Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-06-26
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BY ). z. Wasgener, Services oursau
Manager.

than perhaps any harvest that, We
have known. The cry for farm lRbor-
ers from the Northwest. megapAoned
over the entire country. lost none Of
its intensity when heard at short
range. Farmers boarded trains 1T the
station offering $500. $3.50 per. day
and in some cases more for farm help.
Their solicitations were met by the
stare and dumb silence Of the passen.
gers. i.
At this point one is apt 10 ask
why" II such is the case. and there
seems to be no doubt but thateit is
10 the farm help problem growing
greater year after year. There are
many reasons for this-some Az jured
away from the farm by the sattrac-
tons Of the city. while others turn
their backs to the farm becauss Of the
drudgery and long hours they are re-
quired to work on the ordinary farm.
1t is right and proper that the farmer
should work long hours during certain
seasons of the year in order to save
the crop, but we find the largest per-
centage do not stop at this point, but
pride themselves in early rising, say.
Ing nothing. however, Of the work
actually accomplished. We do not
wish to discountenance early rising,
but that in itself will not be produc-
tive Of results. We often hear the old
adage, "the early bird catches the
worm"-this success was not neces-
sarily due to early rising but to know
Ing where to 60; In other words, the
farmer should combine with early
rising-early and careful planning.
Just recently the writer was on an
Iowa farm where q new silo had been
erected. 1t was discouraging % note
that the silo had been built eight or
ten feet from the side Of thu horse
barn. in fact, It was 200 or 40 feet
from the place where the sil1te was
to be fed. viz: the cattle Mn; in
other words. . large percenta bf the
silage would have to be carFia1st BOO or
800 feet during feeding till The
energy and time expended as fesult
Of carelessly building the siloit this
point can be placed on the ''lo4R' side
Of the ledger. Il Is not infreltently
the case that It takes fifteen or1twenty
minutes to carry the corn for Needing
the horses. and even longer 10 feed
the hogs and other animals, butt If the
corn crib were properly located 1t
would save two-thirds to three-fourths
of this work.
BY the proper arrangement of farm
buildings hours of time and scores of
miles of travel can be saved. 1t is
much easier and usually takes no more
time to unload load Of corn Or grain
in a crib or bin in the barn &er hog
house than 1t would to unloaA 1t at
a corn crib standing several hundred
feet from either.
II we were to visit a modern plant
that is manufacturing machines for
the farm or other machinery we would
find that every casting and every part
had certain route through the works.
The holes are bored or punched with
one machine. It is then handed or
delivered to the next machine where
the milling or planning work 10 done:
in other words, It passes from machine
to machine until the article IL COM
pleted. II the method practiced on
many farms were in vogue in factor.
les. either the price Of machines
would be higher or thas factories
would 60 out of business. IS 49,
Conditions and methods have
an nNoA no nNu, hoe a.
disposal farm equipment which will
enable him to reap greater profits
from the area farmed II he spends
part Of his time planning the various
operations than II the old methods
we're followed. He should no longer
view his occupation in the light Of .
day-laborer, but from the angle Of
business man. There is. perhaps, no
occupation that requires any keener
Judgment and better management
than to operate q farm successfully.
The scarcity Of farm labor can be
met. in q degree. BY 10 planning oper-
atoms and growing diversified crops
AZ to distribute the work over Q long.
er period. There 10 no question but that
the farmers in the northwest In the
wheat sections and the cotton farmers
Of the south win soon realize the i'm
portance and necessity. not only from
the standpoint Of its effect on the soil,
but from the viewpoint Of the laborer,
to practice better and more complete
rotations.
Data collected by the government
shows that the yearly earnings per
farm hand is almost directly proper.
tional to the farm equipment used
The using of larger number Of farm
machines and more power. and follow
ing better plans, including . proper
rotation of crops, will help to solve
the labor problem.
Fodder left in the shock will lose
from Is to 40 per cent of its feeding