Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-11-23
Out and Putting in Til.
Drains Now in Order.
ABOUT SELECTING SEED COPY
A Good Time to Acquire the Tbeo,,
of Agriculture is During the
Winter-Farm Notes.

~ PA'N oA-N
A large quantity OF the butter ~.
duced in this country is spoiled bvr r ~.
much churning and working. w
Clean up rubbish about the farm. Ri.,
OF rails. limbs of trees, ends OF boarJ9
etc., Will soon he covered with snow
In building temporary corncribs bor.
the floor at least Il foot above the yronnT
so rats and mice cannot harbor ulderi
Patch up the cracks in the cb,kon
house, COW barn, sheep shed, etc. CnJ
winds are detrimental to stuck-raisn,
Get the potatoes in the cellar or nj,
as the time is nearly here when ri1
nights will injure them. See that tho
storing p ace ls well ventilated.
When the machinery used in puttir,
in the wheat crop is needed 10 lonyss
carefully clean, grease bright metal snr.
faces and put away in dry place.
In selecting seed corn remember tb.,
the varieties will cross. feItilize at Inmn
distances. Select seed from corn whirSS
has grown apart from other varieties
The best method of keeping root.
where one has no regular root cellar i,
to bury on dry ground Cover with ,,'o
ieet OF earth, and zee that all water that
falls on the pit can get off readily.
Laying ont and putting in tile drains
is now in order where the ground is mn
too hard. Better have all the main lines
surveyed and the tile evcled b.lore COW.
erlng. lmperlectly laid drains are Use.
less.
During the winter, when there is not
so very much that one can do in the wav
OF practical work. is COOL time 10 AZ.
qulre the theory of agriculture. Get il
from hooks and from your farm pappr.
and have 1t at your fingers ends. 20 that
You can verify it by practice as soon AZ
you get into the field next spring.
Some of orr friends of the press mal;e
a mistake when they take the positinn
that good roads are oi importance only
to the farmers, and that in cunseuupn,e
the whole expense Of building and main.
tenance should be borne hy them. They
are OF value to the entire cummuntv
and the expense should he shared by All
classes.
The busint s of manufacturing starch
from potatoes has been confined TO com.
paratlvely few Ioralilies. Where it hss
been carried on it has proven d, ottable
ministry, and has increased the value of
larm lands devoted to growing the cron.
The combination OF agricultural produr.
ton and manufacturing is usually satls.
factory to all concerned.
Thorough tillage will partially take
me place OF manure by making more
valuable whatever plant food NAV he in
the SOL. But the natural inference is
that tins exhausts the soil stll more
rapidly, 50 that, ii continuous cIoppinv
Is to he practiced, the manure must not
ne withheld, however gooi the tillage-
VIII make big crops right along.
Some men seem to pride themselves
upon the fact that they are practical
farmers, and know nothing about ayri.
culture except that which they have
learned by hard knocks. But this is
hariiy a. much credit to them as they
seem To thlnk, because the very best
farmers in these latter days are tile ones
VINO combine theory with practice.
W heat has gone abroad in fairly lib
eral quantities. This ought to make
better prices, and will if it continues
long enough. Anyway, it brings good
deal OF money into the country, and this
VIII help to make times better. The
panic Is over at any rate, and farmers
can plant with the assurance that husi-
ness. will continue next year lust as it
has in the past.
SUCCESSFUL FARMERS,
Inc Practical Farmer saws: We
should ask what qualities do these men
VINO are successful farmers ppssess that
nave made them SOP Are they not men
Vi great energy, wide-awake and alert
men who always keep abreast of the
tlmesf Are they not men of an unAinch-
inS ny determination, who trample upon
dlffltultles, and who ever pass onward
and upward? Are they not frugal and
sooerF DO they not read and think?
10 'hey not love their callinuP am
acquainted with farmer, VIII, about
eight years ago bought "a farm. He had
nothing to begin with but eneryv char
scter and ability, and to-day he Is almost
out OF debt. His money is ali made
from MS iarm products, and he even
se,l$ corn, oats and hav-rrops which
taSe OF much plant food but this plant
loo'! IL always returning by coplons ma
nu'ihg. lie follows general farming. but
IL Is intensive farming. He does no
more than he can ITO we'll. And RIGHT
mere ls where so many farmers make n
mistake. They undertake entirplv mo
much. A goo farmer once wIut,. tGa, he
never plowed more ground than h.. rnull
completely cover with manure. That is
a good plan. can imagine that that
ariner was successful. By ploAing no
more than what can be completely coy-
cred with manure one is not likely TO
piow more than what can he thoroughly
ulled. An able writer on agriculture
"roie some time ago that pro iigv seed,
PrU'lgy tertlllzlng and prodigy tillare
VIII orlng pro iigy results. Now, il seems
10 me That any farmer who has Ira.on-
AMY goot land can obtain astonIshiuclv
good results by using the best seed hy
'opious lertilizing and bv thorough till.
'ge' All that is needed is enterp i,c.
constant Planning AMI push. The truuble
WIN great many farmers is they are
'atished too soon. When they raise a
'rop mat Is slightly above the average
'r somewhat better thIn that of their
lelghhors they think they are doing well
'hough. This shoull not he They
honld strive each wear TO sn,pa,s The
'o'k oi the year before. They should
tt ptl"re thens' Ives hish ideal and
men strive TO their uttermo,t tu attain
l. | spurn the desire uf maintaining
erllity. That desire should fnd no
segment IN any progressive farmers
u ni.S. .s increasing the fertility should