Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-03-25
The Fronch Farmer,


! A very con. mon type of farmer /,
France Is the nun WuO has receives
what We should call thu t,lnc.tfou of u
gentleman that i" to Wy, that he Ia,
been brought up AT "A first rate pnblit
school, and has aftcrward learoeh farm
ing scientifically at the Agricultural
Ctliege Of Grgnon. Si''I a man II pre-
cIUus IN the zine growing districts,
here new experiments have constant,
to be tried to combat the pny lloxrra an.'
20 improve the qrality oi The viue-snll
\ wealthy VINE grower Will pay fihr
salary t. a farmer capable of u ding "a
the renown of hIs viutage, aud 1t stands
To reason that the i,r nI-r al IN Isl alsays
ends by setting up for himself, when b,
marfles wife. who hriu-s thin = dot
Another pretty type Of the French farm
Is the one ~hO has he-n Obliged to sell
off lands of bis own through pecnni.ry
distress, bat who cuutluues to Occnp,
his old dwelling, aud farms the lnui
that was ouct. h,. for It's new owner
This man is uot likely t, bs very a4l-
bilious; failure has made HIM wise, aLa
he is inciiued to thlLk that his lot Ss II
farmer IL, on the whole, preferable t."
his former ,ndition as u starveiins
peasant proprietor. F,r one thing. be
has given mp all idea of amasrlng none,
for his children. A large ,miiy springs
up around him, but he LAB made NJ hi
mind that they shall shift for them
selves, and what money he Can max
he spen Is on himself. Jist for lnck'e
sake. he keeps Ed or 80 Invested IL
some mun cipal loan having H'dges \
pranaes, which gives him u cnahce OF
wIunIDg gros lot Of 100 900 frabc, !;
and possibly one bright murnins ht
ends by winning th,s yr0s lot, or al
equivalent prizt Ill lottery, which eu.
aUies him to laugh for the remsiDder
of his days at the more parsin,oDiou,
race Of farmers, who pinch and screw
all their lives long.
Generally speaking, tn" FIR hch farm
or Is not jolly soul. Wac her ne b- II
man Of educttipn or not, be settle.
down into u srub sort Of life, tarlng tru
galiy on soup aud the tiIluDest of or
dluary red wine or cider. Tue stock oi
his soup Is bacon, and h.. cats batcher'e
meat only twice week that Is uu ) IN
day and market day. Wu-u lie attends
market he makes Ii succuieHt d,j une,
and drinks good deal OF beer aft rma,u
ut the cafe luis Is his only enc rial
time: at ordinary seasous h is ia 'ros
troubled about the weather the c,n-
scrlption which Is going 10 take tis SOD
into the army, and u politics, OF
which he understands i>t eUOnsh to
be III Constant dread ot revUiu luua.
lie IS IL conservative, that IL to say that
he upholds the gOverum- ut Of the ~
whatever 1t Is. for fear of anafch,; bu,
no government spoPnar wnh him. 70,
every administration iuds it neces sarS
to lay on new taxes. T,Aiug him all
round, however, the Fieuch farmer
ought to be more cJDttu;.,t than b,s
English br jther, for he has mucA less
lnclement cIimat, to nteud with
A bad harvest Is not u cOmupu thing in
France, aud a succ .ssion uf bad ha,.
vests never occur. It's luck, for the
French farmer at thu j. 50. for there
are few French landlords whp " ,ul b,
in position to remit ANY part of Ii.
years rent after u bad harvest. Tue
rule in France il that farmers leu'
must be paid az punntual!y as ioIger's
rent. If it be not paid, election Is IT,
sorted to at once, AMI nouody fhink-
of looking upon the tenAut AS an ILL.,
used man.-[L ndon Truth.