Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-11-16
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DALLAS, SATURDAY, NOV. 16.
Farming and Half Farm
ing.

We have known people ambitious
to make money, who would spare no
labors to increase their income, and
when they had secured it, would
spend it to no purpo3e-waste 1t; get
nothing to show fo7 it. They were
good to make money but could not
keep or use it we'll. The only good
they could get of their money, was
the doubtful good of having it pass
through their hands. There are
many people Of this stamp they can
get business and do it; can earn great
wages drive and push through any
amount of toll make long and close
calculations talk largely and we'll
enough about business but cannot
increase their own capital, Their
purse will not hold money-it leaks !;
it seems like the tabled pit,without a bot
tom or, like the mlller's dam, whether
it raincd much or little, would hold no
water; or, most likely thev have no
purse. Their money burns their pock-
cts aud hands they have it spent
beforeit is got, or plans made for its
disposal
Much like this class of people are
many farmers-they can raise good
crops but cannot make them pay !;
they neglect their fences, and the
cattle break in Just before harvest. or
if they get good crop they have no
place to secure it; fine fields of hay
and grain are gathered, but there are
no barns or granaries to keep them !;
the fruit trees yield well, but there are
no means for preserving the fruit, and
il goes 10 waste the root crops are
good, but he frost and winter destroy
them, because they cannot bear every
thing the farming implements rot
more than they wear, because the rain
and sun are ever peltin2 and scorch
ing them the cows give good milk,
but the want of dairying appliances
makes the milk of but little value !;
the pigs are in the corn cribs the
sheep arc in the garden; .he kitchen
has no wood but lives fIom hand to
mouth the house has no cellar; the
water is far away Everything works
the hard way there is much done but
little saved When spring comes
everything is gone seeds Of all kinds
must be bought the rotten utensils
replaced by new the broken down
feuces made over; the peeled ant
browsed fruit trees replaced by new
and young oues and world OF labor
spent to get the farm into working
order. So it goes year after year and
all the difficulty lies in want OF order
and taste in the style of farming
No man Of order aud taste will sec
gates hanging on one hinge, fences
reeling, everything looking lk old chaos
or young ruin; men of taste will hus>
band well their farms, aud men of real
farming skill will have arrangements
for making the most Of all they get,
for saving or marketing, that nothing
be lost. 1t is the farmers losses that
beep them back, and the most of losses
are by their own negligence or want oi
skill There is much in half farming
they waste great deal of labor and
and time The art Of keeping every
thing in order lies IN having a place
for everything aud putting everything
in its place when used in makiHe
repairs when needed in always putin:
odd moments of time rainy days, etc, t'
making improvements, arranging con
veniences, and in getting ready for th'
seasons active labor Let all hal
farmers mend their ways as fast a
possible so they will mend their for
times and their temporal interest
Utica Wetky Herald