The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-06-15
Rules for Farmers Who Prefer, Poverty
to Riches.

POSSIBLE, planL anu SOW the pOOreSI beeus
You have, a week or two after the right
time, where the ground is wet; and do
not be particular as to the qantities of
weeds that7may grow up as it win not
pay to keep them down.
Keep more stock than you can winter
we'll, Or have pasture for in summer s;
and when you buy stock, select the
cheapest you can find, regardless OF
breed and other qualities. - fh1 2
i 8@ Your hired man should be required to
rise from bed an hour at least before
you do, and have all the .chores'8 done
whenyou 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 a half or four feet high, is high
enough for stock that is not high fed;
and no farmer can afford to make them
higher => bad 81 teesar 81
Sow your wheat and rye where the
water stands, covering the surface of the
land in winter and be on your guard
against being persuaded 10 underdrain
your land by men who subscribe to ag-
ricultural papers. :, - f. eH "a.
When you buy swine, get the kind
that takes two or three, side by side, to
make shadow-the land shark breed
! is highly recommended as good eaters
Kill your pullets at six to nine months
cid, and keep all your old hens to lay
eggs. By so doing, it is much less la
Dor to gather them. Never change the
males Of any stock, as in breeding will,
| if long continued, ensure youTagainst
| having stock to sell, which is trouble
| some
Farming implements should not be
| cleaned, when used in wet weather, or
| when the soil adheres to them; and, es-
| peciaHy, do not require your hired help
| to bring plows, harrows, etc, from the
fields, no m latter how many storms oc-
cur. till you have done using them in
such fields. Let them lie by the fence
till you want them elsewhere, if it be a
month or more Nor should you trouble
/ yourself about providing tool house or
/ sheds for wagons, as any place will do
for your tools, where they will get wash :
ed 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 do
l
the monotony Of your labors in. a great
degree. Moreover, be particular to
burn green wood rs it goes three times
| as far as that which is dry. 3os1nai .
l. A farmer should never paint his build
| ings, nor have particle of the oily
stuff about him. The thing, was got
/ up to speculate on, and to rob farmers
/ of their hard carr ings. Nature requires
| no paint, nor should the tenement or
outbuilding1of farmers. ze- sssz<7 - az1
| The owners of farms should be care
full not to work with their hired help any
more than is absolutely necessary, as it
/ may cause the hands to think that ley
require watching. You can generally
find enough stinkering' to do 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. t2 f4ai5a
No farmer of refinement will have a
girl to help his poor, brok en- 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 expen
sive things, and will talk with the hired
men and keep them from their work
No wise farm er will talk of the pleas
would lead them to expect in after years,
perhaps. degree Of enjoyment, ii they
followed farming as an occupati II, that
| might never be realized. False hopes
1 are ruinous to the rising generation
In hiring hands forth season, do not
put the contract il writing nor have
any witnesses TO it. This allows then,
| to avail themselves of an offer. in har
vest 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. tt.srs
Every progressive farmer will be post.
ed in the price OF hides, an he is liable
at any time, but particularly in the
spring, to have cattle die natural death.
To feed in a way to prevent this is
doubtful economy .et f....-..a9
No ground feed should be fed to
stock, especially to swine Corn should
be fed to them in the ear. upon the
ground and where they will have to
root to find the kernels as they are shel
led off,
!. Stables should be dark and free from
ventilation as much as possible. Curry
combs and brushes for cleaning horse.
are used only by old fogies. God crea,
ted animals to live and prosper without
any such appliances, as is shown by the
sleek skin of animals that roam wild in
the forests and on the plains, and az
time is money the time spent in curry.
ing horses, is 80 much money out, OF
pocket. ~. -,.5.44. -t..r
In regard to the reading for farmers
family, Sunday school paper and an
almanac ought to suffice. Some men &c
to the expense of taking a weekly nescs
paper; and others subscribe to agricul
tural or other papers; but the world was
made without such things, and no proof
has ever been adduced to show thai
Adam and Eve were less happy than the
people of the present day. For farmer
to expend 85 or Sc year in variou:
publications, on the plea of furnishing
inform alton and amusement to the fam