Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-15
AGRICULTURE.

The necessity tor agricultural editors
TO give earnest advice and counsel about
the better care of houses, fences, tools,
stock and land is imperative. Impress
upon all the importance of studying
more, and of doing everything scien-
tifically and Systematically. The cul-
tivation of broad acres and the sale of
the gross crops without condensation
is ceasing TO be paying business, and
the one who can expect To win must
expect to do 1t by better cultivation,
by wiser care of the producriveness of
his farm, by a more economical use Of
the products OF his industry, and by
better care of the domestic animals.
The farmer must stay more at home,
ana by his own voice dOmesticate his
stock, and by his hands aid In prepar-
ing SO they will more protltably assim-
ilate their food. The farmer must make
his farm his paradise, and the presence
of his stock and his family his principal
delight. Our people are not domestic
enough-t00 much going abroad for
the comforts and enjoyments Of life
which should be found I'm well-fur-
nished house, lovely lawn, we'll
arranged farm and buildings, and a
goodly lot of domestic animals who love
their owners presence. There Is an
Immense work to be done TO educate
farmers to the true principles OF farm
ing. There Is need of not only edl-
rorial but Governmental aid. Precept
and demonstration must be brought TO
bear to induce the people TO ornament
their homes bv setting out evergreens,
flowers, ornamenting their lawns, and
improving and more thoroughly do
mesticAting their animals and birds
They should instil into their children
a more abiding love of home by making
1t more lovely. They must be taught
the importance of making every foot OF
their ground more productive, and or
using that produce so as TO yield the
largest returns wiCh the least propor-
tional ontlay. The home and farm
should be to his heart, and the heart OF
his family the greenest and sweetest
spot on earth, around which their af-
fections should cluster, and be the
dearest place OF enjoyment for leisure
hours. a ps
TIE VALUE OF SMALL THINGS. we
and value of small tool house, which
should be found upon the premises of
every farmer, in which on rainy days,
or part of day, when there Is nothing
particular on hand TO go at, implements
and machinery OUT of repair may be
mended and made ready for use. Or,
in the event of anything happening
when in operation, and ut times too
when the work is hurrying, which
would cause delay, we can always have
at hand the necessary tools TO mend it
Immediately and go on with the work
without much delay, and thus accom-
plish what there Is TO do In the specified
time. We have often heard farmer
say that he fully expected TO have done
a certain field or allotted plowing or
moving &C., If it had not been for that
stone, stump or root breaking some por-
ton of the machinery, TO repair which
he had TO send two miles off, when 1t
ought to have been done by himself on
his own premises in half an hour or So
That very implements had shown weak
ness the proceeding autumn, but hay-
ing no little dollhouse or workshop OF
his own and the few necessary tools, It
was put off altogether; and now, In the
midst of the season, when others de-
pended on his finishing this particular
piece of work 10 20 on with getting in
the crop, the very thing happens that
he was afraid several months before
would happen, and which he fully in
tended should be prepared for in time
for the seasons work. a shop and tools
would have saved all this and as much
Il fnA hn
tools. Sometimes very small things
effect valuable purposes which have
great deal to do in carrying on sys-
tematically and at the right time the
indispensable operations of the falm.
SOWING FLOWER SEEDs.-In sowing
flower seeds a mistake is frequently
made in sowing them too deep; indeed
it is a very common error, and ac-
counts for many failures in the germi-
nation Of flower spads wherein the