Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-10
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Learn Row to Make the Head save the
Hands and Feet.


Hands and Feet.
just as there IS a best tine to do
everything on the farm, 50 there is a
best way, and a vast amount Of energy
j. wasted because farmers 50 often fail
to find it. Study to save steps. There
is loss Of time every day in care Of
stock and the necessary chores, all for
want of a little thought and planning
/ have known cases where the cutting
of new door, at cost OF a few dollars.
or in the barn less than 81. would save
a dozen steps or more on each of a
score of trips a dag. One door through
which az tne corn and oats must be
carried to feed the owners teams was
50 narrow that he could not pass with
the basket on his arm at his side. but
must swing it around in front to get
through. and this door has been in use
over forty years Another barn, built
more than fifty years. had the most
used door. passed through twenty to
fifty times a day, only > Z feet high. so
that a man Of ordinary stature must
stOOp, and a sack of meal must be car
ried through in his arms Thus often
an inconvenience viii be long endured
for want of a little Thought | have
recently seen three men on several oc-
casions picking a fourth acre of to-
matoes thus: Two were picking and
pouring down in piles on the plowed
land. Not more than 100 feet behind
them came a third man with a spring
wagon and picked mp the tomatoes
again and poured them in bulk into the
wagon, from which they must again be
picked by hand Now had these to-
matoes been picked into baskets or
cheap Slated boxes they would have
escaped bruising and the wagon could
have been loaded or unloaded in less
than five minutes. instead of the half
hour required under the present plan.
On the same farm several acres of
potatoes are grown, picked up without
asserting and poured into a 5O-bushel
box-bed, and then as they unload they
assert them; to unload a wagon in this
way will require two men more than
fourth of day. From long experience
in handling potatoes | have found that
more than half the time can be saved
by the following plan; We distribute
sacks through the plot and have our
men provided with small, light baskets
or pals to pick the merchantable pota-
toes into and pour them into the sacks,
With small vessels holding half bushel
or less one can hold his own sack and
pour the potatoes into it, We never
fill the sacks more than half full for
two reasons-we want to have them
light to handle, so that one man can
easily load them on to the wagon, and
we do not want to be obliged to tie and
unite them, as this takes up time. With
two men on the ground to hand them
up and c.-e On tie wagon to place them,
40 bushels can be loaded in five min
utes aad unloaded almost as quickly.
As the merchantable potatoes are
picked up we throw the others in small
heaps, putting these fro three rows
on the middle one, and by throwing
ahead or 10 feet and back the same
distance, all the same potatoes on a
square rod are thrown together, and
when we come to pick them much time
and stopping is saved. 1t is not neces-
sary to multiply examples. All l wish
is to enforce the principle of putting
thought into all the work of the farm.
This should not only lead to devise the
best and most economical ways of do
ing things, but to do thoroughly every
thing we do. Half-done work not only
must be done over soon, but also fails
to produce good result.-Waldo f.
Brown, in n. Y. Tribune.