The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-01

milk, and he probably made no profit for
time while building up his trade. but
now that the people know what he has to
sell and that they can depend upon his
7 honesty, he has the market IN his own
| hands. His milk wagon is his advertise
ment, and his patrons recommend nlm
to friends He found what was wanted
! BY the people able 10 pay for what they
, want, aud he supplies it at prices that pay
him well. Business shrewdnsss, some
skill and absolute honesty form his cap
| ital.
Not all towns are able or willing to pay
for the best Jersey milk it nay be, but
| many are. There are men supplying
| poor article at a poor price that would
| make more money If they would reduce
the quantity of their supp Y and improve
the Qua ity, and then cater to this trade.
| II is the production OF the bes. quality
that paws the best profits Are there not
] fly or 100 SENTINEL readers who see
their wav clear TO do just as my young
friend has done, thus getting out of the
/ rut and lettering their condition. l
hope so.
The Prodigy Farmer.
The farmer that is always telling the
public that there is nothing the matter
with the business of farming except the
farmer. and is always pointing to MS fine
house and barn in proof that farming rays
| big profits TO him, has been receiving
some attention of late from those who are
not getting rich off 65-cent wheat. The
prodigy farmer is the one who is always
telling of mis- wonderful yields on small
7 pieces of land. but forgets to tell how
often lie fails or how much il costs him to
! raise a crop. Heis ALWAYS beratIng others
| for not doing as he does, and claims that
he wants no better show for making
money than farming in this country
affords.
THE SENTINEL farmer is not condemning
prodigy farming" He believes and SAYS
we should raise our national average yield.
aud he practices what he breaches by try
ing to do all he undertakes as we'll as he
knows how. We can improve our soil,
improve our seeds and improve our
! met. cds aud if the prodigy farmer ia
helping to show how this is done he is
worth our moral support. But the class
{ under consideration do not 60 fa- enough.
They often fail to tell US that they spend
three times the average cost OF producing
an acre of some grain or vegetable In
+ their attempt to get a big yield. We
want TO know all the particulars. This
practice usually paws, but the net receipts
are not as great az the unthinking are led
to be ieve.
But. SAYS one, look at my fine barn and
/ house, my carriage and road horses. The
discussion OF these farmers has shown
! that ali their money NAV not be made
from farming Some oil them are inter
esied in STOCK companies or have Inherit
ell property. and NIX the proceeds from
ali sources. y few of them are N aking
thousand or so a year by doing work for
institute societies, farm papers. etc They
seem to forget to tell that they lind other
sources OF income than the farm. All
honor to the man who can make two
blades OF grass grow where only one has
grown before, but we do not want too
great an expression OF complacency with
the present conditions when We know
that under present conditions good farm
ers are not getting even q fair profit from
ti.liny the soil.
Covered Barnyards.
A few of our most progressive farmers
have what they are pleased to call covered
barnyards. The usual open lot, muddy
and filthy, is a nuisance on the farm. 1t
is often the receptacle of all the odds and
ends of the farm, is made tho Temporary
tool house and the winter quarters for part
of the iarm stock, at least during the day.
1t is easy TO condemn such loose practices
but all farmers know how impractic bile il
is 10 store every farm implement in a
cramped tool house each night when they
are IN daily use, and SO the habit is too
common 10 leave tools in the open lot ali
night.
Then during the winter the stock need
watering and some exercise. and the barn
yard seems to be needed for this purpose
The manure is wasted and the premises
made unsighily. but many have seen no
help for it. The great mistake has been
in surprising that so much room was need
ed. With proper management the greater
part OF the space is not needed. On the
average farm, where six or eight horses or
colts. dozen cattle, etc, are kept q COW
cred BARNARD ia practicable. Ii need not
be larger than 90 or so feet by 20 or "a. 1t
should be easy of access. so that during
the summer all farm machinery that is in
constant use can be drawn into il before
unhitching. 1t thus becomes a temporary
tool house at the time of the year that
stock is on grass. 1t should be next to the
sable so that the horses can 20 direct to
their stalls. The cistern and water trough
should be in one corner of il.
During the winter all the manure that
is not spread on the fields as soon as made
spread evenly. covered with dry straw and
tramp ed with stock. il will be firm and
pleasant to walk on Into this yard the
various lots Of stock cin be turned from
their stalls at different times aud given
water aud exercise There il no mud. no
fifth. no exposure for man or beast and no
waste OF manure. The shed should be on
the eide OF the barn best protected from
cod winds, aud it is usually best to en-
close the ends There is less danger OF
injury to the stock, az there Is no running
over frozen or slippery ground OF the usual
obstacles that are usually found in barn.
yards. Ii ic no place for vicious animals.
but such ones should never be turned
with any other stock in any yard.
The cost of construction need not be
great. One side of the roof should be
sustained BY the barn. Posts are needed
for the outside. and iron rods to support
the center rafters. No posts should be
used inside the shed "a they would be in
the way. As a temporary tool house In
the summer and fall, and as a watering
yard and manure shed in the winter, such
an improvement will pay a very large
profit on the investment. It stops several
large farm leaks and odds wonderfully to
the comfort of the farmer as well as his
animals.
Endorsing Cheese.
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