Show WINTER WORK FOR FARMERS one would think it unnecessary to remind farmers that of the tour four seasons season 0 of the year the spring is the busiest of all yet such euch a reminder is needed even among utah farmers noted as they are for their industrious and persevering habits one reason tor for the necessity of this hint bint is also a lead 12 ing ine reason for the spring being a season 0 of f so BO much work that Is if that so go many things which should be done in the fall and winter and which could just as well be attended to while the snow is in on the ground or before the icy grip of winter has taken hold bold or when it has temporarily relaxed are postponed until the winter is permanently broken and the planting and growing Krowl nic season is at hand many a professed farmer leaves the cleaning up of his corral til X ia f ll A t daoa eA oA the time of plowing and seeding come ip in cold weather he argues that the manure to is frozen or in the autumn that it has not rotted tuf instead of such lame excuses he could when it to frozen chop it out in large pieces and haul it onto the ground or in the fall get a scraper into the corners and bring it into a heap in the center of the yard load it upon the wagon and convey it to the field where it can be spread as wanted or piled up in a convenient place till spring those are foresighted and forehanded farmers who have seen or do ao see to it that all the ground for use next spring has been or will be plowed in the fall A little bookkeeping too 1 is s not a useless part of the autumn work when it hae ban been decided which portion of the farm shall be sown to wheat or oats and which planted in potatoes and other vegetables this might be noted in a book so that when spring comes not only the farmer but his hands bands can know exactly what is going to he be planted and where it is going to be planted and what piece will be kept for pasture if he be reads the newspapers he will also have atud studied ed which will be the best beet paying crop for his bis locality and he will make it his bis business busi bus icess to raise something that his neighbor does nut nt and not glut his local market with one kind and only one kind of produce then in this country where we have to depend so much upon irrigation the fall to is the abe proper time to look after irrigating ditches and nd get them cleared of weeds that have choked them up and rocks that have obstructed the waters flow fixing up also the head gates that have gone to decay and that need a little bracing up it is quite a comfort to the busy farmer when the first irrigation is at hand to have all his ditches ready for the big streams that come early in the season then as to seed whenever possible this if it has to be ordered at all should be ordered in the winter so aa to have it on hand for it is a fact that the see damen send out their best seeds first leaving till last the poorest and those they may have left over from the preceding year they know that their reputation comes from thrifty intelligent tell igent farmers and gardeners and not from those who are careless the sluggards slug gards who order late and plant about the time others are thinking of reaping those who have home raised seed should now take time carefully carai ully to clean it and keep it in proper condition duly labeled during fine spelle in winter the machinery may be looked alter after broken or worn out bolts replaced with new ones knives lu in the reapers readers and mowers sharpened bits of fencing fixed up trees trimmed and a dozen and one things which must be done before the work can begin properly next season the farmers lite life is isa a truly independent one he be js is no mans servant but is lord of the soil but aut in ruling his domain S successfully he must drive his hie work instead of allowing his bis work to drive him he must plan to have as aa few hours as possible of enforced idleness he be must use brains as well as am main strength mind as an well as matter hb bb roust must dispel the too popular notion that it is in his him privilege to hibernate all winter like a bear and come out in ia the spring lean IL lank crow and unprepared for the multitude of duties that the now ner season has haa in store |