Homestead

The tendency today seems to be to neglect everything except that which we are using at the moment. Look about you and see if this is not correct. See the agricultural tools that are rotting between harvests; observe how the harness is treated in winter; examine the colony houses and the brooders after the chicks ...

Every year there is more and more fencing of one sort and another done – some well done, much poorly done. Fences are erected around the outside of the farm in order to protect the fields and crops and animals from marauding animals. Stray domestic animals damage crops and roving entire animals are a menace to ...