The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-11
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,t Agricultural Rhymes.
When books and papers were scarce,
people read to remember, and rhyme
was afgreat assistance to the memory.
Thus many of Franklin's "Poor Rich
ards Maxims," handed down from father
to son, have become household words.
The following is collection of some of
the most popular pertaining to agricul-
tural pursuits: ~ . sr' ...' -'.a.
IF butter churned in morning air
Is kept in cool place with care,;,
The taste is nice;
But that which shows the buttermilk
Don't sell to those who dress in silk
For any price. eJsEs.i,. 4.
To be in debt
Brings out the sweat.
s,. No half cooked meat ~
Is fit to eat ,'
"A woman who sneezes ~
Ought not to make cheeses;
Put her hands in O muff,
.. Or ever take snuff.
When the wind is East and the turkies
gobble, ~ tt;,t
It IS no time horse to hobbIe;
bdt let him range to catch the breeze
Should he be troubled with the heaves.
An OK with broad horns and short, CLOS
sy hair,
LIS good for, q team, the market, or fair.
One white foot is bad, and two are too
That horse is best that does not have
~ any. 1
A farmer without hogs,
-, But an army of dogs,
Will have more puppies than pork;
For the swill will be lost,
To the husbandman's?co 8 cost
Dogs good for nothing to work.
The slackess farmer, strange to say,
Is known for being out of hay.
It does not pay in any way
70 milk a COW three times day.
When chickens roost above the NOW,
It spoils the hay for horse or COW.
The well-bred daughter for farmer,
A prudent help-meet and q charmer.
It is no place to set poles '+t
Where moles or mice have dug their
Cobs make no food for kline to eat,
But they are good for smoking meat.
Pork and beans make muscles strong
Something farmers seek;
1t is dish to make life long,
When cooked but once week. p.
A slovenly dress, shabby pate,
The fences down, broken gate,
Pigs in the garden, weeds very high,
Children unwashed-no bacon to fry
Lots of great dogs and ynwning tom cats,
Windows repaired with 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 and tobacco-whiskey-
Drag in their train, as all might expect,
All sorts of trouble to fret away life
But worse Of the whole, an unhappy
wife.
Many estates are lost in the getting,
Since men have forsaken hewing and
splitting,
And women their sewing and knitting.
A mackerel sky .--r
The wind will be high;
Then bring in the grain,
Close by there is rain.
If you wonld thrive,
Be up by FIVE;
For there is health
And certain wealth
When at the plow,
Or milking cow
4 farmer at home should be found
And often looking at his ground
Inspecting fields. repairing fence
For dollars come by saving pence.
Clear the soil from moles and slugs-
Prune the trees-keep off the bugs:
Then fruits and melons, rich and fair,
Will recompense for all your care.
Rutabaga, carrots and beets
Improve the character Of meats;
They make good beef, and quicker too,
Than any other feed will do.
At the farmers cost
Is an early frost.
Exercise reason
Harvest in season.
Of ali the crops farmer raises,
Or capital employs,
None brings such comforts and such
praises