Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-09-20
Agricultural Items.

The most important element
of success and enterprise, is a
deep interest in it.
Cows trained by dog, or
coaxed with a milk-stool. don't
yield the most milk or produce
the best butter.
Young man, if you are going
to be a farmer determine to be
a good one. Don't be second
class to any one.
A man or a harvester who
will bind all his bundles well is
worth 81 per day when poor
hands work for their board.
The crop is raised. Do not
let it be wasted either owing to
heat, rain, or by lodged grain.
Act with energy to save it.
Let no day pass without an
increase of knowledge. On the
farm the book of nature is con-
stantly spread out before you.
Successful farming depends on
a better preparation of the land,
understanding, and thorough
working before and after plant
ing.
There are some happy far
mers. They have no debts to
pay. Have good farms, good
crops; a good wife and good
children.
Make hay when the sun
shines. No eight or ten hours
per day. But fit be necessary
put in part of the night to Sc.
cure the hay in good order.
A horse for breeding should
have perfect feet and legs, and
bones and tendons, and joints
and muscles, and heart and
lungs, and brain and eyes.
Only afew years ago our but
ter was known in eastern mar
kets us western grease. To-
day our western creamery is.
outselling the eastern-made but
Ter in Their own markets.
The foblest men on earth are
those whose hands ARE brown
with toll. And the noblest
women on earth are those "who
looketh well to the ways of their
household, and eat not the
bread ofidleness. /"
Science and mechanical i'm
provement have, in these days,
changed the mere drudgery of
seultiyating the soil into an indus
trial pursuit, requiring capital.
machinery, industry, skill and
- afance in the struggle
petition.
fatehes in Horses.
scratches can usually be
cured by sprinkling powdered
bluestone upon the edges and
inner surface of the sore twice
daily. Its important to thor
oughly cleanse the surface be-
fore applying and keep scrupu=
lousy clean and dry.
Earning life'is one eminent
IS calculated for human happi-
and virtue. 1t is truly
ble occupation, and the far
h1er who faithfully discharges
his duty, whether his acres are
many, or few, largely contributes
to the we'll being of society and |
to the peaceful enjoyment of
the blessings which a bountiful
Providence has lavished on this |
happy land. as
The Spaniards have prov
erb = which says; " Fruit is
golden in the morning, silver at
noon, utlead at night. p We
agree with this in so far, that the
benefit from fruit is to
be derived in the mornings
pecially juicy. fruit. Fruits
should be eatenin the morning
a little before or after breakfast.
Early in the day they will prove
to be the best possible medicine
tor the bilious.
: Manufacturers are generally
thrown together in great num-
bers, with many facilities for
mutual improvement and adj
The great result is
hat the intellect is sharpened
IS well as strengthened, while a
natural and instructive rivalry is
nculcated. Farmers, on, the
other hand, live in comparative
ISOLATION; hence improvement
n the very nature of things,
axes longer to come into oper-
ltion in the country than in the
own. Cooperative associa-
ions are recognized as essen
ials to the prosperity of. every
arming community.