The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-07-16

5e satisfied with log house aud sta
bic. Crave good buildings and enough
Of them, and get them as soon as you
can.
Good crops. too, should fiji the far
mers eye. Ordinarily he should DO
ashamed Of poor crop-as the lawyer
would Of a poor speech, or the shoe
maker Of poor shoe. Get good crops
if they are to be had. Aim for tho
best. It is the good crops that pay.
They are to be got by good farming.
They don't come at random like April
showers. There is science and art in
good farming, there IL theory and
practice, there Is philosophy and work.
Go in for good crops BY the use Of tho
proper means.
Next in order comes stock as an
aim Of the farmer, good stock-capi-
tai stock--prcmium stock. Raise the
best breeds and the best specimens Of
each breed. Don't keep scrawny crow
bats Oh the farm. They are . dis
grace to any farm, and ought to be to
any farmer. With proper pains and
care secure the best. They are tho
easiest raised, easiest kept, healthiest,
A farmer should care as much for the
looks Of bis farm stock as his wife
does for tie looks Of her bonnet. He
Ishould be aslittle or as well satisfied
with his good things as should true
man Of his honor or character. A
farmers crops and stock are the crl-
terou Of his character as farmer
AS the sluggard is known BY his weeds
and broken windows, y is the farmer
by what he raises. He writes his
character out in living forms all over
his farm. If his animals are poor and
!. sharky they reprcach him more sar-
!, castically than can any speech Of pen
, or tongue. If they arc fine and lusty
! they praise him with voice Of living
and robust cloqucnce. Then aim for
good stock, every farmer Of the great
rich West.
4 A good orchard and garden should
, be among the aims Of the farmer
They beautiiy and adorn his farm;
they increase its value and profits;
!. they benefit his family; they load his
table with the dainticst luxuries; they
administer to the health Of lis house
hold; they arc standing invitations to
Ibis friends to come and visit him; they
are evidence Of his intelligence ard
good taste; they are proofs Of his gen
erosiiy and affection for his family;
!, they testify to his practical skill in the
fine arts; they cultivate his mind and
, develop his manhood. An orchard
land garden arc indispensable on .
good farm.
lie should aim to he intelligent in
his profession; not only to be practical
,,lbut to be scientific, to know what to
do and why. lie should be well read;
posted up in all improvements and all
the best methods. And hc should en-
ldeavor TO inculcatc in the minds Of
his children . desire to understand the
true principles upon which agriculture
as an enlightened profession, is based.
Ills library should be well stored; his
reading table well spread with agri-
cultural papers; and he should know
all that is in them. Thorough know
ledge and thorough practice should be
his motto.
Such farmer will succeed. Placc
him where you will he must succeed.
lie will wrench fertility from rocks,
! clay, sands, swamps, hills and plains.
lie will make trees shed richness and
the animals drop fertility all over his
farm. Aim to BE- such farmer