The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-23
HOW MANY or THE
FARM WASTES OCCUR
Interesting Address Of y. Il
Brigham, Assistant Secre-
tary Of Agriculture.
DON'T KEEP SCRUB STOCK
One of the Most Universal Wastes on
tire Farm Arises From This Prac-
tice-Farmcr Should Sys-
tematize His Business.

agriculture, made some points that are
well worth careful thought Colonel
Brigham said:
zone of the most universal wastes on
the farm arises from the practice of
Keeping scrub stock. which is likely to
secession loss rather than profit. COIN
2ident with this Is the common waste
resulting from careless feeding and lack
Of proper shelter for and attention TO
farm stock. The neglect of probably the
majority of farmers to keep close ac-
count of the various details of farm OK
3cnse and production results in farmers
continuing to raise this scrub stock.
whereas they would otherwise weed 1t
out without delay.
should Keep Books.
mo business man could expect to
succeed il he neglected to keep ac-
counts, and the farmer should not cX-
pect to fare better than the business
man. We are getting to the point in
American farming where every part Of
the machine must do its work. IL the
farmer Is to make a success of his life
business he must systematic that busl-
ness In detail. For instance, no subse-
luent cultivation will cure or overcome
Il lack of thoroughness in the prepar-
alton of soils for any crop. No sub
seuuent attention will overcome the re-
suit of carelessness In selecting seed, or
IN planting 1t. The farmer should have
n definite plan worked out to keep up
Or improve his farm fertility and to
make the most of home made fectili-
Eers. Improper exposure OF manure to
the weather results in the loss Of un-
soid thousands Of dollars in farm ferti-
lily in this country. Allowing valuable
tram machinery when not In use to re-
main In the field, exposed to the ele-
nlents, is source Of constant loss to
many farmers A good system of farm
Ing and close attention to details may
bring better results than greater in
pestment or a more favorable local
5$lty.,'
How easy it is to look about the
country and find men who are wasting
valuable time and feed upon scrub
stock. How much more would be their
Droiits and the satisfaction they might
secure IL instead of using an inferior
male year after year they would put
q well-bred getter in its place. Every
day the markets of the country are
demonstrating with the regularly high
er prices that 1t pays better to breed,
raise and feed well-bred steers. hogs
and sheep-that good blood pays.
AS Colonel Brigham points out,
there Is another waste in feeding. This
has been one of the greatest sins Of the
west. Feeders have become SO used to
pitching grain to their steers by the
shovelful that they md themselves un-
able to fully appreciate the conditions
4 when corn Is SO cents bushel. How
eYer this Is the one great lesson that
farmers must learn after the improve
ment of the market producing herds by
the Introduction Of better blood b. use
Il tul bulls
Will Often Prove Uaeful.
For many yours farm accounts have
Tern aeis lated, OF w!tio.t ANY appu"
ant success, IL VIC nay jddse Tie mat
ter from the standpoint of their intro
duo ton upon farms. We haidly believe
5 that It. rs entirely practicable for a
farmer to attempt to kcer Il full set Of
books; on the other aand, IL will strike
A great many as highly impracticable;
still there is no denying the usefulness
That such accounts might render
/ GARNER. who should know, however,
something of t,.e cost Of certain crops.
He can get al this approximately is he
lis careful to keep account OF certain
costs SO that In the end he can secure
some fairly definite information. Data
that might be secured in this way will
y frequently prove means Of knowing
+ whether OF not q certain undertaking
: has been the means of profit or loss.
We believe that work upon the farm
should be as thoroughly systematized
as possible. just how this shall be
done depends In a considerable degree
upon the genius of the farmer. He
certainly can work out rotation of
crops that can be adhered to with rea-
soma BILE success for a season of years.
He can formulate plan by which all
of the roughnsss and MS much of the
grain as Is possible is fed out at home.
that the manure may be returned again
to the fields. 1t may be necessary for
him to buy stock to consume this extra
material, but the experience OF thou
sands of farmers for long series of
years has demonstrated that there is
money In the matter Of buying and
feeding cattle. providing moderate
amount of Judgment has been used in
planning the proportion of feeds that
are 70: bes fed, together with the pur-
chase of the stock from which the pro-
/ fits are to be derived.
Men make a mistake every year in
preparing their land, It seems strange
+ that after few years experience men
dosnot begin to comprehend that it is
necessary to put crops In well, In order
to realize all that they should yield.
Even Oh rich land the soilis not capa-
blesof overcoming the handicap that a
I farmer may easily put upon 1t by rush
Ing the seed into the soil before the bed
iis actually prepared for IT. How fire.
4 lueiitl Y we. see The man who thinks he
can la lf paoW his land, rush his seed
I into the soil two or three harrowings
teoS seen, and by ltipation later over
come the impeachment that he has de-
sliherately placed upon the chances OF
\ dence at he man who neglects the
seed bed Is also the one who fails to
cultivate the crop afterward.
Wasting of farm fnanures Is q mat
ter that should be avoided. 1t Is a
( wise farmer who saves his barn yard
Z manure and spreads It properly upon
the land. He may need to use fertili-
\ zers, bat he Will not rely upon these
element until hts home recources have
been exhausted Saving and not vast
Ing the Euifs' Inherent fertility Is one of
/ the greatest problems that faces the
Il Aflesl lean sfarnei'. The most successful
farmers are the ones who are coming
porfa::at problem:
iayo s. Worm the Tools Out.
HOW often We see farmers who are
sing med iuni sized farms who have
sysvsgral out three or four grain drills.
s8 loySs, grain binders. etc, ana are now
plannirig on securing even another.
HaIH they yTorn'. the tools out? Per-
4 haps, Sut we venture that the majority
sof cnses hava been visibly and unnis-
1 taktlbiy assisted through the agencies
of posture and carel essness. More
farm implements have been ruined by
ling out Of doors a goodly portion
gsof the year than have been worn out by
tive service \ In the fields, We have
known Of grain drills that were doing
4 good service on q 100 -acre farm after
thirty years of cont nual service, Grain
ders that could still handle the quo
& I'd of standing Grain at the end Of 41,s
aarsyest. Once III, "a ve eass
feat while there lis wagon that has
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