The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-08-04
MAKING ENDS MEET.
The Small Thines In Farming u
What Constitutes the Profit at
the End OF the Year.

There is no business which requires
more thorough knowledge of every de-
tail from the arrangement of field,
preparation of the soil, planting of
crops, setting and caring for orchards
and small fruits, laying out lots for
convenience and putting up Of the nee
essary buildings needed on farm than
the business of farming. a man hir-
ing out to do ordinary labor on the
farm can get say 5000 per year for his
labor with board and washing addi-
tional, equaling in all $500 per year.
Thus the hired mans wages and board
are equal to $3.50 of the moneyed
mans money put at interest at eight
per cent. per annum, off of which inter-
est the monsyed man expects to live.
In order that the farmer may do better
than the ordinary laborer he must try
and arrange SO as to have fruit trees
which will furnish plenty of fruit for
family use, and some to sell. and must
have his herd of cattle in the pasture
increase in numbers as well as furnish
butter for family use, with some to sell.
He should have some mares among his
work horses and raise one or more
colts e very year, so as to have them
ready to take the places of the older
horses as they are sold. He should also
manage so the brood sows will raise a
lot of pigs as fast as the older hogs are
ready for market. BY giving the poul-
try half chance he should sell at
least 500 worth of poultry and eggs
each year besides supplying the fam
ily's needs. The care of this stock and
poultry will not occupy much time in
summer or crop season, provided the
farmer keeps his pastures, orchards
and lots we'll fenced and attends to his
business as an intelligent farmer
should. BY arranging the business of
the farm somewhat after the plan
given above, the farmer should be able
to realize fully as much from his stock
as he would from the grain and hay
ii it were sold at the nearest station,
and should still have nearly as much
grain to sell as he would have had had
he fed no stock at all. This can be ac-
complished by the following method:
First, cut up as much corn as you can;
use the stalks for fodder to feed the
| cattle, horses and other stock that will
eat it. If you wish to fatten cattle cut
the fodder and corn together into one
half inch pieces by using feed cutter
which will split the fodder as we'll as
cut it. BY cutting the fodder fine the
cattle will eat it up much better and by
so doing one acre of G l will feed as
far as two acres of hus..ed corn would
and the cattle will need but little hay,
Second, by going back 40 years and in
curing into the habits of some old
farmers we find that for grain to feed
the horse they used sheaf oats cut to
the band, bran or shorts mixed with
chopped oats and moistened. The
horse would eat all but the butts of the
straw, and these were thrown into the
manager for roughness, and were picked
over by the horses. Third, hogs will
make much of their living on the farm
out of the stuff that would otherwise
go to waste, such as sour milk and slops
from the kitchen, provided they have
plenty OF pasture. The farmer should
try and keep posted on prices of the ar
ticles he has, for sale so as to know
when to sell. BY SO doing farming viii
pay as well as any other business.-O
E. doubleday, in Prairie Farmer.