Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-02

BRAIN work. He rnust know mon. read
more, think more and consider more.
Farming has become very complicated
business. More knowledge. Judgment
and skill are required in order to sue
coed in it than We're needed even few
years ago. The farmer of today il
something more than producer He
must be a successful merchant in order
to make money. For improving a
prairie farm almost every thing must
be purchased. the only natural pro-
duct of piece of prairie land is sod
that must be subdued before any thing
but grass can be raised. Instead Of
destroying a forest the prairie farmer
must set about raising one To this
end he must buy trees or seed that will
produce them. He must invest quite
heavily IN machines. and great iudg-
ment Is required to decide how MANY
and what kinds to buy. Unless he has
quite large means he must hire money,
and II he does not make iIdicious
loan the chances are that he will be
financially ruined. Many farmers lose
their places while attempting to i'm
prove them.
As the modern farmer has so many
things TO buy. he must raise much to
sell, or the balance of trade will be
against him and he will fail If he has
hired moneyhe must make arrangements
to meet his Indebtedness He must be
tinancier as well as producer and a
merchant He must keep himself in
formed in respect TO the State of the
market at home and abroad In order
to do this he must become acquainted
with the condition of the crops in all
parts of the world. He must also study
to find out the demands of the market
so as to know what to raise. He must
not, however. neglect to supply his
family and help with food to the fullest
extent possible. He must be prepared
to substitute new crops for those he has
long raised when for any cause their
production ceases TO be profitable. If
he raises articles for which there is little
demand, he will be obliged to sell them
at a very low price. He must exhibit
as much shrewdness and enterprise in
supplying what the market demands as
successful manufacturers and merchants
do He must read and study as well as
work. Intelligence is essential to sue
cess in farming now that it has become
a complicated business
At the present time much knowledge
and excellent judgment are required to
determine which of several breeds of
horses. cattle, sheep and swine TO keep.
Each breed has its advocates, who from
prejudice, real admiral on or personal
motives. are presenting its claims on all
occasions. The fashion changes in re-
lation to live stock as it does in regard
TO articles of dress. and the breeder who
expects to make money must endeayor
10 ascertain when any kind of animal is
going ont of style and another IS COM
ing into fashion. The preference for
different breeds of domesticated animals
changes with as much certainty as the
fashions for hats of a peculiar shape. if
II does not change quite as often. \
stoch-ralser must now give much atten-
ton to determining the feeding value OF
the different kinds of grasses. clovers
and roots. He must also lind out by ex-
pertinent or BY visiting farms where
silos are in use the value of ensilage for
feeding to dairy cows, store cattle and
animals in process of fattening. In
short. the time the farmer once gave to
thrashing small grain with fail and
Smelling corn by hand must now be
given to reading and study Chicago
Times.