The Lamar register., 1908-09-16


market.
The demand of nut products seems
to be constantly on the increase, and
the imports are growing larger each
year. In this there Is strong hint to
the farmer.
Have you a COW testing association
in your section? Such an organization
will help you to find out what your
cows are doing for you at small ex-
pense comparatively.
See that the farm machinery is
treated right when in use and again
do not neglect 1t when 1t is lying idle.
See that 1t is properly housed. Clean
and oil 1t before putting it up.
You feed and water your horse with
thoughtful care SO as to keep him in
prime condition for hard work. Are
you as careful of your physical condi-
ton, and that of the hired help?
Don't let the garden go to weeds
after the first crops are taken off.
Keep it covered with something worth
growing in the late summer, IL moth
ing more than pea vines. which will
have to be plowed under later. They
will prove an excellent fertilizer.
A good temporary roosting coop for
the chickens can be made six feet
long and three feet wide, with a
double pitched roof extending well
over the sides and ends. The sides
may 6e Slated. Burlap may be
stretched around them to keep out
storms in bad weather and If rats are
troublesome the Stats may be covered
with fine mesh wire netting.
Too much cropping and too little
manure is the curse of many farm.
1t is short-sighted method which
finally leaves the farmer stranded
upon an impoverished soil that he can
not make living upon and which he
cannot sell. The only salvation for
such a farmer is to start keeping live
stock and keeping as many as the land
will support. The regular application
of manure and crop rotation will re-
The farm is factory where goods
are produced for the market. Business
principles which govern the. factory
in the city must control in the factory
in the country. There must be knowl-
edge of what the market wants and
when it wants it; selling produce
where there is the most demand and
the least supply; the art OF decreas-
ing the cost of production; of finding
out just what the cost of production
is and the study of market conditions
to decide what we can and cannot
profitably raise.
Here is the way one farmer in
creased the productivity of his orchard
from Is to over 200 bushels. He re-
duced the tops of the trees one-fonrth,
then in the fall he plowed between
the trees. After manuring well he
planted corn, beans and pumpkins,
and harvested a nice crop of each.
The next spring he repeated the same
form of cultivation. and that year in
addition to the good crops of corn.
beans and pumpkins harvested 20
bushels of good apples. The next
spring he MANFRED for the third time
and planted potatoes which did not do
well, but he harvested $50 bushels OF
fine apples from the orchard.
Keep the two main objects of wean-
ing the lambs when taking them from
the ewes, namely: To avoid any in
jury. to the ewes and to avoid any in
reference with the progress of the
lambs. The lambs should be separated
from their mothers entirely and not
allowed with them after the first
separation. 1t is preferable to take
the lambs to a portion of the farm
some distance from the sheep. that
they cannot see them and that the
ewes cannot hear their bleat. In this
way the lambs will in a few days for
get their mothers entirely. Some men
practice gradual separation. They
will allow the lambs to run with the
sheep for IS hours of the day for
about three days, then for the next
three days about ~ hours, thus gradu-
ally separating them. But such
method gives a great deal of unneces-
sary labor in separating the flock
daily, while the advantages obtained
are slight and may be obtained in 9TH
er ways.
At the last meeting of the New Eng
land Holstein Breeders association
one of the speakers asked the question
as to how many dairymen present
knew the cost of production of hun
dred pounds of milk. But four hands
were raised. And yet farmers igno-
rant as to what 1t costs them to pro-
duce their milk output will complain
that the milk dealers fix the prices of
the product. The dairy farmer is in
the business of manufacturing milk
The manufacturer to be successful
must know not only what the complet-
ed article costs but the cost of every
part. With this knowledge he can
cut out the Improbable and keep that
which is profitable. So with the dairy
man. He must know what It costs to
produce the milk and then he must be
ready to unite with other dairymen in
holding for price which will give a