The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-10-20
FARM TOPICS.

unhck grove. Pant AKA feet Hnd Gull
tavaae unta the troas take the ground
and shade cut the lover branches
Then use for post timber. They ans
better. WE think than gsnirime o,dar.
The hon y locust is a tree that
has become daslilzed because II has
been improperly uasd in hodges. 1t
should be PLANTED in selected forms
ais shade tree, and tlhe foliage will
hit hight enough. The tree is fine
I'm expression, leaf and limb, almost
like fern.
A little whitawash ON the trunks
of the shade tire will malle the trees
look attractive and give the plsce an
appearances Of refimment. The lime in
the whioawash will BE- repulsive to
bark bssslss and borers for a while
COST OF HAULING WHEAT.
The Unit d States spends s1,O0O,-
900 day on it's roads, and most of
THE mon'y is literally sunk in the
mud Says Logan Walker Page, di-
rector CT She Office of Public Roads at
Washington. The farmer is the man
/. who needs good roads, declares Mr.
Page, and the man for whose benefit
the government as striving to perfect
simple but effective Methods Of keep
ing country roads in condition.
The cost of hauling a load of
wheat from the farm 10 the shipping
point is often more than the cost of
transporting that wheat from the
shipping point to Liverpool Mr..
Page declares efficiency of the farm
team can be increased anywhere from
20 to so per cent. If the road repair
and road building work in the coun-
try is properly dome
Between $500, O00, 900 would be sawed
annually in the United States if every
state would improve its main high
ways to the highest point of eff
cheney, is enc of the striking state
ments made by Mr.. Page.
The improvement of the road in
creasss the efficiency of the farmers
transportation method, opens up new
country for local trade, widens the
! farmers horizon, brings general pros
perity to the local communities, and
automatically raises the price of hand,
he adds.
CHANGING FARM SYSTEMS.
LIN replanting "a farm it lis essen
tial that "a few fundamental points
in farming be kept constantly in.mind
"a The plan should provide a reas-
enable reward for the labor and
capital invested. (2) The fertility OF
the farm should he maintained or
increased. (3) The plan must be
suited to the capabilities of theown-
or Ifor carrying it out.
Changes in the farm system are
often d..ferrad because of lack of
knowledge of how to reIIlaR tha farm
or because of lack of funds i'm carry
ing out New plans, or. because nav
fences, buildings Ca equipment are
|, called Tor in the ,nsw plan. and be-
cause a change frequently requires a
readjustment of many of the usual |
ways of thinking and doing
In replanning the farm, help may |
be obtained from visits to successful |
farms, from farm literature, agricul-
tural papers, the state experiment sta !
-tions, the agricultural colleges, the |
United States Department. of Agnicul-
ture and from agricultural eYpents.
Profitable farming Insults from good
farm plans compnehending every fsa-
ture OF the farm carefully co-ordin--
ated and effeotnaily carried out A
good farm plan provides for a neason-
able rawand for the capital and labor
invested and the maintenance or in
crease of soil fertility, and 1T must
be within the comprehension and
ability of the owner TO carry out. Sne
oessful replanning rests ON compre-
hensiye knowledge of agriculture gain
ed by experience and by familiarity
with what lis being accomplished by
others along agricultural Lines. either
as observed by personal visits or as
recorded i'm the Literature OF agricul-
ture.
Farmers Bulletin $40. United States
Department OF Agriculture, which can {
be had upon APPLICATION TO the Unit I
ed States secretary of agriculture,
Washington. ID. c.. more fully explain
how to replan the old fanm and make
1t more profitable.
LIME AND MANURE. 4
Lime can not take bhe place OF fer I
tilizer. nor can Fertilizer take the
place OF lime Lime with manure
will INCREASE the yield and the use
OF lime without manure may decnaass