Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
GIVING THE FARMERS FITS.
(1F THE COAT FITS PUT IT ON,

Brother Farmer, teach your boy that mo
/ post the man ennObles-man the post" From
! infancy. let them see and hear that no post
better invites ennoblement nor more mater
tally tends to that, han the farm post"
/ / think the average young man will like
the farm better If II does not mean for him a
uniform OF rags or misit patches. He can
dress according to his work without adver-
tising the beauty of contrasts, as seen in the
dark patch on light trousers
In more than one case IL would pay to make
a lay er cake Of the large farm: I. e., sell two
thirds and lay Its price on top Of what is left.
Only the minority can afford the freedom.
fresh air and other blessings included in rura.
/ life. unless the income counts. The majority
OF our yeomanry are apt to place that first in
importance. and yet look in the wrong difec-
ton for a good one. / am happy to say, we
have on this peninsula natures aid toward
success.
Much of our land is grateful land;" return
ing productive thanks for all efforts made
toward higher fertility. And yet we can find
many who are apparently willing to place
upon perhaps, ten acres, the amount Of fer
tilizer one should have.
Now who wonders ifthe crop is proportion
ate? over in New Jersey men think best to
dig from IS to 100 barrels Of potatoes to the
acre If they can; land do this under the best
conditions, but that is above the average
Yield
II is plainly to be seen that labor counts on
farm; and that there must be enough OF il
even at the best. man and one or two
horses cannot afford to tramp repeatedly up
and down for weary miles Of travel over sew
eral acres. II that It would take for proper cul
tivation Of one, can be made to yield as large
a crop.
And this can be done. Even in digging po-
tatoes with a machine, the time and labor
counts; and when a man must bend his back
to use a hand implement, he would readily
"of the two evils chose the lesser" Potato
bugs would cause like vote too"
This same rule or idea will apply generally;
and yet men act as if more proud OF the num-
ber Of acres cropped than of the yield per acre
(WeI, 1 do not blame them tor lack of pride
over their crops; according to the average
yield
Again, the proper pulverization of the soil
at the proper times add to the fertility avail
able for the crops. But we find those who
will not-though they cOuld-use the i'm
proved and best farming implements on the
market.
They cannot really afford their indulgence
in dunder-headed wilfulness; but they never
have used them and their graudfathers never
did before them.
DO you suppose a man is going to sit him
self uo as wiser than his elders?' Yes sir,
every day; whenever it suits him to do so
and yet sneak In and hide behind their ignor-
ance or heIplessness every time 1t pleases him
as well or better than doing otherwise
Ifthese same men wanted to go, or sehd a
letter to Dakota they would hardly hesitate
to make use of the steam engine for power
Of conveyance; or wish for the Old stage coach.
Te ephone and telegraph might also come in
place with them.
Our government conducts many expensive
experiments and sends out valuable informa-
tion concerning them; the people pay the
taxes, and the Information is for them and
theirs, by right.
However, It is often refused, even scorned,
at their own loss. presume they would al
low you to drive first over a risky bridge, and
not hesitate to profit by your experience or
example. Now If "Uncle Sam" has time and
team let him test bridges for us all. Who
wants to go the longest way round If it isn't
necessary; or take a ducking they could es-
cape? DO you?
When a mau buys farm, does he buy the
right to the air above it and the earth be-
meath it? We are taught so, and laws agree
to il; but quite often one might suppose their
right limit went but a very few inches below
the earth's surface; and but a few feet into the
air.
In building, roofing counts up, ordinarily,
more expensively than siding; but some men
build low barns and stack their stock feed
out to bleach and leach in sun and rain. Are
not anxious to move skyward
In tilIing the farm they are careful not to
dig too deep. or get more profit than their
due. But we must dig II we would gather
gold.
The layer cake farm may become good
cropping soil TO the same, or greater depth 1t
would have II the top goodness OF one part
were spread upoH the other.
If your garden was rich and soft to the
depth OF y or l5 inches, neither drought or
wet could do your crops the damage they
would receive, if it were only half that And
in the most perfect weather, the crops would
be far better for such depth.
And still,if man should turn up the sub
soil he would ruin his farm. The deep grow
ing clover roots wiil-in a measure-plow I
and fertilize the subsOil for us. But let the
plow run an inch deeper every season and
manure It more and more accOrdinglyi and
in time you will pity your grandfather If he
lived on that farm when It was so weak 1t
had to rest this year, the portion which |
worked last.
An idle mind is the DEVILS Workshop" |
and idle land is in no better condition than /
the Idle mind. There will be always some
thing doing,and you can fight weeds-the rob- /
bers-as long as you live, II you persist in al +
lowing them to seed your ground afresh. l
notice that If man has only a small garden
to care for, he allows the weeds the upper |
haAd alter about such timei and as it is too