The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-07-06

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TO STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGES
Each year the agricultural colleges of
the country turn out a number of gfadn-
ates who eagerly seek positions as farm3
managers or an opening in some other
college as instructor. In many cases these
graduates have spent years on the farm in
actual practice before going to college,,
and in such cases are well equipped to
take the management of large farms and
make them profitable. In many other
cases, however, the graduates have had no
actual farm practice beyond the limited
amount they had at college and to such
young men the advice is earnestly given
to hire out to some farmers where, under
his Guidance, your college instruction may
be worked out. You are not fitted to man
age a large farm until you have worked on
such a farm and understand it's practical
workings. II your inclination is along the
line of any special crop get a position. IL
possible, with some one who makes a Spe-
c.alty Of growing that crop even though
you work for your board the first season.
The practical knowledge thus obtained
added to your college training will enable
Sou W uO&MolldClS .liiSa ia NliIS StSit9oA
which would be impossible with the col
lege training alone. The late Lawson Val
entine, who conducted a private expert
ment farm, was fond of looking UP gfadu-
ates from the dairy course in agricultural
colleges and Offering them positions on his
farm at farm hand wages. Very few OF
them accepted, but those who did came
under the tutorship of Major Alyord, one
of the best d~airyn1en this country has ever
known, and a year under his care gave
them a great start in their chosen work.
WHY SOME FARMERS FAIL AS
POULTRYME EN-.
No one will question the advantage the
farmer has over he man in town when 1t
comes to poultry raising. Chief among
these advantages is his ability to raise the
bulk Of the food needed by the poultry and
htus obtain it at the lowest possible cost.
Notwithstanding this there are many
cases where farmers fail to make q sue
cess Of the work, while, perhaps, in q near
by town some one or more men are max
ing a success of the work and a to a
market prices for all the food the poultry
consume. While one of the causes OF fail
ure on the part of the farmer is frequently
carelessness in handling his poultry or ig-
nosance Of their needs, the main trouble is
that he will not study the wants of the
consumer. The eggs he axes to his Gus
toners are picked up In all sorts of places
and he is not certain whether they have
been lain a day or a month. When he de-
cides to market some carcasses he looks
over the flock carefully and selects those
that are tire oldest and OF the least value
} to him, Oftentimes he is not strictly truth
full in his s~taterpents regarding these
!, fowls, considering himself Slick" If he
, makes a sale, forgetting that he has prob
E ably made his last sale to that particular
| person. The town poultryman knows tina
| the eggs he markets are fresh, is prepare
to guarantee them as such, and in conse-
? quence, demands and receives the highest
market price. When he markets poultry
! he selects those which he has prepared for
> that purpose and he never markets 4 and
! 5-year-old fowls because he never lets
/ them reach that age. These are a few OF
the reasons why farmers fail as poultry
men. The remedy is easy to apply if one
has the will to do so.
, THE ONE MAN FARM.
f There are many farms throughout the
t country that are being operated will
/ much labor and with but little profit. II
t some cases THIS is because help cannot be
obtained to properly handle it or because
one man is spreading his energy and ma
terial in the fertilizing line over too great
an area. In ell rather thickly settled sec
tons the small farm is the profitable one
S On such a farm one can raise the bulk OF
e the living for the family Tor one morse AnC
: one COW with a few swine and plenty Of
e poultry and still have enough left to grow
small fruits and some vegetables 70!
e money crops. Moreover, this is possible
c for one man to handle with fairly goot
/ results except perhaps at berry picking
time and at plowing time. During blowing
help OF farmers sons is not hard to oh
tain and at berry picking time the young
c sters of the neighborhood will be glad Il
- naro soma cppplirJr money TC0IE oI,aI
the situation, reader, and if located within
S easy distance of a thriving town or two
see if you can not work out a plan to con
e centrate your energies on a smaller ares
and put the bulk Of the larger farm int
meadow.
: TANK FOR DIPPING SHEEP.
e There are several plans for making
tank in which to dip sheep, and if one ha'
a flock of considerable SIZE it is wise to OBJ
. tain some Of the plans that are offered b,