Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-27

NOClluR, Says lIcyuOluS, III uculCu
we'll directed labor, and nothing is to be
attained without it,"
Everything on farm should be done
well, and for this purpose the owner
must give it his personal supervision.
Stock a farm according to its produc-
ton. Have stock enough to consume all
rough food, but not enough to become
rough without food.
Nature above us is setting examples
every day, by freshness, order and beauty.
The 'pure in heart take thought for the
beautiful.
Tho farmer who will now keep hi.
plows running in his corn fields, wet or
dry, will be rewarded in the autumn by
good yield of corn.
Horses are better than men. They do
not hate their enemies as relentlessly,
but they always know their friends from
their enemies.
The farmer must rccollcct that his sons
will learn by example and not by preccpt
If he spends his days in town his boys
will follow his example
The poorest girls, in the various APP
plications Of the term, are those who have
never been taught to work. There are
thousands Of them, as useless as last
years almanac.
We hold it to the duty of every good
farmer to render his home as happy and
agreeable as possible; to combine the
solid comforts Of life with the elegant
| pleasures Of taste.
economy in all proper and Legitimate
methods need to be practiced in order
to provide comfortable living and pay
one hundred cents on the dollar.
Men who have farmed for eighty
years, almost universally testify that
they learned more of the business in the
| last forty then in the first forty of their
lives. And yet many think it is easy to
learn farming.
Cases frequently occur where man
who is too lazy to farm quits and be-
comes a very successful preacher
But it never occurs where he is toe
lndolent to preach that he ever be-
comes a successful farmer. That rule
will not work both ways.
Bone dust, wood ashes and such like fer
tilizers are best for grape vines in low
groud. Stable manure applied in large
quantities on damp soil will produce dis
eased vines. On dry ground the effect il
beneficial. The best soil for grapes il
dry, light, warm and rich. On such {
soil apply top dressings Of we'll rotted ma
nure, alternating every third year with /:
dressing of Stacked lime. Where grape
are being raised on damp ground care mus
be taken to keep the roots near the surface
-1Festeru Rural.
Over 800 head Of cattle are said Il
have been entered at the cat tie show a
the French exposition. England sup
plies the principal part. Sheep and hogs
Will also be fully represented The en-
tries in the horse department show a
the Palais de = Industrie, consisted Of q
3 year-old sta lions, $50 animals of 4, anc
175 Of 5 and Is years OF age.
| 1t should lie born in mind that every
farmer who will take the trouble to kcc|
up tastful appearance about his house
not only performs a good work for his
own family, but stimulates his neighbor<
to initiate him. Nothing is more con.
tagious then the desire for gardening
when once It gets footing.
The White Petet,,sa Death 10 the Potato
Bug. I. P. Allen, of Elk Falls, Kansas,
writes lis this strange and really import
ant fact, if it is really SO: I'VE were troub-
led with potato bugs very much when
living in Illinois, and accidentally foune
out that the fragrance of the white petu-
MIA was deadly poison to them, for
when they came near it they would drop
dead, and we could gather them up by
the shovelful. My idea is to plant The
| white petunia around the potato patch
and scatter through it, and it will settle
| the bugs."-FlcA;'s WonthLv.