The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-28
oW5 He HELPS MEN EARN MORE
81 MONEY

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leastern magazine, which ! believe
the best article on farm manage
ent have ever seen. He is resi-.
snt of Rock county, Wisconsin, and
10 been very successful as a farmer
Id breeder of Shorthorn cattle. Mr..
ennedy says:
when other farmers in this vicin-
y were having difficulty in finding
clip ! had all of the help l needed.
nd turned down several applications
ON good wOrkmen l could not use.
he ease with which l could get good
sbor. I am quite sure, is largely due
!, the fact that pay them consider
Bile more than DO other farmers, but
am not farming for the fun of it.
nd ! don't pay these wages just for
he sake of having plenty OF men
round. ! pay them more because l
now i can make profit on the
igher wage. Two of my men get
Is "a month and each of the others
10 a month. The higher priced men
re married and get their houses and
ute share of their living, in addi-
on to their salaries.
E"In order to make a profit when
aging these higher wages consider
4 essential to make it possible for
" men to earn more for me as we'll
s for themselves. In order that they
lay earn more have carefully
tanned the work so that the utmost
an be accomplished. "
81 have provided labor saving de-
ices wherever possible, so that each
ian can accomplish more in less time
Inc of the best indications that the
len are loyal and appreciate these
lelps In their work is the following
Oncrete illustration. l told my man
hat my plan in handling the manure
utput was to haul it all out in the
pring, and when the job was done to
lean up the manure spreader so that
he machinery would not rust after
eing put away for the summer. Ever
ince, this man takes it upon him
elf to clean up the two spreaders
Without being told. In one case he
vas doing it on Sunday. That indi.
;ates the loyalty l get from him, and
8 similar to the faithful services
let from the other men.
unfortunately, l have so much
outside business to attend to that I
.annOt work with the men in the
ields as much as some farm owners
10. which only makes it all the more
essential that l plan the work very
my main source of income is from
ny herd of pure bred Shorthorn cat
lie. The hogs serve as q valuable
ecOnd source, and occasionally
ave hay and a little grain to sell.
his year, for example, raised fifty
! ,.s wheat for the government
er for the country. because
n to be in such great need OF
iop, and averaged better than
nine bushels per acre.
ie most important crop grow
Sike clover. This produces an
ndance of hay-three tons to the
!,e,. at one cutting as a rule-and.
20 has q wonderfully valuable effect
the soil. We have had more or
,ss trouble in this section OF Wis
Dnsin by having the clover freeze
ut, especially new seeding. For this
eason have adopted plan which.
81 rule, assures me good crop or
lbver until spring. wait until the
fw clover has made enough OF a
tart SO that am sure it Is not
rozen out. Then plow upthe clover
cd and put in corn.
"a good many people object to this
Ian because they say they do not
AVE enough time in the spring to DO
heir blowing and get the corn in when
I should be in the ground. have
10 difficulty on this score, principally,
suppose, because use tractor and
blow the ground with very little ef-
'ort. II should get behind with my
it is very easy to run the
tractor night and day, and in that
way get caught up. The one thing
.fsnot stand for is to let work get
hind. l aim to keep everything just
little bit ahead of time rather than
lst little behind.
An experience had this spring
will show what a simple matter it is
to get the blowing done with tractor.
I had fifty acres of sod that l wanted
to pillow up and put to corn, SO l start.
ed on Monday morning with the trac'
tor pulling the plows and a double
disk behind them Three horses fol-
lowed with a drag, and following this
was two horse team with the plant
er. At four o'clock Thursday after.
noon OF the same week the corn was
all In the ground. In less than four
days we had plowed. disked, dragged
and planted fifty acres Of sod.
Before got the tractor ! had to
keep; fifteen horses on this $40 acre
farm Now l keep eight horses and
get the work done better and more
The tractor pulls three
f6 inch bottoms,
~ am great believer in labor saw
Ing machinery, not only because it
enables my men to accomplish more,
but because it is cheaper. For exam.
pie when l bought the tractor l sold
horses that brought me $1,775. The
investment in the tractor is less than
one.half the investment in horses to
do the same amount of work, and the
lipkeep is about one-fourth the upkeep
Of the horses. figure, too, that lost
nine hours week when used horses
to- do the work the tractor does now.
1t takes about twenty minutes to har'
ness and hitch up team and the time
required In caring for the tractor does
not amount to bit more than the
time required for just cleaning and
feeding the horses.
In addition to the field work, the
tractor fills the silo, does the thresh'
Ing, grinds the feed and shreds the
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