Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-15
MAKE THE FARM A HOME.
soNE SUGGESTIONS THAT UTAH FARM.
EBs MIGHT CONTEMPLATE
WITH VANTAGE

The time tor preparation for the
work OF the coming season Is tdrawi q
| to close and tue fa'm4r viii soon be
actively executing the plans he has
formed during the winter. II these
have been wisely formed, they should
inclule n larger attention 10 supplying
directly the wants OF the home than
| has been the custom on most western
farms. It ~ fact that a well cultivate
| garden acre will produce more clear
| pr fit than a forty devoted to coarssr
staples. The IeturnH from the garde
| DO not come in actual cash to be spent
for the comforts OF actual lie. but 1
| the iotm OF the com Orts themselves
that do not have to pay TO to- m AXE
the exchange. From such q gafdeu,
too, il at all iavorabIy situated with
reference to markets, there would be
considerable cssh Income Ueiije.. A
few cows OF the profitable kind, wei
cared for and prO1ucing an income
over and beyond their keep, will not
only AID to the comfort OF the family
and furnish an abundance OF milk,
butter aud cheese, Dut the surplus eau
DO made TO balancs the grocery bills II
careful attention be given TO the quail
ty of the products from such arm
dairy Poultry 10 another OF the small
things ON the farm which 1t hns besn
TOO mu;h ths iasnio 4 10 desplse afu :.
worthy Of the serious attention of tie
adult farmer, but the eggs and meal
which weli-kept poultry yatl
furnishes make largely toward the
90 Il living OF 1.-THE family, and, n
properly looked alter, Will afford an
incyme besides. Small fruits should
be- found on every table from the
opening. OF the season until Its close,
aud there should be, besides, plenty
put by tor winter's keep. Over anu
beyond THE, small fruits will mrnish a
partial income from sale, un ier any.
thing Ike favorable market Conditions
lu IKE mauner, one might lun the
entire scale OF tbs iittlc things On the
farm that are too comm MY neglected
because they are individually smali,
although II the aggregate they are a.
more rOfitable bltn rom the stand.
point OF comfortable farm living an
from that OF cash iucoms for tn
surplus than aly Of the larger aud o.
called more important crops upon
which ths farmer usually prIdes him.
u, aud which he regards as alone
worthy OF bis q ntiou.
The mena comment of many
farmers t. Iuggeslions OF this kinI
VIII be, Il cannot sfilrJ 10 take tina
to attend TO tritlei llks these." Tue
truth Is that the very large majority
Of farme cannot afford not to taEe
time 10 attend t. them II they Gu d
bus real Is the TACT. Tue money maze
on the iarm 10 not mea-ureA by tn
amount that passes through tne
farmer hands, nor Dies 1t by any
means depend upon this recent ui /,
considerable sum once or twice n year
from few staples. More cJmtJrt is
had and more actual money /, madp
on farm OF moderate size devoted to
the production OF those things that ar
primarily chosen with view of
making the homo anu family comfort.
aoie than on u larger area devoted to
growing staple crops TO DO sold ia
markets haoilually glutted. The farm
Is either hons fret Or factory nrsi,
II the latter purpose 10 made tne prl-
mary OBJECT, the farmer mus, be "A
business man and Is al the mercy OF
general business conditions; he f.
obliged To produce whether production
Ia profitable or not, aud obliged 10 sell,
regardless OF the cost OF production:
wnen prices are low, he lie obliged to
deny himself anu family large share
OF tho necessities ami Comforts OF lie
TO which his industry justly entities
him. Ii the home idea Is made the
primary one, he then devOtes his
attention and labor in the first in.
stance to the direct pToduction OF those
things which go to make comfortable
living. The things necessary for the |
comfort OF his own family are equally
necessary for that OF other families |
not on the farm, and hence the small |
surpluses meet with q rea.onAby |
ready sale at reasonably compensatory |
prices. We cannot return to the old |
time self'sutfiulenc OF the farm, |
wnen the farmer was almost absolute. |
ly independent. We eau no longer |
dress IN hOmespun made on the farm,
for that kind OF domestic manufacture |
has become one OF the lost arts, ana We |
would not care 10 do so even though |
we could re-disoover the art. We can
10 longer have shoemSket come to /
the farm house anu remain week or
two while making shoes for the family,
Tor the wives ami daughters woul1 MI
be contenteu with the work, nnJ even
the song would prefer fashionable
"loOlhpicbs."
fne Old.time methods OF supplying
all the wants OF the iamlly from the
farm are not applicable to present con.
titions AMI raDits OF thought, Tut il
can be done TO a much larger extent
than Is usually the custom, win the
result that there VIII be more comfort
and happiness, less Anxiety about
living, and even better cash income
derived from tue sale OF the aggregate
II the little things well looked alter
han from the coarser staples that are
Iverlo-e. Just TO the extent TO which
The farmer can become eeli.su iii cisnt
N this way does he regain tue indie.
sentence with which farm living is
lahitualiy rfetiiad I.iya lln,i- "a |