Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


fromptllude IN doing farm work is
the first essential to success. IL is for
this reason that energy, enterprise.
and what may be called exec utive
ability are so important for the farmer.
No matter how hard he may work,
much OF the labor goes for naught If
not done at the right time. In olden
times men could only work by manual
labor He who was strongest or quick
est, or could work the most hours per
day, was on the high road to success.
We have great many farm maxims
based on this idea. inculcating early
rising and close application 10 work
through the entire day. These are
still important, but in modern times
the farmer who would grow rich
simply by hard work on the methods
and with the implements Of his grand
father, would surely fail. Getting up
early, as modern farmers must UNDER
stand 1t, means willingness and ability
TO adopt labor-saving and other inn
prOyements as rapidly as they are
brought before the pubic.
But the most wide-awake farmers
are occasionally caught mapping.
They are more dependent than
any other class of workers, unless it
be sailors, on the weather Rains de-
lay in many ways. They hinder work,
and they make weeds grow all the
faster. IL through wet weather in
spring, or from any other cause, the
farmer has land likely TO become idle
or Improbable, IL is not always easy
for him to see way out OF the diff
| Guilty. III the proper seeding time be
| passed before the crop can be sown,
some other must be in its place. 1t is
such emergencies as these that test the
practical ability OF the farmer. II re-
| Quires something more than muscle TO
see way out OF difficulty like this.
Rather than SOW crops much after
their time II is generally better to seek
something new. put in small area a
good many crops in the best possible
way, and diversity the product as much
rs may be. II this is done the farmer
will be able 10 perform more work him
self. and make the help hired by the
month at cheaper rates fully as eff
cient and valuable as that he could hire
by day work at much higher prices.
This is one OF the ways by which an en-
ergetic farmer can get work done and
crops grown more cheaply than his
dilatory neighbor.
Another method OF labor-saving i:
10 have land thoroughly underdrained.
Two weeks OF team labor gained in
this way gives the farmer whose land
Is drained an enormous advantage all
through the season. II there were M
other gain from draining than this i
would pay TO drain all the lots at leas
that were often under cultivation. The
, labor Of keeping crops clean aitel
planting is also greatly lessened OF
weil-drained land. With good out
let below TO carry of surplus water tins
cultivator can be started one or TIVE
; days earlier after heavy rains, an,
/. this makes an enormous difference il
the difficulty OF keeping hoed crop
! free from weeds. IL one stitch in time
{ saves nine, much more does one days.
work. done at the proper time, saw,
/ twice nine If delayed.
II requires good, practical judgmen
D 20 forecast probable work TO be dou,
Z and adapt il 20 the help that is EN-
4 ployed 10 do IL. Trying TO do to-
{ much is the besetting sin OF American
( farmers They have been ed int
this through the chespness OF LANE
: and OF late years by The increase o
E labor-saving machinery. IL has seeme'
I. too small business to cultivate a few
] acres thoroughly and at profit, so tn,
! Swimming process over r larger sur
i face has been practised with the idei
i that in farming as in other business
y what is done on large scale can b
done most cheaply and therefore mos
prof tably. But 1t is impossible 70
even the best business man 70 deyou
In farming. on large scale the clos
|. attention 20 details that is essential {,
\ success The large farmer almost in
g evitably gets behind with work anc
1 loses heavily, while more moderat,
. attempts within his means TO accom-
n plish would result in success. -Ameri
/, can Cultivator.
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