Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SEAS0NApLE HINTS.

SOlno Iliutly NOIuS on topics vi Tue
time. Among them We note Che
fOllOwingOn "settling up accounts.
Under this head the Farmer says
If at no other time, the farmer
should settle up all of his accounts
at the close of the year, and if
possible pay all he owes, but if he
cannot do this he should pay all
of his small bills and get an eXten-
sion on the large ones, or what is,
as a rule, q better way, hire money
enough to pay all bills that are due.
The man who pays his billsprompt'
" can always buy enough cheaper
to pay the interest for at least one
year on the cost of what he buys.
so it is really cheaper to hire money
to pay bills promptly, than to let
them run beyond the time they are
due, providing the buyer is onewho
will use the same economy when
bis credit is unlimited, as when it
is limited. There is a class, which
Is quite large, that buy to the ex-
tent of their credit. This class,
should they he able to hire money
to pay their overdue bills, will feel
that they have paid what they owe,
and will in few weeks have Just
as many outstanding bills as before
they hired money. Such men
should never hire money, for it only
sinks them deeper in debt and
loads them down with interest
money, which will make constant
demands on their resources, and in
all probability they will never be
able to pay the principal. 1t is
we'll to always know at the begin
ming of each year just how we
stand not only should we find out
Just how much we owe and how
much we have owing to us, but we
should, as nearly as possible, ascer-
tain what is the value of our real
and personal property. If we do
this every year we shall ascertain
whether our farming has paid or
not, and very nearly what has been
the amount of gain or loss. Far
too many get hopelessly involved
because they make no effort at the
end of each year to balance ac-
counts to know how they stand.
On the care of stock the Farmer
says: The season having arrived
when the farm stock has to de.
pend entirely on the farmer for
food, it is important that he should
exert himself to learn the wants Of
each animal, that he may supply
them what they may need, and
make as little waste az possible
There is often very great waste
in feeding farm stock, caused by
not giving the subject attention
enough to understand the particu-
lar wants of each animal and the
qnality OF the different kinds OF
food that is to be given. ln.elli-
gent farmers now understand that
there is a proper mixture of feeds
that is best adapted to supply the
wants of a mich COW, and they
also understand that what is best
f0r a mich COW is not always pest
for W rkiDg oxen or horses.
The farmer who has not yet built
an ice.house, if he intends to have
one, should build it as early in the
month as possible, so as to have
it ready as soon as the ice is thick
enough to cut. If he already has
house it should at once be cleaned
out and repaired so as to be ready
when wanted. A good crop of ice
is sometimes lost by single days
delay In cutting, so it is always
important to get everything ready
before cold weather sets in, so as
to go to work filling to house at a
moments notice.