Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-11-06

II Is a wise farmer who knows how
to hire others tc do work he is not
able to do himself
Poverty is punishable by hard labor
for life. No need of the farmer be-
ing overburdened by either.
Getting hay In on the eight-hour
system Is good, that Is, eight hours
before dinner and eight hours after.
1t Is more profitable to discuss farm
problems than to get tangled up in
political argument with your neighbor.
Borrowing your nelghbors' tools
and borrowing trouble are sometimes
identical, for the one leads to the
other.
Pass on the good ideas to your
share with others which we keep most
surely for ourselves.
II the cows were permitted to
choose owners would they want to
stay with you or go with your more
thoughtful. careful neighbor?
Ringbone on the hind foot of horse
may be benefited by treatment, but
when on the forefoot unnerving is
about the only cure for the lameness.
Who are the "old fogies?" Surely
not the rugged old farmers who have
too much sense TO adopt off-hant
every new-fangled notion as 1t comes
along.
The diseased hog should be removed
from the herd as soon as possible and
placed in quarantine. A little pre-
caution will save spread of serious
epidemics. sometimes.
The farmer that hauls bad cream OF
milk to the creamery lowers the quail
ity of butter produced by the cream
cry and Injuries the Interests of all the
farmers patroniziag the place.
Are your cows afraid of you? II sc
they will not do the best by you. J
would not keep a hired man on my
place five minutes who did not have
enough sense to treat the cattle right
Don't do all the thinking for your
boy. Cultivate the habit In him OF
thinking for himself. Make him self
reliant. Let him get up against diff
culties and then let him work his own
way out.
At show in New York city recently
q new-fangled mixer operated by cleo
tricity was in practical use. Is the
day approaching when the work of
dairying will be so simplified as to be
classed with the easy occupations?
the life from the curse OF common
ness, and imparts a touch of nobility
to every calling" and none more sc
than that of farming. 1t is the farm.
er with the lofty ideals who finds in
the old farm a wealth of joy and glad
ness and an appreciation of the bounti
full goodness of God.
Apple culture offers one OF the most
promising features of fruit farming
of the future. There is cheap land In
abundance in sections where the soil
and other conditions are well adapt.
ed to its production. But men are
wanted who have an intelligent appre-
citation of what the trade demands,
and a knowledge of soil care and cul-
tivation.
The farmer is living more comfort.
able today than he did twenty years
ago, and it costs more. With larger
outgo there must be larger income.
We often wonder If the farmer is do
ing all he can to make his farm pay.
Sheep have long been a neglected me-
dunn OF making the farm pay. at least
by many farmers. In the opinion OF
those who have tried 1t there is no
more profitable product of the farm
than sheep.
Are you planning to take some one
of the short agricultural courses which
are offered by many OF the state agri-
cultural colleges during the winter?
These courses of study are arranged
with special reference to the practical
farmer, and afford him an opportunity
of a two weeks or a months course
in scientific farming and dairying
which will prove invaluable to him.
More of our farmers should be inn.
proving these rare privileges offered
them.
To be a really good COW she should
produce 5000 pounds Of milk in o
year and should produce from $50 &c
300 pounds OF butter from that milk
But if the milk be used In the family
or rotailed from the house II Is wort.
much more than It would be in the
making OF butter and feeding the
skim milk to farm animals. The man
that keeps from one to three COWS
disposes Of a considerable part of his
milk to himself and his family and
thus gets from It more than the quoted
prices for commercial products. W.
have known of such families Twins
near city selling all of their milk
at retail prices and realizing from II
In a year a profit great enough tC
equal 100 per cent. on ne cost ol
each COW after counting something
for the labor. Milk as food has 6