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Show How to Save Money On the Farm. There is nothing that comes tjenrcr giving your correspondent tlio rickets, as ho rides nlong tlio public highways in tho lichest dulrieta In the United rilalea than to seo tho aiitouut of good machinery, rusting and rotting down, unhitched fioui, and left a here last need, covered with a nines ot uitid Hml I , overgronu with weeds This reckless und extravagant waste, this utter dlsie- garil of eery piinclpla of economy ' fhotild not and cannot hope t'i have n.i k abiding place in the management nf any f- farm whore they have tlie remotest ex ' pectaiion of micceeding. It might have ii been so in tlie olden times, when tainle ' were worth lesj and taxes lower; when '. ' it coal iitliultely lets to live and travel; y' t alien wiil'I'h and cost of maliitetiance ;' ' were far below what they nre today ; if when our prhhi ran to much lower '' Htandaidsuud (ho advantaKes wo have ' today at an increasing oxpeiiso were ' not tJ be hail, " i' Tlio neccsHiuy machinery retjuired In . the operation of a good quarter section . ' $ farm canuol he puiihased for much less than threo hundred dollats. Many o( these, unless well housed anil properly Pi cared for, will be of little service after two neafons, the teplaclruof which la r j , an extravagant 'item of expense, taken ,.' y into coiiHldcratlon wjlh tlio other (Ixed : t ihaigesou the (r.rm. Mowcis, hinders ' mid hay takes go down lo a etagoof ' uselcsiMiesB ery fuel when left out to fji koe company with the owls and isf gophers. Tuo matter of decay is not W$: the only loss to ho calculated, but tho ffi$l less ol time and money in getting thtni sk.-'si , Htarted tho folloAjng Hprlny and nitn- !'SK" V iner, due from an acouinnlaHon of rust wj,' nud dirt. V'l Now h n good time to make some new i'i& remduttoiiB and put thtm Into exo- jt'.fj',, culionj g out by the old Btraw stack ','$4't and bring in the harrow; go don ir. ' ' , the low Intuit among lite dead gras, ,' wheru ou will lltid tho mgwer in a 1 h weeping condition, bring it In; look ' tlieie by tlie hog lot gate and you will see tlio binder, whoio the hoijs and v " calves have tnada a sciatching poat ol , ' , (, fur lo, these many ilayn, let's Itave I it, out In the corn Held last laid by 4 ' one snugly towed up in the lence cor- r )Lr and two half buried in the mud L " J0l, will II ml three Hue now com plows, v -. jotter fetch them Moug. wl.tlo your ' resuhitlotia Utat. Gather them all up and place thcni In n coiufottablo position po-sition and cover them over; n nice convenient con-venient shed will answer bust, but II this is not to be had, u few lo.ids of that slough hay, well supported on sonic posts, will sutlhi, but be sure the low's are not allowed free range among lhi'ii, or they will not be much "Improved by tho surroundings. All canvas should bo remored, carefully care-fully rolled up and placed In the dry; the sickles' taken out, carefully rolled up, and phiceil under the wheel" to keep Ihetii out of thu dirt; see that nothing rests against the delicalu frame structures that by (distant pressure might warp Ihetii out of line; vvnere theio are rpriugs used in their adjustment, adjust-ment, loosen them also, be sure that all the shovels mid stubble plows me well oiled with noun' pott oil or tallow -c million axle gieaso la very good for this purposo, the only objection is tlie removal in tho spring; however, by pouring a little scalding water on them you will experience no trouble in thin diiectiou. Now a day or two In .eu out at the Held at this ime f tin' jc.ir n 1 repay it reluarkahh interest o t the ( mo in caring for jour inai hincry in I... way, and it U the poleinii wish of tlie writer that it will never be mceeiMrv to call any one's attention lo this di'ieilc-tlou di'ieilc-tlou of duty in tlio future. Pick It all up and house It iiwuj lie u fanner not a sloath. K A. Wilson, In the -Nebraska Farmer. |
