The Idaho Republican., 1915-12-03
LOUIS Eel 1.-THE
FARMER AUTOMATIC
The Model Farm conducted on model methods


All values are relative values.
Nothing costs man anything if 1t
pays for itself That is what Louis
Felt's farm did, payed for itself in
few years, with Mr.. Felt staying
around operating it, he and his wife.
That was quick work, and that is the
reason we are telling you about his
Operations. That farm ought to feel
proud of itself and it's operator
Sometimes a patient dies under the
knife, but Felt's farm will not die
during the operation, for it gets bet
ter all the while. He keeps as much
stock around as he can feed from his
crops, and conserves his fertilizers
carefully. He keeps grading his fields
more perfectly, to get perfect irrl-
cation and to economic the water
and the time of the irrigator. He
takes the view that If $40 worth of
grading on a certain tract saves a
man a days time in the several irri'
cations the next summer, and in
creases the yield five or six dollars
worth, the $40 grading is repaid.
Added to that is the increased duty
or efficiency of the water. Some
neighbor might as we'll have it that
much longer, and Felt's soil will be
better and the crop better quality
for being watered more perfectly
For these reasons Mr.. Felt looks with
keen desire upon every elevation
and depression he sees in his fields.
lie wants to get at them with fresno
scraper and increase or double the
yield. Liberal fertilizing, clean, deep
plowing, thorough narrowing and
preparation of the seed bed, prompt
sowing or planting when the season
is right, cultivating as much as he
can and keeping the water off as long
as it seems safe, these are the things
Mr.. Felt counts among the joys of
handling that farm of his. Give him
his way about those things and there
will be something doing at harvest
time. But he doesn't work himself
to death. He has windmill to fight
the air currents. He has water pipes
to do the heavy running. He has
watering tanks and troughs on the
fence lines where the CRITTERS" can
guzzle from either side or both He
has his barn and barnyards we'll ar
ranged to suit the natures of the
beasts, so they can do about as they
please, Mr.. Felt permitting. He takes
the view that it pays to let each ami
NAL have it's own way, especially
when you can get him to do 1t him
self-that's easier than leading him
by a rope. Nobody leads a duck to
water, but on some farms every horse
has a chaperone every time he drinks,
and chaperones cost about $45 a
and board. Mr.. Felt doesn't
stay out late to paint over old farm
He keeps them all under
sheds, protected from the burning
sun and the soaking rain. He named
his place "The Model Farm" and had
It painted on the vane of his windmill
where it swings AMI sings, to remind
him that he has "hitched his wagon
TO a STAR" and If he keeps it creased
and steers it right the forces of the
universe will draw it along for him.
Following this idea he built his hen
house of cement and plaster, with
plenty of light and ventilation, and a
hard smooth floor so he can sweep
It out and wash it clean. Chicken
lice don't live on slick boulders nor
sand. When chickens
are clean and healthy and happy,
hey sing songs and lay eggs and
make fat, and become a delicate
brown in the skillet or oven. Those
are the things the chickens do at
rhe Model Farm. There are eggs to
be gathered the year around, and If
Louis Felt packed his eggs in cartons
marked "The Model Farm" and dat
I'd them, Blackfoot housekeepers
would be telephoning the dealer,
Have you any eggs from The Model
Farm? All right, send me four ca--
.ons; I'm willing to pay the extra !