WASTED ENERGY ON THE FARM.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13287, 16 May 1907, Page 6

WASTED ENERGY ON THE FARM.

Tiier? is too much wasted force and energy on the farm. Of all the -wastes of the farm this is the most exhaustive, most destructive of its resources. Ihe most vital values of the farm's' resources are essentially in the active, mental, and physical forces of its operatives. Deplete these and the producing capacity of the farm has bean diminished in relative proportion, 'ill? farmer himself is the one directly responsible for the 'unnecessary expenditure of forces that coul.l be ut-iU ised to better advantage, and so sacrifices inealculabble energies by waste and misdirection that tend to incapacitate both himself and his farm. Notable among other wastes is .the unnecessary power expended in doing by hand, by " main strength and awkwardness," after the manner of medieval ways, the things that can be so much more expeditiously and cheaply done by machinery and improved tools and implements. Only in instances that are exceptions" can it be conceived why such conditions exist, where not only 3 energy and strength are wasted, but time, which to the farmer as well as to the manufacturer, has an appreciable money valne that largely contributes to the filial determination of profit or loss. The improved tools that are offered to the fanner at fairly reasonable prices aiv both labour and time-savers, therefore moneysavers that, make for profit. .Manufacturers expend large .sums of money for advertising to call th-> farmer's attention to agricultural implements and various wares that he may know that such are made for him, by whom and where. It will cost but a penny for a .postcard 1 , an da moment of time to writs it to secure elaborately illustrated matter that will oove him detailed information about any.of the things desired, or that lie is open" to conviction that he ncxls. With innsfc of these descriptions of implements and supplies will .be found conclusive evidence of the economy of their use. The farmer will in all this matfc;r come in contact as a pure matter of business, with claims of ti> c

" best" and the '*' only," but he will do well to remember that, in this day of near-per-fection both in invention aud construction that there aro-greater or less numbers of standard and reliable machines and implements, and that it is dependent en him to '•'jle.-r. t.h? r>n<-. that bU judgment may in : f'i-'it- a- mon j-.rdf-.hu fo his needs.— '" Canterbury A. and P. Journal."