The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-01-31
Those HOGS Again.
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Editor Of The Florida Agriculturist:
Is there a hog HeGve,s, where
the wicked cease from troubling and
the.weary are at rest?" II SO. there
are four particular hogs that ] most
devoutly wish were basking in the
spiritual sunlight OF that delightful
abode" that bourn from. whence
no hog traveller returns The
truth is, / am mad, no use to hunt in
the dictionary for euphonious words
to express my feelings, when that
little word OF three letters does 80,
perfectly.
This morning the boys went to
school, and husband off on business,
and I said to myself, now / will
hurry up my chores and have good
long day all to myself to finish some
much needed sewing" andIbusy with
these thoughts and my work, lost
sight entirely of "there's many a
slip, etc." till / heard our little
puppy barking and growing in
most ferocious manner, and looks
ing for the cause of all this dis
play of bravery, saw four hogs
in the sweet potato patch. Well,
the puppy and I.drove them away,
that is, the puppy followed close
behind me, and as near under
my feet as possible, for you see he
evidently realized at his tender age,
that discretion is the better part Of
valor," when there are four hogs to
one baby dog.
We returned after long time
spent in getting them where we did
not want them, and by the time I
am fairly seated at my sewing, hear
the warning groWls of little Spot.
and there the hogs are as compla-
Gently roofing out the potatoes, as
none but a Florida hog can. So
Spot and try it over again, and this
time we find where they got In !;
where the wire fence runs in the lake
and is high CROUCH above the water
to let them pet under. They walked
off around the other shore of the
lake as qraietly as though they never
intendea to come again to trouble
me; tut / know they will continue
to honour me with their presence as
lor4g as there is anything on the
place they like, unless there is some
contesting done. In other words,
tomorrow, husband and must wade
out into the water, cold or warm,
and spend four or five hours devils.
ing means, to, Sonae hoso. keep them
out, if possible, a thing easier said
than done, for verify believe they
would find a way to cross the
Bottomless Pit" or go around IT
there were potato patch on the
opposite side.
am trying in vain to solve the
problem of how long things will be
thusly for the residents of Florida
who are trying to make comfortable
homes and develop the resources of
the State. It is quite bad enough
for poor people who have a hard
struggle to get their daily bread,
and put out modest improvements,
to be obliged to tence against
cattle, but when it comes to keeping
out hogs that are as thin and pliable
as druggists spatula, 1t is then that
patience and torbearance ceases to
be virtues, and we cry aloud to the
law makers for help III our dire needs,
and as there are SO many here who
have weak lungs, and can't make a
very big noise, it is incumbent on
those of us who can to give the wars
whoop, loud and long.
1t we MUST feed the rowing hogs
on our potatoes. / must beg some of
your readers who kaaoao fran actual
enperie,ace to tell us why we do
not get good yield, enough for
ourselves and the hogs too? Last
year the hogs took everything, but
this year, until to-day. we have had
the field to ourselves, and have not
had anything like commensurate re
turns for our labor.
We have found it hard to get
good vines, as none of our neighbors
had any to spare, and so we have