The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-15

side as well as am nOle, and 1 am always
/ ready TO confess that the answer 10 not
| plain to me. In this series OF articles l
have sought TO provide way of escape
IRON disastrous western competition for a
/ few OF our readers Some can turn TO these
side crops and clear a little money. But
what OF the masses? IL ~ hard TO work
| year after year only 10 tinG ones self
! drifting more deeply into debt. We are
/ all agreed that q majority oil farmers do
| not cooperate with their fellows as well
! as they might, and some are not working
/ 10 the best advantage. All of US can
! learn more about our business and i'm
/ prove our methods.
| But, as Grain Producer" knows. there
/ are causes at work that keep the farmer
/ poor. and we cannot we'll mention them
/ without appearing TO get into politics-a
thing our farm department must not do.
/ Still l desire to cal attention TO the fact
! that the party leaders who have controlled
this country most OF the time during the
last thirty years have been closely allied
| with business men. whose interests are
not the farmers interests. For the benefit
/ OF railroads and through a mistaken no
ton OF patriotic development OF our coun-
| try, our public domain in tho West has
been given to every foreigner who has
cared to come TO this country and COM
pete with US in grain and stock-growing.
I Today you sucer from this.
! You speak OF Indebtedness Will you
turn back to an article on the silver ques-
tiOn that appeared on the editorial page
of THE SENTINEL about four weeks ago? 1
! know of no clearer statement of the facts
on this subject that many try to keep be-
clouded. 1t will lead you TO see that the
I farmer who is in debt is burdened out
rsgeOusly. His products are kept low IN
price by reason Of the increasing value OF
gold. and a borrowed dollar grows greater
every year. In other WAYS legislators
have been careless of the farmers well
/ fare. The grain producer sells his pro-
duce at frse-tradO prices in Liverpool and
! pays an exorbitsnt tax on what he con-
sumes. Little wonder is i, my friend,
that you are troubled.
| But you want q remedy. l wish to say
/ that hope Tor much relief in the next
| few years. / believe the friends of the
/ farmer are getting hold of the reins Of
/ government. There is reason for encour-
] agement. Then. too, this free western
/ land is about exhausted. Little good land
remains for the settler. The cream OF
! al of it is being rapidly removed. Trusts
! and mOnOpOlies must be broken down.
/ The farmers as a body must keep those
/ out OF power who have created our unfa-
vorable Conditions. They must demand
careful consideration of lawmakers.
In the meantime can we not limit the
| production OF wheat and other grain
! Can we NOT make more money by plow-
| ing less2 Ia there any profit IN 65-cent
/ wheat? This il q question | would like to
! have our readers discuss. II 1t Is losing
/ game to raise wheat at 65 cents q bushel,
! then we would do better to SOW less acres
/ and let the surplus that de-
/ presses prices disappear. We want
/ your opinion, reader. Does II
/ pay to raise wheat at present prices
! If it only brings loss DO you advise that
| we seed the land TO grass and wait until
! prices rise? Let everyone drop II note 10
/ the agricultural editor of THE SENTINEL,
/ giving his opinion OF the question that con-
/ Germs all OF Us, and suggest any remedy Tor
] the prevailing unsatisfactory conditions.
OBSERVER.
Quality Regulating Price.
IN answer to the question "Why do
! Canadian cheeses bring more in market
| than Americana" Director Powell Gays:
because Canadian cheesemakers make
only fine cheese and then sell it on its
own merits. When we learn to let that
| nbominable skinner alone and make
! what is known as full cream cheese. and
/ the people realize that they can get it we
/ will have no trouble in getting as good
| prices az our neighbors do. and the home
/ consumption OF it would be doubled In
/ two yeers"
said Governor Hoard: Canada leads
us by one-hali to one-iourth OF cent per
| pound for the highest grades Of cheese, of
which over four thousand carloads were
sold and shipped to Europe last year. II
we expect to obtain Canada prices for our
cheese we must make that brand"
Said Prot. Gilbert: CAS- soon as il is
understood on the other side that We have
| abolished the skinner our cheese will
again come TO the 'front.'"
Breeding the Mares.
II may pay some farmers to breed to fast
stations, but the surest income is from
the draf. stock. The colts do not have to
depend upon handling to show their value.
Their bone. muscle and action are proof
of their ability to do that for which they
are bred. They are easily broken. and il
ia not uncommon TO find them willing to
| pull and obey the rein the first time they
are hitched BY the eide OF an old horse.
Above ell things one should breed his
| mares 20 pure bred stallion best one
to be found. While a colt from a grade
! may be as good as from thorough bred.
! this ia not the rule and lew dollars adj
| dItiOnal for service u a small Item. When
q good stallion is found il is best 10 con-
! tinue to breed To 1T for several years. as
the colts wi be more alike than they can
be il a change is made every year. Horses
! matched in every respect, including gait
| and DISPOSITION, are worth much more to
the owner, either on tho farm or on tine
| market.
The practice Of allowing colts 10 follow
their dams when at work IS O bad one.
| They become nuisances in many ways
and are often injured. The loss is not
only in damaged crop, bur ii the weather
ia hot the milk will sometimes be too
much heated and harmful to the COTS II
they are left in a comfortable box stall OF
battered in the shade they are more com
Portable and safer.
Economical Feeding.
One OF the economies in feeding lies in
warm. dry bedding. An abundance o.
dry straw or other material is needed. AS
the cattle lie in straw half way up to theil
sides it takes no scientific calculation tc
determine that the winters cold is moi
levying much tribute upon them.
When the question of profit in feeding
is considered the item OF manure is i'm