The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-11

Tn The -abpve table pr, aS 5tulfs Include wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley beans and peas. Meat includes lard and ailoM. DaIry and garaen products include, be- sides the, usual NeSetapleS Of ordinary consumption, milk. eggs and fruit. The other specific items are Xplanatory.
 hese figures are startling in the lesson they teach. AS the money of the cuuH- try n'reaSes in pdrcndslng power and
 becomes nNed in the s.anuaLd upon d aU,dhi aIM eqdita ole basis inc cast of all tne necfsSa.ie of life very largely rn-
 creases th irbS giN ing tAc D. .ouucer Il great deal moie for hi; trouble in mak
 .lg the prodtce. and the laborer great .I~al better pri9e Tor his labor. A prac- 'lcal farmer wflttns on thls very point talks so tnrciol.| and so sensiuy that l 'eilNdIce i,.--I iie sass a being of much
 more value than anything l could say for ho speaks from ms own eXperie nee. which am sorry tp say I cannot dc. lle says that there arc two points upon
 which l wish you would touch more olten. and they are that farmers should .LlSe more and buy less balanced r;.- ions. etc, are all ight, but you should try tn teach the farmers to oa lance their Own heads up,h tEeE a.c perfectly level, and then they can raise their rdtions and ..Ot nave t1 uny th m. l natt spoken to | '""lv" firmcrS-and by f,tlners l mean men who have to earn their living from the soil. nJt men wno make their mon, y n inc city and spouL i. in the country "itnln the past teT v days, and they all agreed that th, IT chIet tXpe nses were fo.'
 feed Cio, hing. the butcher and the gro c6r Now. the s4conu item cannot be re-
 dhced much. bu. the other thrce can. Let me give you my own experience Last sumn2r- | rais, l o&ts, rye, wheat corn,
 clover hay, Timothy hay. mixed hay. mil
 let and buCkwhcat l also had about ten barrels. of small and .poGr potatoes, and
 .1eEha ps lpO nushels of Yellow Stone tur-
 nlps. There is mo possible way to make
 a perfectly balanced ration from these feeds hut'by selling one ton of Timothy, nay and one ton of, rye straw. and invest ing the money in oil meal, 1 was able to feed With pleasure to the cows and profit ic myself Thirty three dollars worth of
 1il meal will be alL the purchased feed shall use in year, and keep nine cows.
 'onr voting stock. three broods sows, one
 boar. 100 chickens. three Guinea hens, live turkeys. eight ducks q flock of pig cons nine horses. two colts and seven pigs to fatten. Some people think other
 wise, but my own experience has been that 1t Is much cheaper to raise feed than to buy 1t. IL also pays ten times, as well thoroughly to cultivate one acre as it does to half cultivate ten.
 There are more groceries of couT SC that farmer must buy. but his butcher bill should be less than nothing. for he should sell meat to the butcher instead = buying It from him. l will give you my bill of fare for today. Breakfast, oat- meal and cream. rolls and fresh butter
 bacon and eggs, fried potatoes. buck wheat cakes. r0coa and milk. Luncheon. sausage. odGatoSa potatoes, pieau anu
 hitter, milk. apples and cream and fried mush Dinner. chicken soup, roast turkey. apple saIce. boiled onions. mash ed potatoos. macaroni. celery, mince pie. nuts. apples and candy. Everything ex- cept the oatmeal. cocoa and macaroni was raised on the farm. Three meals like that at tho Holland House, Savoy. Wal dorf or any other of the big hotels m New York City iwould have made slO ill look like go cents, Any farmer can have as good and. what is more. can have them 565 days out of the day. Next eVmmcr I am going 10 try raising few GheeC and then with my ewn mutton lamb, pork. sausage, scrapPle hams, ha- con, chiekeus, pigeons, turkeys, ducks