Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-26
THE FARM AND HOME.
THE KEEPING OF THE DAILY
FARM RECORDS.
A Matter OF Great Importance--How 20
Tie the Cow Properly balanced
Rations-stook Notes
and Home Hints.
Farm Recorda.

never tried 1.-THE keeping OF dairy .
records Let me briefly mention some
thing OF farm records says a writer IN
the Country Gentleman. IL IS adyisa-
BILE to keep a memorandum OF work I
10 be done as we'll as Of work per-
formed In little flexible diary that .
may be- carried II need be- In the up /
per pocket OF the vest write those /
matters that need morrow's atteu-
ton Also tho matters needing atten-
ton on the following day, or on any
subsequent day thereafter, place on
the pages bearing those dates
Those OF us with the best Of mem
cries sometimes lot matters slip and
/ much more can be accomplished with
work we'll planned ahead. TO meet
neighbor. 10 collect a debt to pay
bill TO buy or sell TO make or mend
each thing which you may wish or
need to do might appear Ia the little
diary on its proper page under the
heading OF It's day and date. Many
times during the busy hours OF tho
day you may discover something need
ing attention; jot il down at once Tor
tomorrow or some convenient day.
Those who have kept an advance
diary or memorandum will heartily
second this suggestion 10 others.
A record Of daily doings scarcely
needs an advocate to emphasize It's I'M
portance. | do not mean general
account book. which absolute neces-
sity compels every one TO keep but .
brief summary Of things done during
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during an evening. n 1t soon becomes
an agreeable task II you do not roc
ognize its worth at first you will have
reason for self graduation many times
during the year. To be- able al any
time TO turn TO the record and know
that you can find therin all things that
have been done during tho year the
whereabouts Of yourself and your mon,
and the work performed on each day
Is many times OF the utmost Import
! ance. How many times have heard
. men wrangle and dispute over the
? time OF planting crop. or when a
: meadow was mown. and the number
OF loads OF hay II cut Tho farmer
could have easily settled tho question
by turning TO his record. Many man
: who sees a certain crop fail to mature,
declares that he will plant IL earlier
1 next year. whom he Is perhaps unable
d to tell definitely when the cropiu qucs
: ton was planted Ills late cabbngcs
n fail to head because they were set out
. too late. Can he remember when he
r really did set them out?
d A gardener planted n half dozar
N I IT Fntw
table. to determine which does tn
= best for him. At the end OF the year
y can no tell whom each variety WA
planted. the especial care taken with
each, when each matured. and tho pc
y culiar excellence OF each2 All thl
st might appear in his daily record.
Is am convinced that farmers shout,
d know moro about their own business
D. that they should keep posted on wha
to they have done and are doing from
In year TO year. Each year will the
70 find a record OF more work accom-
Ill plished, and accomplished in a bette
W way. Our record will show us wher
we have stumbled that we may ayoi
the error next time.
Record the experiments with crop:
IL with special fertilizers with cattle
y pigs or poultry Record the plantin
OF and harvesting OF crops tho quantit
It's and quality Of seed and tho yield pc
acre Record the varieties aud quan
nd tity OF feed given to livestock an
lie the increase in flesh. milk or buttei
Record tho time and money used
at constructing building fence or ditcl
a and you will find IL convenient Il
~ reference. Record tho burden Of ha
We or pasture on each meadow and fell
the varieties OF grass the presence
he weeds Discover any difficulty ar
ise make things better next year n
your good Intentions down in your n
vance diary Record the weath
DO each day; the temperature Mt NOR
ing. noon and evening; direction ar
led approximate velocity Of the win
ca clouds and clear weather. rain al
sunshine II you have a barometc
It's registry OF air pressure also. Y,
will soon become your own wealth
en- prophet and can prophesy in advan
ed OF are government bureau and wi
his quite as reasonable u degree Of &C
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