The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-08
Little Leaks ON the Farm
Suggestions For TURNING by r.itn ne,o,r
Them Into PrOfit.... 1 nsSvss.i onraa,
hem Into PrOfit......

Hardly knowing which way to tur.
or What to do next to meet the want:
OF her growing family is the strait man,
an ambitious Woman finds herself ii
When the boys and girls begin to draw
msaNler upon the income OF the family
rms YEAR it not only requires more
material han last. but 1t seems a more
expensive quality is desirable. and Will
an these little demands added no Won
der mothers are perpleXed. Unless prof
ltapie employment is provided for the
out-of-schoo hours. the burden oi
schooling the farm boys and girls is SC
great that it is laid down when to carry
II a little farther or TO teach them 10
lift a little would have Won.
one year With another beekeeping is
retnunerative and never requires much
outlay to start. Now is a good time TO
begin. II begin With only a few colo
MES. The hives may be bought ready
made II are possibly better to look
upon, but the first year or so the honey
Viii not be more II can be consumed
Al home and the bees may be put house
Keeping In any ordinary hive such as a
boy could easily make, with Il box or
Jar upon the top to hold surplus honey.
One can do a good many ways when
CINNAAiS ~ w LitIi 1 MIS- given ltle
tlrst swarm ever owned. 4 late little
one found hanging on Il limb, l had
nothing To put II in but 4 section of Il
hollow log. This was set upon q board
after three little notches a been cut
at the bottom to give the bees a DOOR
way and 4 board nailed on for a cover.
The bees Went to work with as much
industry as though they We're in as fine
a nome as one of their ~neighbors. and
succeeded in storing enough honey to
carry them through the winter. The
next year they filled two fifteen-pound
boxes. hat brought almost 81. and
swarmed once. This is not. of course,
as good returns as might be counted
upon if II procures the large early
swarms, but there are great honey
years like 1903 and also many years
when the surplus is Very light, but
when the returns corne in it is almost
like picking money off bushes"
y few dollars this year coming our
way instead of the merchants will be
an incentive TO increase the earnings
year; besides, If none is solo there
will be that unapproachable sweet for
home use which will add variety aud
a noticeable saving in the sugar
barrel.
Farm people everywhere should use
the thrift accredited to our New Eng
people and utilize all products of
iliIiS u III LADIES anu dispose OK
the surplus to the best possible advan-
This advantage varies greatly:
to some farms lying in proximity TO
business towns or cities a
market for the surplus fruits.
ETC., is not a question, but
in the rural communities where there !
are villages each home in which has its
garden spot, never affords any de-
pendable outlet for such produce, but
while there is little or no outlet for tie
surplus there is a steady home market
always must be supplied, and we
can supply it at a greater profit TO
ourselves than can others. We must,
IT we would see greater luXuries come
to us, learn to live almost independent
Of the grocer.
There is no greater waste than hiring
to raise what might be growing
On u OWL land, and few indeed are |
the essentials to good living lacking if
middle west farm does it's best in
way of furnishing the table. Mould
not your farm supply you almost the
entire year with a good variety of veg |
atable, honey. fresh and cured meats,
milk, butter and eggs? To Ea sure it
will. Then there remains to be pur-
chased only spices. sugar. etc, which
may easily be paid for in eggs, or where
the market is good the surplus apples,
berries or vegetables will be sufficient.
~ A.AS ~ ioiit iic llGiIil C-OtlS /
untouched by the daily expenses, ana
hen this greater income will soon be
equal to any ordinary demands, which
not always be more land"
Never never earn money with the
sole desire of possession. ITO be rich
$ a very vain wish and not worth the
struggle, but increase the in
;ome and close the little leaks that
something of lasting good may result.
10 gather together sufficient to MAIN
ain n in comfort is every ones duty
t they have the strength and ability to
beyond each days needs: not
me of us like to stare a dependent old
lge in the face; it isn't very comfort
but If we do u best and then fail,
t cannot be helped, and we can subsist
IN charity, though a bitter sweet, with
| clear conscience. But when a reason
Bile competence is secured, Their take
LII possible enjoyment out of what
after. Don't scrimp and hoard
While the naturally gifted child Graves
hat training that would enable it to
'ealize it's life dream: rather exercise
Ill your knowledge of thrift and apply
our energies to this end.
In the handling Of milk, from the act
II drawing it there is much waste and
hat waste is largely of fat. Quick,
gentle mixers get all the milk. The
pint, when the COW gives a gallon
= 15 AlNN 1 lildll IVY ice lllSt
mount Of first milk.
Strain the milk at once and plunge
nto cold water. n if the water warns
,ecause of the cooling milk renew it.
f ice is provided the summer care Of
milk is simple. The quick cooling of
milk caused through Dreaming also re-
souring, two Very important
tens in butter making. In skimmirg,
lip carefully, as the sweet is so likely
% be lost in the milk il we do not take
t with care. The thick cream that
,lings to the skinner must be taken
are of, as it is extremely rich in butter
at. 1t is not always the care of the
that determines her value as a but
er yielder. There are so many little
eaks between the milking and market
ng that many a worthy COW has no
,reditable RECORD, and as likely some Of
he excellent yields recorded are due
more to the thrift and Management Of
he milkmaid than to her own superb
over her kind.
Cream %unevenly ripe, overripe or
warm cream will not give up all the
,utter fat when churned, SO then we
must be particular in every detail to
'btain quantity; yet the greatest leak
# all is when quantity is allowed to
lip away. Just think of the wide leak.
great difference in the proceeds, If
nhtntt,L nr,11, ei~ r-,,,,l~ T.; II