The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-30
VIM. II, Brainard, sec'v.
Geneseo, May 9th 1850.
HINTS TO BROTHER FARMERS.

Friends. buy nothing that you can prohtabiy
produce yourself Ifyou find your means re-
strcted and not sufficiently able to supply all
your necessary wants, extend your system ofcul-
ture. and do not stop uAtil it embraces all those
little matters that enter into the consumlition OF
your family. Enlightened economy, state and
personal pride, all concur, says some one, in ind-
eating that farmer should never 60 abroad for
the necessaries and comforts oflife, SO long as he
possesses the ability TO produce them for himself;
Tor every dollir sent from The farm for such a
purpose, is reekles waste OF means, as the nee
essary consequence is, that to the amount Of its
value, it tends to impoverish the producer or en-.
rich third party who had no agency in its pro-
duction and who from the rcmoteness ofhs local
position, and has no identity OF interests in or az
fnity of feeling with, the persons whom he has
thus, in q measure, rendered tributary to its en-
Tichment. 18 - .1 ~ -
Always endeavor to secure GOOD tools. This
is of paramount importance. No man can work
contentedly, or perform his work successfully,
with imperfect implements It often costs more
to keep poor axe or plough, or scythe in order,
during that particular portion Of the year when
its assistance is most required, than it would to
purchase new one. 1t is, at best, but poor econ
omy, that which requires US to earn one dollar al
| at the expense oftwO.
"Take the papers,' An intelligent farmer
was conyersing the other day upon the advantages
of newspapers. He had recently become sub
scrber to an excellent and well managed family
paper, in which from one TO two columns are de-
voted, weekly, to agricultural matter. In one OF
the numbers he noticed receipt for the cure OF .
certain disease commonto swine, and by the rava-
ces of which he had, in previous years, lost sew
eral amin lis without applying or attempting to
apply, any remedy, having always been induced
to regard the disease in question, as one wholly
incurable. A friend of his, had, at that time, 9
fine porlser suffering from the attack, and appar-
emily in the last stages OF the same disease. Ihe
receipt was communicated to him, the prescribed
medicine and mode Of treatment, and the animal
CURED. An earlier knowledge OF this, he assert
ed, would in all probability, have saved ham
hundred dollars Few farmers can afford to loose
that amount; therefore, Isay to ali--"Take tue
papers" ff a,
Ii you have superior cow, sheep, mare, o.
bull, do not dispose of it; keep It to propagate
from, and sell your poorer animals. O5taln tht
,est seed the best scions, the best tools; in pnf
chasing do not attach SO much importance to
few extra shllings or dollars, as to let it be the
means OF depgiving you OF good article, and sub
stituting its stead, poor or comparatively
worthless one. Remember that good articles arr
cheapest in the end. Poor purchases never real
ize ones expectation, and are source OF never
ending peEplexity and expense. K.
Beasale,,,, .Mareh rs, 1850.
slim, suppose my wife should fall over
board, what letter in the alphabet WOMB
express my wish in regard 10 her!' "Wh,
the letter B Of course"