Show SCRUB METHODS MEAN SCRUB PEOPLE cy P G holden field director ag il it cultural extension department in harvester company As I 1 was coming along the road this afternoon said a well known Ic lecturer in addressing an audience audi cuce in a rural school in texas 1 I saw scrub cows scrub pigs a scrub barn scrub fences and a scrub house and row what else do you think I 1 saw children he asked instantly a little girl in the audience sprang to her feet and replied 1 I know you saw a scrub man unconsciously the child uttered a great truth wherever we find poor livestock fences that are falling down barns barn and houses that need painting and ie pairing and a general air ot of neglect around the place we are sure to find scrub people we are judged by what we have about us by the quality of our livestock by the general appearance of af our homes if we employ scrub methods of farming we will have scrub farms cattle standing knee deep in mud pact end manure hogs wallowing in mire fence corners tilled filled with weeds higher than the fence piles of manure washing away and losing its value as fertilizer farm machinery left out in the rain and storm open wells poultry ro in trees and laying eggs in the tall grass because there Is no poultry house corn cern stalks going to waste in the fields for lack ot of a silo these are a few of at the scrub things that make scrub farms and scrub people A well managed farm always indicates permanence and prosperity A well managed farm means rotation of crops crop rotation deani live stock a balanced ration an even distribution of farm woric throughout the year greater and more continuous income tarro farm ownership letter better soil better and happier homes more efficient people |