Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-09
Agricultural.

FARMERS, ANCIENT AND MODERN
Extract from an address delivered be-
fore Kentucky Grange:
One more suggestion, and l shall
have done. As you see that the inter
ests of farmers need special looking
after, cast about for farmers as repre-
sentatives of farmers. Remember the
adage, 'If you want thing well done,
do it yourself" Heed not for a mo-
ment the sneer ''farmers are not com
petent." History, sacred and profane,
ancidnt and modern, disproves the as
sertion. Moses the greatest of all law
givers, was forty years a farmer: he
kept the flock of Jethro, his father IN
law. David, skilled alike to WELD the
sword, sway the sceptre, or "wake to
ecstacies the living Tyre, was called by
God from the sheepfold. Clncinnatus,
the consul, the dictator, and twice the
savior of Rome. left his farm with re-
Rret at the summons of his country,
and as gladly returned to 1t, when his
task was done. Docletian, whom Glib
bon regards as one of the most illustri-
ous of Roman Emperors, resigned the
purple, and upon being requested to re-
sumo it, said in reply, 'If you could
only see the cabbages which | have
raised with my own hands, YOU would
not ask me to give up the enjoyment of
happiness for the pursuit Of power.
Cromwell, perhaps the greatest soldier
and the greatest ruler of England, was
Q farmer Five of our President
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, jack
son and Harrison were farmers. Wash
ington minutely directed the manage
ment of his farm when President.
Jefferson added to his reputation as
statesman, President and philosopher,
both at home and abroad, by demon
strating the scientific principles involv-
ed in the proper construction OF the
mold board of the plow. Those of our
most brilliant statesmen, Randolph,
Clay, Webster and a host of lesser
lights, were farmers. Fear not, then,
TO trust farmers as representatives Of
farmers, provided they be known to he
"honest and capable" Nay, prefer
farmirs, If you would effectually hedge
about the interests of the farmer with
the Government.
How TO ESTIMATE THE PROFTTs or 4
FARM.-The farmer lives in his own
house. The use of the house, which
he does not pay for, is as much q part
of his income as the money which sal
aried man pays for rent, is of his, and
should be counted as such in an esti-
mate of the pioft of the farm. All
things produced on the farm and con-
sumed on the farmers table, including
the vegetables from the garden, the
eggs and milk used in cooking, are as
much a part of his income as the
money paid or such things out of his
salary is of the salaried man. If a far
mer gives his wife and children pleas
ant ride to town, using his own horses
and wagon, the value of their use IS
part of his income from his farm, as
trnly as the money the other man pays
out of his salary for carriage hire is OF
his. The correct rule for estimating
the income from farm is substantially
this Give credit for every article pro-
duced, used or expended in any way
whatever, no matter how small IN value,
as well as for cash received for pro-
ducts sold, and for increase in the value
Of farm property, and charge against
the farm for interest on capital invested,
and for all expenditures. The farmer
that will do this from year to year, will
not so much feel like complaining
Of the unproftableness of farming as
compared with other pursuits. The
fact is that not one in a hundred far
mers take into consideration the luxury
and comforts of fresh eggs. butter, milk,
fruits, etc, that they would have to
pay high prices for if they lived in
towns, or do without them.
FARM ORNAMENTs.-Ane exchange says
We must protect emphatically against
the practice of expending all the taste,
time and labor in adornment of a front
yard. The outlook from the rear
window of home should be as graft
flying as from the front. The exit from
the rear of the house should be as com
pensating as the entrance from the
front.
We want the inside of the platter
clean as well as the outside. And the
same harmonious system should ex-
tend to every field on the fam. Vines
should Chamber over outhouses. old
stumps and all uncouth objects that
cannot be removed, even though the
vines be nothing but hop or wood
bine.-Groups of evergreens or decid-
nous trees or shrubs should screen and
seclude the indispensable arpUrteran-
ces of farm which are in themselves
necessities.
Gronps of trees in every field arc not
only profitabIe-albeit they do shade
the grain somewhat-but break up the
monotony, and relieve the eye and the
heart of the husbandman, rs well as
afford animals protection from sun and
storm.
SHADE TREEs.-It is a great mistake
to permit shade trees to stand so near
together that none have room for
proper development. Young trees may
be placed near each other to prevent
awkward gaps, but as they increase in
size, the superfuous ones should be re-
moved, aud the remaining ones viii
show they are the gamers. Accelerated
fruit grower said it took him thirty
years to acquire the moral courage ne
oessary to thin out his fruit buds prop
erly. A still higher degree of courage
il required to lay the ak to a thrifty,
handsome shade tree, though we know
its neighbors will be dwarfed if it is al
lowed to remain.
To make a nest egg, do this; Take
m ordinary hens egg, break small
hole in the end, about 3 s of an inch IN
diameter, extract the contents, an6,
after it is thoroughly clear inside, fill
il with powdered Stacked lime, tamping
il in order to make it contain as much
q possible. After it is full, seal it up
with plaster of Paris, and yOu have
nest egg which cannot be distinguished
by the hen from the other eggs, and
one which will not crack Qike other
erpsl by being frozen.