The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-05
PRAe TICAL FARMING
TALK AND IDEAS.
UsefuE Hints and Suggestions for
I'll Benefit of Those Who
You'd Be Successful.

+filer is no denying the fact that
order I'd system on the farm are of
the firs smp0rtance and are indispen-
Sssose Ii 4uccess The habit of leaving
tools a machinery exposed to the
;athe IS itself the cause of great
loss, b shen to this is added the
waste saluable time in hunting mp
Ststssl te-lrs = ssslls iIecced. .i.t s .,s-
comes greater than any prudent farm
Ell should willingly incur The remedy
for this is to have Toulouse and re-
quire every employe on the farm to
bring the tools and place them in this
house when the occasion for their use
| ceases. Careful farmers in every neigh
borhood must deplore the inexcuSable
habit which SO often prevails among a
thnftless class of leaving costly tools
and machinery exposed to the damag-
ing effects Of the weather. This hab-
it gives bad reputation to the locali-
ty and impairs its credit. This is bad
farming, and greatly decreases the
profits of the farm and lowers the
standard CT agriculture in every region
where it is practiced. | Go not care
how fertile the soil may be or how
well cultivated the crops, no one can
be a thrifty husbandman who neglectS
to take care Of the implements with
which he cultivates his land or har-
vests his crop. Oftentimes reaperS
and mowers, after the harvest, are
left in the fields, the woodwork shrunk-
en- by the sun, and the iron parts
damaged and weakened by rust occa-
stoned by the dews and rains. Hoes
left exposed to the weather soon be-
come rusty, and the handles are rough
ened and weakened by exposure. If
an estimate were made of the losses
to the farmers OF the country resulting
from the want OF care of farm imple-
ments it would be astonishing. The
total valHe of implements and ma
chinery on farms in 1900 was 1851 ,26l,-
500. The value of these is about one
fourth the value Of all the live stock
on the farms and nearly per cent of
the total value of all farm lands, in
Guiding improvements, and nearly 4
per cent of the value of all farm prop
erty, Including live stock, lands, build
ings and farm machinery and imple-
ments. The loss occasioned by ex-
posure to the weather is not less than
10 per cent per annum, or over S76,-
900, 000 Every observing farmer
knows that pillow left in the flrrow
for months damaged to such an ex-
tent that its handles are easily broken
and the beam becomes rickety II
requires but small outlay to provide
convenient Toulouse, and when
once the habit is formed OF putting
away the tools, it becomes easy and
natural Seventy-fiye or a hundred
dollars for a box Toulouse would be
ample 10 shelter the tools and imple-
ments on 100-acre farm, and it
would prove one Of the best invest
meLts that farmer could make
And this brings up the subject of
technical training in our public schools
and the impulse which such training
would give to the future generation
of farmers. Every generation should
be taught to support itself. The boys
and girls of 1906 should and ought TO
be an Improvement on those of 1904,
and will be if we discharge our duty.
EOf all the occupations Of man, no one
requires such varied knowledge as a
farmer. He should have some kn0wl-
edge Of geology and chemistry to prop
erly estimate the value of his soil; he
| should study the effects of fertilizers