Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-09-02

will be easier work managing this
farm than ever before and ! expect
to make more money out Of 1t, too"
This is the first milking machinery
this county has possessed and the
process Il interesting. Compared
with the old fashioned way OF strug-
Cling with flies and cows tails in the
| hot summer days 1t looks like play.
The turn Of a lever and the milk 10
gently taken from the udders ana
streams into the pals faster than the
hest mixer can accomplish the task.
Along with the change in the
farms methods have gone changes
| in the division Of the crop-raising
plans. Instead Of producing grain
| for selling the farm will now pro-
duce feed for the cattle and hogs
Two hundred head Of swine are being
cared for and the income from these
Il not to be despised. 1--WE are going
to have plenty Of tame grass pasture
for all our cattle, said Mr.. Carver
ut pays to have this and by the prop
or management 1t is not difficult to
secure it. We have now So acres OF
pasture that has been used for Six
years and is yet good. 1t will be IN
creased until there are 80 or 100
acres A mixture of bronlus inermls
and alfalfa makes the best pasture
and this is also good for the SOIL
Rotation Of crops is what the Kan
sas soil needs as much as anything
else"
II Is rather unusual to find farm
er discussing the relative values OF
food products scientifically but 1t Is
what one should expect from young
man who has two degrees from q col
| lege. when he talks Of his future II
| is with the same broad showing OF
ability and study.
81 have a few theories that ] want
to demonstrate" he put it. zone is
that Of feeds and feeding; to get the
greatest results from the material
used. Then there is economy Of pro-
duction both in the field and at the
barn. Balanced nutrition which Will
bring my COWS through with the
greatest possible production is part
Of Il and economic breeding for the
points desired is important. These
four things are my ambition and !
am working toward that end"
Such is the ambition Of the young
err generation Of farmers in the west
and at the rate the agrlculturPl
schools are turning out these we'll
equipped graduates we ought to have
an exceptionally strong force Of man
ayers ON the western farms IN the
next few years. They will get from
the land more than did their fathers
and the crop-raislng and stock rails
ing will be on a more scientific scale
with better profits.
other plans include the installa-
ton of an electric dynamo for light
ing the house and barn and improve
ments that shall make it easier for
the women folks are characteristic
az the new idea in managing q farm.
The new farmer plans to have COM
| fort at the house, as well as at the
| barn and stable.
Hundreds Of western farms, es-
pecially in central and eastern Kan
sas are being turned over to the Sec
| ond generation because the fathers
| are ready to take . rest. 1t is either
that or the tenant system which most
| farmers do not want, 1t 10 the solu-
ton Of the help problem to get ma
chinery that will do the bulk Of the
work and to place the management
in young hands that will get out Of
the land all that It can produce with
the least labor.
One farmer told Of his decision to
move to town and added: Il am able
to take It easy and It is either go to
town and let the boys have a chance
at the farm or see them go some
where else. like the first plan bet
ter and am going to try 1t. II the
boys cannot do better than / have !
shall be disappointed because they
have had the advantage of experience
that / had to learn by haru knocks.
II they 60 to college 1t is all the
more satisfactory"
Many Of the country schools OF
Kansas are putting course in ele-
mentary agriculture into their course
Of study. II may not do much Of itself
but It will dignity the farmers life
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