The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-18

W hubeO-A sOuuus Renllo anu peIloCt-
ly safe saddle horse.
These two advertisements at the head OF
column in q current issue of farm jour-
nal greet the eye of every reader, and vet
the habit is 10 Law aside the paper and
Talk of overproduction. bright. clean
clover hay" There is no overproduction
of that article, and probably never will be.
1t is wanted so badly that would-be
buyer has to pay to advertise his want.
And yet this country produces a wonder
ful amount of hay. What is the matter?
Simply this: Ninety per cent of US are
growing weeds with our clover, or else we
have not mastered the art OF curing it. II
Is true that the weather may be unfavor-
able, but four years out of five good hay
ran be made, If intelligence and energy
are used. At the proper time THE SENT
MEL FARMER wishes to say some things
about handling clover, but now IS press
Ing home the fact that the market is not
Euily supplied with the farmers products
- sound, gentle and perfectly safe sad
die horse" How many of Us can supply
this ones want? The country is full of
horses of all colors. sizes and gaits. We
continue 10 produce a mongrel lot, and
prices continue to decline, but 1t is safe to
say that good price awaits the man who
can supply q saddle horse that is sound
and gentle and safe. The requirements
may be high, but no greater than any one
who is wiling to invest his money should
be expected to make. \ saddle horse
should be sound, it should be gentle, and
1t should be perfectly safe. II is the bus
iness OF farmers and stOekmen to supply
dr.r.e h onhf c,1e NhoF
very few CT the vast number Of horses we
put upon the market are perfectly sound,
gentle. safe and well-gaited or trained
But are these all the wants OF consum-
ers? IL there not an insufficient supply
of the best grades in nearly all lines?
These two wants" are given here as Illus
tratiOns of thousands OF others, both pub
ished and unpublished.
Some may say that il part of the pro-
ducers supply the best grades all the
time, that the others who undertake to
market common stuff will not be able TO
live. and that if ali improve the quality of
their product the old condition of over
production will still exist The first propo-
sition may be true, but the latter is not
When quality is improved, more is con-
sumed. When fruit is choice and fresh,
consumption is increased. IL sound and
rentle horses were plenty. more would be
kept. and more hay consumed by the in
,reased number.
However, as individuals, we need not
Trouble ourselves about the future so long
rs there is q present demand unsupplied
The room is az the top. In other occupa-
lions men are making money by supply
ing our wants a little better than their
competitors are able TO DO. In farming
money is being made by few in the same
way. The opportunities are not SO great
rs could be wished. but they are here. IL
is good time for each one 10 resolve to
embrace them.
FRirview Farm Papers No ). By David.
The advocates of specially farming pre-
vent some good arguments in favor Of con-
sning their efforts 10 the production of the
pne thing that seems 10 pay them best.
but think diversified farming pays me
best. Is L have said, potatoes are my
best paving crop. apparently, but / need
glover fields for potatoes, and | need wheat
and oats for seeding to clover. Then my
best potatoes grow on fields MANFRED from
sheep stables in which clover hay and
bran il fed, so il pays rae to have breed
Ing ewes and raise early lambs for CITY
markets. As / have some land especially
adapted to blue grass, or June grass.
pasture, the sheep pay, and help to make
potatoes pay. From farm mares two or
three colts can be raised each year. and
they work the straw into manure. The oil
meal, oats and bran feed with the straw
make the manure rich in the elements that
bring good crop OF wheat, and ensure
heavy growth Of clover. Corn lie needed
for the stock, including some hogs that
live on clover in the summer Some
mangolds and turnips are needed for
winter feeding So the reader can see
that many kinds of products seem TO com
biEe 10 make each other profitable on
Fairview farm.
There is another reason for diversified
farming. When the season In nv local
ity is very unfavorable for one product
and there is such an excess in other
regions that prices are low, my income is
not SO badly crippled as it would be ii
that one product was my sole dependence.
1t Is better TO do safe business The out
look for horses il not very bright Just
now, and / shall breed less number.
and, il necessary, rot more Of the straw in
the manure basin and pillow under more
clover without cutting the hay, but do
not want to quit raising colts, as il paws 10
raise ones own horses and replace the
older horses before they begin to break
down.
1 think success for most OF us lies in
mixed farming. watching to put the
strongest effort on the one or two Of the
most promising crops. When sheep get
very low it pays to increase the flock a
little and push the lambs into the market
early. as many ger disgusted and drop out
OF the business. So with hogs and horses.
OF wheat. clover and potatoes, we cannot
vary The acreage much, as rotation should
be followed. 1t is the same with the
orchard. We plant and wait for the fruit
crop. and then must take the markets as
we find them. But while the price of
farm products is not high, / think mixed
farming pays when practiced the very best
one knows how. In my next paper 1 will
speak OF raising corn.
SgriBg P1g..
When hogs were allowed to obtain
their living on the commons and in the
woods eariy maturity was not q matter OF
much consideration. People have now
learned that the greatest profits in pork
production comes from the first half year
OF pigs life. II has been learned by ex-
pertinent that pig weighing 200 pounds
can be produced more cheaDly per pound
than one weighing above that figure. This
IL not done. however, by so dwarfng q
shote that IL only weighs 200 pounds when