The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-08
What / Know about Farming.

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What I Know about Farming.
BROTHER FARMER:--As we oil
were boys once will say few words
to them: l think boys and girls Con
farms Of course), never call your par
ents pap" and man, worse yet, If
you call them the old man. or the
old woman You all know the fourth
commandment. Honor thy father
and mother SO you live long on earth. !"
any Of the above expressions are vul-
gar. like to hear them say father
and mother. A girl on a farm can be
trained in any art ,muslc not excepted;
also boys. But must tell you don't
like to see you girls and boys fooling
on the Organ and Piano at time to do
chores, l don't like to SEQ mother
among the cows, milking; also father,
and you fooling and dabbling with
music. Do your work first, always
drive your work, never let your work
drive you; this rule / always found
the best. ! do not think much Of
Agricultural Colleges for farmers
children, as ten out Of eleven are
failures when trained in them. The
best Agricultural school for our boys
and girls is a well regulated farm
where everything has Its proper place
and time. / never required too much
labor from children, all work must
have its end. ! always held that we
should work to live, not live to work
without end. As the last sentence is
in no danger from our boys and girls
l will turn to something else.
Choosing land for q farm; This is inn
portant to new beginners as well as
to old ones. don't think q greater
mistake in farm life can be made
than to get caught improving land
for farm that after q while will not
suit you, sometimes it is hard to get
rid of it; will give you some hints
about it, founded on experience.
like the land located in shape, that is,
| il the amount is one hundred and
sixty acres or more up to five hun.
dred, il you want it SO the buildings
can be located in the center, or al
nearias practicable, this will put you to
your work, you will find it convien.
emit: all lots will corner near the build.
ings, one good well with a windmill
is sufficient for $50 acres. ! would
not pay much attention for running
water, unless it is well located; your
stock is on your land, chickens, geese
and babies will not trespass on your
neighbors; you can have one lane OF
two fenced to q public road and use
them for calf pastures. How nice
this would look with two or three
dozen short-horn calves in them. Al
soon as the buildings are built, il only
a house, 20 right at it and plant a
grove Of not less than ten acres on
the north and west side, il you have
no money to hire the work done, do
it yourself by moonshine. In the
years 1912, / planted about nine
acres Of timber mostly by moonshine,
it is planted on four foot square,
they are over sixty feet high and oil
the fire wood family could use. |
| prefer the cotton wood, soft maple
is a clean tree, fast grower, cheap,
and makes good wind breat; black
walnut is a good tree of great value,
will grow fast on our prairie, can be
bought at nurserys at IS to SO per
thousand; if planted four foot square,
in ten years every other one wants
cutting out, l mean the cotton wood;
the walnut should not be planted till
about two years after you have start
ed your your timber lot, in order the
finer trees have protection. AS re-
CARDS appletrees, if you should start
in old Howard county, or northern
Iowa, twelve or eighteen trees are
plenty, don't trouble yourself about
raising apples for market. / don't
think should try to procure farming
land farther north than northern
Iowa. unless it was on the Pacific
coast. Uncle Sans lands are dear in
this latitude, the elements of long
winters considered. One thing more
to the beginner, be guided in whatev.
er you undertake by your means, al
ways recollect that debts are eating
| of your table and wearing on your
mind, which will cause indigestion
or the ruin Of Young America
/ los. SCHAFER.