The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-05-06
Gumpli0n on the Farm.

Bought your clover seed yet
Bad tools Will spoil the best work.
man.
Get ready to piow. Ye Of the center
belt.
The Lord loves You; don't be afraid
of anything.
Send for needed plow-lrons now. 80
as TO be ready.
Attend neighbours rendue and help
him out little.
The worst bad fellow IN the world Is
worry; kick 1t out .
The average farmer vii find plow-
shares more profitable than mining
shares.
1T takes money 10 make money
we are often advised. True. but some
times 1t takes money to make 4 fool.
About the most uncomfortable and
unsatisfying work IN which a man can
engage In thrashing his wildcat crop.
Plenty of screws. strap-hInges.
hasps, gate-hooks aud eyes come han
dy about the farm. Try box Of such
in the shop.
We need not Wear ourselves out
worrying about what will happen when
the soil wears out. Such a calamity
will not happen In our time.
Throwing vocal stones NJ other peo-
pie may be fun, but ten 10 one the
other fellow will get mad and hit You
with the real article sometime.
Some men who are not fit to have
dollar. rail at their wives about ten
cent waste: yet viii firmly hand over
So TO the saloon man for distilled
damnation." as one minister puts It.
| have seen men and women work
ing around the farm or house until
eleven o'clock at night. Or later: and
yet with years of such lost rest and
nerve force they we're very little ahead
Better go to bed at nine, get good
rest, and &c up early. With quiet
nerves. Then YOU can do double work
IIme-sulphur wash AZ remedy for
the rabbit pest: During the last year
the lime-suiphnr wash. which for 4
number of years has been employed to
prevent damage To trees By the San
Jose scale, was tried With great sue
cess in several localities as a protec-
ton for orchard tree trunks against
the attack of rabbits, says Secretary
q rule a single treatment In the fall
appears to protect trees for the entire
winter. Its more extensive use Is
recommended.
Don't forget when ordering seeds or
plants for starting new paintings of
asparagus, that Palmetto and Argen-
teuil are less sueeptieab1e to attacks
of rust than other varieties. Some
growers say that while ArgenLenI1 pro-
duces larger shoots Il does not yield
as well as the Palmetto. Others say
that 1t takes about five years for Ar
genteuil to become established and
ready for business. After that the
yield will equal that of Palmetto. Be
cause of the uniformly large shoots.
Argenteuil Is the variety for the man
who is after the fancy trade.
The farmer has time these long
evenings and bad days 10 work his
brains and broaden his vision by read
ing, planning and studying. lie has
time to weigh problems and to write
letters that should have been written
long ago. | know some farmers living
handy to the village store who spend
every evening and every bad day loaf
ing. This IL too much Of good
thing I believe in dividing the time
up little better. The fellow who has
no desire to improve his mental quail
ties, or to figure out why he has not
made much money IN the past year,
might at least spend little time IN do
ing things for the comfort and p1eas-
ure of those he loves.
From February Farm Journal.