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Show I ES 1 i?J" V UIXTs TO CrAII FAEHEKS I L KiKsrens in Utah, as ciscvrhcre, ! JC, - lcte a great ileal of what they make " in sumnvr ly careless wcste In J s winter. Who Uiat has traveled I thrcugh Uio country settlements lias not s-en ploughs, reapers, mower", j threshing machines, sulkies, wagons """ . and various machines an J tools left uncovered aud uncared for, to stoil and become measurably unfit for usa without repair whdia wanted? This is a good time to direct atten- i " , tlon to the unwise course an J poor , ' - economy which is thus so often ex- 1 f tf . hiblted (' Duniia; thLs fine weather, farmers J v , sIiouIJ mike preparations to meet !4 comfortably the winter that will J shortly close tiotrn upon us. Sheds .- and outhouses should ba put In cr- t der, broken battens replaced, roofs j". repaired vliere necessary, doors fixed upon binges, and iilccs fitted to receive all Implements ami utensils uten-sils needed for spring work where they can remain without injury. With proper care such implements may le maje to last double the time they n ill if left exposed. The old adage "a. penny saved is a , psnuy earned," s applicable here I !" The wear and tear cf use is often ' less detriment than tue lots that k r comes from lack, of care. A win- tcr'a waste makeo wo'ul spring , want. Some farmers wonJtr how it is ; that a neighbar, with no more land i thin they have, makes hiadwaj " while they rumiin almost at a stand- I a? iUll financially. If they will watch, ip they will ee that everything about hU pla-e is taken can. of. It looks t trim, to, aui h'a property appears more valuable. lie does not leave expensive machinery out in the roa J, or land, or yard, or his ploughs tnd taols in the field 'all winter. ile has a place for everything and puts everything in its place. To mike means is one thing, to take care of it ii another. Rust often eiU up more than will feed an ani- H mil, and swelling aud shrinking r make a big reduction in values. Xow is tile time to care not onli . for tools and implements but for live stock, JIake comfortab'e quarters p for all animals on the farm. It pays Don't let the joor creatures tuSer by running at large or by shivering at home without proper protection from storm and frot. -Fences also should bo repaired, loose posts tightened up, apertures I rilled. Straw stack and other refuse from the ileld3 and orchards should lie gathered into the barn yard, where what is not eaten li stock iniy be trampsd into manure to be 1 hauled on to the land in early soring time. Theae'are simple hint, but there is I ' money in them. And when every- Nv ' tiling is in good shape, winter may come and the thrifty, orderly I i farmer carts not, for he is ready aud ', 2 cheerful and he cats look upon his 4 tidy homestead aud sheltered proper- ty with pirdojable pride. |
