Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-05-21

(sklmmed milk will do) in the morning, the
same in the evening; a full grown Heiter, Cow
ok Steer, will reduirc table spoonful at each
dose. Horned cattle may from time to time,
steal amarch, into cov,r fields, and probably
may get hoven before they may be seen. Should
this happen, recourse must be had to the fol-
lowing simple remedy, withouta moments de-
lay; take aOz. OF gunpowder, dissolve itin half
a pint of water, after which drench the animal
with il, the dose will operate in few minutes,
give warm drink and little dry hay. This
month also young lambs should be constantly
llookod after; on some pastures they are liable
to take a disorder called gidds, it is brain
disorder easily noticed from the circumstances
of their staggering about. To remedy this a
Glove or two ofpounded garlic should be tied
On the hollow Of the top Of the skull for twelve
or fourteen hours. This must be applied or they
take the distemper, otherwise it will be UNI
availing, the malady being brainable. NJ. F.
SHALL OUR FARMISc.-This is not ques-
lton particularly for the consideration OF far
mers' sons, who have yet TO mark out their
| course Of life. 1t is conceded that many of
the boys Of the farm, when they shall have
finished their education at the school-hOuse,
and disciplined their physical powers, will bet
ter their condition by seeking new field of
labor The training of the farm is the best
preparatory training lad can have for any
other calling. There is nothing like tho whole
some breezes, the plain hearty food, healthful
occupation in the open air, which the farm
furnishes, to build up the physical man from
childhood to the age oflteen. At this age all
the powers Of body and mind are still plastic,
and may be trained for any pursuit with little
difficulty.
But this question is canvassed by hundreds
of our readers who are already settled in life,
whose habits and tastes are formed, They
H..
upOd driving tho pillow as the best means Of
subsistence offered to them. Yet they are not
exactly suited with their condition, and often
indulge in dreams OF more rapid accumulation
in the city, or in the far West. The farm they
till is worn ont or they are in debt, or they
have poor markets for their produce. They
know of II few, perhaps, who have gained by
changing from the farm to the city, in circum-
stances very much like their own. They think
this example safe one to follow, and are de-
batting the question of selling out tho first
favorable opportunity, AND trying their fortunes
in the commercial metropolis. To one in the
distance it looks like q very easy thing to amass
fortune in the city, where the price of labor
is so high, and where the profits OF trade arc
so large.
Nothing is more common than to finl people
discontinued with their present pursuits. We
can promise the man who is discontinued with
farm life any quantity Of sympathizing friends
if he carry ont his purpose and come TO the
City. He shall find ten here to one in the
country, who is altogether sick OF his present
vocation, and would give all he possesses for q
home in the country, with sleeping place above
ground, and a fair suFply OF plain, wholesome
food. They arc how harassed with cares and
troubles, to which the farmer is a stranger, and
arc really too poor to get away trcm the City,
or have too little energy left to seek new
home and new uccupatiOn,
II a farmer is well established in the country
il he is able to own one halfef the farm no tills
or ifhc have capital enough to hire and stock
a farm and thus comfortably support his family,
he will he likely to lose much by quitting the
farm. lie will be certain of comfortable sub
sistence, and the care for daily bread which
presses so heavily upon thousands in this City
will always sit lightly upon him. His family is
probably much better provided for now than it
could be in the City. His children have good
schools, good church privileges, and are grow
ing up with yirtuOus habits. 1t is a hard place
for children in the City, whether rich or poor,
and man who looks TO the future Ofhis rising
family should think twice before leaving the |
pure air aud the healthful occupation Of the |
farm. Multitudes doing business here seek |
the country for their families, though it is
attended with a good deal of expense, and
absence from homo.
Then it is to be considered that man of
established habits changes his business only at |
great risk Of failure in u new occupation. I'll
you do not thrive by farming, there is still less
that you would thrive by II erchan-
disc or by manufactures. The men who sue
coed in business here, are those who begin at
the foundation in the greenness of their boy
hood, and come up by regular graduation from
office sweepingto the first place in the counting
room. This takes years of patience and indus
try, years of self denial and close living. And
with all this training it is estimated that at least
nine out OF ten of those who attempt Business
in the City, make a failure.
This, certainly is not a very cheering pros
poet to the farmer, who has visions of fortune
in city life. In ninety nine cases in a hundred,
his fortune is only to he made upon the farm.
Men gain competence and wealth not so much
by any particular kind of business, as by skill
in their business. The man who sees wealth
only in quitting the farm, may quite likely
realize it in his present location as wellas else
where. His true policy is to seek higher skill
in business that he already partly under
stands. There are certain principles underly-
ing all honorable business, and one can com
mand success only by mastering these princi-
pies, and carrying them out in practice. This
is particularly true in farming. The man who
will read and understand the principles of cul-
tiyaton, and will use his mind in planning and
in directing the mechanical labors Of the farm,
will, as rule, succeed in gaining cOmpe-
tencc in any part of our country.--N. Y.
Times.