River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-27

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well-directed labor. and nothing is to be
attained without it."
Everything on a farm should be done
well, and for this purpose the owner
must give it his personal supervision.
| Stock 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 example:
every day, by freshness, order and beauty
| The pure in heart" take thought for the
beautiful.
The farmer who will now keep hi:
plows running in Lis corn fields, wet or
| dry, will be rewarded in the autumn by q
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 recollect that his sons
| will learn by example and not by precopt.
If he spends his days in town bis 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
yelrs 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.
The profits on the farm are small, and
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 very successful preacher.
But it never occurs where he is too
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
.ilizers are best for grape vines in low
groud. Stable manure applied in large
quantities on damp soil will produce dis
essed vines. On dry ground the effect is
beneficial. The best soil for grapes is
dry, light, warm and rich. On such a
soil apply top-dressings of we'll rotted ma
nure, alternating every third year with a
dressing of Stacked lime. Where grapes
are being raised on damp ground care must
be taken to keep the roots near the surface
-WesteTm RurGI.
Over 1900 head of cattle are said 10
have been entered at the cattle show at
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 at
the Palais de = Industrie, consisted of %
year old sta lions, 239 animals of 4, and
175 of and 9 years of age.
It should be born in mind that every
farmer who will take the trouble to keep
up tastful appearance about his house,
not only performs good work for his
own family, but stimulates his neighbors
to initiate him. Nothing is more con
tagious then the desire for gardening
when once 1t gets footing.
The White PetsniG Death TO tie Potato
Bug. I. p. Allen, of Elk Falls, Kansas,
writes us this strange and really import
ant fact, if tbs really so: I'VE were troub-
led with potato bugs very much when
living in Illinois, and accidentally founs
out that the fragrance of the wni'e petu-
MIA was a deadly poison TO them, for
when they came near it they would drop
dead, and we could gather them up by
tho shovelfu1 NV idea is to Dlant the
white petunia around the potato patch
and scatter through it, and it will settle
the bugs. "-Vscks Monthly.