Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-01-03


ter equipment on our farms and Il
our homes. The teachers and minis
ters must have expensive educaticns
and hence demand better salaries.
Telephones. rural deliverie, Of mail, II.
braries. etc. are becominl necessities.
II is the desire of every parent 10 ed.
ucate the children at colleges or sood
schools.
Apparently the key to agricultural
Improvement In the sog:h II more
power and lSborsaving farm imple-
msnts on the farm. The average farm
worker tolls with q small mule or
horse and his total annual income is
about s14s.o0. In Iowa the average
farm worker uses nearly four large
horses and produces s611.11 annually
exclusive Of stock. Investigators show
q much smaller use Of power on the
southern farms than in other sections
Of the country. and, consequently, less
use Of labor'savlng farm implements
and correspondingly lover earning
capacity Of the farmers.
The power must come first and then
the labor-saving implements. Every
farmer in the south can easily raise
the necessary horses. He can better
AFFORD to buy extra horses than 10 at.
tempt tc tArm with one or two small
mules. By the uss OF stroaS teams
and laborsaving Implements, the
wages Of one, and sometimes two men,
can be saved, and this will soon ray
for an extra animal. However. every
farmer should raise his own horses.
A good team of mares will 10 more
work than several small mules. such
as are largely used, and the colts
raised will be a hsndsoms profit o.
furnish the additional power needed
to handle larger farm machines.
Moneyr;aking farmers have :uily
proved that summer and winter pas.
lures and well cured hays should bs
the main reliance for feed. The feed.
ing Of horses and mules on pulled corn
fodder and corn is so expensive and
out Of date that the practice should
be abandoned. I saw seventeen fine
mules that we're raised on good pasture
and pea vine hay. The mulo colts OBJ
tanned their living entirely In pastui ~
from March 1 until December /. The
pastures were NOT brusa patches or
helds OF weeds and briars, but tracta
Of fertile soil, we'll set IN Bermuda
grass, lespedeEa. white and burr cio-
ver Plenty Of pea vine hay was kept
in large racks for mem, from pecem.
Der until March !.
High.priced labor makes It impsra-
tive that more and bettev farm impie-
ments be used. On every farm there
sould be at least reversible disk
plow or o large turning piow OF disk
harrow, two sections Of 81 ,el harrow.
combination planter. single row eu.ti.
vator. grain drill mower and rake. or
q binder and hay press. The above
are essential, and II the means uf tha
farmer will allow. many other cen.
Went laborssving implements. such
as two-row planter, thresher. gaso-
line engine, feed grinder. feed cutter
manure spreader. cream separator and
an auto wagon could be added
Reply to M. L. Barton, Mishawaka
Indiana: "Will you please give me q
little information on laying tile on a
farm that has auickssnd bottom.
also a little advice on killing out
smartweed?"
This Is quite q difficult proposition.
and we believe the only way that re-
suits can be obtained is to use some
durable timber and lay a board In the
bottom OF the ditch on which the tile
can be laid to keep It from getting out
Of line. You would need q board
about the same width as the tile, that
Is, for 4-inch tile a 1x4 board would
be sufficient. AT the points where
the boards Join, short piece 10 or IL
inches long should be placed below 50
that there would not be a possibility
Of the tile becoming disjointed By one
end Of the board settling.
II you can get considerable fall,
the sand win probably not bother in
filling up the tile, but II you csnnet
get fall Of three OF four inches per
100 feet. It would be best, II possible,
to all In about the tile with clay or
some other soil through which the
water would seep and At the ssms
time keep out the sand.
As TO smartweed, we believe If you
get your land properly drained yun
viii not be bothered with this peef,
- It only grows In soil that contains
too much water for the proper erpwth
Of ordinary crops. II draining does
not do II, we are sure that you can
set rid OF II BY cultivation. A few
crops Of corn will help rid your land
Of this pest
TIE story Of cotton il companion
piece to the story Of Schedule K-ths
woolen schedule-declarsd By Presi-
dent Taft to be infamous and indefen-
sible.
The findings Of the tariff board with
regard to the wooden schedule were an
alyzsd BY Chairman Underwood Of ths
ways and means COMMITTEES and con
demned a. inaccurate. incomplete and
worthless A. an aid to leRisistion
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