The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-06-30
STOPPING LEAKS.
Brings More Money From the
Farm.

Farm.
There are all sorts of leaks on the
farm, not simply leaks in the drainage
system, the granary, the stable. But
there are leaks in the propuction and
marketing CT crops, in the utilization
of home resources. in the care of the
equipment OF the farm. You will real
lie the exent of these leaks only when
you begin TO give consideration to
TO the number and frequency of their
occurrence. And these leaks are evil
dent ct once. They seem small on first
Ahough, but when taken together farm
leaks become large enough to cover
the entire sumo we are endeavOring to
scure this coming season.
Pass through the country any time
and make note of the many leaks that
you see-of the big ones and the little
ones. Then make an estimate for each
individual farm, or for the community.
ThOnghtless Handling Of Machinery an
Enormous Leak.
While passing through the country
not long ago chatted with man who
was getting his pillow In order. 1t has
been left under the trees during the
fall and winter season and now that
he was ready to pillow, he found his
pillow rusty and in very bad condition.
Il shall never fail to house my pillow
hereafter" he replied to me.
1T is one of the leaks of the farm"
I said.
did you ever think" l continued,
7 how many plows, and harrOws, and
,cultivators, and wagons, and wheat
harvesters-how many tools and i'm
plements Of all kinds there are that
have been for the past six or eight
months lying out under trees or In the
,Open and exposed to the rain and sun
shine and to all sorts of weather."
Pass through the best agricultural
section of the country, and even there
you will find a good part of all of the
farm machinery exposed to wind and
storm A tool that ordinarily would
last for eight or ten or a dozen years
is rendered useless by exposure after
Two or three years of service.
Surely, here is one of the farm leaks
that is frightful in it's reality and tre-
mendously wasteful in its extent. From
one million to ten million tools is
small estimate of the list of badly
treated farming implements. What an
the country. This one leak is large
enough in size so that If it was rene
died it would pay the running expenses
of an agricultural college in every con-
gressional district in every state in
the Union The rust on iron is great
er cost than the tax paid to support all
the educational institutions.
This leak is found in every state in
tho Union a1tholph In Gonna cfotoc II
is much larger than in others because
of the greater number of tools and i'm
plements in use and because of greater
-diversifcation in farming operations.
1t seems a matter of rather small con-
sequence to leave the pillow out in the
open air land perhaps the pillow is one
of the tools that is least damaged by
climatic conditions), but when you
consider the great number of plows in
single state you can see how large
this farm leak becomes and how rap
idly it's wasteful Influence spreads over
the land.
The Mismanagement of Stock Con-
slant Loss.
Then there is the leak that comes
from the mismanagement of live stock
Often cows are not MIXED. Water isl
withheld for day or two because of
this, that, or some other reason.
Another leak that is on nearly every
farm comes from the improper feed
ing of cattle or hogs or horses. So
long as these animals remain at pas
ture they are in good condition-sleek,
active, glossy end in good health
Then winter comes on, and into winter
quarters are placed the stock of the
farm Grass is no more, and juice and
Succulence find no place III the daily
ration-only dry feed now to suit the
and the needs of the body. Of
ten this feed is scantily provided and
the farm stock drop in weight. 1t is a
leak IN the management of cattle be-
cause 1t will require great deal of
food to get these same animals back to
the same weight they held before they
went into winter quarters. For in
stance, suppose you have few steers
or COWS on your place and these you
expect to sell another year. They |
weigh now, say, a thousand pounds, |
and winter is on. Food is scarce, or
for one reason or another the animals |
become thin and they lose two hun
dred pounds during the winter months. |
Suppose, too, it had been your inten-
ton to sell these animals when they
weighed twelve hundred pounds-a
gain over the fall season of only two
ter because of improper food or care
they lost two hundred pounds, and |
now weigh only eight hundred Here
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