The Republican., 1890-02-15

theory and practice are not always in
harmony. When he says if he own.
ed another farm besides the one at
PeekskilI, he should have to 60 to
the penthouse, one naturally wavprS
little over his experimental and
scientific knowledge.
Horace Greeley estimated his tur-
nlpS at Chappaqua worth a dollar
apiece, actual cost, and Bepchor very
c0ntideDtIalIy offers Mr.. Bonner
early rose potatoes at fifty dollars
bushpl.
think it much easier to soar into
the regions of fancy than to abide on
the firm. steady ground Of fact. Ma.
cauley declares that he would rather
have an acre in MiddeSex than a
klngdom in the realm of Utopia"
f5iseH. then, y good eoliflsscre, 1t s,pss
hooveS me to CLEAN for statistical
fact-anG marshal my forces for an
attack. If good crop of wheat
~ i'''' li'ili NtiilS I'VE W. Ipl I'VE
bushels an acre, and a poor crop from
ihHre t0 ten bushels, there must he Il
caU>" for the difference well worthy
of n" farm"r's cOnsi,le, alton. In the
first place the farmer should have
Knowledge. and in the second place,
ability t0 apply it. 1t is quite safe
under all conditions and cream
stances to cnun"e! in this manner.
70 know what to DO and then t. Ito
it, is about all there is to success ia
any undertaking.
After writing the foregoing, ! FIJI
upon Il saying Of that old Greek,
XpnOphOne. Here it is: "rhc sci
enrr Of huShAndry is extremely prof
table to those who umdpr>tAnu it,
but it brings the greatest trouble "nd
misery upon those farmers who un
drrtake it without Knowledge"
Surely, "Thpre j. nothing new un-
der the sun" Every hing has been
said. 1t is only one way of saying a
thing that can in any manner he call
ell new
When the old New England farm.
er advised that "Yeou pIp0W dpOwn
deep into the yaIIer dirtI" he may
meyer have heard Of that Roman Sen
at0r Cato, who lived two centuries
before Christ, much less have known
of his advice to 'PlOW dppp.' The
granger had found 0ut truth
through experience which was worth
just aS though ne had rpad it in the
original Latin. Some other old say
ingS have such modern ring, I can
not fOrhpar quoting them. Gdtm's
axiom, "Prai~e big farmS-stick by
lttIe ones" holds good to day as
well as his wise advice TO "PJOW in
a green crop" and again, "A man
should farm no more than he can
farm we'll" But there is another
view of the heather Senator that
links him closely with some Senators
with whom we are more familiar.
He gives this advice in all cand0r:
"SeII your old cattle and good for
nothing sheep" indeed, in those
ancient days 1t was net "l0ve thy
neighbour" but "take advantage of
thy neighhOr." Strange how tie Old
fashions come around! Hpsi0d ad.
VlseS that 81 farmer keep two pl0w-
and he cautious how he lends either
of them" and he further suggests
that the premises be guarded by
"shorp-tnOthed cur" After 9 500
years the "sharp-ioothed eur" has
been softPned down into the harbed
wire fence.
Macauav's trite saying, II would
rather have an acre in Middlesex
than kingdom in the realm, of
Utopia" Drovokes further comment.
! insist that the spirii-prevaiIing
Utopia is that which gives peace and
N'''ht W TIC wv IltI Va tIt ttldltPf-
of.fact acre, when he is doing the
drudgery of cuItivating it. Besides,
it enlargeS his vision and makes him
feel that his acre is houndIess. l. it
not four thousand miles deep and all
his,-all0Wing the opposite four thou
sand miles to belong to his Chinese
neighb0r plenty near enough. too,
for certain kind Of npighb0r. The
strip of sky above, and all refresh
ing deWs and showers, with the glad
sunshiEe-are they not all his and he
a very prince in his little domain?
One needs a large infusion of the
spirit of Utopia TO get through cheer.
fully with all farm work in doors AS
well as out.
remember with distinctness when
the bloom began to wear away and
some duties grew hard and stale,
Two that stand out the cleqrest were
hutehering and threshing, when the
grease that reiened was far from he
ing the "oil of gladness," and the
beds the thresher slept in needed
tanning mill to blow the chaff out of