The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-10
ARE THE TOOLS AND WAGONS
SHELTERED?

I either shelter my tools or burn
them. A tool not worth sheltering Is
not worth keeping. My wagon has not
been out four nights in thirty years
that / have run it. / ran 1t out a night
or two so the dew could swell the
felloe. The hay rack is drawn up Dy
pulleys over the barn floor, except
when thresh, and then it is put in
tool barn. My horse-rake has been IN
use over thirty summers and was Sec
ond-hand when l bought it. l nave
had but two moving machines in my
farming and seldom cut less then 5o
acres each year. My potato crates
are kept sheltered and. if filed ana
set in the cellar, they have strips I'M
der them to keep them off the ground.
These were the words of very
careful farmer, and a successful one.
Going by his place one will note an ap-
pearance of thrift and neatness. The
buildings are in good repair and well
painted. There is large wood pile,
and a roomy wood shed. One notices
also the absence of worn-out wagons,
sleighs, harrows, cultivators, etc.,
scattered about. His tools are kept in
repair, and he does not buy more than
he can shelter.
/ went through a farmers orchard
back of his barn last fall and it had
I the remains of a dozen old wagons
standing around, with tall weeds
grown up through and among them,
and gone to seed. / wondered how he
would gather his apples. 1t would be
a tedious and unsatisfactory task to
cut these weeds. Many of these
wagons might have been repaired for
very much less than the cost of new
ones. Most of all, he was in debt for
the wagons bought to replace these
old ones. A self-binder that cost s125,
on which he has been paying interest
for ten years, stands out in snow
drift this winter.
Next to providing shelter for
wagons and tools is to have place
where they may be comfortably re-
paired, in winter or on rainy days.
farmer had a tenant house on his
farm for which he had not much use.
The roof was getting leaky, and
rather than re-roof it, ne offered 1T
FOR sale. Now that it is gone he misses
1t as workshop. A house makes an
ideal place to repair things. 1t can
be heated in the coolest weather, it
has good light. and various rooms
where things may be put away. l
heard another farmer say that If he
only had a warm shop where he
could start a fire on cold days in win
ter he might do whole lot of repair
I ing when he could do nothing else.
His workbench and tools were in the
wagon barn, and of course he dare
not set up a stove.
Why not get in the logs this winter
Tor lumber. and next summer put up
a snug shop? When winter comes, let
q stove be installed. The farmer will
spend many day profitably in 1t,
and, when the busy season comes, his
tools will be in repair. One must re-
member also that old adage about
stitch in timei' The stitch" may
be taken perhaps in the farm work.
shop while large break may require
a mechanic to mend it.-Clark NJ.
Drake in Indiana Farmer.
CLASSIFICATION OF CATTLE.
Cattle may be classified in one of
two ways-either as natives, common
or graded and pure breds, or as spe-
cial beef, special dairy and general or
dual-purpose. A half century ago the
predominating type of cattle in the
country was the native or scrub, but
during the past few years the intro
duction of pure bred sires has SO
changed and improved the quality of
our cattle that the larger part Of them
may be properly classified as graded
stock-that is, containing one or more
original native cows. Pure bred cat
tie are those entitled to registration
by reason of their long lineage in
which no admixture of foreign blood
appears. This classification is, of
course, defective in that it does not
ukotih6AtoA tAC qudiitlCof VI OSLlOis
the function of the several kinds of
neat cattle.
In the United States we have a tri-
fold interest in breeding cattle in that
We raise them for the production of
milk and butter, hence the district
dairy type; for beef; or for the pur-
pose of combining both beef and milk
as far as possible in one and the same
animal. This classification is very
satisfactory in many respects, though
it is a question, sometimes to know
where to place certain of the milking
strains of Shorthorns, Red Poll and
other animals of the dual-purpose
type.
FARMERS NEED ORGANIZATION
In the present day of manifold or
CARNATIONS, this seems an unneces-
sary question. If it is necessary for
the merchant. the doctor. the lawyer,
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