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How Farmer May Lose Money

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
May
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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Bv pot takinp b borne pa Kicjiiiif; do account of home operations, Payinï no attent ion to the ftood mnxni ",i stitch in time BftTes nine" - in reirard to sowing ot' giaiu at tbü propt'i time. 1 ving reapers, plows, cultivators. etn . nnccvered from tfie rain and gun. More momy is lost in this way than most peopie are vvilling to blievo. Perniittiny broken instn::nnnts to be sofittered öVèf the farm until they are irreparable. By repairing broken iuiplerrients at proper timo, inatiy dollars in;}be s:ivod- a proof oí' the ussertiun, "time is money " Attindinr auctton palo?, and innchiiRins: :i 1 1 kinds of trumpery, beoanse ia the .-nTrlc f the teñfleí, "the articlfcS are ' cl eap." Ai.owing the fences to reraain unn-paired until stranp;e cattle are eithur found rri-zinr in the nieadow or grain Qeld, ot bruiaing the fiT.it trcos'. Disbelioving the principie of rotfttion of croi's. In foro losking tle experiment. Planting fruit trees with the expcctat-'on of haviiiff fruit without, giviug the treea more than half the attention required to make them profitable. Practisin economy by depriving stock of proper shelter during the winter, givinsr them unsound food, xuob as hálf rotten or inonldy hay or fotlrlcr. Keeping innumerable tribes of rats on the premisos, and twoor three lazy dogs that ent more in a month than they we worth in Hfe time. Succcssful furming is made by uttrading to little things. ïlse farmer who does his bost earns his money with best appreciation and uses it with best resulte. Such uien are the salt of the earth.

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Old News
Michigan Argus