The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-06-14

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n leski1s over. the erops Of . farm
I psyee, forget, to notice. tho. sswasts
places. those coraers and vacant
stripe where something might Gtow 4
It Iwere, only planted.
TAXI, for instance. the space occu-
pied ~ . fence With its adjacent
fringe Of bushes. Here o. q strip Of
land 1t least : rod wide and perhaps
30 rods llonS, that has leet1 going to
waste for ten, fifteen. or. more years.
On one side 10 meadow and ON the
other q plowed. field. On the one hand
the plowinan docs not get nearly %
close to the fence ns he might do,
and across the division the moving
machine leaves strip that the scythe
does not get time to clip. The aggre-
gate lCe6 on many farms for q series
OF years from this pure NEGLECT
reaches into the hundreds OF dollars,
perhaps representing the very sum for
which 1t may be m0rtgaged. ':'
Why let the system go on running
up I'M account against the land into
the next century? There will never
be q better time to wipe out the blot
than during 1895. In the first place.
there is no earthly need Of fence
anyway between O cultivated field and
meadow, for no up-tO-date farmer
lets his stock onto the fall aftermath.
or allows them to run ON plOwed
ground any time during the year.
Remove the fence and cut the bushes
now. Flow the acre or more Of land
represented by the waste and next
month SOW 1t to buckwheat. You will
garner enough buckwheat for your
family use, besides placing the soil In
q suitable condition to be added to
the cultivated field next year.
I tell you the average farmer ut
teMpts to support too many fences.
The system Is IN expensive, relic of
bygone days, and 1t should go. Pas
ture fences for the retaining Of graz
ing stock are the only ones really ab-'
solutely necessary. Then, there are
those frog holes" that Mt present
raise nothing but mlasma end tainted
water for the ruin, of milk quality.
While they will dry up themselves
during periods Of dreuth mt least half
OF the season they form shrinking
reservoirs that are 4 menace to dairy
interests. Where drainage was imprue.
SAS0otC, sAuu tAlC AOBS0 Va hlAuhNCA "a
tent, I have known them to be flied
without much labor by blowing and
sciaping the earth into the dcpres-.
sions.r;,,..i.' -..,,,..t..,. -.
In enc instance recollcct a slough
was cleaned out, q stream Of pure
water was turned Into It, ana the littls
LIKE was converted into q successful
trout pond. oh, there are. lots Ut uses
that these eye-sores can be put to.
and always profitable ones Mt that. ''-'
Then there are the waste places
around the .barnss pig-stys and corn
cribs, It is here that the burdOck
ifiourisheth. and the yellow dock lift
eth up Its head on high. II they had
taken up their abode In the highway,
the law would at least compel their
being cut down, but under the lee OF
the farm buildings they are a nursery
for the seeding OF the whole estate
with tares. Let either artichokes, sun.
flowers or protecting hedges Of ever
green shrubs occupy such high places,
adding practical ,werth to- adornment
1t 10 attention to such matters as the
above, the painting Of buildings and
the general keeping OF the farm In
a trim. Swept and Rarnished" icontli-
tion TINT we can add dollars to it's
salable WORTH. II you want to make
your place worth 800 more by SIS
expenditure of this kind Of labor, try
Ito. Fl. Newell In Ohio Farmer. .oisf.