The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-02-04
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noti,I,,u 81 M M ore vltai lmpor taneeI
han Appearance of Farm BuI'd g.
iirgs and surrous dIngs.
There Is nothing Of more imp rtances
Is the farmer and his family than the g
appearance of the farm, its buildings
Land surroundings, writes Prot a. ~.
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Farmers, Review. When driving along
country road one almost unco on
sciously judges the caliber Of a farmer
by the appearance Of his home. Al.
most invariably the farmer who keeps
his buildings well repaired and paint.
I ed, fences we'll cared for and yards
free from rubbish, is careful man
lotherwise. He takes pains to keep
good stock, raise good grain and to
care for them properly.
Nothing, for instance, so quickly
brings upon a farmer the censure OF
his peers as failure to properly care
! for the machinery upon which the
culture and harvest Of the crops de-
pend. And yet how often we see even
the most expensive of the farm ma
chinery exposed to the fiercest blasts
Of winter and corroded by rust as a
result Of snow and rain. The farmer
who thus leaves tools unprotected De-
cause he thinks he cannot put up
suitable buildings in which to house
them has a false idea of economy and
should at once correct 1t.
A building which would properly
and effectually house all the tools In
use on the ordinary farm could be
! built for 5000 or less and yet by ex-
posure to wind and weather the life
I Of machinery worth many times that
sum is being shortened all too rapidly
so rapidly that in the course OF a
very few years he will have to pur-
chase anew expensive tools to replace
4 those which have entrusted their use
fitness. He could have paid for tool
shed with the money used to purchase
new machines and retained his old
machines practically as good as new.
The general appearance Of the farm
owned by such a farmer is generally
in keeping with the manner of housing
his tools. Fences ard buildings are
in need Of repairs; rubbish is piled in
the barnyard and the fence corners;
i trees, if there are any, are left I'M
pruned, and the wife undoubtedly has
! to secure her own frewood. Such a
man is not easily convinced that he
can learn anything from an agricul-
tural paper He usually knows
there is no value ina farmers insti.
i tute and would not attend under any
| circumstances. His father farmed and
I made money before a farmers insti-
4 tute was ever thought of and what
was good enough for father is. good
enough for him" He would probably
1 object to having agriculture taught in
the public schools; in fact, would
probably prefer to teach his sons the
style Of agriculture their grandfather
4, practiced when the soil on the old
1 farm was virgin and seed needed only
I to be put into the ground to produce
4 Ian abundant harvest. Times have
4 Ichanged since then In this day of
4 high priced land and labor, when com
4 petition is so keen and all men seem
a to be conspiring against the farmer
4 the old methods will not do. Every
foot Of land and every bit Of energy
must be mad g Yield its utmost,
& Tools must. sbe carefully housed and
4 preserved the live stock and grain
] be properly cared for.
It is generally true that the man
4 whose farm buildings and surround:
{! ings are carefully tended has the rep.
{ (utation Of selling the best grades 5ot
4 grain and live stock on the local mar:
q ket. For these he receives top prices
a He is pretty sure to be ii comfortable
circumstances. He carefully reckons
TALL expenses and sources of income;
3 watches for the leaks and sees thai
& they are stopped at once: His credit
I Sat the bank is pretty sure to be good
4 81 On the other hand, the man who il
!, careless about appe araRces is care
Z less Of other things as well His banl
!! account IS q minus quantity, and she
himself is probably almost a. nonentit5
in his home community Yet liz
( courses at fate and reviles his sad lot
. He wonders why neighbor Brown i
s SO prosp erous ! why Browns live stool
B excels his own; why Browns tool.
!, never bother, and why Browns crop.
i are almost double his own ii yield.
! Wake up. farmer friend! Get. those
rubbish heaps taken care of. Buy !;
! key or two Of nails and staples AM
j repair those fences and farm build
ings, Trim up the shade trees, NOV
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