The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-26
"FARMER" VS.. "FARMER."
A Good Sound Reply to the 'kiCk'
Recently Made.

REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi, April 49,
To THE EDITOR The time will new
er come when the farmers of this
county, or any other county, will re-
ceive more advice or instruction about
farming than is good for them. In
order to be progressive farmer, a
farmer must profit by the experience
of others who have spent their whole
lives in hard work and study on diff
ferent branches of farming.
Is the advice and instruction sent
out from our experiment station bad
advice? Are those men hired by the
State loungers and fumblers? If you
will read over the bulletins they send
out from time to time you will see
that they know what they are talking
about.
Why do we have farm institute or
a horticultural society always giving
good advice? Are they running for
the sole purpose of sending farmers
to Hades? AS to lettering farmers
condition, will it send a farmer to
Hades to have the experiment station
tell him how to raise good potatoes
and which of the many varieties yield
best? Or, how many pounds of butter
COW will produce in a year,and what
kinds of feed to feed her, so as to get
the most clear profit? Or, which are
the best kinds of Strawberries to raise,
etc? 1t would seem to me that the
farmer who is not profting by the adj
vice that is calculated to do him good
would be having Hades on earth.
AS to that hard headed farmer that
don't know any more about running a
farm than the Democrats Tor the Re-
publicans either do about running
the government, have nothing to say
only this: 1t will take as much argu-
ment accordingly to make the people
believe one as the other. Bro. farmer
you had better put in your time learn
ing what you can about farming rath-
or than finding fault with what you
call the lounging fumbler farmer, or
the Democratic or any other party.
Now, as to the price of products the
farmer has to SELL No. l wheat to-
day is worth 81 cents per bushel. That
will buy as much for farmer to-day
of everything he has to buy, as a
bushel would in the seventies. Barley
to-day is in good demand at 40 cents
oats from rs to 80 cents, and scarce al
that price. Does it pay to raise flax
should say it did. It is worth SLIP
Corn is worn IS to 40 cents per bushel
potatoes and all kinds of vegetables
are in good demand at paying prices
butter, just listen, Redwood merchants
are shipping in butter from abroad
and selling it for 20 cents pound
and it is butter that would not sell fol
eight cents pound in Elgin, ILL.,, the
great butter market of the world
Poultry is away up in G.. Hear what
a Minneapolis dealer says to me un,
der date of March q: Dressed chick.
ems and light weight turkeys are in
good demand at 10 cents per pound
let me hear from you with liberal ship.
ments and oblige. Live poultry sell
ing at one cent less. Eggs are cheap
What difference does that make al
this time of the year? You can sci
your eggs aud they will be worth a:
much to you as if you could sell them
for rs cents dozen. Horses are cheap
Still it would bother a man to buy 1
No. team for less than $3.50. They
can be raised for that. There are farm
ers who have horses to sell, so the.
had one and two years ago. But the,
wouldn't sell. They we're married tt
them. Such a farmer has my sympa
thy. Inferior COWS are selling from
SIS to 500 head, and so they ar
poor they will have to be ''tailed" VI
for the next month. What has BEEF
the trouble with the price of hogs TO
the last three years. I am sure it di'
not take an expert feeder to feed then
at profit. Beef, mutton and WOO
are cheap, still a man will get pait
for the feed he feeds his cattle ant
sheep. Is there any grain, stock, poul
try, or vegetables, that I have men
toned, that the farmers of this coun
ty can not raise successfully You viii
all say no. Now, Mr.. Editor; most Q
the advice the farmers are getting
to have them raise all those things