The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27
Our Rural Friends.
The no-acccount farmer is often the
farmer who keeps no account.

Farming implements have not been
improved In China for over 1000
years.
A cat is said TO have nine lives, but
COW can kick the bucket oftener than
that.
II the fresh eggs are going into cold
storage to replace the old eggs that
have been taken out, IL il mean
trick on the hens.
Do you want your cows TO come up
and lick your hand in the pasture OF
yard Just one way you may teach
them to do it-be kind, true and hon
est with them.
The recent sale Of Shorthorn bull
for $4,000 to parties in Argentina,
goes to show that the cattle raisers OF
that country are not blind to the value
Of having good blood In their herds.
Watch the horse that you think OF
buying, while he is walking. IL he
walks steadily and takes his PAGES
long and evenly, other things being
equal, ne is a good horse for farm
work.
Every sensible farmer will post his
land against the intrusion Of gunners,
for there Is not living thing which
these pot hunters will kill on your
farm which will not be a distinct loss
to you.
One might as well neglect TO plant
half the area Of his cornfield as 10 use
seed that will produce but a 90 per
cent. stand. Yet in spite Of this fact
the number who will use such seed is
beyond belief.
The outlook for the farmers who
plant timber trees was never better.
Millions Of poles, ties, etc, need re-
placing annually and the supply il
decreasing. Plant yellow locust and
catalpa speciosa; also plant black wal
nut and hickory.
Up until about 1850, nearly all the
small fruits that were marketed grew
in wild state, and only gradually
were they domesticated. The latest
statistics now estimate the value Of
the small fruit industry, exclusive Of
the grape, at S25, O3O,S77.
Observation leads TO the belief that
the fellow who plants poor seed corn
is the same chap that signs his note
for stranger and buys ounces and
apricots Of fruit tree peddlers for plant
ing north Of latitude AZ degrees. This
kind seldom read, and, II they do, fail
TO comprehend.
While most farmers are quick To APP
preciate the value Of good blood in
all their breeding animals many are
strangely reluctant to apply the same
rule to the seed sown and planted in
their fields. II matters not whether il
be corn or any of the small grains, the
fact remains that the poor and inferior
seed IL sown or planted is certain TO
be the prime begetter Of poor and in
ferior crop. No work dOneon the farm
is so we'll paid as is that devoted to
careful selection and thorough
preparation Of the seed to be sown.
The man who owns good farm,
free from mortgage, and who invests
most Of his money at home-in better
stock or liying-is the center OF fin
ancial world Of his own. He's the
king pin. And many a big city finan-
cier enyies him his security Of posses
sion and his freedom from uncertainty.
There should be two days sacredly
set apart on every farm for special
work One day should be devoted TO
tree planting, the planting OF trees
in waste hooks and corners all over
the farm, eyergreens on the knobs too
barren or too rough for cultivation, will
lows along the runs and draws, shade
trees at intervals along the highway,
and then another day should be de-
voted to a general clearing, picking up
day around the homestead. These
two days properly used would do
more to improve the looks Of the aver
age farm than any other one thing we
know.
The man that owns "piece ofland"
has a refuge. He has legal right 10
live. He cannot be eyicted from the
earth. Inside the bounds ofhis piece
OF landn he is soyereign-a petty
sovereign, it is true, but sovereign.
No policeman, sheriff or other guardi-
an OF society may come along and take
him by the nape Of the neck and ask
him to show why he should not be put
on the rock pile for vagrancy. He
need ask no man for a job. When his
crops are planted, the sun and rain
will work for him. His pay will not
be locked on rainy days, and the fac
tory will not close down.
Many Of the livestock commission
men at the Chicago stockyardsi en-
gage buyers to I'll their orders, either
for home or foreign consumption.
These men are paid salaries ranging
from 5000 to $4,000 annually. The
average salary is about 5000 and is
earned by persons Of ability-those
who seldom make mistake IN their
purchases, in short, talented buyer"
Those who draw $4,000 annually
are men who never make mistake,
who can tell at a glance to within five
pounds what a steer will dress and the
quality Of beef, can sit on a fence and
Judge Of a penful Of cattle, keep posted
on eastern and foreign markets as well
as on the hide market and knows by