The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-04
AGRICULTURAL. 4

y GIEAT FARMERS MAXIMs,-
The successful life of Mr.. Jacob
) rlwn, the prince OF American farm
ers is attributed to the close oh ;crvance
OF the following m,xins, originated by
himself:
Whea you wake up do not roll over,
b,lt roll out, 1t will give yol, time to
ditch all your sloilghs, break them,
harrow them. SOW them.
Make your fencing high and strong,
and tight so that it Will keep the cattle
and pigs out.
Ifyou have bril n make your lots
secure, and keep your hogs from the
cattle for if the corn is kept c.ean,
they vii! eat it better than if it is not.
Be sure to get your hands to bed by
seven o'clock-tiiey will rise early by
force of circumstances. Pay n hand,
if he i Il poor hand. all you promise
him if he is !: good hand. pay a little
more it will encourage him to do
still better.
Always feed your hands as we'll as
you do yourself. for the laboring men
are the bone and sinew Of the land,
and ought to be Well treated.
am satisfied that early rising. i'll
d,,stry aud steady habits. are the best
med ciiles ever prescribed for health.
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that you cannot work out Of doors, cut,
split ard haul your wood.
Make your racks, fix your fence or
gate that Is off the hinges, or weather.
board your barn where the wind has
blown the siding off. or patch the roof
of your barn or house.
Study yOur interest closely, and do
not spend your time in electing Presi-
dents, Senators and other small Of
ficers, or talking of hard times when
spending your time whittleing store
boxes, etc.
Take your time and make your cal
culations. don't do things i'll 4 hurry,
but do them at the right time, and
keep your mind us we'll rs your body
employed.
STORING WINTER APrLES.-A cor
respondent of La,cs Of Life, who claims
to have had extended experience, is
..decideelly Of the opinion'' that APP
pies keep far better when put into
close boxes or barrels, and secluded as
much rs possible from the air. When
thus stored, he says, they will come
out in the spring full and plump as
When taken from the tree. Many va
rieties, as the ralman Sweet, spitzen-
burg. and those kinds that are not
badly, will do we'll i'll this way. /
| have. he continues, found universally,
that they keep better to let them lie
without picking over. 1t is2much bet
ter to pack them in large bins across
/ the cellar, say six or seven feet high,
and four or five feet wide, and cover
! them up tight, than to lay them on
shelves 1 once saw such Il bin that
man had kept through winter
About the first of April he thought he
would open the windows on the side
of the cellar next to the bin, to let il
the air. that they might keep better
l was at his place. and he called my
attention to the fact. Two window:
lust over the bin We're opened about
ten days or two weeks, and the apple:
lust exactly opposite the window:
about Il third rotted for about foot il
depth. and the remaining part Were
not rottetl at all. Another instance
A neighbOr Of mine had about five
hundred bushels in a pile in the cellar
AS they became a little specked. In
commenced picking them over; whei
about half done, got tired and let then
90. When marketed, about six week
after, lie found that about one-thirt
of those picked over We're not fit fO
market. while all but about one-twen
tieth of the others Were good. This
have seen in numerous instances.
you wish to try the experiment, max
a box as tight as a carpenter can max
it, and when picking from the orcllar
fill it and nail it fast. Let it lie i
the orchard till it is in danger of freez
ing then put it in the cellar. Put tn
j same quantity on shelves on trial.
am pretty sure the experiment wi
convince,