Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-11-02
GumptlOn on the Farm.

next Oug Tune.
Don't let the apples or potatoes
freeze. Sort out the rotten ones.
Don't speculate. Calculate. regu-
late, hesitate. migrate if You think
you must, but never speculate.
Is the harness tied up with
strings anywhere? Take them off
and do the best job of repairing
you ever did.
Get out some stuff for whiflle-
trees. Keep little on hand all
the time. for you may need them
before YOU know it.
Have a bottle Of rubber cement
on hand and some good glue.
Fix things and do it while the
other work is not pressing.
Time is saved by doing now
much of the work usually done i'm
the busy spring. such as hauling
stones. clearing away trees and
brush, fixing the grape arbor and
etc.
Leave the job Of climbing the
windmill to some one who Is level
headed and strong in limb. Many
a serious accident has happened
from not living up TO this rule.
BE thankful every day; don't
pile over your gratitude all on to
one day. The man who is thankful
only when the Governor says he
must, never is very thankful any
day.
With the present prices of beef,
which all authorities agree can not
be lowered, the production of fat
cattle on farms where the work
has long been forgotten will he
found profitable.
Are all the tools, from screw
driver to threshing machine, snug
ly housed for the winterl They
should be. but If not it is not too
late to bring them in yet Better
do il now.
One of the best tools farmer
can have Is good riveter for
mending leather straps of all kinds.
One of these will save good
many trips TO town and maybe
more than one runaway.
Look after the pits where pota-
toes and the like are stored. and
make sure that there is enough
earth or litter on them to protect
the contents from the coldest cath
er. Neglect may cause serious
loss.
You've been working around
that one solitary rock in field
for years. Now split it up, blast
it or get rid of il in some way. \
days work or perhaps less, makes
the field perfectly cleanand smooth.
\ tank heater for heating drink
ing water for live stock will pay
for itself, time and again, in one
winter, in the saving of extra feed
required to restore the animal
heat lost through taking in the
drafts of icy water.
Bringing home unexpected
guests right at dinner or supper
time is often very trying to the
good wife. Politeness and hospi-
tality are all right in their places,
but you owe duty first to your
wife and daughters.
Provide q stout sled, warm
clothes, and let the children slide;
but keep them off the roads. 1t
is fun, and YOU know it, or ought
to; and FAR more healthful for mind
and body than dime novel IN the
barn loft.
1t takes smart man to wait
patiently for dinner when the hour
comes. His wife can wait for him
a month for him of Sundays, but
If she is not right on the tick when
he comes in, there will be trouble
right along. Most things have
two sides to them. Isn't this one
of thems
Give the cats and dogs a warm,
straw lined, covered box in shed,
where prowling ours can not gel
them. These bitter nights are
cruel to our dumb friends; and
never could lie in my warm bed.
knowing that something was shiv-
E ering with cold. Some men e.
and women can but | can not
, From November Farm Journal.