The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
! FARM and GARDEN,
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HINTS TO FARMERS.
some OF the Small Wastes That Eat Up
the Profits. >,,,%-s &.

the Profits. ~,%}
Having for lorg time been Of the
opinion that the reason So many small
farms do not pay is that they are
worked in q wasteful and unbusiness-
like way, l have ventured, with some
diffidence, to- make q list Of wasteful
methods that have come under my
observation, not attempting to CLASSIFY
them, but setting them down in the
order in which they occurred to me.
Keeping and feeding an animal, or
fowl, or tree, after it has ceased to
be profitable. " ~ ~
Leaving brentwood and pine logs
exposed to the weather till the birch
is rotten and the pine wormy.
The keeping Of sickly, under-sized,
or otherwise inferior stock. 1t costs
but little if any more to keep COW
that gives twelve quarts Of milk than
to- keep one giving but half that
amount, and the farmer who could
own the better animal, and doesn't,
is; to all intents and purposes, throw
ing away six quarts, of milk day, TO
say nothing Of the 1osst on the calf
/ Of the poorer COW, which is fit only
for veal. The same principle applies
to poultry. If the, farmer, Is so Stu
lated that A4he could sell setting.
eggs and breed ding fowl, and contents
himself with keeping mongrels, or un-
der sized ,fowla he really wastes the
difference between what he does and
what he might get for eggs and zpoul-
try. ~ q d 4 -; =. ;.lgss.5 .lgs.5
e Keeping Z fqEl confined in small n
{yatds, when by a little outlay Of money
and some ingenuity, unused pasture,
sor grassland, ,acould be opened to them,
with; benefit to both land md hens, hn
and a saving IN the pense for grain.
Growing d small crop Of grass on
snat atnfally good grassland that could
/. n,adei to produce, immense crops. :
KegIeet study the available mar
/ ke foE crops TO learn what it de-
mdhds that Gun be proftably raised
aud marketed. ~ T., $s
Neglect 10 study the soil and learn
whit Its capabilities are. ).
Using green manure on. the crops
5fhat will not do,well Oh green man
5ure.
$ Making 10 use of the fertility in
poultry yards. rEEFt4 "
Leaving chests, barrels and bags of
grain open to the depredations of rats
and mice. q
Overlooking Of animals, fowl and
land.
Undcr-feeding of the same.
Not feeding balanced rations.
Uncleanly habits in the barn. caus-
ing the milk to be "cowy" and thus
hurting the sale of milk and butter,
and ipjuring the health Of people and
animals.
The neglect of some necessary de-
tail in the raising or harvesting OF
a crop, and thus lessening. if not de-
stroying, it's value, as letting bugs and
worms get the upper hand, leaving
potatoes in the sun after digging,
until they sunburn. pulling onions too
early or too late. leaving some tender
crop out through a frost, or letting it
stand till it begins to spoil.
Using poor seed.
Neglecting to make the most of fruit
trees and vines by cultivation, spray
ing, pruning, cutting cut borers, fertil-
iZing, etc.
In not marketing fruit that cannot
be used proftably in the family.
In dealing with customers who have
a bad reputation for paying their
bills.
In being turned aside from ones
course by trifing instructions.
In not being willing to take pains.
In not stopping to calculate on
whether it will really pay before be-
ginning q certain course or certain
piece of work, like moving bushes,
getting out rocks, killing weeds.
In neglect OF tools.
In neglecting q crop after it Is har-
vested.
In letting cattle be troubled unnec-
cssarily by flies or mosquitoes, in let
ting FOWLS fight, in neglectinS to curry
COWS and horses, in allowing fowls to
be lousy. in letting fowls or animals
suffer from excessive cold in winter.
In not going about and seeing how
other farmers do things.
In the mans not keeping himself in
the best possible condition by proper
diet, sufficient sleep, pure air. recrea-
tion,-E. r., in New York Post.