Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-02-02
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Sometimes we have so much TO
do that we don't know where TO be-
gin 1t is a good plan to tackle the
job we hate worst the first thing.
Then we can feel good while we are
doing the others.
A loose board too often squeaks
loudly of loose methods.
All sorts of Cd jobs are in order
now; and get the whitewash brush
ready - flop.
Sow clover seed twice to be sure
it will take. md don't forget the
alsike along with the red.
1t is too late when the stack has
tumbled and smothered your best
COW to regret not having fenced it.
Get any extra pillow points or other
fixtures you may need, before you
get out the pillow for spring work.
Never run for Office; better to so
comport yourself and so sonduct
your affairs that your neighbors Will
set the Office running after you.
If you have any iron or other met
al roofs take comfortable spell and
paint them. Get all such joys out of
the way before something else be-
gins to crowd you.
The proposal to confine parcels
post to rural routes, if made into n
law, will work in the interest of the
express companies and not of the
rural population. 1t is foolishness.
Are patches in the yard bare Of
grass? After the first thaw sprinkle
some Kentucky bluegrass on them
and rake in when ground gets dry
enough. A little white clover, too.
Are you really in the harness for
business now? Many folks are. Buckle
the straps good. tuck in the ends and
let the other fellow do the kicking.
Keep your own legs inside the traces
and pull true all the time.
Frost. and digging post-holes, do
not go together very well; but as
soon as the earth does soften up,
you will have the best time of all the
year to get ready for the fence. II
isn't nearly such hard work then as
it is later when the earth is as dry
and hard as a bone.
To renew worn meadow without
blowing, give it a thorough harrow
ing, so that the carpet of sod is we'll
torn to bits, then top-dress heavily,
sow grass seed, and harrow and brush
smooth. This is especially true of
land that is shallow and stony and
hard to pillow, land that is full of
knobs and hollows The process lev
els and improves such surfaces.
It pays to go down to the city and
work up a trade for the farm pro-
duce. Hunt PIP customers for the but
ter eggs, apples. potatoes, cabbage,
and all such stuff Have a regular
market day when you can always be
found there. Folks will expect You
and depend on you. Ihey will pay
yDu cash and as good prices as they
would have to pay at the store, be-
cause they get better weight and mea-
sure and fresher produce.
For a water-2ipe burst by tho
frost: Get at a drug store. or fror
your doctor. a plaster bandage two
inches wide. Hold it in bowl of wa.
ter till the bubbles stop rising. Then
at once wrap it around and round the
broken pipe. smoothing with thu
hands as you 60 Thus you will make
a splint similar in shape to the wiped
joint which the plumbers make. II
will last long and will not leak.
We see no logical reason-do you?
why a prosperous farmer should
put all his money in the bank and
let the repair Of fences. farm build.
ings. etc, be neglected. Money and
time are well spent in keeping M
farm buildings. fences. etc. It's all
right to save something. as we 60
along. for a rainy day; but there is
more pleasure for the whole family
in a smaller bank account, and in
having things neatly kept-to i'm
prove rather than to deteriorate.
From Feb. Farm Journal