The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-06-30

must go gain of two hundred other
pounds that are necessary in order TO
get the cattle to the point for sale. IN
stead of having two hundred pounds
now to add in flesh so as to bring up
to the acknowledgement mark, you
are now forced to add four hundred
pounds. 1t is case where two hun
bred pounds are added twice, at double
cost and but a single return. This Is
bad feeding and poor management;
and 1t is prevalent on many farms in
the country. These animals were con-
Stunning feed while they were losing
flesh. 1t would have been a great deal
better to have sold them after a few
months of good feeding than to have
kept them throughout the winter sea-
son. A leak it Is, and a leak of great
consequence, for we have thousands
and hundreds of thousands Of farm
animals in every state wintered in just
this way. The loss of single dollar
on each animal by improper feed or
improper management means millions
of dollars when considered from the
standpoint of all.
Poor Management Of Lands Brings
Great Losses.
Then there is a leak in the manage
ment of lands. The area given to legu-
minous crops is entirely too small
This leak on the farm allows nitrogen
to get away; at the same time 1t fails
to restore this important element to
the soil when legume is not grown.
AS surely as you fail any year to grow
all of the legumes possible you are not
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farm. In the first place it is a leak be-
cause you are falling to secure nitro
gen and to store it in the soil; you are
keeping humus out of your lands; you
are lessening the yields of cotton and
leak is present and is annually mani
Testing itself by decreased yields.
Another leak comes from the wash
ing and teaching of exposed lands dur
ing the winter season. 1t acts in this
manner: the summer crop is harvest
ed; effective interculture was given;
weeds and grass Of all kinds are kill
ed and the bare land is left alone to
receive the rains of winter. OF course
this arrangement puts the land in
condition that renders it unable to
cope with the problem The water
comes down in great quantities; the
fields give up their fertility and rich
ness; and the water, laden with fer
tility, rushes on to lower levels carry
ing plant food that might have been
preserved to the fields had winter
crops or cover crops been there to re-
ceive the rains when they came A
tremendous leak it is, and. one that
each of you must think about and rem
edy if you would apply the highest
skill, intelligence, and efficiency in the
of lands.
The Loss of Stable Manure, a Ire
mendOus Disgrace.
There is another leak of great mo-
ment to the farmers of America 1t is
the leak that permits the most valu-
able elements in stable manure to es-
cape. 1t has been estimated that the
annual production of stable manure in
America is not far from one billion
tons annually. If this tremendous
store of plant food and land-building
product was to be sent back to the soil,
it would be possible to estimate the
increased products from the land as
being worth at least one dallor per
ton for the stable manure The MAX
ing, and saving, and proper use of
stable manure means at least mil
lion dollars a year more in profits for
the American farmers. Stop this leak
at once. Preserve the stable-made
manures, keep the manure-pile from
under the caves; place the barnyard
some place other than on the hillside
down which drains the manure into
the creek or ravine, carrying unlimit-
ed stores of available plant food out
to the sea. If you treat the manure
with acid phosphate you can hold the
nitrogen, and thereby increase the
value. Do these things and
you will stop an enormous leak that
carries away immense profits from the
farm.
-Of-Date Methods Are Farm Leaks.
Another kind of leak is in the use of
methods in farming When
you use hard labor for work that
could be done more cheaply by team or
power labor, you are making leak
When you use man muscle instead of
4 tool ir implement you are leaving
open a leak which means a loss to
you. Out-of-date methods are in fash
on only in that community which
brides itself in doing things in the
Did way. The moss-back community
S still in the old ruts and uses the
Did methods
Secure All Necessary Farm Conven.
fences and Stop Leak.
Then there is another leak on the
arm that comes through the lack of
arm conveniences. The farm without
'unning water is farm with big
eak. Water storage is leading farm
of today and on each |
arm ought to be provided water stor-
ige SO that not only all stock will be |