The Springfield herald., 1916-04-07

that instead OF five inches TWO
rods apart, posts of smaller size
two to three inches, q rod
apart, would be better; and we
consequently would favor that
change.
THE Cosr To FENCE
To the charge that it was an
insult to invite people who are
not able to fence to come here
and then not protect them. it
might be equally said to he an
insult to ask them to come here
when they are not able to build
a house and to equip themselves
with teams and farm tools, and
to live on and improve the land
according to certain governmental
regulations.
The facts are that the man who
comes here needs certain
amount of equipment and GER
tain amoant of money. Editor
Hoggatt, Of the Great Divide
the herd-law paper, recognizes
this fact, as we notice that he
wants his settlers in his Moffat
, county colony to ohave Isl, 900 in
cash, in addition to farm tools,
stock, and household goods" and
! he claims to have interested
more than thousand settlers so
equipped for that colony.
If Editor Hoggatt is sincere in
believing the man who settles
here should have 81. 200 in cash,
he is inconsistent in his claim
that a man doesn't need enough
F, , money to build a fence, or that
81, OOO isn't enough for his other
wants and to build a fence also.
From the talk of the settlers
not being able to fence, meaning
asa rule, one would gather theim-
preston that a small fortune is
required for that purpose.
Presuming that a man farms
! 16O acres and has to fence ttat
amount, the three wires to in
close it, at present Springfield
prices, would cost $500. If
money was less object than
| time, 1896. 90 would pay for posts
one rod apart at Is cents each.
i, If he had more time th.n money,
he would go to the cedars and
gat his posts, and the $500
would be the money outlay.
! Ifa man is equipped for farm
ing 100 acres, he is abundantly
equipped to get those posts; and
if not equipped to farm 16Oacres
the cost of wire and posts would
beless in proportion tO the crop
acreage.
But this $78 90 doesn't consti.
Gu te total extra expense. The
man who is equipped to farm 16O
acres, either is or should be
equipped with six to a dozen hor
ses, and from a dozen to twenty
or thirty head of cattle; and
those in that class of farmers
who are not now SO equipped
with stock, are no doubt practi-
cally all laying their plans to
gather about them the necessary
stock to go with a 16O acre farm
ing equipment.
| Now the very smallest postur-
age to go wi5h such sn equip
ment would be 40 acres; and the
fence around 40 acres would be
! just half the fence around 100
acres thus reducing the extra
expense from $500 to $39. 90.
But that's not all The man who
is equipped for l6o acre farming,
as all should be and ought to be,
needs every foot of 16O acres in
pasturage-and then some-so
that nothing in expense could be
saved by having fenceless farms.
Our next article will have
to do with states having
herd laws, with who al interest
ed. and with the part played in
financial affairs and the prosperi-
ty of the county by those having
say from fifty head of stock to
several hundred.
AS the Herald's space is limit
ed, we shall next week give the
floor to Prof. Jent, and the next
week again take up the pros and
cons.