The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-11
FAMNlNo MlLLs on rARM.
Prof Thomas Shaw Declares Every
Farmer Should Have One.

Farmer Should Have One.
The natural thought would be that
every farmer would look upon a fan
ming mill as an Indispensable adjunct
to bis farming Nevertheless. the fact
remains that on the majority Of the
grain growing farms OF the Northwest
there are no tanning mills. This
means that before an the farms are
thus equipped. from 200. 900 { 300. 900
tanning mills would have 10 be sold
In that territory.
To a farmer living East q seems In.
comprehensive that any farmer
should think Of growing crops with.
Cut a tanning mill The explanation
Is found in the methods Of farming
that have been followed. The aver
age Northwestern farmer settled on
virgin lands. where foul seeds had
never grown The lands were so ricn
that he was able 10 grow crops Ga Euc.
cession for many years without think
Ing much about weeds. For the time
being. he found it cheaper 20 send his
grain from the threshing machine TO
The elevator than 20 build granaries
in which 20 store a. and 10 buy a
tanning mill and clean the grain be.
fore selling a.
Il also LEFT on his hand a large
amount Of screenings. which he had
no stock to feed to. and which would
have been a drug on the market
Seed wheat was bought ia many In
stances. under the idea that a change
was good. In this way. foul seeds
multiplied apace. This Is largely the
explanation OF the d~isgraceful condi-
ton OF SO many Of the farms Of the
Northwest at the present time, be
cause Of the extent to which they are
Infested with uoxious weeds.
The times have changed. The sys.
tenn must change II has been dis
covered that homegrown seed Is
valuable than what has been
purchased. and that seed carefully
cleaned and graded is much more val
uaOle than seed brought in from
abroad To have such seed it IS IN
dispeusable that every farmer shall
have a tanning mill and he ought 10
have the best that can be got. Thus
equipped. the character Of his seed
should improve every year. and this
should NEAR a corresponding increase
10 his crops
The time has also come when Il IS
Imperative TO SOW clean seed. The
only way 10 insure this Is for every
farmer 10 clean Sis own seed. which
means that he must have a tanning
mill. The farmers now are growing
grain Of various kinds and Il Is equal.
ly important that the seed OF these
shah be well cleaned. as thar the seed
OF wheat shall be so prepared
Live stock is also being introduced
o OF less on many farms This
means that the screenings taken from
the wheat ca u~thcr-grains sold can be
turned 90 excellent account In feeding
or the other % the various kinds
of live stock kept The screenings
sent 20 the elevators are given away
The farmer IS locked so much Tor
screenings and nothing IS allowed him
Tor ihe ~dockage.
When the importance of the fan.
ning miil IS considered 10 the North.
west farmer. 81 would seem that IL o.
not putting e toe strongly 20 say
that he man who sells tanning mills
is engaged in a benchcent work. even
though when thus engaged be has no
other Thought than that Of earning
a commission ON his salcs The cost
IS so small that a tanning min Is with.
in the reach of every farmer-Oraneo
Judd Farmer