Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-11
THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST II. $50"
ADVICE To FARMERS.


Jacob S,rawn Is sand t" III, tie most extern
sive and successful. farmer IN Illinois. though
not doing so much uuw IA formerly. llc
gives ,he following advice toiarmcr> through
the Chicago Press;
w hen YOU wake up do not roll over Out
roll out Ii will give you time 10 "''Sn all
YOUR sloughs, and break them up an" mar
row them, and SOW them with umu'hy' ana
a small portion of red clover with II. one
busbel of clover to ten Of tile timothy Is SUM-
Gent. Make Your fence high, tight and
strong. so thatit will keep Your cattle and
r;rs out. II YOU have brush, make your
fence secure. and be sure To keep pigs and
hogs from the cattle; for if the cora Is clean
they will eat t much better than lift is not.
Study YOUR interest closely, aud do not spend
one-twentieth part of Your tine III electinS
Presidents. Senators. or small officers, ana
talking OF hard times while spending your
time in town, sitting on the store boxes, ana
whiting all the suit wood up. instead oi leaN-
ing it to kinlle fires with, 81 tina; they can
get to business.
Be sure to get your hands to bed by seven
o'clock and they will have 10 rise early by
the force of circumstances. Pay hand-,i
he is poor hand all you promise him; II
he is good hand, pay little more; IT will
encourage him to do little better. hen
| was younger, and employed a great many
hands | have employed over two hundred
dav,) | made universal rule, all the tinIe' /"
paw good hands more than promised them
/ thought it brought me more interest than
any money | ever handled. Extra pay Is
appreciated by good young man much
Always feed them rs we'll as you feed your
selves, for the laboring men are the hope and
sinew of the world, and ought to be well
treated All our wealth and fne clothes
come by hard labor. Our best gllls, ii they
would 90 to bed three hours earlier than
their usual time, and get up two hours soon
er, which would give them one hour more
sleep than they now get, and when they did
get up, help get the b eaktast, wash the
dishes, and sling the pots ar"uni, not 80 a.
t. overstrain themselves, they would be
much healthier, more handsome, nnd get bet
ter husbands.
am satisfied that getting up early, INDUS
try aud regular habits are the best medl-
cnes ever prescribed for health. Look al our
general land surveyors, when first running
off the land in the West, waaing in water
from the shUe-nluuth IL the waist, at night
making calculations. Keeping their minds
employed, were all we'll aud hearty, while
the hands employed in carrying the cham.
when they had nothing to do. lad down aud
died like rotten sheep. When did You ever
know OF General in the army who was
man, but who WAS ut his post when duty
called for it, not in good health Look At our
neighborS in the spring, about the tim" that
their corn should be planted. They set III II
hurry, getting harness. plows, and aln'os,
every thing belonging Ia their business
bustling around, going to mill. getting u
part Of Il load OF wood at IL time, and not
enough to haula full load at Il time. they
are :" extremely hurried to get their corn
planted.
If they would keep at work all the season
we would starve the lawyers and whip the
doctors When it comes rainy. bad weather.
SO you cannot pillow. cut aud split your wood.
Make your rakes when it rains hard, clean
ing your stables, or fixing something indoors
that you might have to stop the piow to fix
i'll good weather"