The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-04
THE FARM AND HOME.
AFEW THINGS FARMERS LEARN
BY EXPERIENCE.
Mistakes That Are Not to he Made q
Second Time-A Well Built Ice House
Skim MILK Cheese-Egg Material
Farm Notes and Home Hinta.
a Strin. Of Fine Pointer.

Farm Notes and Home uints.
a String of Fine Pointer.
Experience is a good school and
one in which even mistakes can be
turned to account as lessons with
| double meaning. Mistakes are evil
+; dences that something is wrong, and
;;'the wise man rarely makes the same
! mistake twice There are mistakes
=; of various kinds. There are those
! that do not take the advantage of
! such circumstances as would lessen
! labor by adding suitable. conven-
/ fences, It is mistake to let the
| manure lie where the water from the
, caves of the stable roof can leach
! and carry away it's best fertllizing
! ingredients. 1t is a mistake for
! farmers to keep cow that will
make only two or three pounds of
butter week when there are plenty
of dairy COWS that will produce three
times as much and at no extra cost
! of feeding or care. 1t is mistake
| to feed the swine late in the fall on
the new corn nubbins, many of which
! contain smut, and then wonder why
| the hogs get the so-called cholera.
1t is mistake not to take pains in
; sending fruit to market, to not select
! it so each kind is by itself and the
size uniform. It is a mistake for
farmers to put off husking corn and
then be obliged to work at it in
freezing weather.
1t is a mistake to postpone making
) repairs when it is seen they are
necessary until actual breaks occur,
or cattle pass through the fence
i needing attention and commit costly
depredations. 1t is mistake to
spread a certain amount of manure
on twenty acres when there is only
enough for half that many. Such a
mistake necessitates more than twice
as much labor to secure crop that
would not EQUAL either in quantity or
quality that which could be produced
with the same manure on ten acres
| 1t is a mistake to perform any
branch of farming in a hasty manner
when such a method means inditfer-
ent work. which. is generally the
case
1t is a mistake not to make the
farm home the most pleasant, dear
est spot on earth to every msmber of
the family. It is a mistake not to
take advantage of the wonderful
chance always afforded on the farm
to beautify the lawn and make the
old homestead an object of beauty
from all directions. Having half a
dozen different farm operations half
finished on hand at one time is a
mistake that puts the brakes on the
road to success
1t is a mistake to feed dairy COWS
by guesswork; measure or weigh their
food and see that each one gets their
proper allowance at each feed.
1t is u mistake to try to winter a
| lot of stock on a short allowance of
! fodder, so that none of them will
be able to get sufficient food to thrive
! properly. Better sell the poorest of
the lot and feed the remaining
! ones literally.
Leaving the corn-stalks out in the
field all winter is a wanton waste
a mistake no. economical farmer will
IN AXE.
Good gates should be made for
the entrance to every field. 1t is d
mistake to waste time in taking down
rail fences and putting them up
again: even bars are too slow for
this progressive age.
| Having. things convenient lessons
work. Timely attention to ne eded
repairs will often require only few
cents expense. whom little delay
will cause the necessity of spending
dollars. Not having an ample sup
ply Of tirewood cut up ahead is a
dinner demoralizer. The fact that
often very important work has to be
stopped or quite neglected to cut
stovewood shows the Importance OF
keeping the supply more than equal
to the demand. These are all mis-
takes that can be avoided. If farm
ers would sit down and carefully re-
fleet and consider how many mis-
takes their experience points out tt
them they could avoid by following
business methods they would be
greatly astonished to find how much
easier their work could be performed
and even the profits increased at the
same time. Lessening the expense.
and work and at the same time in
creasing the profits is business farm
ing. The farmers who think tina
the methods of generations past are
good enough for them are the men
who declare farming does not pay.
Such methods do not pay, and theil
mistakes are in not stepping out O.
the old-time ruts and, as the saying
is, 'getting in with the procession
Of farmers who follow the practical
progressive methods of the present
time s-
n Well Built Ice House.
A writer to an Eastern paper de
scribes his little ice house as follows