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70L. LXII INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 27, 1907. NO. 30 %xpzvlcutz gzpixxtmznt FARM SPECIALTIES. A Source of Pleasure. 1st Premium.—On account of scarcity of farm help (not being able to secure outside help, and having no sons of my own old enough to help), I have never had experience of my own in raising a specialty in conection with general farming but have witnessed the success of some of my friends and neighbors who have specialties. Some of them are keeping pure bred poultry, hatching with incubators and raising with brooders. They make a nice profit on their broilers, besides supplying orders for eggs for hatching and selling year old chickens for a handsome price. Others are keeping registered Jersey cattle. One neighbor has both pure bred cattle and Poland China hogs. He not only profits from the sales of his stock but also attends several fairs each season and always wins a good portion of the premiums. Another has registered Berkshire hogs and has been well pleased with Bales made and ribbons taken at the fairs. Still another has sheep, and thinks they are more profitable than hogs or cattle. But, getting off of the poultry and cattle subject, we ea_ find several that have been growing fruit as a specialty and they too have been well payed for their trouble. One man of my acquaintance is the proud originator of a famous peach. All the people in several counties are singing its praises and trying to buy that especial kind every year. Another man makes seed corn a specialty and can give good information to any one on the subject. Another acquaintance makes a specialty of hot bed and cold frame plants, and finds it pleasant as well as a paying work. The neighbors are also made glad by it early ic the spring as they can buy plants of him as early as the ground will do to set them out, and the plants are always thrifty and of the best varieties. It pays to have a specialty in connection with general farming, if situation and circumstances will permit It is better for the farmer to have a hobby. He then has something that gives him greater pleasure in his work and elevates his mind. It is also well to let the boys and young men on the farm produce some specialty, as it will interest them more in the farm and help them there when they come to choose their own occupation for life. Farmer. Depends on Circumstances. 2d Premium.—It has been said that this in an age of specialists. We notice the tendency to specialize in nearly all lines of action. This is especially true in the professions. In the law we find the criminal lawyer, another is versed in international law, while another is authority on civil law. In medicine we find the specialist for the eye, another for the ear, another perhaps for pulmonary or heart diseases. It is believed that he who makes a specialty of any one line may become proficient and secure better results than one whose efforts are more diverse. We see this fact emphasized in factories, packing houses and in the large mercantile etsablishments. No one attempts to learn the details of the whole business. Each has his part, and when his efforts are confined to his own department, he can, without doubt accomplish more than when a large part of his time is consumed in doing something nf which his understanding is limited. Farming, perhaps, admits of less specializing than most any other busiiress. To be a successful farmer it is necessary to have au understanding, in some degree, of botany, horticulture, ehemsitry, soil fertility, live stock, poultry, marketing, etc. It should be the aim of every farmer to be as near self-supporting as possible and to buy nothing whieh he can profitably produce. To do this he must have bread, meat a good garden, butter, eggs, milk, fruit, etc., and for the stock there must be corn, oats, hay and pas- good results on clover sod. While the price fluctuate! to a considerable extent, on an average we have found this a profitable crop. Clover and potatoes ig a specialty which might well receive mm h more attention than at present. We believe there are but few who determine their specialty in advance, but having met with more marked success in some one line they increase their efforts in that direction until the less profitable crops are dropped, and thus the specialty is established. It would seem that a better course could hardly be pursued. It is impossible for one to choose for another, Farm Home of Geo. C. Peed, Gibson County. ture. Above these requirements he should raise such crops as are most profitable, and this depends greatly on the man, the nature of the farm and its location. Near a large city, truck, fruit, dairying and poultry are much more profitable than general farming, but it would not be good policy to make a specialty of these where the demand is limited or market facilities lacking. And there are farms that are adapted to but little else than stock raising. To attempt to raise grain on such a farm is to invite defeat. On the other hand one, who has no love for stock is not likely to succeed in stock raising. We often hear a man say he has no luck with horses, hogs or sheep, that he makes more money in some other line. It is our belief that luck plays a very insignificant part in the matter. It is adaptability and love for some certain employment that insures success. Wucre Uie heart is there the best efforts are put forth. It is this adaptability and the adaptability of the farms, together with its location, that should determine the specialty, and .when this is discovered pcrserverance will usually bring success. A couple of our neighbors make a specialty of stock raising, and are making money, while we have made more of a specialty of raising potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes, and have met with good results. However, it is our good fortune to be situated near a large canning factory where there is a demand for cabbage and tomatoes. We believe that more farmers might profitably make a business of raising potatoes. We always have but each must be governed by local conditions and determine the specialty for himself. Subscriber. Qood Illustration. 3d Premium.—Some people think there is no value in raising a specialty in connection with general farming. The value received is owing altogether to the crop raised and amount of care needed to dispose of it. If it is a crop that does not require so very much time until after all the rush work is done it ean be made a profitable one. liaising sweet corn is a side line which can be taken care of in such a way that it will pay. It can be planted about a week before the field corn, and by the time the field corn is laid by it is ready to harvest. It does not require as long a time to mature as the field corn, therefore it can be planted to come in at the most convenient time. It requires from six to eight weeks until it is in the milk, and that is when it is ready to market. By pressing the thumb into the grain you can determine when it is ripe, as the milk will fly from it. Sweet corn should be planted in rows 3 feet C inches apart, and can be drilled in with a corn planter, dropping a grain every six or eight inches. It can be sowed on one side of the corn field, and cultivated in the same way and at the same time, and in this way it does not require much extra labor. We find it best to plant from % to y_ acre every four days, for three or four plantings, so we can have new corn coming into maturity as the old is sold off. From % to 1% acres will be sufficient to keep one man busy, if attended to properly. When the grains are filled out it can be gathered in evenings, removing the outside husk, and throwing loose in a wagon box. An early morning start will give a chance to get to the market and back in time for other work. By getting the contract for supplying several stores one can make this branch of work pay many times more per acre than the raising of field corn. Sweet corn is generally worth from 5 to 10 cents per dozen, owing to the time of season. All that is necessary to make it a success is a fairly well manured piece of ground which is well drained and suitable for other corn. When the cron of soft corn is sold there generally remains some ears which become hard. This along with the stalks can be fed to the cattle and hogs, thus using it for both a soiling and corn crop, although the stalks may have died or dried up a little. The use of the fodder for feeding purposes pays for the other trouble, and the roasting ears are clear profit. J. L. J. No. 595, Aug. 3.—Does it pay the individual farmer to experiment in a limited way? Give illustrations. No. 590, Aug. 10.—Tell how to increase the productions of an old orchard, by fertilizing and otherwise. No. 597, Aug. 17.—State the fine points about seeding wheat—things that are apt to be overlooked or neglected. Premiums, of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents are given for the best, second and third best articles for the Experiment Department each week. Manuscript should be sent direct to the Indiana Farmer Company and should be sent one week before date of publication. OUR FOREST LANDS. Gifford Pinchot, tJ. S. Forester, gives the following information in a recent circular: "The forest lands of the United States are owned in three separate ways: First, by the Government of the United States, to which belongs the National Forests; second, by some of the States; and third, by private owners—individuals, companies, or institutions. The private forest lands exceed in area those of the States and the Federal Government combined, and their preservation in a condition to produce timber and to conserve the water supply is of vast importance to the nation. The treatment which they usually receive tends to destroy their value rather than to sustain or increase it. The reason is evident. Like other private property, these lands are held for the returns they yield; and the owners have only begun to understand that it pays better, as a rule, to protect a forest in harvesting the timber crop than to destroy it. The forest Service, therefore, offers practical assistance to private owners in devising definite plans for the proper care and management of their forest lands, in order that the lands may be kept permanently and increasingly productive. The lands are mainly of two kinds- small holdings, for the most part farmers' woodlots, and large timber tracts." There is enough back-breaking work to do without using the scoop shovel to unload grain. Put in a portable dump elevator. The team will do the rest, and it will take only a few minutes to crib a big load of corn.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1907, v. 62, no. 30 (July 27) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6230 |
Date of Original | 1907 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | 70L. LXII INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 27, 1907. NO. 30 %xpzvlcutz gzpixxtmznt FARM SPECIALTIES. A Source of Pleasure. 1st Premium.—On account of scarcity of farm help (not being able to secure outside help, and having no sons of my own old enough to help), I have never had experience of my own in raising a specialty in conection with general farming but have witnessed the success of some of my friends and neighbors who have specialties. Some of them are keeping pure bred poultry, hatching with incubators and raising with brooders. They make a nice profit on their broilers, besides supplying orders for eggs for hatching and selling year old chickens for a handsome price. Others are keeping registered Jersey cattle. One neighbor has both pure bred cattle and Poland China hogs. He not only profits from the sales of his stock but also attends several fairs each season and always wins a good portion of the premiums. Another has registered Berkshire hogs and has been well pleased with Bales made and ribbons taken at the fairs. Still another has sheep, and thinks they are more profitable than hogs or cattle. But, getting off of the poultry and cattle subject, we ea_ find several that have been growing fruit as a specialty and they too have been well payed for their trouble. One man of my acquaintance is the proud originator of a famous peach. All the people in several counties are singing its praises and trying to buy that especial kind every year. Another man makes seed corn a specialty and can give good information to any one on the subject. Another acquaintance makes a specialty of hot bed and cold frame plants, and finds it pleasant as well as a paying work. The neighbors are also made glad by it early ic the spring as they can buy plants of him as early as the ground will do to set them out, and the plants are always thrifty and of the best varieties. It pays to have a specialty in connection with general farming, if situation and circumstances will permit It is better for the farmer to have a hobby. He then has something that gives him greater pleasure in his work and elevates his mind. It is also well to let the boys and young men on the farm produce some specialty, as it will interest them more in the farm and help them there when they come to choose their own occupation for life. Farmer. Depends on Circumstances. 2d Premium.—It has been said that this in an age of specialists. We notice the tendency to specialize in nearly all lines of action. This is especially true in the professions. In the law we find the criminal lawyer, another is versed in international law, while another is authority on civil law. In medicine we find the specialist for the eye, another for the ear, another perhaps for pulmonary or heart diseases. It is believed that he who makes a specialty of any one line may become proficient and secure better results than one whose efforts are more diverse. We see this fact emphasized in factories, packing houses and in the large mercantile etsablishments. No one attempts to learn the details of the whole business. Each has his part, and when his efforts are confined to his own department, he can, without doubt accomplish more than when a large part of his time is consumed in doing something nf which his understanding is limited. Farming, perhaps, admits of less specializing than most any other busiiress. To be a successful farmer it is necessary to have au understanding, in some degree, of botany, horticulture, ehemsitry, soil fertility, live stock, poultry, marketing, etc. It should be the aim of every farmer to be as near self-supporting as possible and to buy nothing whieh he can profitably produce. To do this he must have bread, meat a good garden, butter, eggs, milk, fruit, etc., and for the stock there must be corn, oats, hay and pas- good results on clover sod. While the price fluctuate! to a considerable extent, on an average we have found this a profitable crop. Clover and potatoes ig a specialty which might well receive mm h more attention than at present. We believe there are but few who determine their specialty in advance, but having met with more marked success in some one line they increase their efforts in that direction until the less profitable crops are dropped, and thus the specialty is established. It would seem that a better course could hardly be pursued. It is impossible for one to choose for another, Farm Home of Geo. C. Peed, Gibson County. ture. Above these requirements he should raise such crops as are most profitable, and this depends greatly on the man, the nature of the farm and its location. Near a large city, truck, fruit, dairying and poultry are much more profitable than general farming, but it would not be good policy to make a specialty of these where the demand is limited or market facilities lacking. And there are farms that are adapted to but little else than stock raising. To attempt to raise grain on such a farm is to invite defeat. On the other hand one, who has no love for stock is not likely to succeed in stock raising. We often hear a man say he has no luck with horses, hogs or sheep, that he makes more money in some other line. It is our belief that luck plays a very insignificant part in the matter. It is adaptability and love for some certain employment that insures success. Wucre Uie heart is there the best efforts are put forth. It is this adaptability and the adaptability of the farms, together with its location, that should determine the specialty, and .when this is discovered pcrserverance will usually bring success. A couple of our neighbors make a specialty of stock raising, and are making money, while we have made more of a specialty of raising potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes, and have met with good results. However, it is our good fortune to be situated near a large canning factory where there is a demand for cabbage and tomatoes. We believe that more farmers might profitably make a business of raising potatoes. We always have but each must be governed by local conditions and determine the specialty for himself. Subscriber. Qood Illustration. 3d Premium.—Some people think there is no value in raising a specialty in connection with general farming. The value received is owing altogether to the crop raised and amount of care needed to dispose of it. If it is a crop that does not require so very much time until after all the rush work is done it ean be made a profitable one. liaising sweet corn is a side line which can be taken care of in such a way that it will pay. It can be planted about a week before the field corn, and by the time the field corn is laid by it is ready to harvest. It does not require as long a time to mature as the field corn, therefore it can be planted to come in at the most convenient time. It requires from six to eight weeks until it is in the milk, and that is when it is ready to market. By pressing the thumb into the grain you can determine when it is ripe, as the milk will fly from it. Sweet corn should be planted in rows 3 feet C inches apart, and can be drilled in with a corn planter, dropping a grain every six or eight inches. It can be sowed on one side of the corn field, and cultivated in the same way and at the same time, and in this way it does not require much extra labor. We find it best to plant from % to y_ acre every four days, for three or four plantings, so we can have new corn coming into maturity as the old is sold off. From % to 1% acres will be sufficient to keep one man busy, if attended to properly. When the grains are filled out it can be gathered in evenings, removing the outside husk, and throwing loose in a wagon box. An early morning start will give a chance to get to the market and back in time for other work. By getting the contract for supplying several stores one can make this branch of work pay many times more per acre than the raising of field corn. Sweet corn is generally worth from 5 to 10 cents per dozen, owing to the time of season. All that is necessary to make it a success is a fairly well manured piece of ground which is well drained and suitable for other corn. When the cron of soft corn is sold there generally remains some ears which become hard. This along with the stalks can be fed to the cattle and hogs, thus using it for both a soiling and corn crop, although the stalks may have died or dried up a little. The use of the fodder for feeding purposes pays for the other trouble, and the roasting ears are clear profit. J. L. J. No. 595, Aug. 3.—Does it pay the individual farmer to experiment in a limited way? Give illustrations. No. 590, Aug. 10.—Tell how to increase the productions of an old orchard, by fertilizing and otherwise. No. 597, Aug. 17.—State the fine points about seeding wheat—things that are apt to be overlooked or neglected. Premiums, of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents are given for the best, second and third best articles for the Experiment Department each week. Manuscript should be sent direct to the Indiana Farmer Company and should be sent one week before date of publication. OUR FOREST LANDS. Gifford Pinchot, tJ. S. Forester, gives the following information in a recent circular: "The forest lands of the United States are owned in three separate ways: First, by the Government of the United States, to which belongs the National Forests; second, by some of the States; and third, by private owners—individuals, companies, or institutions. The private forest lands exceed in area those of the States and the Federal Government combined, and their preservation in a condition to produce timber and to conserve the water supply is of vast importance to the nation. The treatment which they usually receive tends to destroy their value rather than to sustain or increase it. The reason is evident. Like other private property, these lands are held for the returns they yield; and the owners have only begun to understand that it pays better, as a rule, to protect a forest in harvesting the timber crop than to destroy it. The forest Service, therefore, offers practical assistance to private owners in devising definite plans for the proper care and management of their forest lands, in order that the lands may be kept permanently and increasingly productive. The lands are mainly of two kinds- small holdings, for the most part farmers' woodlots, and large timber tracts." There is enough back-breaking work to do without using the scoop shovel to unload grain. Put in a portable dump elevator. The team will do the rest, and it will take only a few minutes to crib a big load of corn. |
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