The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29
ORR FARM BUDGET.
The Farm as q Factory = termination
Of Seeds.
Hollow.Horn IN Cattle - Farmers
CIuEs-Hivipg the Bees.
Are You Ready for Cholera ?-How to Get
Early Garden Crops-The Jersey
CATTLE Boom -Household
Hints.
The Farm a. a Factory.

II should be considered by farmers that
the farm is a factory, but the msi ority OF
farmers do not avail themselves of its advsn-
tHges in that respect. The farm also pro-
duees its own raw material from which to
manufacture articles Of sale. Instead OF the
farm being adapted to a single occupation
only, it is really a combination of great
many pursuits. The implements and ma
chinely are varied. and the products are not
limited to any particular article. Ii is be-
cause all the advantages of farming are not
utilized that so many failures occur, tor with
proper management and iudicious system no
pursuit is surer. owing to the many availa-
bic forms in which the farm product may be
marketed.
There is no advantage in selling the raw
material Of the farm, and by the term raw
material is included all the vegetation pro.
duced. The farmer usually sells the product
(which brings the lowest price always and
its conversion into more salable matter is
done through the agency of others. He can
partially regulate the prices obtained by
sending his produce to market only in such
forms as will bring a profit, and his sdvan-
The machinery fer producing the raw mate
rial is constantly getting out of repsir, put
the machinery used for converting the pro-
duet into different material is self-sustaining
and selfIepaiIing. To make it palmer, the
COW is the machine for converting hay and
gain into cHilk. butter, cheese and beef. AS
she gradually resrs out she supplies her place
with newer machine. She is capable of
appf0pTistiDg and utilizing vast amountot
matter which could not fud market bat
for her assistance, while at the same time
she returns portion OF the original cast 10
the shape of manure for the pur-
pcss OF assisting to further increase
the amount OF raw material. The eve fur
nisbes wool, mutton and lambs and, unlike
the COW, forages upon the barren waste
places, gathering the scanJy heritage, aud
compelling even the weeds to furnish their
quota. The SOW, the most prolific of our an-
imals, fills the family pork-barrel and furo-
isbes progeny that mature quickly and reach
the market in g short time, and on q variety
of food which permits Of the cultivation and
utilization of many crops that are rarely
salable, except at q low price. The maze
gives Us the power with which to perform
the work required and adds her offspring TO
the revenue, and even the poultry, though
put small part of the whole, are effective
and capable machines for the conversion of
much waste material into ready selling car
cases and eggs. Thus 1t Is sesn that finals
and birds are machines, performing their work
by different methods and giving a variety of
manufactured products which are saIable at
al seasons of the year.
If the farm is factory il must be, TO yield
q profit, q frst-class one. poor machine
will do inferior work only, and TO get the
best results the most perfect and labor saw
ing machinery alone should be employed.
1t is not good judgment IN the farmer manu-
factErer TO use machine thas makes only
ten quarts of milk from the milk from the
material used when he can as readily uss
one that manufactures double that quantity.
and even more. AS factories are provided
with the latest inventions in order to COM
pete with rivals, so must the farmer begin to
realize that he, too, is in competition with
his ftllow.farmers, and endesvor to secure
the greatest profits by the efficiency of his
machinery and the quality of his products.
No business man is satisfied with the ma
ehinery OF twenty years ago, and why should
the farmer be less energetic? The old-fash-
Toned milk machine should give way to the
Holstein, Ayrshire and Jersey. The pork
barrel must be filed quickly and cheaply
by the Berkshire, Chester, Yorkshire and
Poland. China. The wool and mutton must
come from the Merino, the Cots void aud the
DOWNS and the ''old blue hen" must
make room for the Brahms, the Leghorn
and the Plymouth Rock. The factory must
be worked TO its fullest capacity. aud moth.
ing should be sold of the farm until it has
been utilized by the machines.