Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-12-13
Industrial Notes.

A true business man, on farm or in Office
has the ability and the intention to do what
he promises.
The farmers do most of the hard work,
own most of the land, pay most of the tax
es, and feed most of the world.
Agriculture is an art that must be stud
led, practiced, and picked up. Go TO the
fairs and pick up many rich ideas.
A family which raises and sells more than
they buy is growing richer. But how can
this be known, unless strict account is
kept.
A prominent and well-infored Winnebago
county. ILL.,. farmer, estimates that the far
mers of the northwest will lose S5ooooooo
by the hog cholera
Mexico's national drink is made from
the century plant. 1t is so everlastingiy
lively that it can be transported only short
distances, and with the bunghole OF the
barrel open.
A six-legged brown bug, which is some
what larger than a potato bug, ard having
a white body and small head, is feasting
upon the ripe and ripening corn Of Con-
necticut, Whole fields have been deyasta-
ted.
The world progresses. The New Hamp-
shire legislature has declared laziness a
crime and provides for its punishment. 1t
is an evil of monstrous magnitude, working
evil 10 the individual, 10 the family and to
society.
The cattle trade between south Florida
and Cuban ports is steadily increasing.
There are FIVE American and two Spanish
sch ,oners,. one American and one Spanish
stea ,ships constantly engaged in the trans
portaiion-
Some of our well advertised western ag-
ricultural fairs seem to have subsidized, and
the New England fair has taken 10 ''blow-
ine.'' Our New England friends have been
loud in their advertising. Well, that is the
way 10 do it.
Keep no more stock than you can keep
well, cultivate no more land than you can
keep in prime order, undertake no more
work than you can accomplish, and you
will succeed better than most farmers do,
who are got governed by these rules.
1t is difficult to make people understand
largely derived from the air, and that good
pure air can only supply what nature de
mands from the atmosphere. Muddy and
filthy barns turn out lean cattle.
The farmer who has good stock, and
good shelter for them, and plenty of good
feed to carry them through long winter
ought TO be very happy about this time. If
he is lacking in any of these particulars, the
sooner he can set himself right, the better
it will be for him.
Bee farmers should see that their stocks
are all in good order now. Ourexperience
is that the best place for swar1ns in winter
is where they stood in the summer. Now
is the time TO make hives and frames for
next year. Make Just such hive as you
have found lobe best and then make all
others like it.
Farmers should get so independent that
they could all unite, if they would get liv-
ing prices, and not sell bushel of grain
nor head of stock for one year. Then it
would be seen that we were masters of the
situation. This is the way other industries
do, and it coveres our public interests as a
summer cloud.
All farmers do not succeed; neither do
all merchants, lawyers or preachers. But
those farmers who apply themselves to
their FIRMS; who are thorough in their
work; who exercise fair judgment in carry
ing on their business; who really try 10
succeed-do succeed well, and grow in
wealth and responsibility.
Farmers should provide themselves with
two or three good pork barrels for picking
pork, hams, sc. Enough meat should be
put away to last year, and if there is a
surplus, it is very easy to exchange it for
labor. Make good arrangements for kill
ing the hogs and packing away the pork so
it will keep sweet and good.