Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-13

years with a competency. No crop at
the end of life is bad farming. The way
to check or prove up general principle
is to ask. does its application make the
average individual home better. richer,
more comfortable. more sure? If 1t does
not, discard II. II it does. cling to IL as
a part of the system or self-govcrnmcnt.
The home is the foundation Of all happ-
ness and success. public and private. 1t
is there where the children arc raised.
why not prepare 1t for them and keep 1t
up, exactly as a soil and field are made
ready for the crop and then kept free
from weeds? The problem always be-
comes that Of the home and of one
man.
It Is easier to discuss farming in Iowa
under general rules that New England
farming or Vermont farming. That is
due to the soil. lay of the land. climate
and uniform conditions. With us. the
conditions are mixed and the problem
Ia one for each farmer. but. for that rea-
son. farm life here will lead 10 great in
dependence of action and produce a more
lall-round man. The chance of tho hill
and valley farmer is as good. for living
and success. as that Of the prairie farmer
God did not make this world for aris-
sible, Ia ri working. snug-thinkng labor
crs, and nothing responds to work more
surely than soil. Lack of attention kills
a farm and destroys its income like any
other property In cities and towns stores
and offices succeed because their owners
constantly give personal attention to de-
tails. 10 appearances, keep things UP.
study market needs. meet competition.
| x,.itl I, p.ig It I'm
They do not let property so to decay
and their stock TO rot. They keep things
up. neat, attractive, in repair. conven-
lent, and abreast of the times. So there
is need, as there is wisdom, of every
farmers keeping his farm in first class
shape. There is time for this and, for
most work, the farmer is his own car
penter. PAINTER and smith. Fences should
be kept in repair. buildings free from
LEAKS, house and grounds tidy, and barn
yards clean. Where there is need of "A
mail, hit it; of a dash of paint. lay 1t
lon; Of digging weeds. root them out. Give
good things, of value. chance. Keep
property up PUT in wells. clean up UNI
iderbrush clear the roldsdes from rank
weeds. free the pastures from brakes,
keep the meadows rich and the wood
lots picked up. 1t is possible by mere
Intention of the individual to his own
place TO reduce the great number Of
scrapgy farms. Such great nattention
Ito the care of soil and buildings is not
|noticeable in western Europe where the
last 1.-THE is vr,ng from the soil and
where a good cow Is Il better Investment
than n bond. Their barns do not game
with holes to admit the storm to their
stock Their wards do not rcnk with I'M
ldr,ined filth and eern-breathinc muck.
Tho farm il hereditary property and the
stock js the life Of the farm and the re-
suits come from taking fine care of both.
IT care be not slVch from gay 10 dav
the farm 'alIS. cNac'N as ShoPs. STORES
and offices fail for want OF apphcation'
me carpenter painter p'acNS'''h' plum
Der, stonc-cutter' mcehanic' clerk profes-
sionhi-al the "ork"tS-put III at "aSt
leight steady hours OF labor daily Does
the New England farmer average as
much ana so DO as porS'stch'lH' ~ may
not he necessary perhaps o"' 'here IN
III the sugsestion' II II conld become a
doctrine OF actioi' INC nope Oh vastly
improved farms. without work. nothirs !;
with work. ana 'od blessing on H.
everything.
can he made. II only IL couid be adopted
than that progress I'll agriculture lies
most surely IN th'Se ofopl'"ns o1
greater personai attention. from nay 10
day, or the farmer 10 rIs farm. fieasaht
houses. convenient SURROUNDINGS we'll
kept oarhs' cream srouloS' HIiSeht care
iot 1arfn Ie'oS' ihea"o"S ana WOO" i'ts
ana the MOST "atch1ul care Oh sloch-
just pam oio-IasiIohcd' e'oIioH'ica'' "e-
lt'h,'Ne farming Is tHe hcei' Less SCIENCE
anu more WORK. OF Scieht''' woih' II Aou
Will ou' WORK
CHIEF NEEDS SUNNI tR1ZED.
| It may be asked how a lavman dare
venture TO write ANYTHING If all about
New England farming. Tho editor asked
me. To- begin with. and. then. the subject
is intons.lv interesting, to a lavnlan.
Besides. | have not yenturel to discuss
scientific farming nlantinr rotation of
Icrons or how the butter Well Of , cow
can no doubled or a manic no mado IN
run moro San. Neither has tho subject
Of Innrovire orchards been touched the
core of hoes tho crossing of stock tho
feeding of cattle. when seed should be
mt in how bav should he curod tou
ca ", rr0n nrc ser e left ' rps rr"S