. Farming with alfalfa bacteria culture. finished product. the table and when they are it is always a case of mis-management or lack of energy. It is surprising to seehow many things one can raise on their land when prop-erly interested and willing to work to see what can beaccomplished. Those who work a farm are entitled tothe best of everything to eat and by taking advantageof every opportunity there will always be an abundantsupply. MISTAKES. It is believed that the greatest mistake made sincecommencing our farm work has been in plowing and FARMING 61 cultivating too much land at a time. In
. Farming with alfalfa bacteria culture. finished product. the table and when they are it is always a case of mis-management or lack of energy. It is surprising to seehow many things one can raise on their land when prop-erly interested and willing to work to see what can beaccomplished. Those who work a farm are entitled tothe best of everything to eat and by taking advantageof every opportunity there will always be an abundantsupply. MISTAKES. It is believed that the greatest mistake made sincecommencing our farm work has been in plowing and FARMING 61 cultivating too much land at a time. In fact, more thanwe could cultivate perfectly and complete the work atthe time it should be done. This is one place where itis not profitable to be too optimistic, expecting more ofour men and teams than they are capable of the farm work once gets behind it is almost im-possible to catch up so that the work can be done at atime when one day in the field will do more good thanseveral days later. When we see many fields not pro-. The wheat was left out of the drill when making one trip across the field. The alfalfa is not any larger and the weeds are growing in place of wheat. ducing as they should, there is always a great tempta-tion to try and make them more productive and this, ofcourse, is what we should do^ if not undertaking somuch that the fields cannot be thoroughly prepared. Some of our fields have frequently been harroweda dozen times before seeding and I am positive thatin some cases twice the amount of harrowing wouldhave given us enough better results to more than payfor the additional labor. When we take into considera- 62 FARMING tion that in fitting land for alfalfa it is only necessary todo the work once in many years we should feel that wecould well afford to do many times the amount of workthat would be necessary in preparing the field for asingle crop. Other mistakes have been made in raising cropsthat were not profitable and had we taken the time to
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