The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
MAKING ENDS MEET.
Tho Small Things la Farming IL
What Constitutes the Profit at
the End of the Year.

There is no business which requires
more thorough knowledge Of ever de-
tail from the arrangement OF field,
preparation OF the soil, planting Of
crops, setting and caring for orchards
and small fruits, laying on, .5ts for
convenience and putin" up or :he nec-
essaTy buildings needed on Il farm than
the business Of farming. u man hir-
ing out to do orGiEar" labor on the
farm can get say $50 per wear for his
Labor with Loard and washing addi-
tional, eqraIiHC in al $500 per year.
Thus the hired mans wages and board
are equal to $500 OF the moncyed
man money put AT interest at eight
per t per aEnUm. Of Of which inter-
est the moncyed 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 10 sell. and must
haze his herd OF cattle in the pasture
increase in numbers As well Is furnish
butter for family use. with son: TO sell.
He should have some mares among his
work horses and raise one or mere
colts every year. 50 as to have them
ready 10 take The places Of the Older
horses as they are sold. He should also
manage so the brood sowS vii, raise 4
lot % pigs as fast as the older hogs are
ready for market. By ~i,in@ the poul-
try half a chance he should sell at
least 500 worth OF poultry and eggs
each year besides supplying the fam
lily needs. The care oc this stock and
poultry viii not occupy much time in
summer or crop season. provided the
farmcr keeps his pastures. orchards
and lots well fenced AZ q attend to his
business as an Intelligent farmer
should. BY arranging the business Of
the farm somewhat after II" plan
given above. the farmer should be able
10 realize fully as much from his stock
as he would from the grain and hay
ii il were sold at The Ecares; 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 ycu ear:
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 a feed cutter
which Will split the fodder as well as
cut it. BY cutting the fodder fine the
cattle will eat it up much better and by
so doing one acre of corn will feed as
far as w acres of husked corn would,
and the cattle wiz need but little hay,
Second, by going back 40 years and in
quiring into the habits of some old
farmers we find that for grain to feed
the horse they used sheaf cats cut to
the band. bran " shorts mixed with
chopped oats and ToistcncG. The
horse woUld eat all but the butts OF the
straw. L these We're thrown into the
manager for r~oughncss. 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. s""h as our MIX and Slors
the kitchen, provided they have
plenty Of pasture. The farmer should
Try and keep posted Oh prices Of the ar
tic!cS Eo has for sale 50 as to know
when to sell. ~ =" doing farming viii
pay as well as any. other husincSs.-O. !
Z. Doubleday. in Prairie Farmer.