The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-01-04
what 4 Know About Farming

Know apout farming," through nine
timsS twice backwards and once STAN
ding on my hcad Have mastered
1t ct last, and condensed in milier
shape what I know about running
the thing into the ground.
Young man be q farmer Young
woman be farmer Buy q billiard
table, dust your clothes on the top Of
it, sprinkle on little dandruff and 20
to work. Never think Of beginning
with less than 6eld Of green at least
6tlO. Sprcd on your earth all over
the billiard tablo evenly, to the depth
ofOnc sixth of an iSSA Hte with
aspongc, aud subsotf depth of
ton feet. lfyou havo Billiard ta-
bio, buy piece of land " you can't
get whole, and 90 to work.
The best way is to stand about in
the shade or hire out to hold chair
down in saloon, whilo tho old man
docs the work.
Ifyour farm is stony, pick out the
stones before they arc ripe, and throw
them in tho road, This will cause
Others to McA-Damize your streets.
Never think of plowing less than
nine feet, if your mule willpulI it. If
you have no TEEN, wait until winter,
then drill and blast. This will pul.
verizc the earth, elevate your land
warm it, aud you will be ablo to report
before your slow noighbors.
Run your creeks up hill and wash
sheep only in warm water.
Pick your goose on Sunday, and set
the cggs on fence posts, out Of tho
way Of garter snakes.
When turning grndstones to odu-
cate scythes, never turn the handle
backward or the carly grass will wilt
before tho color comes to it.
In breaking colts uso a club-it is
much better than a crowbar. A sled
stake will answer.
Feed all hogs with cup custard, OK
ccpt politicians.
Drive fence posts with tho but end
down, so the boys won't sit on tho :op
Of thom when arguing SO long with.
out coming to the point.
Strawberries should bo thrashed in
May, aud the straw saved for beds
Butterflies should never be milked
or churnod tho day they are slopp,d,
lest the young milk be spoiled. Mono
but the ice cream cows should wear
skates-tho heel corks scratch the
calves so.
Hydraulic rams should be butcher
ed before. sunshine, and the pelts sa-
we'd for company.
Put swivel on your scytho SO that
il will cut both ways.
Canary socd should bo sown IN
drills so that tho young birds will
browse very early.
IL planting string beans mover uso
yarn, whom once in the throat it is so
hard to como up. The same with ar
tichokcs pips in chickens.
Pitchforks should be sorted and
packed 10 sugar, the juice boiled and
SKINNED before running in the cakes.
Pumpkins should hang on the
trees till frost comes they should be
picked not shook of, and then packed
iu sweet oil.
In stufing sausage do not stuff too
much into your stomach, or you will
have feliuo in your category, and
feel you have incurred something you
hate TO meet.
Dandelions should bo worked In pink
rother than in blue worsted they
will wash botter.
Ordinary shoes will do for oxen
when at farm work. Use slippers on
them only when going to church.
Old rags are better than glass to
stop holes in tho windows-the neigh.
bors cannot see in 80 WELL
Beach nuts should never be eaten
with tho skin on-they change the
complexion so.
Young bed quilts should never be
taken out ofthe ground in tho salt
until the beds have beOn we'll spa ded
for tho next crop.
In Matching susponders caro- must
be taken that the old hen does not
have hor nest near the gallows, or tho
young birds will be hard to hatch.
Look out for protection! Let the
big hogs eat the littlo ones, then there
yill be moro room 10 tho pon, and less
expense for barrels. But in sailing
pork never use rock sal on q stony
farm, but feed thom with fine salt
from spoon. Use Epson salt exclu-
sivcly for horses. Never put spots on |