The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1869-06-10
fnrn ano Gouseholo.
Rules for Farmers Who Prefer Poverty
to Riches.

The Rurot Amricdn makes the follow
ing clever nit: Plow as shallow as posi-
ble, plant and SOW the poorest seed you
have, week or two after the right time,
whore the ground Is wet and do not be
particular as TO the quantities of weeds
that may grow up, as it will lot "pay" to
keep them down.
Keep more stock than you can winter
well, or have pasture for in summer and
when you buy stock, select the cheapest
you can find, regardless of breed and
other qualities.
Your hired man should be required to
rise from bed an hour at least before you
do, and have all the "chores" done when
you turn out" Send them to their work
at about eight o'clock, and tell them that
you will be along" in about an hour or
two.
No fences should be repaired till after
damage has been done to your crops, as
by so doing, you know exactly what
fences require repairing. A fence three
and half or four feet high, is high
enough for stock that is not high fed !;
and no farmer can afford to make them
higher
Sow your wheat and rye where the wa
ter stands, covering the surface Of the
land III winter; and be on your guard
against being persuaded to underdrain
your land BY men who subscribe to agri-
cultural papers
When you buy swine, get the kind that
takes two or three, side by side, TO make
shadow-.he land shark breed is highly
recommended as good edters.
Ikill your pullets at six TO nine months
old, and keep all your old hens to lay
eggs BY SO doing, it is much less labor
to gather them Never change the males
of any stock, as in and in breeding will, if
long continued, ensure you against having
stock to sell, which is troublesome.
Farming implements should not be
cleaned, when used in wet weather, or
| when the soil adheres to them and, espe
cially, do not require your hired help to
| bring plows, harrows, etc, from the fields,
| no matter how many storms occur, till
you have done nsing them in such fields.
Let them lie by the fence till you want
them elsewhere, if it be month or more.
Nor should you trouble yourself about
providing Toulouse or sheds for
wagons, as any place will DO for your
tools, where they will get washed by
rains, and dried by the sun.
Your summers fuel should be cut be-
tween April and October and if you find
it necessary to send to the woods for a
load when you are moving or doing other
important work, it will change the mo-
notony of your labors in great degree.
Moreover, be particular to burn green
wood as it "goes" three times as far as
that which is dry.
A farmer should never paint his build
| ings, nor have particle of the oily
1 fr1tt oh hnt1t HDa -
up" to speculate on, and to rob farmers of
their hard earnings. Nature requires no
paint, nor should the tenement or out
buildings of farmers.
| The owners of farms should be careful
not to work with their hired help any
more than is absolutely necessary, as IL
may cause the hands to think that they
require watching. You can generally
| find enough tinkering" to 90 about the
house, while your men do the hard work
of the field. By so doing you will have
less need of new barns, cribs, ETC., which
are expensive.
No farmer of refinement will have a
"girl " to help his poor, broken down
wife, because she is already ruined in
health and spirits all the girls in the
| land could not restore her To perfect health
again. Besides, these girls are expt nsive
| things, and will talk with the hired men
and keep them from their work.
No wise farmer will talk OF the pte.t~H s
of agriculture before his sons, as IL would
lead them to expect in after years, per
haps, degree of enjoyment, if they
followed farming as an occupation, that
might never be realized. False hopes are
ruinous 10 t. r.iIg generation
! In hiring Lands for the season, do not
pr the contract in writing, nor have any
witnesses to il. This allows them
TO avail themselves of an offer in
harvest time of double what you pay
them, from some other party; and if you
pay them in advance somewhat, they can
leave you in better spirits.
Every progressive farmer will be posted
in the price of hides, and he is liable al
any time, but particularly in the spring
20 have cattle die a natural death. To
feed in way to prevent this is doubtful
economy.
No ground feed should be fed to stock
especially swine. Corn should be fed tC
them in the ear, upon the ground, and
where they will have to root to find the
kernels as they are shelled off.
Stables should be dark and free from
ventilation as much "a possible. Curry
/ OOLuuo ouu w uouCS lOl ClcduluS uUISCs
are used only by old fogies. God created
animals to live and prosper without any
such appliances, as is shown by the sleek
skin of animals that roam wild in the for
ests and on the plains, and as time i.
money" the time spent in currying horses
is so much money out of pocket
In regard to the reading for a farmer
family, Sunday school paper aud al
almanac ought to suffice Some men q
to the expense of taking weekly neao
paper; and others subscribe to agricul
tural or other papers but the world wa
made without such things, and no proc
has ever been adduced to show that Adam
and Eve were less happy than the peopl,
! of the present day. For farmer to ex
pend S. or So year in various publica
tions, on the plea of furnishing "informa
ton and amusement to the family" wher
that sum would buy tobacco enough t.
last him several years, is a question o
startling misapplicatiOn of money anC
farmers do well to pause before they allow
themselves to be induced to part will
what has cost them the sweat of theil
brows, for publications which are innova
tiOns on the customs of the world, as i
| QYleta1 in olIau timao