Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-01-11
Agricultural Uncommon Sense.
FIELD CROPS.

A SANDY soil produces lively crop of
sand burs and fieas If the latter crop
proves a failure you want to keep eleven
S,orgs and hire a "Lo" family to work
the farm
Corn does well in several ways. 1t isn't
bad in the shape of "corn dodger, g in
jun pannack," -" "injun pudding" or hot
"mush." 1t is likewise palatable to some
in the fluid form. 1t is then, however,
dangerous. "Sod corn" has been known
to break up whole families and sell a
farm at Sheriff. SALE
Barley isn't a bad cron :" .:oo W.,
hay1eI have kngTn " men f~ g grow fat by raising
tha a 81 generally makes the rest of
-..,nily poor, hewever.
I Hops do best in tamarack timber, only
they require the same attention kind
mother bestows upon the wayward urchin
with fine tooth comb, about picking
! time.
Wheat pays when you get forty bushels
to the acre. When you don't, you can al
ways get trusted by pledging next years
crop. 1t is a safe crop to keep mans
credit good at the grocery.
Rye don't pay. We know a poor fellow
that rye sent to the Poor House, still he
persisted in raising" it every chance he
got.
Oats, If not wild oats" do well
many sowing wild OATS nowadays The
crop don't pay.
VEGETABLES.
''Turn-ups" are not of much account
unless you lack one of going out; then to
turn up Jack, amt so bad.
Cabbage heads are too plenty to bC
anything of rarity. They are drug il
any market.
Beets won't do, especially ''dead beats.
All kinds of garden truck will do t
raise; for what you don't feed to the cat
tie and pigs, will do to send to your coun
try editor on subscription.
LIVE STOCK.
Fast horses, like fast women, send MAJ
to the devil. They don't pay to raise. 4
good horse is nice thing to take you
girl out sleigh-riding, when you wan
to keep ahead of the other fellows
If you are particularly "sweet' on her
however, a lazy animal is best, for thel
you are always behind in the procession
and have the whole field to yourself
Cows are friendly, and a man can't we
t keep house without one They are
good thing to keep fellow awake nights
and can beat the Peak family all holloJ
. at bell-ringing If it wasn't for cows W
r shouldn't have any cheese with which t
bait our mouse trap.
Hogs are the music of the farm. The
f save the expense of piano. They fee
D well, and amt particular whose murphie
they root. Mammoth hogs and learne
D pigs are good for side-shows at circu:
n Two-legged hogs are common, and n
e longer curiosity. Hogs and hominy
i ''Root hog or die" and Pig under a ga
s den gate" are old-fashioned stock
. Sheep look best at distance. The
e amt nice pets, even if Mary did have
I little lamb. Many a farmer gets the woo
pulled over his eyes by fancy blood
0 They are good for one reason-they Great
e a necessity for dog law" and max
e business for the Legislature every vii
r ter.
e SUMMARY.
S Farming is one thing, and owning
J. farm another. The former is a health
q exercise and the noblest occupation thi
God has given unto man. The latter is
/. source of pleasure, sometimes, but gene
|, ally poor investment if you rent it ou
|, There is considerable that we don
u know about farming, and that we fear "
+ shall never learn. One thing we do know
however, and that is, that weeds spread
+ fast as vice, and that it takes as hard wol
;, to raise good crops as it does to make
r good Christian out of a Jew.-Bdyfe
IS (WIs) Press.
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