The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-07-11

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terS on the farm.
THE BUoiNECo e. tANllING
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A great deal has been said in joo
ular way about the razor-5ack hog ant
his sun-splitting abilities, but it is {
very encouraging fact that he is rap
idly becoming extinct. His happy
hunting grounds consist now of only
small part of the total hog produe
ing area. He has been succeeded by
the more domesticated and more
highly developed type of hog, which
someone has properly dubbed "the
mortgage raiser" Many farmers car
easily attribute the possession OF
homes, wealth and all that goes there.
with, tothe domesticatedhog. His place
in the scheme of industrial progress
has been won not by any unusual trait,
but is largely due to the fact that his
proftableness is result Of instructive
economical habits. BY nature he
seems to fit into the whole scherne Of
farming as uti!iZer, to the best pos
slble advantage, ef many Of the farm
products that wc.:id otherwise be a
total loss
Mese4asa draw u very valuable lessen
from this all but artistic animal,
whose only language is his squeal Of
disapproval and his sturdy grunt Of
satisfaction. He saves where others
waste, and makes his living by roofing
around sometimes in places where
wanted, sometimes not. If there Is
anything within reach that he likes
he usually finds it and proceeds to
make good use Of the opportunity
without any manifest concern or ey-
citement. He seems to make it his
business to look after small things,
even the holes in the fence if the out.
side looks more inviting.
Profitable farming is becoming more
and more a business proposition In
which it is necessary to look after
the small things and to use to the best
advantage every opportunity to pro-
duce more economically The best
and most profitable farmers have
adopted systems Of farm accounting,
or, in other words. they have become
bookkeepers, have kept such COM
plete records as to enable them to de-
terrnine which fields were profitable
and which were not. To begin with,
it is not absolutely necessary to follow
up all little details, but it Is a good
plan to doso as completely as possible.
II we were to go into manufacture
ing plant, one of the first things to
impress us would be the system Of
doing things and the strict principles
of economy that are followed. All
products that can be used for other
purposes are saved. properly stored,
and used when the time comes. At
the end Of each month, and possibly
each day, the manager knows the
exact status OF affairs the amount Of
stock on hand. and the quantity Of
finished product ready for the market.
Every part of great machine is
numbered and each must be accounted
for.
If the same unSystematic methods
were practiced in factories as are used
on some farms, they would soon lose
their Identity with the worlds pro-
gress, and become nothing but idle
monuments to some mans failure.
On careful consideration it is plain to
see that with farming it is as import
ant, if not more so, to keep definite
and strict records of all expenditures
Of time, money and labor
The space allotted to this article
will not permita detailed explanation
of all the possibilities Of an account
ing system on the farm and what it
will accomplish. but carefully kept
records will be an index finger to point
the farmer to 'oop holes through which
the profits are nov slipping. He
would knoS T,ch are the profitable
fields; which are the most profit
crops: which COWS were
boarders, that he might at. the end Of
the season sell such animals to pay
their board bills: he would know
whether he was utilizing his horse
power to the best possible advantage
In this connection it might be said
that one Of our foremost universities
has just found that on l60-acre farm,
equipped with six splendid head Of
work stock, the average daily labor
per horse was only little over three
hours for the entire year "a very
small average labor record, indicating
3 lack OF efficiency.
Well kept accounts waa,! c::ia'l!c Us
to determine the most satisfactory
way Of utilizing our dairy products.
Experiment Stations have found that
the cream separator reduces the loss
of butter fat per COW to one-eighth
that of the deep setting: one-twenty-
irst OF the shallow pan, and one
,hirty-third of the water dilution
methods Of cream separation. This
shows that Will. The ordinary farmer
Who is milking ten average COWS,
iguring butter at the market price,
Will save mere tiian The price of
separator III a single season. 1t not
,nly is economical from the stand
)o:nt Of obtaining more OF the butter
at from the milk and other methods
If cream separation. but makes it
possible to utilize the milk before it
las undergone the action OF detri-
mental bacteria, TO which it is very
susceptible. Every farmer knows
hat milk as it comes fresh from the
eparator is in the most wholesome
ondition for feeding young pigs and
oung calves.
We hear great dea! said nowadays
bout maintaining the fertility OF the
oil. We all know that if grain IS
old direct on the mtrk. : that we
eplete The fertility of the laud very
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