The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-12
.Irxr -, 1879
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words to Young Farmers

There is no occupation more honora-
- more conducive to health, happl-
p'', md independence thar tina you
neSa "bosen. when rightly understood
have nroperlv pursued, By Divine app
anu p. ant the first man was directed
POI Us and keep" the Paradise over
to "ai h. was qualified to preside. The
when lc4 and keeping plainly ''means
p;rss2." not idleness, II a man
O us,nJ he healthy he must labor; II ne
"ou." - he wealthy he must be dill
""I'' = he wants to be wise he must
gent ,lions: /. E. study, not books
De Int keep his eyes open n read
aioheI is avn experience and from the
from iiS Of nature. Who can have
open ,nIe,e access to that great library
haven and earth as the 1armer:-
2 Wh ,.,1 an .Institute' for the education
" is pupils is connected WITH lnat
o. rs r. professions are practical,
lo5"is nnnIar in their teachings. No
anu p%drnrirs to perplcx the standard,
NJ" u,l f,noled" ideas 20 lead him
no .ba lesson once learned IS the
a7'IaS' yesterday, to-day and forever"
anmmcnd to you, then, that Dook-
l .l S2l'i IL closely day by day, and though
S'"'s an not master it." yet you VIII
; $oJ II \ pleasing, profitable and pleas
'nt Re- riridly honest and upright; not
o,Ir ;na All things with your fellow-man,
with YOUR own dear self. Many
or ruined in business by cheating
tIemselves as we'll as by cheating oth-
farmer should be ''known and read
# ali men as an honest man, but then
Ga * A. a high tower among his
noun4rvmen. \ man better hold last
~ his integrity" and let go his farm,
tIan tn cIeave to his land, and bid
farewell TO his character Tor upright
ness. But | pass on. Assuming that
ro, have located and settled where you
attend TO live while you live: improve
r,nr farm in every possible way con-
srent with YOUR means. Always live
u;,bin YOUR income" but try to make
ronr home as coy and attractive as is
nosSible. Vines, hedges and trees in
the door-vard, and around the home,
add very much to the attractlveness
and cost but little OF money. a nice
and GRAND walk, how beautifully it
s,vs to YOUR visitors. walk We therein
anil not trampIe the fresh springing
GRASS Of the lawn But IN all the
work about your home, pray don't
NEGLECT the broad acres from
whence comes the chief support. Pick
M and haul off the stones; if any are
too large to haul dig q deep hole and
bury them.
How many farmers are piowing,
dragging, rolling and tumbling yer
the same stones that their predecessor
perhaps their great grandfather did
sixty or eighty years ago-temptlng
the plOwman too often to violate the
seyehth verse of the twentieth chapter
Of Exodus, 50 | say once again, pick
Up and haul Oh-n0iens rotenS. Ten
blades of grass or grain are better %
feed than one stone.
Set shade trees 0 only at the road
side. but on your farm lines. BY and
~ they may be useful to anchor a wire
from. Now look over yoLr farm and
determine, as we'll as you can, where
YOU want, or will be likely to want a
cate or a pair of bars; there set a couple
Of trees at such distance as you choose
fora gateway. In very few years they
are ready for gate posts, or bar posts,
presenting a much better appearance
than some bar-posts you have seen.
i'ates are better than bars always, but
,f!oH must have bars | beg Of you TO
lake them all ont when you have occa-
sion to drive a herd of COWS through
them, and never allow the shiftiess
practice Of dropping down one end
ana compelling your cattle to Chamber
over them, often injuriLg the legs of a
COW where she is ~ungraciously helped
o'er by the horns of her successor.
| have said more thap | intended
already. may hold converse with you
= ain by and~by. b.