Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
HINTS FOR FARMERS.
Always Cash in Advance.

Don't turn the COWS out to pasture
till the dew is off; and pay no bills
till the due is on.
Comfort the weeping willow by
assuring her that, though times may
seem pretty hard just at present,
they will be a precious sight harder
before all is over.
Hang up all the fsh-ponds to dry.
Such ponds are apt to get consumed
" damp during the winter months,
which is one reason why so many
fish complain of rheumatism
You should do your grating last
month; but be careful to get the
graft on the tree hat you intend to
graft, and not ON the neighboring
g%ate-post.
Pay your work-oxen by the month,
and encourage them to read essays at
farmers meetings, SO that the mules
may fail to get a monopoly OF that
profitable business.
Should your cattle find any diff
Guilty in shedding their winter coat
of hair, investigate thoroughly to find
out whether the difficulty is III the
shed or in the hair.
Nav is the month in which to find
out whether your soil lacks phos-
phate, or sulphate, Or nitrate or any
of the rest of the plated lot. This
you can readily do by passing the
farm through a sieve.
Avoid scattering your fences al
over the farm. Concentration should
be the farmers motto. One acre Of
ground, if kept clear of weeds, is
enough to contain all the fencing re.
CURED for a Northumberland farm
Should the lightning-rod man, The
Yankee householder, the Jew ped
dler, or any other commercial fertil
izer visit you, treat him to the hos
FATALITIES of the Farmers Club. Nov
is the time to strengthen the Farm
ers' Club, which of all our rural in
situations, yields the most powerful
influence when powerfully welded
In buying fresh shad. swear tn
honest fisherman that the shad wer
not caught later than last summer
Count the bones to see that none al
kept back. If you don't know hoy
many bones it takes to make a fires.
shad, it is your duty to regret tina
you never improved your young op
portunities for mental improvement
Don't allow the rainy days, whe.
t,ley come, to loaf around the farr
with their hands in their pocket:
Improve them by making your plan
and calculations. Cipher out wha
i; the smallest quantity of WACO:
:.rease that you may venture to mi
With the rich juice Of the gooseberry
II order that the unwary Philade
lila guest may not mistake the mi,
re for champagne. Calculate ho'
ach You lost when you sold the ba
are by candidly admitting that SD
Il one damaged leg, when she rea
!. had only two; and whether 20
rfectly recouped yourself by Sc
-...g to the Philadelphia farmer th
lung terrier for a merino pup, whe
IL might as readily have sold it fs
newfoundland sheep.
In order to keep up the dignity {
il noble calling, the model farme
II never enter the constable, e,
e It i'll company with a swallow-ta
It and white choker. Mornin
i IS is permitted only in the soeiet
chickens. Before laying hold
60 the milking apparatus, he Wi
/. course, lay aside his silk hat. E
VII: neve use profane language whe
" airing at horned cattle, and new.
: u the billy-goat. By strictly O
- ring these rules, il addition
- flowing your tobacco-iuice undo
/ ing circumstances, and conyeyir
-lr food to the mouth with a fol
ii: Ter all circumstances, your digni1
r.! never suffer from drought,
..:i.dew, or change of administratio.