Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
Punctua1ity of Farmers.

! business by their too reckless disregard
of written and verbal contracts. And
there is an urgent necessity for our Ag-
ricultural Societies, Clubs and Oranges
to take in hand the important task of
educating our people up to the impor-
tance of punctuality in the payment of
their debts. Many farmers cannot bor-
row, in case of emergency, from banks
at reasonable rates of interest, for the
reason that they have failed to establish
their credit for promptness. Farmers
should all feel, as they do IN commercial
circles, that lack of punctuallty IS for
| feiture of honor. And when a man be-
comes SO reckless of his honor as not to
feel keenly blemish on his reputation
when his contracts are considered OF no
account, he has lost much of that which
should pulsate proudly in every mans
heart. 'li' 20 @ii " V+-'-@1 t
We would therefore urge upon Agri-
cultural Clubs, and especially Oranges,
which are so constituted as to operate
efficiently in this matter, to instn into its.
members the great essential of business
and honor, strict fidelity to contract.
All cannot pay in full when due, but all
can promptly confer with the payee,
make fair representation, sand get an
extension. When a debtor goes to his
creditor with an honest face, and rea-
sonable excuse, il is seldom but what
matters can be arranged satisfactory to
all. Then work up faithfully to the new
contract, trouble will be avoided, costs
and litigation saved, and the debtor will
feel that he has yet reputation to de-
fend. In this way men will be more
honest and happier, the business of the
neighborhood will be more harmonious,
and old friendships VIII be perpetuated.
In this day, when SO many disregard
their obligations, and let the. hour of
payment pass away without a thought, it
may be considered harsh to say such
conduct is dishonorable. Yet what
mi1der terms viii fully portray the helm
iousness of such neglect of duty. The
frequency of business lying has SO be-
numbed the feelings of some to such an
extent that they are ready to resent the
charge that they are thus guilty. This
shows the great Importance of establish
ing a higher standard of morals as to our
written and verbal contracts. And there
is no better time to inaugurate new
code among farmers on this subject. By
care, economy, and full control of bus1-
ness, prepare for new departure on the
subject of fidelity to contracts.
Woman's Right to a Vvoodpile.
Much is said nowadays about woman's
GISubS. "A AiCOIT0SpOuuS16 VI buO hetIeC
Farmer contends for one which cannot
be gainsaid, in the following paragraph:
'fPerhaps the family may live on a
farm where wood may be had with little
labor at the right time; but, instead of
that, the woman may have small children,
some of them sick, and but very little
wood, if any. What can be more trying
for a woman, when she can get very lit
tie time to work about the house, than
to be hindered for theSwant of fuel
think, if her husband could be placed in
| her situation for month, it would cure
! him of being SO neglectful about proyid-
ing good fuel, if he was not past curing.
Besides all the discomfort, it looks very
| shiftless to see a man that cannot go to
his work in the morning because he has
! to stop and get some wood. And before
he retires at night he must get rail off
| the fence to make fire in the morning.
Such man cannot be said to be thrift
/ ty farmer think the woodpile fair
| test of the fathers love for the wife and
children. If you want domestic peace
and q warm dinner, get some dry wood,
put under cover, make good fire, and
let the tired wife rest awhile. Remem-
Der, she is shut up with the children
more than you are, and her mind and
body need rest and relaxation.
nIuIching Grass Land. g s-
A Massachusetts, farmer writes to the
Country Gentleman. It is common
! practice here to mulch the new sown
grass land, as soon as the ground is fro
zen; with ttGtch-a coarse sedge that
grows on the banks of salt water creeks
straw and other bedding materials are
too valuable here, we think, for this use.
As soon as the ground is frozen
hard enough to bear the team, the
thatch is thrown in Light windrow from
each side of the wagon, and then spread
with fork over the ground so thinly
that the grass or-s soil is not excluded
4 from view on any spot larger than the
] hand. This thin covering is always much
| protection to the young grass, by arrest
/ ing and retaining the thin and blowing
snow, and by preventing the frequent
! thawing of the surface in warm days III
, winter, thus avoiding the heaving out
and killing of the grass and also by
| shading it when small and tender, in the
hot days of early summer; and by de
caying it adds to the fertility of the soil
Bunions. -'S
The treatment consists in removing al
pressure from the part The formation
of bunion may in the beginning be pre-
vented, but only in the beginning fol
when once actually formed, it is scarcely
possible to ever get rid of it, and it re
mains an everlasting plague. To pre-
vent the formation of a bunion, it i,
, necessary. whenever and wherever sho,
or boot pinches, to have it eased at once
and so long as the part of the foo
pinched remains tender, not to put OF
the offending shoe again When a bun
ion has once completely formed, if tn
person wish to have any peace, and no
have it increase, he must have las
made to fit his foot, and have his sho
made upon it. And whenever the bun
ion infames, and is painful, it must b
bathed with warm water, and poultice'
at night.
-. a,s f Charcoal for Turkey. .l
A California paper highly recommend
charcoal for fattening turkeys, pulve1
lied and mixed with potatoes and cor
, meal, as well as fed to them in smal
humps. 1t mentions two lots of turkey
of four each, treated alike, one lot give
this mixture and the other not, wher
there was an average gain in weight @
4 the first one pound and half each. w
l do not like the practice. of mixing TIA