Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-04-15
the making or breaking Of farm enter

the making or breaking Of farm enter
prises.
In planting an orchard do not hope to
include all the kinds you ever heard Of
Make such selection Of the best az will
give you q succession Of fruit. and be
content II there are but q dozen varie-
ties.
A good investment on a farm is q
five-gallon can of boiled linseed Oh.
twenty pounds of venetian red and two
or three paint brushes of different sizes.
With these the sleds, the running kars
OF the wagon. the plows and harrows
may be kept painted as soon as the
paint begins to wear off. This will not
be pretty, but it will save the imple-
ments.
The farmer who economies by using a
scrub or inferior grade bull is on par
with the Irishman who knocked a hole
in the bottom of his leaky boat to let the
water out.
Wherever water stands more than
twenty-four hours there is need of a
drain. Mark these spots this winter and
dig drains in the spring. Money invested
in drain tiles brings the largest kind OF
interest.
Poultry is VIGOROUSLY the most profita-
BILE farm industry in the aggregate of
yearly product, and without doubt this
is due to the fact that poultry is the one
farm industry managed by the women.
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farm hand who has reputation for hon.
esty and efficiency. 1t is a fact that the
idlers about the country town will not
develop into good farm hands. though
they may work on a farm for a short
time as last resort to keep from starv-
ing.
The legislature of New Jersey passed
an act in May last providing a method
for the requirement by the public of all
turnpike or toll roads, as free and pub
lie roads, on petition to the state com
missioner of public roads, signed by the
owners of at least two-thirds of the lands
bordering on the road affected.
Where wood is the ordinary fuel, late
winter Is the best time to prepare the
supply for the year. The timber works
better and the weather is better adapted
to cutting wood than at any other time
The man who burns green wood has not
yet learned the first lesson in economy.
The timber wealth of the United States
gives yearly product of twice the value
| of the yearly output of all it's mines oil
| whatever kind. This is a resource worth
| keeping, and yet we are expanding the
capital with wonderful recklessness, ant
| very little of the timber cut is represented
| by new growth.
| The Walter A. Wood Harvester com.
pany, which had made very heavyin
vestment in a new branch at st. Paul
| Mimi, just before the panic of 1893, ant
therefore were financially embarrassed
| and obliged to go into a receivers's hands
have just been restored to the liberty Of
acknowledgment. When the compan,
| became involved it's indebtedness wa.
S1,70O000. This indebtedness has been re
duced to $350000, and is so comparativel!
small for this enormous plant that tn,
company is regarded as starting ou
| anew on a firm financial foundation.
| There is nothing that is acting so pow
| erfully to drive our youth from til,
| country to the city as the inattentioI
| paid by majority Of our farmers to tn,
| little home comforts and enjoyment
| which, while costing but trihe, would
invest the country with a charm which
all the glaring destinations of life il
| the city could not break. The study O
agriculture as science, a knowledge o
| the nature of soils, and the adaptation O
the various fruits and flowers and fell
crops to different qualities of soil appea
sufficiently strong to the intellectual
nature. but in the arrangements that sur
round our country places but little atten
ton is paid to the idea of beauty O
| pleasure.