La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21

In the principles OF Sientinc agrk NJ
ture Ev.o such y course IL iinw-ssi
bIe for the greater share of tbe city
men who see the opportunities VI farm
life and would ike to bsr'oIpe farmers
The next best thing IL cnnrSe of
hone study A number Of agrh'uiurai
colleges offer correspondence t'oursss
In agriculture by means OF which The
ecien~e OF agriculture can he learned
quite Thoroughly Then there are
great numb..r OF experiment station
and government bulletins which NAV
b., had FOR The asking. There are
many good books on agriculture In Its
various branches. Last but by no
means least, there is the agricultural
press Much o! the advancement that
has been made In agriculture In due TO
the agricultural papers They stand
for all thai Is best and most progres-
sive In rural life and they contain q
fund OF information on methods Of
farm practice that are Invaluable to q
beginner.
There yet remains the art Of farm
ing that is. the ART Of handling the
plow. Of caring for the horses. OF feed
Ing the cows. Of regulating the ms-
chlnery and the thousand and one 9th
er things thar the farmer must know
how to do The only way the art Of
farming can be learned Is by prac-
tice The best way for the city man
with limited capital TO learn Is to hire
-. 20 hv hu mn
Farm help is scarce. and farmers are
always glad TO get faithful men Al
fair wages They prefer skilled men.
but these are often impossible to Oh
tain II is not NJ all difficult for so
Der. industrious city man who really
wants to learn farming to get q job
with q good farmer. In such a place
be can learn how TO meet all the emer-
gencies that come up on farm. II Ia
even easier for = married man to get
this sor, OF Job than II Is for q single
man Farmers have theory. which
ik generally correct that married men
are more TO be depended upon. Many
Of them are willing TO furnish q house
and garden TO man for the sake OF
getting one Wild ramly.
After spending year or two work.
ing for some one else the would be
farmer will have fairly good idea Of
the art OF farming II be has been
putting In his spare moments studying
he will have fair undersia nding Of
the science Of farming. His own com
mon sense and the training he has re
cci,ed In town will tii him to handle
the business end He Il now In q 20.
siiion where he can plan on going to
work for himself He will have M -cd
som.fhiur from his wages while on the
farm. and he probably had q little
money saved up before. Then comes
the question OF whether to buy or to
rent A good many beginners 10 farm
ing make the mistake Of tying all their
capital up In land and having moth
ing left for stock and equipment In
must bsve plenty OF working capital
u is usually betier 10 reut Tor fev
year~ unit, enough money has been
saved to make . fair payment on the
land Then Q farm can be bought
without robbins the equipmeat fund
The Qu~siiou Of wbers 70 locate u an
,mportsoi one and one which The con-
ahting mass Of evidence makes hard
TO d~s'ide. The Irrigated distFtcts Of
the ws~i Offer some Of The best oppos.
,uniiis- 'o ~ found anywhere The
country Is Dew. and sestiees are vel.
.Ome. Land 10 high. but II does not
take much of u to yield = eood living
The dry farming distr,cU Of the
~er' have been loudly boowsd. THIS
dry farming land csn b bought Vesy
chespiy Il costs little to get Q start
Al the same time the man who eoee
on = dry farm must remember that
only half OF his land will yt~d Q
crop each year sometimes DOT mors
than = third Of It. The principle OF
dry farming IL to cultivate the iabi
for = year ~ two without sowing .
crop This prevents the rain which
falls from evnporntin.. and by the
second or third yenr enough moisture
will have been stored up to raise q
crop No one should think OF going
on ufy rnrm without having euouHh
money laid by TO pay expenses for
two or three years without any 10.
come. Dry farming means many
losses mud much discourng gemept. but
the succcss Of many dry farmers
proves that II Oilers opportunities TO
the mnn who has the courage To stick
The fertll. lands Of tn. middle west
have been little advertised Of late. and
many people nre ~ the opluiou that
this part of the country In airrndy
fully s.ificd THIS Ia far from being
the cas-. The Mississippi valley could
support four or nve times It's present
farming population With ease i.nDd
10 high. but II 10 worth the price. Tue
middle west oKrr the advantage u
Progressive Dri.htoru. .o"d churches.
schools and ,.,,lls.vsa sod rnesa.v,, ..,s,.