Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — Making Money by Farming [ARTICLE]

Making Money by Farming

A shrewd 'gfcvfeii 1 two ‘ rdl«, oqqafmurty. columns hy following .which any one fit ay Acquire moirebl- Bias reerith, namely: 1. “Cutshort ypuy proflto run on.” ’There is no kind qf busiifcflPwheite the adflptidb ftf - these TOley is mwft im faming; but there are many cultivators who do not know wimp tbsy fertrioslrig ffftd‘when they •*®£SZB3& vital poiht. We huqw Jol.g. r.“" he.rew.grftdqayy, lining |o his property. But he kepfno accounts with his farfn, and didiffot-took 1 over.his list of creditors.; it, his creditors came upon him with claims which hacduld not.aniiet, and/days Were sns&tesf'-si ttQMRt without .cowposa: ofi .tog-bdok * üßqmd Bf his operations or crops aad been profiufliAres. adyted the comprehensive rules just cited, to cut rihffrt biff' losses; did' let hi* profits ruh on. o? (M)Ot‘retqttfreadoHini tUeqdaiatityof ineed The next thing is to set apart sLtfepr net. - Homustnot leans thisiaa-.fiio last made as reglilar and essential as bis dMty meals. If regmded as, of little . conseqttenefe,' it’. Will 'fie 1 neglecledt -If l66kea upofi impprtanc^, pq tyh|clj all his succes? hinges, he will oe sure to give it daily 'dtterifion. ■ Th«/ nieasurehvff ft I: of his fields, the accurate rp c< p-(J each, d/ff, under its appropriate page, of fne expensed or profits--bf each, Held, sad, the short time educate him into regularity, system and order, which in itself will be of great value through time; anffußlfeft few miaHWs.pf oarepach day, his land will become an experimental 1 farm, bh he riill in thO'e accumu- ' kite a rtmat ameukt^.ftequrafe.. reliable and practical information, worth more than ten-fold all it haS-(!festhim.'' w *fc ac ' curacy, he snoula be provided with a number-‘Of appliances.‘ lie - should proA tapo-line, or, SMveypr’s. <^ a }A * to measure nis fields; the iormer will be more easily used fIMT shflfcifeff t flop all Ordinary purposes. A knowledge of common arltbmPtic'will cnafile nim to calculate the : con tents], By iheasuriag j his wagon bo?es and , granaries :be may readily ascertain their contents; dividing the number 1 Of cubic inches they contain by 2,748 will give |he number of heaped 'fcuffhels:! ThO grauiirWi should lie marked inside by seyepl .■ hofjzontfl. ; \iues k each numbered with the contents up to that Huff. This' will show approximately at any time whqt igrftift Jip, has op.hapd,,or any added amount. He may also determine,; jat,least T^otely % .poyi nipcp hay he. .lias in his barn, by measuring the • Spake it defences, afi'd’ bbout-ffOO or 650 cubic feet for,a ton of spjid. packed timothy,.and 700 or 800 for clover. But tlie 1 to'offt- itepyhimf asSistant'df all -will he the plaXform scale for weighing loads of Bay imfl 'graifi; animals, may thus : jdsyermine^;the, tynoupfr of hay more aecyu'ately.asit is drawn in than by"uierely mfeafeiii ing 4 ; atifl lie may know evety week Whriher ftiie fbod ami mode.of feeding his animals is proving a source of profit or loss. He need no longer Aril a fat animal, tor F Ki m W* T }. a § gram, he win of course be amply supplied reitndiffb'renbslzed'measurhs. -n« *u:i •„ d?fivuigHunnlied j alktlie§e,facilities > the nexf tbing is* to provide'a distinct Aud weM-arfringed ffttomatifl plan of accounto, with space allotted to each field, animal or division of work After'some practice ia few anMtutflSiSuU be e«ougla at }! thq dose ofyach day. to record the day’s operatirtfis, afid iopfifefe eAtm ireirf o( Ikbor 'or expenditure) uoben ilsdMPPflOprUto be*4„ as well as tbe receipts or sales. lii rails Hekj famingwortHF to\>ecome a hap-hazard business, but wofld soon arrivp at distinctness and certainty, dreher-fcbtild' eas'riy 'ascertain when: Siretafibna I 'Crops i {hat-- contimiohsly confidently adoptlßicHafle's-'-tWO Pules, to 11111 - This oouric may , baadopted on a sraall machinery, Would tttveUhm advantage of a«u»a*/i i,Al