Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-08
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Man.oer


Manager
Tie harvest Witch has just passed
Witnessed a greater hack Of fArn help
than perhaps any harvest that We
have known, The CRY for farn iabcr
era from the Northwest nesaphonsd
over the entire country, lost nons Of
It's intensity vhsn heard at short
range Farmers boarded trains At the
station oaeFing ssee. sac per DAY
ara IN some eases more for farm help.
Their solicitations we're met BY the
stare and sunni siience OF the passen-
Eers
Al this pasnt = s Az TO ask
why. II such is the case. and there
Teens to b. no doaht hut that II is
Is the fArp heir pFchlem growing
greater year after ysar. There are
many reasons for shis-souie sre luret
away from the farm BY the attrac
uons Of the city. while others turn
their backs TO the farm because OF the
drudsey and lcre hours they are re
CURED to work on the ordinary farm
II Is right and prper that the FARMER
should WORT lone hours during certain
reasons o. the year IN order to ave
the crop hrf We End she largest per
eentage do net step AT this point. but
pride themselves IN sarly rising, say
ing nothing, however. q the worl
actually accomplished We 40 not
wish 70 disc~ounteuRuea early rising.
but that in itself win not he rrodnc
tive OF results. We often hear the ole
adzge, .She early bird catches the
woga-this success ~as not
sarfIy due to early rising but to know
irg where 10 70; f. other words, tn
farmer should combine With earls
risinE-esr.y ard careful planning
Just recently The writer was ri an
Iowa farm where a new silo had been
erected. u was discouraging 10 note
that the sflo had been hsilt eight or
ten feet from the side o. the horse
barn. in fact. II vas zoo or 500 feet
from the place where the silage was
"a be fed viz. the cattle barn: IN
other words. a large percentage OF tbs
I xfiage would have TO be carried zoo or
SOC feet during feeding time. The
energy and time expended as a result
Of carelessly building the silo az this
peint can be placed or the loss side
OF the ledger. It is rot infrequently
the case that 1t tskes { teen CT twenty
minutes to carry the corn for feee.rs
the horses, and even longer 10 feed
the hogs and other animals. bat n the
corr crib we're property locsted II
would save two-thirds to fhree-fourths
( Of this work.
Bv the prcrer arrangement OF farm
buildings hours Of time ard scores Of
niles Of travel ran be saved. n is
much easier and usually takes no %
time to unload 2 load Of corr OF grais
in a crib or bin in the barn or hog
house than II would I o unload :. at
a corn crib standing several hundred
feet from either.
" we we're TO visit a modern plant
that is manufacturing machines for
the farm or ether marhinsrv We would
end that every casting and every part
had a certain route through the works
The holes are bored or punched With
enc machine Il is then handed OF
delivered 20 the next machine where
the milling or blaming work Il done;
in other words. II paEses from machine
to machine uHtH the article IS com
pieted. n the method practiced on
many farms we're In vogue IN fsctor
les. either the price OF machines
would be higher or the factories
would 90 out OF business
Conditions and methods havs
changed. The farmer nov has at his
disposal farm equipmen. which will
enable him TO reap Ereater profits
from the area farmed II he spends
Part OF his time planning the various
operations thfn II the o'd methods
we're followed lie should no longer
view his occupation 10 the lieht If a
d~ay-Iaborer. but from the angle OF a
business man, There IS, perhaps, no
occupation that REQUIRES n keeher
judgment and better MANAGEMENT
than 70 operate a farm successfully.
The scarcity Of fsrm lafor cen be
met, in a d7sree. ~ Sc planning 7 9
atoms and growing diversified crops
as to distribute the WORK ever a lorg
or period. There Is nc estion bot thai
the farmers in the northwest IN the
wheat sections and the eotten farmers
OF the south will soor realize tie I'm
portance ard necessity. not only from
the standroiat IF IT'S effect on TIE sol.
but from tss +fev point Of The laborer
to practice better and more comrlete
rotations
Data eoliacrpd hy the government
shows that che yesriy earrins~ ret
farm barf Sc aimest d'ecflr propor
tiopal 70 The farm eou'rwert rsed
The usirg r ? larger rrmhfr e farm
machines ard more rover. and follow
tne hrttcr -v iRclrf ne a proper
rotation ~ r-c~ WI helB to solve
the iaNor rf lem