Middletown transcript., 1905-03-04
THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY
Little Paragraphs That will Interest Every
Member of the Household

Pluck beats luck.
| Plant wood lot now.
Hitch hope and vim to the farm.
Ventilate the cellar. That's what
Think success-talk success-win sue
cess.
A bird of freedom-the hen that pays
the mortgage.
Inoculate some spot on the farm with
Strawberries this year.
There's vast difference between poor
man and poor sort of man.
Don't think YOU are an old man at
sixty; that's all fudge Keep your grip.
Greater New York consumes !, 1856, 900
quarts of milk day, and the people
never see a COW.
Carriage manufacturers are Worrying
over the fact that the supply OF hickory
wood is fast diminishing.
Yes; farming ''does pay," notwith-
standing there are those ever ready to
disparage and argue to the Contrary.
The horse commands a better price
now than he did before the bicvcle and
the automobile came upon the scene.
The Atlanta Constitution estimates the
potato crop OF the United States at 1885,
100000 bushels, the largest on record.
Not how much ground is covered bnt
how well the work is done, is what counts
in time and in the profit margin.
The man behind the gun is spoken of
in these days with interest and pride, but
how can he compare with the man be-
hind the plow?
The hired man who is temperate,
honest and careful is cheaper at higher
wages than the one who abuses farm
animals or gets tipsy.
Argentina has millions more sheep
than the United States has, and half as
many grazing cattle. It's agricultural
area is 250,000,000 acres.
A coal-oil barrel cut in two makes first
class drinking tubs. Being saturated |
with oil, also well hooped, the halves
prove very durable, indeed.
The man who never makes repairs on |
his buildings and fences, is likely te have |
the same experience the deacon had |
with his ''one-hoss shay" the outfit will
go "all at once and nothing first.''
Farmers ought to be the most grateful
class of people in all the world. Every
drop of dew, every ray of sunshine,
brings blessing. What we need most
of all are hearts to appreciate our mercies.
Every horse has its notions, same as
man. You can not break horse of his
peculiarities. Give it up and turn them
to advantage. Learn what all of these
notions are and treat the horse as YOU
would like to be treated under similar
circumstances.
The Chinese believe that ginseng con-
tains properties which prevent disease
and lengthen life. Sad to relate, how
ever, the ginseng plant does not seem to
be able to take its own medicine. Culti-
waited plants wilt, rot ard blight just the
same as ordinary vegetation.
A horse, in getting up, puts his fore
feet up in front of him, raises on them
and pIunges forward; COW raises on her
hind feet, doubles the front feet under
raises on her knees, plunges backward.
In helping horse up pull his front feet
out and help him to plunge forward.
In the address of Master Morris of tie
n. Y. State Grange occurs this except:
"The cultivators of the soil are the most
valuable citizens. They are the most
vigorous, the most Independent, the
most virtuous and are tied to their coun-
try and its liberty by the most lasting
bonds"
Sometimes farmers get it into their
heads that they can carry on three or
four kinds of business at the same time,
on the same farm. Takes pretty strong
man to do this, and thousands have {
found this out only when their pocket
books were empty and their health and
strength gone.
Every farmer should be shy Of the
stove men who are all the time travelling !;
about the country. They charge twice 9
rs much as their stoves are worth. Not y
one farmer out of dozen but regrets his a
purchase, if lie should be wheedled into P
buying one of the stoves The best way :,
S, to buy OF men at home who are re. q