The Worthington advance., 1877-09-13

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~ Chapter on Farming ,
As near as can crawl up to the facts
in thesea9e; Adam was the' first farmer.
have given this subject large pile of
thought, but I canhots find any reliable
person, who wants to give bonds that
hetoRM5netAhmaps thos 1fiea3 :to, eaip
a dollar by farming before Adam struck
consider that Adam, I forgot his 9th.
er name, started in. on his career under
every favorable auspices. Adam had his
garden all planted and the things up be;
fore he rented it. All he had to do was
Ac:hsd,SS cJ,lnip pctiision! FHI He coadla put
Any price he pleased on his garden truck,
s|s6dnotIlie awake nights ana worry be.
cause somebody might undersell him.
He could charge twenty-five cents for
strawberries, and if his customers didn't
like it he could tip his hat over his car
and Intimate that if they didn't like his
itberries at that price they could refresh
their stonachs on dried apple. .>.
He had to take no ones advice Us to
how be- should plant his stuff, or when
he, sA9pA A9Sit:i 1fshe, wanted to plant
his dried pumkins in the same hill with
his baked beans he did not have to read
through an agricultural paper, to see
whafsog4e editor WHO never saw q. farm
had to'say about it. , His post.ofice box
1iwas not, filled with circulars, advertising
fcl tilizers and patent dressings for raising
sal Il, and mixed pickels.
~' ~. Adam, If you were here now, and
to take all the advice that the farmer
-~.o-day does, you would wish yourself
back IN the Garden Of Eden putting in
Thaa 9tdf,ssfi @dsiS had ! Splendid; wifa: E It
kSys aa ~ w. sdsd st ;ssa ssal G
fault found with Eve, but she certainly
was the best woman in the world when
Adam mSfded Kef,. md Tsllall stand up
for her as long as have legs. Eve didn't
have any great amount Of clothes. She
sssdldptwosEy heEself-what she shouldwear
~ thskch. III shaVe to,fun and sfix herself
up when she had callers.
take it that the Eden farm was run
on the military pad.J.AAt any rate, Adam
had commissary connected with the
farm, tot we read that the serpent was
suffer tAensaRysLeagts sot, the, field and the
acQ5qnt 5hsw1 thpt he got a,mortgage on
the fafm, and f0reclosed on Adam before
he had taken off his first crop. Suffers
have changed but little since the crea-
{ ;;ttics; e., ,,,, QLja : .:5,z::! 2u1!.!
creatures. They are really the only use
fu( class of people we have. We're it not
tor the lsrmer, you and would 20 to
n bed A1e44ysheS>se Saturday night but
If were put under hydraulic cotton
Prsssa and rfhe., sfarming qualities
sdueezed out Of me, there would not be
enough to raise one grain of mustard
.saaaa:j u would ssonei BE Cit intoraiIroal
spikes and driven into oak ties, than
farm it, so little do l love the pursuit.
If it were left for me to earn my living
by farming, Idon't think I could raise
sausage enough to keep me from star
V$neyAt.'e1l+a j. tss<3s4l: .
should have lied the old man right out
of his boots about that cherry tree, if I
had been George. l freely confess that /
do not Ake.fHming ny'better than l do
castor oil." !" There is more hard work to
the acre in farming than in any occupa-
There is; heap 6rft 81 hard work Is thes ache1
in that business, though the work Is
chiefly to the acher- rather than to the
dentist.
slnGThn nsrher has III i6boarn 81 5 idea 3tbat The
sun will not rise unless he gets UP and
pe9Uht piperihte6zn the job. zsWhen|]
was small boy was told by my gooi
mother that the lose every mornine
and-I always Believed her. 1 never g6
.1up' to bee; for I always felteas If it wollc
look as if doubted her word.
After the farmer is up he must cut u,
some green wood for his wife to built
the fire with. A farmers wife who hat
rklndlinga and dry wood .furnishedg he
would consider that she Had good ground
sfoF aiyonoe.s While the e;breakfast& is be
Ing cooked the farmer hics to the barn t,
take care of and, feed his cattle. Any
body who has ever taken hold of pitch
o. FORK handle when the :. .thcomometer} wa
below zero never will outlive the remem
il abrance of II. 'A There may be things colde
iii but ! never touched them. I took ihol,
Of white oak pitchfork handle oye
twenty years ago and have never ha,
the fsh pae AfcmNhands since.
.SAftef completing the Chamber work il
th' barn, the next thing is to water til
at X. Watering stock on Wall stree
g. watering it on farm are two diffc,
things. Pumping up water throug
tcaky pump, when it seems as~if th
hnt drop acamssARSm The center OF sth
earth, is more cheerful to read of then
@eiiPds {fst yoa. .aEs sa{ied SbS% Rs'to 70 es as
j.. brace, and, as It slips through your fl
.; gers and the cold drops Of water ;si,plas
up your shirt-sleeve; you begin to wonde
whether ~, this really IS the BRIGHT worl
I,.youithought it was, and whether Won wi
be called upon to draw water from dee
He|l.v With an icy pole in the other Ian
beyond the skies. |
1t is during the winter that the faihs
throws aside the drudeery- and har
work OF the farm, and engages in Ii
s@l'aaa'|9s J g ;l&l s:1s'|s,s s:,s e.
h1ssdAgauahaH aHtsood road through sno
s7othrse feet deep and then choppinR dow
trees, splitting and cutting them ,int
+ cord wood, then hauling q. load Of !
1ffteeh miles to market, and finallv sell
=. for five dollars a cord, and take your ps
in something you don't want. When