The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-09
What | Know About Farming.
BROTHER FARuER:-

BROTHER FARMER
We have many Rural papers ant
what do we learn from those book
farm preachers?
Well. now and then they tell u,
how TO scatter one wheclbarrow Ioat
OF chemical manure over "A forty acre
lot. \ great Improvement sure. from
the modes Of our ..Dadtlies'. in get
ting ont the manure: also OF taking
the crops to the granary. ! hav,
read many Rura! papers. think man,
Of its editors would be looking on the
top Of the ground If they We're zen;
in 'tatoc patch for mess Of the
tnbcrs. | am not d professional
writer or painter for papers, If lmak,
mistakes in spelling, drawing or tel
ling thing, don't jump Mt me all a,
once, recollect | do not intend tC
charge anything for what tell You.
Think the price ought to draw your
attention.
| willno start in about style. This
little word means good deal. A
farmer should not wear hustle,
mean n man, Of course. II he must,
have it small, SO it will not trouble in
getting around early in the morning.
Never fool away time before a look.
ing glass in splitting your hair, in
order to have them parted just i'm the
middle; never buy a fancy buggy and
whips on tick. The credit system il
the meanest Of all systems; never
buy thing you don't need, even il
you have the money to pay forit. 1t
will be in your way soon. In buying
machinery be your own judge for
price and quality; honest machine
men are as scarse now as golden mice
were in Moses time. don't mean to
say that the rural people are all hon
est: think they can show colors with
any class Of men about honesty.
Nothing will pay better than to
have a good shelter for the tools.
Machinery is cutting great figure
in our prosperity, they make many
a farmer poor; too much land on
hand. mean, try to carry on too
great a body Of land il what / call
getting land poor. III man has to
invest $4,000 IN farming to make a
living, ! don't want to belong to tina,
class. The way like to farm is ia
do NIL work well, SO if look at it, il
suits me. do not wish to be drove
to death with work. Have youl
fences, buildings plain, comfortable
handy. Never lay out more cash or
house than needed, unless you have
money and don't know what to dc
with it. / will now take up
EDUCATION.
Fifty years ago, and up to this date
all that college educated men though
and advocated, is advocated yet
Any man that is not shrewd enough
in what they call business, is goot
enough for farmer. My experienc,
is that those College Dudes thinl
farming is no business. Swind
ling and taking all advantages, mis-
representation included, of their fel
low men. they call business. A mar
may fail in farming on account of no
knowing and being too stupid for TIN
occupation. As Il general thing, il
such critter there is wisdom enough
left for q one-horse lawyer or
preacher.
II takes a shrewd and well inform
ed laboring critter for a successful
farmer. Bumlners, street loafers
one-horse politicians will seldom see
the rural ranks for work. If they dc
look out, they need watching.
have made it a lifelong rule, never t
take any advice FROM any man tina
had no success in rhdt he adrOcdtc
1t is also a good thing to be fair an
inst with your neighbors; never mi
yourself in their affairs, it will max
you trouble ut the end.
/ BUYING AND SELLING.
| The way do is to keep myse
posted ON the wholesale marke
which is an easy matter. There NJ