Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1913-02-28
FARM BUREAU.
Succeeds the Stevens County
Farm Club.

\ AAO SClAQuI HGIu q 1uOS&
successful short course for farmers
last week, over eighty being enrolled.
This is such a substantial increase over
last year that it is expected that next
year the capacity of the school will
be taxed to the utmost tc accommodate
all who will wish to attend. A large
part of those who attended this year
will plan to attend next year and
bring others with them.
On Saturday the annual meeting OF
the Stevens County Farm Club was
held. Mr.. Baker, district director,
was present and made some very good
remarks.
! MR.. BAKERS TALK.
''If we will arrange our work care
fully, for instance take little time
to study the exact sytsem used in
banks and some of the department
stores. we can put this into practice
in our own line of business and save a
great deal of time. -
GENERAL PLAN OF INDUSTRY.
"As a general thing the farmer
starts out in the morning by taking
his milk to town. He stops and talks
with neighbor here for a little while
and another one some place else for
awhile and the first thing he knows an
hour has slipped away. Then he goes
on to the creamery and stops there and
another fifteen or twenty minutes is
lost. If be has hired man he should
be made to realize this from a stand
point of labor. However. / do not be-
lieve that one should be close in re-
gard to time on the farm, but be-
leive we must make up our minds
from a stand point of business that
every bit of machinery and every
animal and every bit of labor should
be utilized as carefully as we can use
lit We will find a great deal of
difference in the length of the day we
work. The average hired man does
mot care if the buildings are not just
what they ought to be, but he likes tc
| have things right. The hired man
who trims mp ti1e tea1n and talEss guud
care Of ii. you will find is the one
who will do more=worl than another
who does not do these things. With
that kind Of. man inscharge you car
always depend on using the team on
Sundays or outside of the regular
farm work as they will always b
lin trim. Two men can manage to d.
the work on a, farm with a good lo
Iof live stock, say from nfteen Il
twenty head Of cattle. with one hireC
) man by arranging the program of the
q tday 80 as to get uD about five o'ciocl
in the morning. milk about eight O.
. ten cows apiece, taking about an hou
and fifteen minutes, then take twenty
to thirty minutes to separate the mill
and feed the calves. have breakfas
at s 30. thus arranging it so that th'
, Imam does the first work rather thai
! letting the woman do all first. Il
this way one can get into the field a
little after seven o'clock. He cal
! put in his time there until abou
! twelve o'clock. take an hour for din
. ner or a little longer if the day
Ivery hot. get back to the field an
finish there little before six clock
He can then have supper so the woma
can get done when be does, and tn
chores ell finished up by 7:15 or z g
O'Clock. In another case man Nigh
have only FIVE or six cows and fort
to fifty pigs and yet he will wor
from 4:30 a. m. until 9 or 9 80 p
!. m. To p. m. is used as genera
time at home in making plans for th
inext day, keeping accounts, ETC., the
! he can retire at 9 p. m. and be read
to be on the job the next day agai
at 5 clock, giving him seven Q
: Ieight hours of sleep. A man will Tee
we'll and in trim for work by keepin
a regular program like this, but ther
must be punctuality as in any othe
line of business. A man cannot affor
: to allow any difference in time
the handling of his stock. If he lei
his cows go from 80 to 40 minute
;. later each day either in the feeding {
milking it will produce nervou
;. tension that will tell on the anima
; ) There must be punctuality along tn
: as well as any other line of businel
4 for just as soon as we let a COW Wa
i over her regular time there is lol
" We must raise the right type I
: animals for the things we want theE
animals to do.
y TAKING CARE OF THINGS.
MI "Of course there is certain amour
.. of depreciation on farm and SON
rs things will wear out. but for intsanc
% | If one gets a good harness cosrir
10 from $35 to $40 and takes care of j
- - In 1s..& 49,. ~ oiownn voorn conn