Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
Agricultural Rhymes.

WHEN books and papers were scarce, |
people read TO remember, andrhyme was
n great assistance TO the memory Thus
many of Franklin's " Poor Jtichard's Max
ims,n handed down from father to son,
have become household words The fol
lowing is collection of some of the most
popular, pertaining 30 agricultural pur
suits
Ifbutttr churncd In morning air
Ia kept in n cool pncc with cure,
Tho taste tBn'ce;
But that winch shows thc buttormilk
Don't sell to those who dress In silk
For any price.
10 be in debt
- Brings ont the sweat
No hafcOoked meat
T. ft TO eat.
A woman who snsczes
Ought not to make ChCgacsi
Put her hands in n muf,
..... Or ever take snufi
When the wind is east and turkics gobblc,
u Is no fine horse to hObble;
But let him range to catch the breeze
should he be troubled with the heHyCs.
An OF with broad horns and short glossy hair,
ls good for team the market, or Gtir.
One white foot is bad, and two are too many,
That horse is beet that does not have any.
A farmer without hogs
But an army Of dogs,
Wnlhlve more puppies than pork;
For the swill will he lost,
To the huShaudmans cost
Dogs are good for nothing to WORK
The slackest farmer, strange to say,
| IL known for being out OF hay.
II does not pay in any way,i
| To milk Il COW three times day
| When chickens roost move the NOV,
| IL spoils the hay for horse or COW.
| The wcll-brcd daughter for a farmer, ..
| prudent hclpmcct and charmer
Itisno place tosct polcs,g a.
Whore m1les or mice have dug thoir holes.
Cobs make no food for kline TO eat
| But they ARE good for smoking meat
| Pork and beans make muscles strong
Something farmers seek;
| II Is n dish To make life long,
| When cooked but once week.
A sloyenly dress, a shabby pate,
| Tho fences down, Il broken gate,
Pigs in the garden, weeds very high,
Children uHwashed no bacon to Try
Lots of great dogs and yawltng tom cats
| Windows repaired with a dozen old hats,
| An empty barn not spear Of hay,
Cows in the clover, horse run away.
| Things sold by guess without being weighed,
| Bills coming in and taxes unpaid
| Pipes aud tohaCCO-whisky--nr glect,
| Drag in their train, ns all might expect,
/ All sorts Of trouble to fret away life
L But worst OF the whole, an unhappy wife,
| Many estates NrG lost in the Getting,
Since men have forsaken hcwing and splitting,
And women their sewing and knitting.
mackereIsky--
/ The wind will bo high,
G.s u Then bring in the grain,
Close by there is rain,
Il If you would thrive,
... BE up by 1--WE;
l. For thoTc Is health
Aud certain wealth,
When at the plough,
/ Or milking COW.
a farmer al home should he found,
Aud often looking nj his ground
| Inspecting fields, repairing fence
For dollars come by saving pence.
Clear the soil from molcs and slug,
| Prune the trees-kecp OF the bugs,
Then fruits and melons, rich and fair,
Win rcCompcuse Tor all your care.
Rutabaga, clrrots and beats
Improve the character OF meats;
They make good beef, and quicker too,
Than any otuor feed will DO.
At the fumer's cost
Is an early FROST.
Exercise reason
Harvest in season.
OF all the crops a farmer ratsue,
Or capital employs,
,. None brings such comfort and such praises,
| "a crop of girls aud boys,