The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

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o. the farm. Order everywhere and in
all things In the house. in the stable.
IN the fields; In times Of labor and IN
times Of relaxation. II this Is insisted
upon As the memorable rule. the farmer
viii save himself and his much fruisless
toll and more vexation Of spirit.
To BE- orderly. il is necessary that he
b. thorough In all that he UNDER
takes. What Is done once thor.
oughly will last longer, and prove
more seryiceablc and satisfactory.
than what Is done a dozen times bung-
lingly. The farmer should be provided
with the best Of every thing. IL be Is
unable 10 obtain all that he needs. let
the quality Of wha; he does purchase be
Of the best II pays in the long run.
His house, no matter how small.
should BE- constructed Of the best ma
terial in the most thorough manner;
much more the extra cost over shah
bily-bnilt house will certainly be- saved
In fuel. and the saving Of time other
wise lost, through colds and other all
ments contracted in an improperly
built house; TO say nothing Of the salts
faction and comfort Of living in good
one His stable should be built on
the best model Its interior arrange
ments should be built with view To
the comfort Of beast and man. to saw
ing Of time and labor in feeding and
handling Of stock. and ease Of access
To all parts The barn should be care
fully and thoroughly constructed,
water-tight. and rat-proo5. 50 far -
NAV be.
His fields should be in the very best
attainabIe order; soil. loose and rich;
fences. good; and weeds, non est. His
cattle should be Of the most suitable
breeds for his purposes: his implements.
such as he may be able TO provide, Of
the very best Of their kind: his help.
industrious and orderly; himself. pru-
dent. Intelligent observing and enter
prising.
Yet with all these desirable adiuncts
to . good farm. the farmer will not be
thrifty. successful one. unless his
wife be fully in accord and sympathy
with this spirit Of intelligent farming,
and discharge the duties Of her depart
The too frequent excuse Of the farmer
the slow farmers that the best of
every thing costs too much. The truth
j.. il costs no more than to have the
poorest; only you must have less OF it.
Farmers are apt to look too much nc
quantity and not enough to quality.
One good COW will cost a. much a.
three poor ones. they may reason; but
she will give as much milk rs three poor
ones. and requires just one-third the at
tendance The writer knows Of farm
er who keeps eight cows and is depend
ent upon his neighbor for milk. who
keeps three cows. The explanation is,
that the former has thought il too ex-
pensive TO own high-priced cows, while
the latter keeps the best he can own.
Which is the better policy?
So with the farmer who has poor.
rickety. superannuatedi implements and
takes no care Of what he does own;
he works harder. tasks his horses more
severely. and accomplishes about half
as much as his wiser neighbor.
Riding through Michigan, Wiscon-
sin. Minnesota and q part Of Dakota
not long since. the writer was struck bv
the contrast offered in different locali-
ties between the order. tidiness. thrift
and apparent superb management Of
some farms. large and small, and the
neglect, shiftlesSness. ignorance and
utterly disgraceful state Of things visi-
bic in others II seemed 70 me quite
easy 20 point out where farmers hired,
and where those who made pretense
Of farming werc barely pulling through
the year and keeping soul and body to-
gether- II was about the same in each
State; could see no great distinction
and am led TO believe that the two grades
exist everywhere. The want Of care in
properly shcltering farm utensils. was
the most glaring fault noticeable.
keapen and mowers were in many
cases hauled up beside fence In the
field where last used. without protec-
ton Of any kind. Flows. harrows and
scrapcrs were scattered about the farm.
regardless Of place. and in perfect in
difference as 10 the results. | thought
that there were. M least. two classes Of
people who actually enjoyed seeing
this; who rubbed their hands in delight
At the wastcfulness: these are the manu-
facturcrs and dealers in these imple-
ments; II just suits them: they don't
advise care and order in looking after
agricultural tools-not they. Tho
faster they wear. rust and rot out. the
quicker will new ones be needed. ia
farmer should be advised that it would
BE- unwise to bore a few augcr holes in
his whcat-bin, or breed few families
Of rats in his corn-crib. he might re-
gard Il as . reflection upon his COM
mon sense; but where Il the diiferenccP /
Finally. the farm should be well |
A. = ship-captain provides
himself with sailor for every certain I
Of tons his vessel carries. 50
should the farmer make il point to \
graduate the number Of his employees
exactly to the number Of acres requir.
ing to be cultivated. and the relative
Of labor necessary for each
rrop ne cultivates. Il Is an old story
% be SURE, but no less true one. that
twenty-five per cent. Of our farmers
src overworkcd. and consequently that
proportion Of farms are not thoroughly
cultivated, and that proportion Of capi-
Al, in consequence, Is lying unused
rom year TO year, because the wise
proprietor wants to ''savc" It He ac-