Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-28

and storing field products; waste In
feeding; waste in Inferior or unprofit-
able animal machines; waste in hand
ling and preserving animal products:
waste, sometimes amounting TO Grim
inal loss, through the improyident
manner Of marketing. And yet not
withstanding all these leakages of
farm work, the farmers have been
doing well. What a fine prospect there
Is for our farmers when, by the use OF
machinery and the Introduction CT the
careful and exact methods that ac-
company the best use of machine pro
cesses; this waste can be reduced and
farming becomes in the highest and
truest sense a manufacturing along
modern lines!
There is another advantage in the
application Of machinery that must
not be overlooked. In olden days the
workmen In the town and city eX-
hausted his energies through the long
hours Of manual labor. He had no
desire for mental Improvement, and
but little incentive beyond the
Strengthening Of his muscles. Now his
hours are shortened, his ambitions are
not altogether smothered, and he Is
becoming more and more educated. He
is developing new sides of his man
hood. AS improved machinery becomes
part of the farm equipment, the farm
er and his help have the desire and
also the opportunity Of improving their
minds, of studying their work, and OF
making mind and muscle work togeth-
er. Interest in agricultural work must
necessarily be increased.
The New Era Begun.
And we have not to wait for the
coming IN of the new era in agricul-
ture-it has already begun. We are
moving forward rapidly. We are in
that period OF transition that Is al
ways OF interest, not only to those
Immediately concerned in it. but also
to those who, on the outside, are
studying the great changes taking
place among various classes of the
worlds workers. The crooked stick.
the twelve-ox plough. the wooden
mould board have gone, the sower GO
ing forth 10 SOW with his sack OF grain
has made way for the seed drill; the
sickle has given place to the self
binder; the fail has grown into the
threshing machine; the tread power
IS put aside for the windmill: the cut
| ting box and the steam cooker are in
use everywhere; the milking machine
gives promise of success; the dash
| churn is replaced by the separator and
the power churn; and the creamery
and cheese factory have lifted a bur
den from the farmers wife. When the
lnter-urban electrics pass the farmers
door every hour; the rural telephones
string their wires along the country
side; the postman brings the daily mail
to the little box at the gate: and the
cold storage houses enable the farmers
to hold their products against loss and
to market them with some promise OF
fair prices, then the farmers will be-
ging to feel that they have firm grip
upon their business. and that they are
not working amid uncertainty, but are
carrying on line Of manufacturing as
important and as interesting as any to
be found within the four walls of the
most elaborate city factory. The farm
er is becoming an expert handler and
director of improved machinery. The
new agriculture demands new farm
er. keen. energetic, progressive. edu.
Gated, skillful.-C. c. James in Mon
treal Star.