Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-18
AGRICULTURAL.
TIRED OF FARMING.


a few months ago man who had
been a farmer from his early fife came
to the city to buy stoves to sell again.
Said he to the stove dealer: s'The vice.
vii begins to infestf tho wheat, and all
things considered, i anlatired of ifarining &
and have sold my farm
The stove dealer remarked that he
thought within himself that just as like
as not the farmer would find wesvil in
the heart of the new business-and SO
it proved, for when the day arrived on
which the note given for the stoves ma
tured, the old farmer, now turned trades
man, n,cenfessed that he had most of them
on hand.
"Tired Of farciins,' the most indie
pendent business a man can engage in.
because forsooth there are disappoint-
ments and perplexities and trials and
vexaticns attendingit. Remember you
who are tillers of the soil, that your
cares and troubles and anxieties are few
and far between, compared with those
suffered by commercial men. If your
chances to become rich are not SO in
viting and profitable as those of the
tradesman, bear in mind that the dam
|. gors of becoming very poor and desti-
tute are far less. Famine and abject
poverty seldom overtake the farmer or
haunt him in their ghostly visits. He
lives on the high table land of promise,
rising far above the murky region OF
want and destitutjon His children can
say there is bread enough in our faith
er's house and piece to spare to the
hungry of our less fortunate calIings.
"Tired of farming!' Suppose you
are? What is to be done in such easel
Do you expect to find employment with
out trials and perplexities9 If 50 you
/, are doomed to disappointment. There
is.no voeationa in the world that will ex
empt those who engage therein from
cares and fears and vexation. Soft you
are tired of farming, the best way is to
get rested just as soonzas you can and
prosecute anew the business.
Saving Flower Seeds.
! In order to be successful in raising
/! flowers from seed, it will be necessary
to bear in mind that the smaller the seed
the less deeply should it be covered with
4 earth. Some seeds are so small that they
require to be sprinkled over the ground
and gently pressed into the soil, and
should the weather prove very dry, a
thin layer of damp moss ought to be
placed over them until they germinate
when care must be taken to have it re
moved. There are few seeds that re-
quire such extreme attention.
Small seeds, as Pstunia, Portulacs
&C., SOW about one eighth of an inch in
depth; those of larger size, Nignonettee
Sweet Alyssum, &C., about one fourth Of
an inch in depth; still larger, as Balsan
Morning Glory, &c, three-fourths of an
{inch in depth, and seeds of the largest
size, as Lupine, Nosturtium, &c, fully
lone inch in depth. They must be COW
cred with finely pulverized soil. or leaf
mould, slightly pressed down, and should
be kept moderately moist by shading o,
slight sprinklings of water until they
/ make their appearance. When about
one inch in hight the plants must be
thinned out from one to two inches apart
tos prevent croHding. Tall varieties
should be neatly staked to prerentinj Jury
from wind a. d rains.
The time for sowing is regulated By
latitude; April and early in May are the
months generally selected about New
| York and Philadelphia, and in Balti-
more too, and about Charleston and Sa-
ivannah some six weeks earlier.