The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-10

want of care the usefulness Of these
machines does extend over a period
of three years, or an expense of $751;
900 per annum is now sustained by
our farmers for machinery when there
is no necessity forEit to be greater than
! $4,000, the absolute waste on farm
machinery in one year being 1928, 600.
These are formidable figures, and one
is surprised that anything is made by
farming with such fearful waste.
This ought to be saved, or at least
greater portion Of it, for this squander-
ed wealth tells ON the prosperity of
country.
As it is now, perhaps, not one piece
of machinery in ten is housed, when
every article down to the hay rake
ought to be under cover. OF course a
good frame building OF sufficient d.
mansions with good single roof would
be the cheapest in the long run, but
temporary sheds constructed Of forks
and poles and covered with straw would
answer for immediate use and such
should be Quilt at once, and the ma
chinery housed before the snow falls.
We only advocate this for temporary
use, however, and recommend good
substantial building, say twenty by for.
ty on the ground, with twenty feet
posts. Such building could be
erected at a cost of $500, at cost to
the farmers of $550.000. But these
buildings would last on an average if
ty years, making an annual outlay of
$ll, 900, or a saving of $4,000 an
nually. A building such as we have
specified will have more room than is
required, which could be used for grain,
etc., and in most cases workshop can
be improvised in some portion Of it, and
in these particulars it will be found to
have contributed largely towards paying
the cost Of construction. See to it, far
mers, that your machinery is aot expos
ed to the weather, and see to it now If
you have not the means to build you a
machine house, adopt the forks, poles
and straw. Six days work will give
you shed and it may save you hum
dred Misunderstanding Gazette.
A FRENCH agricultural newspaper
furnishes some interesting statistics in
connection with the number Of wolves
in France. There are about 1000 able
bodied animals Of that species, which
destroy to the amount of 1000 francs a
year each. But this 100000 francs
in no way represents the loss occasioned
by their presence; these 1900 wolves,
who only devour some 10000 sheep u
year, oblige the farmers to keep 2o,-
100000 sheep in folds, and render it
impossible for them to feed in the fields
as in England. All this entails great
expense. The writer thinks that if
proper measures were taken the young
wolves might be killed in April, and the
country freed from this scourge in the
+ course of few years. 1t may be doubt
ed, however, whether it would be posi-
. BILE to get rid Of wolves entirely, as in
hard winters they come in from North
Germany and Poland. They are some
times found at Chantilly and Fontaine-
8 bleau. They are very cunning. A pack
Of them will 90 to fold and place
themselves all on the same side. The
:: sheep naturally huddle together at the
other extremity. On sudden the
wolves dart round, and the terrified
sheep rush in body with such force
across the fold that they often knock
; down the barriers which protect them.
, Exchange.
The National Grange will meet at
Louisville, KY, on the third Wednes.
day of November. The dates of meet.
; ing for the various state oranges are
, given as follows: California, October
18th. West Virginia, November Sd.
Alabama, November Goth. Kentucky,
December It'll. South Carolina, Indi.
ana, Florida and Georgia, December
9th. Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Louis
lana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New