Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-12


income.
1--WE have repeatedly called attention
to the Importance Of including in the
scheme of rotation the meadow land
and the pasture, or such of the latter
as is plowable. Only in this way can
the farm be made to produce to its full
capacity"
Profitable Hens Need Care.
When eggs are 25 and % cents doz-
en- the hen is an object of good inter
est. She is coaxed and petted and fed
and made as comfortable as the hired
man. But when summer comes and
prices of eggs tumble to Is cents the
| hen is allowed to take care of herself.
| She isn't nearly as interesting as she
was and we forget to feed or water her
as regularly as we did when she was
grinding out the 25 cent product.
! Hens need regular feed and water in
| the summer just as they do in winter.
While they are able to get great deal
of fresh food there are times when the
supply is short, and. rustic as she will,
she often goes to roost with an aching
void in her crop Hens should have
some grain at least once day. A little
once week will help the egg supply.
Beef scraps should always be placed
where hens can get them when needed.
The water supply is highly impor-
tant Ten minutes night and morning
| is all the time required to keep the
water troughs clean. and filled with
| COOL clean water. The troughs should
be scalded a least once week.
Wv
, they are kept penned up. A low house
exposed to the direct rays of the sun
| is fearful place and hens suffer
greatly from heat Better make tenn
| porary houses or Enclosures under
shade tree.
| OF course it is not necessary to do
any of these things II you do not want
| to sell eggs during the summer. or If
you are willing to see your hens go to
| the bad.
WHY BOYS LEAVE THE FARM.
tBy Michigan Doctor.]
Why do boys leave the farm? Well,
one of the reasons Is that from infancy
up he hears such expressions as ANY
| thing is good enough for farmer"
Nothing but a farmer" and Too good
for farmer" until he gets to be
ashamed to be identified with the
noblest calling on earth.
When you have set down both pals
and. use both hands and lift hard to
open gate you lose time. you lose
money, and run the risk of losing what
is in the pals, and then you lose your
temper. The boy that has to lift and
tug on that gate three or four times a
day, loses his liking for the farm, and
that is another reason why boys leave
the farm. Now, it costs no more to
make and hang a gate SO it will open
easily than to do the work wrong. Just
little care in setting the posts and
a little common sense in making ana
hanging When you go into a store
the door opens readily 1t is properly
arranged. The merchant knows better
than to let his customers lose time IN
getting into the store, but the farmer
seems to forget that time is capital.
My water supply for the hog lots has
given out; right in hot weather, too.
We have to carry twenty pals of water
from four to twenty rods. Think OF
that! 1t means time enough to tend
a patch of strawberries; time enough
to cultivate quite a garden; time
enough to do many things that would
bring good money. Twenty minutes
day all summer will raise melons
enough to buy a suit of clothes. Could
have put down a drive we'll for IS. Truly
I'm glad my boy doesn't have to read
this Now. I have said this before, but |
let me say again. Good fencing and
an abundant and convenient waiter
supply"
II heard some boys talking the 9TH
err day. One said: II can't go to school
now: i've got to watch the cattle
The other said: My dads got a bully |
good steel fence clear around our pas
ture. and you bet our cows don't need |
any chasing.
Here is another case. A boy not over
10 years old met me at the gate Say |
doc. amt your horse dry? Drive In |
and I'll water him. And all that boy |
wanted was to show me the new wind |
mill and tank And he did show me. |
With great pride and unusual interest
he explained it's workings and Its mer- |
its.
One mean old kicking COW will make
n boy leave the farm. You can buy a
quiet, gentle, thoroughbred heifer for
$50 or more; but no; you keep that old |
kicker and make the boy milk her. 1t
makes him hate cows, and still you |
keep her. And, then. there's that aW-
full hard mixer. You put her on the
boys stint. You don't ask him which |
one he likes best. You don't ask him
which one he wants you to sell, or |
which one he thinks you should keep |
And. again, he has to milk seven cows |
to get forty quarts of milk. Why not
sell the whole scrubby bunch and get |
him three or four nice thoroughbreds?
They will give more milk, will consume |
less feed, will take less room and less
care, and the boy will become interest |
ed in them, and proud to take care of |
them. We hear much about this leav-
ing the farm business, but with so
many farms going to rack you can
hardly say the boy leaves the farm
The farm leaves the boy. In the first
place 1t is not, nor ever was, farm;