Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-12-21
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Possibilities in the Future.


show that the live stock OF this state
shoulti be increased. Chief amop.,
these are the following; 70 provide
the farmer with home supplies OF
meati to diversity his farming, and
IN consequences to place it on a secrrs
or basis; to conserve and maintain
inc fertility uf his land; to provide
work all the year round, and to in
crease his revenues.
Every TURNER in Minnesota should
grow home supplies OF food 40 far rs
u" possibly can, and all the wear
round. have said ever and nvcf
ngnin tn the farmers III the land
where formerly 1 lived, that Supplies
"ttood Tor stoch can Nltom be so
theaply bought us raised upon the
f'rm. | have come to say it to you,
fellow TURNER'S, as long az I chi get
IL single mau to listen. But the
same 1t 'Hualfy true OF home supplies
Tor the household. The farmers
should study to avoid going to the
dealer for anything in the shape OF
food that they can produce reason
ahly we'll and care Tor at home. ~
me it seems absurd that farmer,
once established, must needs go to
the butcher for his supplies OF beef,
unless for a short time in the sum-
mer when the Weather is hot, and in
tAe coming days when ice houses
shall be built on every farm, fres!,
meat need not be Bought, for every
farmer can have from one to nall a
dozen good grade sheep to feast up
on in the days of hard work in sum.
mer. And when the farmers every
where grow lots OF pork and cure it
on the principles to be taught at our
Schools OF Agriculture, what splen-
did ham and bacon they can have
all the season, made out OF wheat
screenings and barley and corn.
When d hen house is put up on every
farm, won't it be fine to have eggs
to send to the grocer in January,
February and March, when they sell
for e5 cents dozen in exchange for
sugar and tea, and to have enough
left to bake cake now and then for
the boys? Won't it be grand when
che potato Feelings and turnip
peelings and bread crumbs and the
scraps from the table, generally with
some grasshoppers and sundry bee
ties thrown in, will be turned into
eggs, so that every morning every
person in the house can have a fine
fresh egg for breakfast. With Il
good, fat beast to kill ut Christmas,
and some fat sheep through theyen
with lots OF -four from No. / hard !
wheat, who would not like to be n
Northwestern farmer? Never mind |
the nick.nacks. Let those things
bring physical degencracy On the ci-
ty folks ii they wilt hdve them; hut,
let us have good. substantial food
and lots OF it. Let us have it the
year ronnd and OF the best quality,
and let us grow nearly ell OF it our
selves. Let man be we'll sustained
on wholesome products OF the farm,
and it gives him fresh courage to
grapple with the mortgage or to
brave the sweep OF a blizzard.
Increase the live stack on our
farms tsnd we diversity our farming;
it must be so to enableus to produce
food for them. And every time that
we diversity production OH our
farms we throw out an additional
anchor to stay the good ship OF the
farm and to hold her fast in the day
OF tempest or storm. But such di-
versity must be consistent, that is to
say, all the products grown should
be OF that class which the soils of
this region will freely grow. All
those farmers who have provided
themselves with dairy COWS are full
OF hope to-day. Twenty five cents a
pound for butter brings Il jingling in
the pocket without any fighting over
the silver question, and it brings en-
to the home. Five and
six cents u pound live weight for
pigs will cover IA mans fuce with
smiles every time that he thinks OF
it, ii he has a dozen or two 200
pound porkers for sule. Returns
snch as these would soon make the
mortgage stagger and let go OF it's
cruel grip. But you see. farmers,
many OF our fellows have no suita-
Die COWS to make butter, and no
pigs to be made into pork.
We should increase live stock npon
the farm to maintain and conserve
the fertility oil the same. Oh the
might huve Leen'' in reference to
the conservation OF soil fertility in
this region! Wouldn't it be interest
Ing reading to know how much OF
our nitrogen and phosphoric acid
and potash have been taken across
the Atlantic? What grand attain
lnent in farming to have the fnrms
always in u state Of virgin fertility!
And yet this is possible where they
are handled in a certain way. But
cannot be so maintained un-