The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-25
THE BUSINESS OF rARMia6-'

~" n "N""oNhA' OF we " service burseu
A great deal has been said in a joe
ular way about the rszor-back hog and
his sun-splitting abilities, but 1t Is q
very encouraging fact that he is rap
Idly becoming extinct. His happy
hunting grounds consist now of only
. small part Of the total hog produc-
ing area. He has been succeeded by
the more domesticatsd and more
highly developed type Of hog, which
someone has properly dubbed 1.-The
mortgage raiser" Many farmers can
eeslly attribute ths possession Of
homes, wealth and all that goes there
WITH. 70 the domesticated hog. His place
N NE scheme Of industrial progress
hAe been won not by any unusual trait,
but ID largely due TO the fact that his
prontablensss is result Of instructive
economical habits. BY nature he
seems to At into the whole scheme Of
farming as utilizer, to the best pos
sible advantage, Of many Of the farm
products that would otherwise be q
total loss.
We can draw very valuable lesson
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. II there Is
anything within reach that he likes
he usually finds 1t and proceeds to
make good use Of the opportunity
without any manifest concern or ex-
element. He seems to make IL his
business to look after small things,
even the holes in the fence II the out
side looks more inviting.
Profitable farming is becoming more
and more business proposition in
which II is necessary to look after
the small things and to use to the best
advantage every opportunity 10 pro-
ducs 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-
tsrmine which fields were profitable
and which were pot. To begin with,
1t il not absolutely necessary to follow
up all little details, but 1t is a good
plan to do so as completely as possible.
II we were to 60 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
/ l,at
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
Tor.
If the same unsystematlc methods
were practiced in factories as are useC
on some farms, they would soon los,
their identity with the worlds pro
gress, and become nothing but ial'
monuments to some mans failure
On careful consideration IL is plain Il
see that with farming 1t Is as import
ant, If not more so, to keep definite
Of time, money and labor.
The space allotted to this articl,
will not permit detailed explanation
of all the possibilities Of an account
ing system on the farm and what /
will accomplish, but carefully KEEP
records will be al index finger to poin
the farmer to loop holes through whicl
the profits are now slipping. ii
would know which are the proftabl
: fields; which are the most prof
producing crops; which cows wer
: boarders, that he might at the end c
/ the season sell such animals to pa
= their board bills; he would kno'
! whether he was utilizing his hors
power to the best possible advantag,
" In this connection 1t might be sal
4 that one of our foremost universitie
I has just found that on a l60-acre farm
- equipped with six splendid head c
o work stock, the average daily labo
r per horse was only little over thre
% hours for the entire year a yer
h small average labor record, indicatin
4 . lack OF efficiency.
o Well kept accounts would enable I
n to determine the most satisfaction
t way Of utilizing our dairy product
r Experiment Stations have found thu
n the cream separator reduces the lo'
! Of butter fat per COW to ons-eight
q that Of the deep setting; one-twent
e first OF the shallow pan, and on
o thirty-third of the water dilute
n methods Of cream separation. tn
shows that with the ordinary farm,
? who Is milking ten average COW
~ figuring butter at the market pric
"A will save more than the price of
20 separator In a single season. 1t n
q only Is economical from the stan
70 point OF obtaining more Of the butt
10 fat from the milk and other metho,
:, Of cream separation, but makes
possible to utilize the milk before
>, has undergone the action Of detl
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