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Show And every happy daughter a farmer's wife will be. Of course they have an auto which every one can run, And spinning round the country they have a lot of fun. In a Tractor now this farmer is thinking think-ing to invest, He's reading up the catalogues to see which is the best. And I'll say that with the caterpillar he is much impressed. Rut why continue farther? I've said enough in praise Of this scientilic farmer, of his farm and of his ways; And now I hear you asking, who is this farmer man Who runs a perfect farm on a sure and perfect plan? What is his name you ask, perhaps with quiet scorn, I answer you reluctantly, he hasn't yet been born. Norman B. Dresser. Old metheds he will not discard when they are tried and true. Nor yet reject another plan because the plan is new; He knows he has not learned it all, is willing to be shown, And when success crowns other plans to make thuse plan? his own. Ite visits Logan every year to lake the round-up in, And comes back Idled with new ideas his spring work to begin; The demonstration train he sees with interest each day, And listens with great interest to w hat the high-brows say. He's lived upon his well-loved farm for 20 years or more, His father claimed it from the desert 4U years before; He looks with honest pride across each rich and well-fenced field, And knows just how to get from each the very highest yield. He practices rotation, and he gets the purest seeds, And fence corners and ditches are free from brush and weeds. He does not let the refuse heaps, pile round his barn and sheds Until the buildings must be moved, instead in-stead of this he spreads The rich plant food upon his fields, a rich reward he earns, They grow more fertile every year and give increased returns. Tight fences guard his clean corrals, each gate is strong and whole, He doesn't use the usual gate three wires and a pole. He measures all the water that irrigates irri-gates his farm, He uses just enough, too much he knows will do it harm. The orchard out behind the house, he sprays and prunes with care, The trees are thrifty and each year a generous crop they bear; And as upon the markets round he keeps a watchful eye, He always seems to sell his fruit just when the price is high. Under the orchard's blooming boughs are colonies of bees, He says the cost is trifling and they polonize the trees; He always has a market for the honey they produce, But also keeps a good supply on hand for family use. His horses all are pure-breds, he says he finds it pays, They cost more in the first place but they cost no more to raise; And then some yearling colts he sells off' every spring, He finds a ready sale and a handsome price they bring. His hogs are pure-bred also, and they are hard to beat, He feeds a balanced ration and all that they can eat. His pigs will weigh 2(J0 when they are six months old, And are in line condition when ready to be sold. They sell at top-notch figures, and cost four cents a pound, And he's making more on hogs than any man around. His Holstein cows are beauties, as clean and smooth as silk, And every one produces a large amount of milk. , He tests the milk for butter-fat and thinks the time well spent, For if the test from any cow runs under un-der five per cent He makes a change of ration that ; quickly will restore . . The butter content of the milk to what it was before. ' He's a master hand with live-stock, and some pointers I maintain : He got from "Uncle Ben" and his r partner John T. Caine. . By breeding and trap-nesting a seien tllic feed He has a strain of wondrous hens thai fill a long-felt need; I Not one of them lays less than 200 egg a year, , And they only start to lay when egg! are scarce and dear. ! In the spring when other hens are lay ing night and day, ' And the price of eggs has dropped til egg raising doesn't pay, f These hens are laying off eat and sleej and rest, Preparing to lay on when the price is a I its best. , four dollars from each hen is thi: i farmers yearly gain, And he soon will beat this figure witl 3 a 3UU egg strain. This farmer treats his boys in an opei handed way, 3 They are not worked to death and hav. II time for sport and play; Each one of them is given a colt or cal to rai3e, They take a lively interest in the live J stock on the place; 1 And when the crops are sold and th Autumn work is done A portion of the profits go to ever ? lucky son; J And so you may be sure that they lov I the dear old farm, f A city job for them has no profit an q no charm. The house is old but roomy, with fiow ers all around, And various conveniences within are t - be found, To lighten daily labor for daughter and for wife, t And take a lot of drudgery out o woman's life. t In the city's bright light i ne glemou itn thiy its, The Scientific Farmei 'l'he scientilic fariiasr has an open hear and mind, lit doesn't get too far ahead nor lu tea Ur kthind |
