Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-27
THEFARM ANDClR0Ii
Much Labor Should be Deyo,,d !.
Making the Farm Better
HOW TO IMPROVE THE y.
On Wild Land Something Must Alv,,, !.
Done at First Before Ii Can \ & =
Made Productive.

Much OF the prosperity Of N. 4. !,
farmers and Of new settle,s Z. v'o'!ins.
soil was because 90 large nsrt I. utEl
work was and 10 devoted - rsl z theif
farm better. On wild lana 10y "
must always be done ct fIrsf ~ ssnlh1
be made productive. Thar va .eaa
are houses and barns 10 - h NEE
trees to be planted, wells IL ~ WV ~ mt
fences put up. In I'll theee 49, -
early settler finds . use for 81 .h sas
which 70 paid tor ct good waees ~ ~.
the col! remains fertile. But ~. Wy. !,
tility diminishes these improvs,.esn1 n
longer pay. In oil the older ssc ,sacn =
the country aud IN soma plscss y :. y
West land can now be- boucht
gusted owners for little more ~ -
cost OF the improvements: oftar - ~
There 10 naturally much mora n., ~ -
these days about improving isr r.'vn = I
comes from previous mist axes II 80, -;
improvements that did not nav ~
not always . wise caution. Wh.es Z
needed, says . writer in CuU;rc1. ~ !. =
closer discrimination as % the chs,. v
and productiveness Of improvem.sssal
Some not only do not bring mnnss !. !.
the owners purse, but subject him !. z
annual bill OF expense. IN consirn y =
q new house, for example, MANY ! I NY
has found too late that not onIv Ala ~
house cost more than it should, hnt ~ ~
expense OF furnishing 1t and Tia = 4. v. y
living that 1t presupposed were 4 i sc WI
disproportioned to the farm incoms ui "
do not say aught against fine farmhc.r.".'s
but they should follow rather than -
cede improvements on the farm its.lff :
produce enough income to justify M. 4
dwellings. ''ca
How shall the farmer heavilv T. ~.
begin to improve his farm :? IA iii ~ "
at once expend large sums Of borrovsd "A
money in putting up expensive buiIdipr
and fences. These he can probably ~.
ter do without than he can with man,
other things that cost less money. u.
may and should spend part Of what T.
can get in manure and another part Il
tile for draining, using his own An, =
times when other work does not nres.
to dig bitches and place the tile. Hsm
as this work is. in no other way viii !
man form q greater love for bin farm
than by under draining it. The rule d
nature always is that we love what "a
have sacrificed most for. Whatever ma
be thought,of the Henry George theoryy
denying the title to land bought VIII
money, there ought to be no question q
to the title OF the farmer who has taken
wet land and reclaimed it by Thorough
undertakings. And such farmer not
only thus acquires love for the land Ia
tills, but 1t is also the best way to make
sure that he can keep it. OF the thou.
sands of abandoned farms in the older
States comparatively few have been we'll
drained. The money expended on them
was put where it did much less for soil
productiveness. Judicious planting Of
fruit trees and properly caring for them
until they come into bearing is another
safe way to improve land. II is not
enough alone. for the fruit trees must Be-
we'll cared for and MANFRED. Unless
this is done they will entail loss rather
than profit. When planting trees most
farmers underestimate the labor and
manure they will require; hence they
plant too many. Fewer trees better
cared for and more money invested in
the best stock is the best condition for
the farmer heavily in de t. If he buys
ever 80 small a mum her of thoroughbred
animals at first and cares for them as he
should, their increase will bring him out
OF debt quicker than he can get out in
any other way and without impoysriah-
ing the soil by an exhaustive system Of
cropping.