MAKE THE MOST OF THE FARM.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2922, 7 April 1891, Page 4

MAKE THE MOST OF THE FARM.

"Wit'i all tin- c«mii>lii : nt-i thiit tannine dm'.-, lint pay, there must lie on every I'.-inii ..inne part that is pecuniarily. |>n,tttal)le. In just the proportion Hial the fiirmer keeps close track of r.'c.'iptsanrl expenses of various crops li ' can tell what pails pay him and what do not. Ton many farmers iin.- unwilling tn take the inental trouble to study nut tit' , facts of their situation. It is easier to do as others dn, gi't into a rut when: perhap* the severest physical labour is required, but where the unvarying round of work l'MVr-i (.In- least possible employment <it' niciil-iil energy. Tliis is not true to tlio extent it. onee was, Farmers are obliged to think a y-ood denl in order tn make both ends moot. Those who tliink most and be>t, provided they dn not lup.se into laziness in 1 he execution of t heir ideas, have greatest success, and usually with less physical labour than thoir neighbours ■ unite their t'urmiiig pay something i.i'iro tlian their living.

The lirsl loss which a thinking farmer will try to stop is that from sl<i'-k v. hicli iloes not pay its keep. As such slock is necessarily depreciating in Villus, it involves an additional loss tn niifortuimle owners. The improved l> reeds in every variety cf .stock sl'ow it iiroductivf capacity that makes the unimproved animals practically worthless. There aro thousands of cows in this country that, so long us they aro kept as cows, must entail a loss upon their owner. They may be worth ii. littl." lo fatten for cow beef, but otherwise they arc worth nothing at all. Such cowsar.j often eo poorly f.'. , . and cured for that they do not ■show nil that they me capable nf d'jin.y, but this is the ucuessary result of their own worthlessness. The poolman who is unlucky enough to own such cows says ho cannot att'orl to fend them better or care for thorn letter than he does. He is probably in the right about it, l>ul from these poorly fed animals is mainly produced nil tile inferinr butter found in our That is when it is made iijion the i'auu ; nil the other hand when the fiirmer sends hi* supply to Ihe factory, this is not so mueh imticed, nevcrrli- — Irs-; 1 ii.• win.l • sample is not. iinprovvd. Alltheevil.sofp'Xirslo l<, poor feeding, and po >r mairigenienf g-eiier.dly y.i In-oilier. Tin; best way to ";<;r lid of line is In by improving tlio sinis-:. That will n.iy for good feeding ami ;:ood care every Wiiy.

A careful observer will note nearly nil the profitable crops uii a i'uiiu iii-c usually grown on tin. , parts nour the barn, or'that have been specially favoured with nianui-c and drainage. In some tielils will be poor and wet places that require perhaps lnorelahnwin ploughing and cultivating than the (lie reiuaincli'i 1 , yet never any i-ii.ip worth "Until su''h (!<■- can b'.- ri-inciiied, these Held.; Miciiil'l bo wlii-ic I h<; labour n:i thi'iii will bo least, (loiicentrati-,-il-i.-t ~ii liu.! fiuld.-i Miat iln pay, a" , ! md'ssthe fariiior hus surplu-J env'r^y

.li'ti.-r doing this, he had butter sell the 1,-i:i.l that lie is unable to wmk (.■", botf a !\- Milage. iSomubody ■■]<::, by enn- ■ ■ iiirating labour. m.-iiiuiv, and on thiit poor land. J-iay, :•.i>l probably will, biin.y it itilojiruilii'-liWiM-.-s. Hot f 111. should not I riiubl"

Mil- Iniue r ir,v)u.r il' l.c 'i.-ji - Ih' , •.-.-t-l-i ; -tl Ihu ■ i' leased fi ■ .in im i trt.< In< •' • v.pi'op'Tty in making vs-Imil. hind he >■■:- tains mote ]iroduclivi-. Not inn. , J'ariiiiT in Iwenty bus eijiiiig'i wurlau;; , Ci'pitillti. put iii'ln Indian.l so n.-j l<> sc , lio'.V iniii-h it can be mad' , to pi-mlmx , . ()ilho-e who have .sueli > Mpital coniparalivuly few hav. , courayc lo use it iu thu best way. They scoin to have no faith in money put into laud, miles-, it is spread over :; large surfaee. "S et all the great Miecesses in [arming have i.-onie frum eoneiiitratiiig labour and capital in uuHivaliiig a small area.