Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-07

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A Good Dialogue. f
Mr. Smith--How isit, nei ghbor Jones
that your potatoes are 50 large and fine
while jusS over the fence, on similar soiL
mine ere as small as pullets eggs, and
preeious few at that ? O. ..E ..sH. .aa.a.. H
Mr.. Joncs-al manured this field with
brains. De-. Ir...f- a ,H
Mr.. Smith Pshaw. ali the Cincinnati
hog killers couldn' I supply brains enough
FOR this ten acre field. ..0ir.Ha.4
Mr.. Jones - used human brains, of which
there are plenty. fra. ...a.- %. .r .'.,a.T
Mr.. .Smith-Nonsense--now don't make
fun OF me because I'm unlucky, and Prov
idence has sent you good crop. ... ..
Mr.Jones-- Providence helps those who
help Themselves. used my own brains
on this field . 90.
Mr.. Smith-So did / mine, and they
are as good as anybody's. ..
Mr.. Jones--Ah! There's the trouble.
You. know il all yourself: don't, and 50
| get all the outside help can. I've been
collecting other mems b.ains for my land
for twenty years, and you see one result
in this crop. rH ..H
Mr.. Smith--Yes, Il see the result, but |
don't understand it. .L.-.... ..
Mr.. .,Jones--WelL when We began here
twenty years ago, | thought myself good
farmer but | believed Others had good
ideas, too, and made ii my business to
get at their thoughts: some found in
agricultural books and papers, others |
picked up at the Comfy Fairs, by asking
b2D the big things we've raised, and often
I've got a good hint from neigabor' ..
Mr.. Smith--l've always been down on
this "boot farming" but your crops stag
ger me, they'rerrcal knock down argu,
ments. I'm sick of the poor show get
for ull my work and am desperate enough
to try anything for improvement, .- ....
Dir. jones--i' ii give you myeNperience
il may aid you. About nineteen years ago
| heard that SOME men who had. been
broughtup on farms had clubbed ,ogeth
", and one OF them was going to publish
4 paper, which should consist mainly of
how different farmers cultivated various
crops, and such like matters. | sent for
tlepaperr and have done SO every year
since, and now have nineteen lar. vols
umes, every page Of which have read q
little at n time, and the whole has not
cost The produce Of a single acre. Why,
| am astonished when | think over the
ten thousand thoughts and Limits and sug,
gestions | have thus gathered. What It
blank would be left in my head if these
thoughts were to be. taken away. ..r.....
Mr.. Smith--But does the practice oil
farmers on other kinds of soil, suit your
wants h -'GH H.''t E-...
Mr.. Jones-Why, no, not exactly per-
haps. But then, every thought | get
from another, starts a ne,o hou9htM In my own
MIND, ana thus am constantly improving
my own skill and practice You see,
get all the brains can from other mems
heads, and compost them we'll in my own
head with mixture of common sense,
and then make tie application to my
fields In that way have, manured this
crop Of potatoes with plenty of brains
The editor called-here last week on his
western tour amongiarmers, and seeing
my good crops hs asked nc Just TO write
out ho,c hav e treated this field for years
past, and | promised to do it as soon as
my crQRGare Tered. He will probably
p!ints il !. as he constantly prints all suck
practical m&tters, and dperhaps n hundred
thousand persons will read it and though
nobody else may do Just as do, mary
will get new hint, andimproye upon it.
You may leap it il YOU win.
Mr.. Smith -Iwould like to borrow your
paper. 80 ~
Mr.. Jones' Better take it yourself, for
then you will be more. likely to read it,
You will find huhdreds OF plain talks
aboutvarious kinds of crops during a sins
gloycar. Zone hint gave five bushels Of
corn on each acre OF ten acre field in a
single wear. '' '''
+ Mr, smith, can't afford to take it this
year ,.sfigfsn ,.afr.m ....s r-a7nlo I.f-.a
! .nr. Jones-r-You would think nothing
Iofspending two cents "a week for extra
tobacco, or cigar or candy, and that's all
the paper will cost How title a week it
costs 10 supply you and your family. with
a large amount of information through
ony good paper 'aali9 s. .s.. .H grr
Mr. Smith--What are the politics OF the
paper!l a. 30 OIL. .-' a eH
Mr., Jones--it doesn't touch politics. -
1t is devoted TO such subjects as Field and
| Garden crops, Animals, &c, and has, be-
sides good deal about WomanIs Work
which wife says is worth more than ten
times the few pounds of butter il costs to
pay for the paper. Then there is also q
department. for the young folks contain.
ing many things that will please the chill
jdren-not mere trashy stuff such as is too
often printed for them, but information
that will have goodinauonee on them.--
would sell dozen bushels Of wheat To
have the good reading in. that paper. but
the ayerage price OF one bushel will pay
for it 4 year. Ny John says he can pay
for it easy with the eggs from two Oh three
hens. If was q mechanic or q plerchant
and had only allttle garden, Should take
the paper to tell nc how to, make the
bost use ofthe littleplot ;and if i had not
foot ofland L should Still wan it formy
wife and chilcheB,, ,1a-rh rar8 il ;y7a.sf
Mr.. Smith Does the editor know any :
thing about farming? .-,H ..,s, ,,---' -.--,'Ir
Mr.. Jones-Tho editor who owns and
publishes the paper, was brought up on n
farm wi here he learned to work. He has
stldiedal the books on farming, land exs
parimente1. for vears in the laborotorv