The Jasper news., 1910-02-03
Barnyard Gossip.

The best investment you can make is
to buy manure spresder and scatter
every pound OF manure that's lying
around your barn and feed lots over
your fields before the winter, is over.
When the stock is well housed and
fed these cold winter nights. the fire ia
the farmhouse stove or fireplace, feels SO
much more comfortable. Somehow you
feel = greater right to enjoy it,.
Plant at least enough pure bred. seed
corn next spring to supply. yourself with
pure bred seed for the future. Good
corn with proper cultivation will yield
just about twice as much corn. ....
A living well in the barn lot or at
some other place where the stock can
get at it conveniently-and, a windmill
or gasoline engine to pump the water
are mighty necessary things 9p. a modern
farm.
The farmers il every .ncighbofhood
should use the King split, log drag on
their roads as spring. approaches. A
good way to chip in and hire one man
10 attend to the dragging oyer q ceEtain
territory the year ronnd. ,,s, :,
You don't like to hear. boy swear, do
you? Well one way. to keep him from
doing it is to quit swearing yourself. 1t
weakens your influence over him when
you ask him to do something that you
loott l;ua IN 70 yonrsalf
II you smeared some unsalted tallow
or coal oil on your plows and cultivators
before you put them away last fall,
you'll save couple of days work as
we'll as lot of patience next spring. Or
are yours still standing out in the feldsH
The farmer who doesn't read up to
date farm papers is in the same class
with the doctor who doesn't keep up
with his profession. Fortunately for the
welfare OF human life however, there
are far less proporticnately, of the latter
than Of the former. ~ -
After all, brother farmer, your chill
dren are your best asset. Dopjt neglect
them for there is nothing more precious
in all the world than its bright faced
boys and girls. They are the sweetest
comfort of the present and the glorious
hope OF the future.
January, February and March are of.
ten wet, sloppy months. If you expect
your stock TO do well in this kind OF
weather see that they have q. dry place
to eat and sleep. It's not only whole
lot better for the physical welfare of the
stock but it saves feed. W NO
We believe in every farmer housing
his stock 10 fine barns aud sheds, butwe
believe along with this the farmer should
live 10 a good, comfortable, neat ap.
pearing house himself Your family is
entitled to modern comforts as well as
the horses, hogs and cattle.
Good roads do great deal toward en-.
HANGING the value OF farm lends. II the
roads in your neighborhood are in bad
condition, why not organize road dis.
trict under the new road law? Your
county highway engineer can tell you
how to 60 about ita
The average farmer should not strive
for riches but tor enough OF this world's
goods to protect himself and his wife
against want when the sunset days sp-
proach, and in the meautime to supply
his children with good wholesome ne.
eeesities and educational advantages.
II we owned q farm we would plant
row OF shade trees along the main pub
lie highway. Their shade ought not to
be dense enough to interfere very much
with growing crops and they have such
. cooling etfsct on hot summer's day.
They beautify the farm and some day
they will be in big demand for firewood
or lumber- Farmer and Breeder.
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