Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-21

Grated. Had Mr.. Phillips been enable
to understand the dog language he
could have found her long ago.
~ Get Results from Manure.
About this season agricultural
writers are giving advice as to caring
for farm yard manure and 1t is well,
Pfor it Is a timely topic AS the cold
winter comes on there is a tendency on
many farms to pile the manure up on
the outside Of the barn and leave It
there until spring before putting it on
the field. This practice results In q
| loss in the efficiency of the manure by
teaching and weathering and the chem
ical change that 1T undergoes when left
in the pile. To get the full value of
manure it should be spread on the field
as soon as taken from the stable, or
else it should be placed under a shed
from the elements. The manure
spreader is a great factor in manure
economy. 1t has been improved in the
| last few years SO there is little trouble
in the mechanism getting out of order.
The cost Of good spreader Is about
the same as binder and 1t can be
used oftener and to just as good advan-
| tage as the binder.
| BY it's use the manure cam be spread
ON the field uniformly and as soon as
made. Perhaps there may not be more
than a load or two each. day, but that
load or two should be put where 1T will
do the most good whe1r 1t Is fresh.
Some farmers haul the manure out on
the field and dump 1t in small heaps.
| to be scattered at some other time.
| The result Of this is that the soil un-
der the heap receives all the fertilizing
| ingredients and when the heap is scat
tered the manure is not worth much.
| The manure spreader is a saver of
labor, as it only necessitates one hand
ling 1t can be driven UP ito the barn
door and the manure thrown directly
into 1t and then all that is necessary
is to drive where the manure is wanted.
| The spreader is machine that
ought to have a place on every farm.
1t is a labor saving device and will
help in. the hired man problem.
Shall Farmer Boys Go To College?
The other day I advised well-to-
do farmer to send his son to an agrt-
cultural college, says Fred Kelsey of
the University Of Missouri. eff I
wanted to be sure he would never
amount to anything as a farmer, I
would do So" was his reply. There
ar, a great many pecule who believe
| lust as mis- r-ar docs. that education
loads away from agricultural pursuits.
I remember quite we'll when 1 was a
Missouri farmer boy, my father used
| to Gan,reI. my ardor for an agricultur-
al college education by telling me of a
| schoolmate of his who, went off to
college, married college girl, and then
| came back to live with his parents on
the farm. "And he never did any
good" the old gentleman would con-
clude. "and finally got away with
most of his fathers property
Since then | have been six years In
close connection with the Missouri Ag-
ricultural College, first as student,
and I have learned this:
In the first place, the men who do
| the teaching are not, as father sup
posed. ignorant of the practical prob
lens of farm life. The teachers of hor-
ticulture have their own fruit farms in
the Missouri river hills; the teacher
of animal husbandry is actually en-
! gagged in feeding operations upon his
own farm; the teacher of dairy hus-
bandry has been manager of private
creamery And so it goes. Thruout
the entire faculty one cannot find a
man who has not had actual expert
ence on an average farm.
In the second place. teaching Is not
confined to book mastery. Books are
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