Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-17
HOW FARrl WASTES OCCUR.


~ a recent address upon the wastes
NJ farm management the lolo Hon,
.loscph II, brigham, assistant socre'
! i,ry Of agriculture, made bomo
admits that nro well worth careful
,hought cob brigham said
uono Of the most universal wastes on
thc fnrm nrisos from tho practise of
l,cplng scrub stock, which IL likely to
oc,nslon loss ra,hor than proht con'
ridepl with this N the COMMON waste
reullIng from careless feeding ANA
mex Of proper shelter for and attention
to farm stock, The neglect Of probe
nbly tho majority Of farmers 10 Keep
,loye account Of The various details ~
mnn expenses ana production rosulA
ln farmers continuing To raise this
scrub stock, whereas they would other
vlrc weed II out without delay
no business man could expect 10
eurcecd II he neglected 10 Keen ncs
counts, ana the farmer should not oS-
meet TO fare better than the business
man, We are getting to tho roinl IN
American farming whore every part Of
ihc machine must do Nv work. II the
Cmor II Ia make success " his
lfo business ho must uyglomn,l8o that
hlanoss IN detail For instance, no
sGhseQuon, cultivation win cure or
overcome u lack of thorouphnosa IN tho
preparation Of soils FOR any crop No
subsequent attention win overcome the
result Of cnrocssnos IN selecting seed,
or IN planting H. Tho farmer should
have u dsnnio plan worked out 10 Keep
up or improve his farm fertility and 10
make the most Of homo made fertliSs
cn, Improper exposure ~ manure TO
the weather results IN the loss Of I'm.
,old thousands Of dollars IN farm fer.
tlly In this country Allowing yulu.
ehle farm machinery when not IN use 10
remain IN the field, exposed TO the clc'
monts, IL n source Of constant loss to
many farmers, A rood system Of farm.
ing ana close attention to details may
bring better results imam n greater In.
,cfumcpl or moro favorable locality"
How easy II Nv 10 look about the
country und ind men who are wasting
valuable time ana feed upon scrub
stock How much more would be their
plonr and the satisfaction they might
fecurc II Instead Of using an inferior
male year after year they would put
Woll.brcd gotior In lts place, Every
.H.N Ia glf ar I'd m
demonstrating with the regularly high
cr prices that II pays better to breed,
raise and feed woll-brod steers hogs
aud shCcp--thni good blood pays,
Az col, brigham points out, there
II another waste IN feeding This has
been one n the greatest sins Of the
west Feeders have become 30 used
to pitching grain to their steers by
the shoyefl that they find themselves
unable TO fully appreciate the condl'
tons when corn N 80 cents n buehch
However, this " the ono great lesson
that farmers must learn after the Inn
Iloyomont " the neutrality-suspicious.
herds by the introduction OF better
Hood by useful bulls,
FOR Amy years farm accounts haVo
been agtatcd, but without any appar.
ont success, II we may Judge the mnt'
Ter from the alnndp0int Of their intro
auction upon farms, We hardly be"
llNc that II is entirely practicable for
farmer TO attempt To keep full set OF
books. ON the other hand, II win strike
great many M hlghly impraclicNhlci
nm there N NO denying the usefulness
mat such accounts might render u
farmer who should Know however,
something of the costs Of certain crops,
Nc can get al this approximately N he
costs 30 that IN the end he elm secure
some fairly definite Information Data
that might BIO secured In this
way viii frequently prove a means