Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-02-27
HELPS IN HussAN0RX.

ONE 1dTIncF Is SGrOnS IN one QlroCLlOn,
another is strong where the first one is
weak So, when they put their heads to-
gether in the give-and-take process, it is
easy to see that both must be improved.
The most shiftless farmer admits that
cornstalks are worth something, for he
turns his stock in the field to pasture on
them. But the stock packs the soil and in
iures it more than the weather-beaten
stuff is worth, unless it is a limestone soil,
which will stand good deal of packing
without injury.
THE matter of labor is the most difficult
item to charge to the farm, as the farm
should be made to pay for all work done in
the farm business, not only by the farmer
himself but by any member of the family
as well as the hired man. The charge for
labor must be high enough to include the
cost of board, unless other ARRANGEMENTS
are made.
WHEN putting up wire fences stretch
the wire tightly and see that the corner
posts are firmly braced. The corner posts
ought not to be less than three feet Deep
Cedar posts are preferable to any other
After having tried several varieties OF
wood for posts, some farmers have found
that for durability there are none superior to
cedar. Posts cut in the summer are more
A PRACTICAL idea is sometimes entertained
only in theory, when it might be the very
life blood of successful business if the
details of its consummation were rightly
followed out. The farmer who simply
wishes he were able to grow good stock so
as to secure good prices, and thus do bus
mess at handsome profit, is a victim of
this theory, il he neglects to devote his
knowledge to this purpose.
If cows are essential TO good farming,
what sort of cows shall they bel The
proper answer to this question will depend
largely on the circumstances in each case.
So far as making manure is concerned, and
building up the land, ono COW is probably
just as good as another; but as an invest
ment involving considerable labor and more
or less capital, there is all the difference be-
tween cows that there is between hand
some profit and considerable loss.
EVERY BODY who has observed the habits
of barnyard fowls has noticed how they
will lie down in sunny spots on cold days
and seek the sides of buildings where they
can enjoy the sunshine in its fullest extent.
Every liberty should be given that is pos
sibie for the fowls to enjoy run and the
sunshine wherever they can not have it all
the time. 1t is a serious disadvantage in
raising chickens that they have to be con-
fined in buildings at all during good wealth
er, when they would be much healthier out
in the sun.
HERETOFORE it has been generally recon-
mended to plant for ensilage the large
growing Southern varieties of corn on ac-
count of the very large amount of fodder
they produce. But it has been demonstrated
that the ordinary varieties Of dent corn are
equally as valuable, If not superior. While
they may not produce much more than half
the bulk Of fodder produced by the mann
moth varieties. their nutritive value Is much
higher, they mature early in the season and
the labor of handling the crop is much less,
SO that in the end they are just as profitable
to raise.