thrash
ing machine to do his.
Twill not follow these two farmers any
further. and will AK which of you is near
est like OldEsy, and which nearest
THRIFTY HARRIE WEsr.
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