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Show WINTER ON THE FARM. By E. R. Towle. Another year has come, the winter is passing along and the days are beginning be-ginning to lengthen, The winter season is a quite important im-portant one on the farm.' Tlieoptf have been gathered in, abundant ones too, the stock is safely housed from inclement weather, and the owner or care-taker is busy from morning until night attending to the wants of the animals under his charge. The ust-fulncss ust-fulncss and profit of these animals another season will depend in no small measure on the good care that is given thdm during the winter. The young animals should be kept thrifty and growing right along. There should be no standing still in this respect. There should be something some-thing tangible to show for the feed and care given. And this should be on a liberal plan, liberal enough to insure good returns another year for the outlay. " He that deviseth liberal lib-eral things by liberal things, shall he stand'," is an old maxim, and is as true today as 'when uttered. Another spring these animals of all kind's should be expected to show the good effects of generous feed and core as they arc turned out to pasture. pas-ture. The cows should be carefully cared for all along. Those that are dry should not Ibc allowed to get thin in flesh before coming fresh in milk, when they should be expected to do their best. The winter dairy needs the best attention at-tention and must have it if satisfactory satisfac-tory returns arc to be expected. Dairy products are in demand at excellent ex-cellent prices, and this should be an inducement for the most profitable feeding and the best of care. The prices for grain feeds that for some time have been so very high, arc getting get-ting to be lower, and this should be a further inducement for more liberal liber-al feeding in this line. Everything about the barn and stable sta-ble should be kept in the (best possible possi-ble condition for the health, vigor and usefulness of the cows and all other animals. Bed the animals and moke and save all the manure possible, possi-ble, and apply where most needed for the crops another season. This, with good seeds and cultivation is the real foundation for bountiful crops and profitable husbandry. Spring will be along soon, and the thrifty, 'calculating farmer should be ready for it. Each year .brings its useful routine, over and over again. "bur along -with -it a steady progress should be made, something that will go to show at the end' of the year what has been acoomplished. Hav& the seeds of all kinds selected and on hand, and it should be considered con-sidered very important to have the purest and best of every kind. This is something that should ever be taken tak-en into careful consideration. Then there should be all needed farming implements and machinery. At this time, when help is so difficult to be obtained and wages correspondingly correspond-ingly high, the farmer finds it necessary neces-sary to substitute as far as it can be done, labor-saving machinery and this means a good deal on the average-sized farm, and especially in the great west where so much land is under cultivation cultiva-tion and the conditions so favorable for their use. j And better work can be done with . the improved implements and differ- i cut methods where properly used than in the old way, and in so much lcs time. Get the best, up-to-date implements and use them intelligently and then take good oarc of them until again wanted. Last year was a record-breaker in the production of crops in this country, coun-try, and alt should endeavor to make this year its equal or better, as far as good management and intelligent labor will help to insure the cTcsircd results. o |
