The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-01-25

drive onto the upper side of the dump
and keep 1t extending outward To-
ward the lower ground. llttie
planning and redisposing OF the DUMP
ed loads will keep the surface so that
you can always drive over 1t. There
should be dump accessible from eve
nv field and it should be so located
that YOU can haul down hill to get
to it.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
In a different field from the sub
jects already mentioned, but Of equal
interest, the sources of information
for farm work may be mentioned. We
do not realize or half make use of the
things that are waiting for us in this
line. Ready to serve us there are:
1. The United States Department
of Agriculture.
2. The Experiment Stations and
Agricultural Colleges of our own and
of other states.
3. The various State Departments
4. The Boston Public Library and
other similar institutions.
5. Information bureaus maintained
by The International Harvester Co.
of Chicago the John Deere Pillow Co.
of Moline, ILL.,, and many other large
business concerns.
g. The question and answer columns
of the agricultural press.
The first three mentioned, issue bull
letins on every conceivable subject.
They may be had for asking. Write
on a postal. You do not even have
to send a stamp for a reply or the
postage on the literature. Name the
Strawberries hogs, alfalfa. barns, ap-
pies. shade trees. anything you can
think of or imagine, even to camels or
ostriches this is no joke) and the
various sources mentioned will fur
nish you the latest word about them.
Better than this: II yeu don't know
what to ask for, they will tell you.
That is, IL you have disease afflict-
ing your stock, weeds or pests In
crops, the name of which you do not
know, they will help you out il you
give them any clue at all. From your
afflicted stock, send them in sealed
envelope scab matter or other mater
ial, and they will, by microscopic exa-
mination, determine what 1t is and
send you full instruction as to how
| to proceed Weeds, egg clusters, or
insects may be sent for the same pur-
| pose.
The Boston Public Library is in no
way obliged to answer inquiries from
the country at large, but | find they
are always willing to do so and the
completeness and reliability of the
| information is amazing. | verify be-
| lieve, if you should apply to them for
| map of the back side of the moon,
| they would find way to furnish it.
The information bureaus mentioned
under number five are very useful.
Some of them will make an analysis
of your soil, free of charge. They
are not as prompt as the other sour
ces of information but you will al
ways get an answer; you can't stick
them.
The lesson to be learned right here
is: buy few. II any books. With the
agricultural papers, which, needless
| to say, you must always have, and the
sources of information above noted,
you will not need nor be able to make
use of few bound volumes.
CONCLUSION
The chief merit of these suggestions
is that they save time and are all Of
little cost. There Is one other
thought: If you adopt them. you will
find they will create in you habits Of
order and system that will spread to
other things. They all suggest, or
are suggested by the following motto;
Machines, with full information about
them, tools and materials ready to
hand; no waste matter to spread con-
custom; work planned In the most eff
fective manner: sources of informa-
ton understood and made use OF.