Middletown transcript., 1909-12-04
EARM NEWS AND VIEWS

Z The greatest Corn.growing states are th'
greatest hoggroWing states.
. Tbs big prices for hogs makes many /
breeder sorry that he sold off his brood
sows.
The man that can grow alfalfa has I
big lift in the hog business. rhe value ol
alfalfa is not half appreciated.
Keep the pigs growing but don't stuff
with corn. A little grain and good pas
ture is what puts the stretch in their
bodies.
Il is the man who keeps bis farm tools
shining that has shining dollars in bis
pocket.
Put away bits of hardwood for use in
putting in handles and parts to tools that
get broken, as will always happen sooner
or later with us all.
Make 1t point to have ell bolts snug
and tight when you 60 out with any farm
tool to work.
Next to q good wife is a good horse.
You can't have one, though, unless you
are good man.
The heaviest load any man ever carried
was the mortgage on his farm. Clear it
tup. 1t will break you down quicker than
any other one thing in all the world.
1t never hurts man to work, but when
he bitches work up with worry, some.
thing is apt to get smashed in the run.
away that is sure to follow.
Turn doubt Of your own ability out OF
doors before night. He 10 the worst guest
you ever had in the house.
Make it a rule to 90 out and look at the
stock and buildings every night before
bedtime. You may save a farm tragedy
by doing just such q simple thing as that.
More strength has been wasted in chop.
ping with dull axe and working with
other dull tools than would run all the
farms in this country. Do you know
what the grindstone was made for2
Carry your head like king when you
60 to town. Don't go around looking as
If you had lost the last friend you have
in the world. No man on earth has
right to more friends than good farmer.
Don't follow the advice of the man who
says, "Buy all the stuff you want at my |
store; I'll trust you" Pay as you 60. |
That's the advice of every sensible man.
Stick to that and you will be happy and |
comfortably well off before you die.
Have you fixed up the chicken house
for winter? Buildings of this character
are usually much neglected during the
busy days of crop growing, aud are in no
condition to furnish proper shelter for the
chickens when cold weather comes on.
The demand for draft horses was never
go great as it is to-day. Draft horses OF
good breeding, which means improved
size, bone, action and quality, are selling
for unheard of prices. In fact, the owner
Of prime draft team we'll matched in
size and color, can get bis own price. The
supply of such horses is nowhere equal to
the demand. No special skill is required
70 train and fit draft horse for market,
as is required with driving and race
horses. Draft horses are much more
easily produced by the average farmer
than trotting, pacing or running stock, in
which the individual fancy Of the buyer
ana the expert training are such impor.
liant factors in making sale. Practical
usefulness is what is considered in judg.
ing draft horse.
Get the kindlings for she morning fire
lu at night. You can't be sure that You
will not want some before morning. Have
them handy.
Agriculture is not the whole of country
life. Tie great rural interests are human
interests aud good crops are of little value
to the farmer unless they open the door
to good kind Of life Oh the farm.
1t is almost as bad to use poor paint on
a building as it is to leave q building un-
painted.
Do all the swearing on your farm your.
self; and let me tell you the less Of that
done she better.
BaIed hay has value above that Of
loose hay on any market. There's q
reason. 1t occupies less space-and space
III tine barn of the city man is scarce. II
Is easier handled all the way from pro-
dueer to consumer. AS the package helps
sell the fruit so the bale helps sell the
nay.
There is too much belief among our
people that the prizes of life lie away
from sue farm. TIE question Of securing
better business and better living on the
IsrIn, whether by corporation between
farmers for buying, selling aud borrowing;
Dy promoting social advantages and Op.
pOrtunities IN the country; or by any
other legitimate means that will help to
make country life more gainful, more
attractive, and fuller of opportunities,
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women and children Of ths farms, should /
be brought more aud more before she
people of the United States,
Keep q watchful eye on the seed corn
aud provide plenty Of ventilation in the /;
room where it is gt0red.
As the cold weather comes on and you |
tind the stables are not warm enough try
putting ON building paper. 1t is cheap {
aud if literally used fills The bill. Il
Have q place for the hand tools. The 0
saw, axe, hammer, screw driver, wrench, g
stc., should be we'll kept TO give best ser b
vice. "A place for everything aud every d
hing 10 its place" shat is She motto to q
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Around this time the farmer with . 81
Igunpg field can put in some mighty pro- b
agspuIiing out the stumps. There q
10 such efficient and inexpensive devices =
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