Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-09
Leaks on the Farm.
(By Jacob wiehl.)

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How the farmer deals and cares
for machinery. Farming around
stumps or stones year after year. AL
lowing manure to leach in yards all
summer. Selling raw material, as hay,
straw, corn or fodder. Keeping too
much of our land under the plow and
not keeping accounts are some of the
important leaks on the farm. ! have
seen farmers leave their machinery
piled up in the fence corner from the
time they got through with them until
they wanted them again. 1t would
not take any more time to draw theri
to your tool house or barn than 1t
would to dig them out of the mud IN
the spring. All up to date farmers
ought to have place to keep them In
the dry. have heard men say that it
cost more money to build tool houses
than it would to buy new machines.
| Whenever you hear a man talk that
way, please don't follow his example,
as that would plow around stump
and stones for the sake of getting rid
of hauling them off. 1t is common
practice among farmers to have an or
ening from the stalls from which the
manure may be thrown to the outside.
The pile is often made directly under
the drip from the roof The manure is
allowed to leach away all winter, pass
ing away into the branches and creeks.
This is one of the greatest leaks oc-
curing on the farm.
Care of Manure-Some express a
doubt whether sheds built to shelter
manure have ever paid their cost. On
the other hand sheds are recommended
by many, but in order for a farmer to
save the most of the fertility with the
least work, it is necessary to let a
certain amount accumulate in the
stalls by using plenty of litter and
hauling direct to the field. 1t is best
to apply the entire manure to the sol
in the freshest possible condition. How
many farms have became improbable
by selling their fertility in products
and not returning the same to the soil
The many purposes for which straw
can be used make it valuable article
on the farm. and one deserving more
attention than farmers see fit to givt
it, Where stock is kept in the stabl,
large amount can be used for bed
ding, which not onlv adds to the com
fort of the animals, but aids in saving
te liquid manure, an item which tn,
farmer who has the welfare of his sol
at heart cannot overlook. 1t is alst
source of pleasure, when one is com
fortably seated before the evening
fire to know that the horse or COW il
it's stall can be comfortable on it's beC
of straw
If you hear the question asked
Does farming pay?" you can safel.
answer, yes, when the right man il
found in the right place. Those VIII,
fail will be found to be the wrong mel
in the right mems place. They would
as general rule, fail in any other call
ing for which they were no more fitte,
than they were for the farm. In othe
words, it depends more upon the en-
ergy and intelligence of the man AM
his love for the work, than upon tn
kind of business which he follows.
believe in small farms and thor
ough cultivation. | believe that sol
loves to eat. as well as it's owner an,
ought, therefore. to be literally fed.
believe in large crops which leave tn
land in better shape than they fount
it, making the farm and the farme
both glad at once. And that ever.
farm should own a good farmer. Tha
) the best fertilizer for any soil is
spirit of industry, enterprise and intel
ligence. Without this lime and gyp
sum, bones and green manure mari an
guano will be of little use.