The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-08-27
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rT6T1Ra R21 bei5 r5' these sensible remarks,
which. although known to every
thinking farmer, viii bear reiterat-
ing:
1t astonishes a great many men to
notice how many other men persist
in fencing small fields, in keeping up
fences where they are not needed,
and blowing short burrows where
long ones would save a vast deal Of
time and labor, besides avoiding the
trampling of the ground in turning,
which few men know how to avoid.
The economy Of time and labor in
farming is as important as the saw
inc Of crops. Two long rows Of po-
tatoes are far more easily cultivated
than eight short ones containing the
same number Of hills. An acre or
ten acres of corn costs far less money
to cultivate if embraced in only five
or fifty rows than if double or treble
the number Then there is not, in
the case of corn, the loss of breaking
it down in turning, if the farmer has
left no grass head lands to turn on,
or has not two or three rows Of pota-
toes planted on the outside Of his
field.
The fences about small fields in
volve not only great waste Of labor
and money to care for them, but are
also a great waste Of land. They are
not only unproductive property, but
cost in the waste of land alone
enough on many farms to pay the
annual taxes. 1t is also noticeable
that the smaller the farm the greater
the number, proportionately, Of
fenced fields. If in the case of pas
ture it is desirable to feed only part
of a field at a time, (Which, by the
way, is not often q wise policy, it is
cheaper to build and move hurdle
fences, unless the stock kept is large.
MOSQUITOES immigrated to this
country in the year one. They are
the smallest fowl that navigate the
air. Although not soaring so high
as other fowls, they make some foul
er sores than any other bird ever
dreamed Of They are not very de-
vout, although they are birds Of prey.
They are so tame that they will come
up and eat out of fellows hand.
As songsters they are q success,
making some Of the sweetest sounds
ever heard. We are sometimes CON
strained to stay awake all night and
listen to their strains, even if it's
ever so confounded straining on US.
If any one doesn't like their music
he can lump it, and failing to 90 50,
they viii lump him, and if he "gets
on his ear" about it, such a proceed
inc is foolish, for they are very ac-
commodating and Will get on his ear
for him. | like their music better
than anything else about them.
Many a time have | lain on my
downy bed and listened to them as
they sung Come Where Ny Love
Lies Dreaming" 1--WE Won't Go
Home Till Morning" and such like,
till | have been 50 carried away (and
wishing I was carried still farther)
that I've joined in the melody "Shoo
Fly" and cheered them by clapping
my hands together, in the hope OF
giving the little suckers an affection
ate squeczc.-Daaba1y Ne1c5.
A ride on the Blocker street (New
York horse-cars shows some odd signs.
There is one ON large clothing house
in Crosby street which reads, Clothing
sold at Hone st prices, and many per
sons wonder where there is a Hone st.
only to find that the word honest" had
misled them. Another sign in Beck
man street reads, The Gold Heating
Company, which alsopuzzles thepasser.
After many coujectuTes as to what the