Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-03-25
GUMPT1oN ON THE FARM

Now tits spring, and weeds are shall
low-rooted
Suffer them now and they'll Ger
grow the garden. SHAKESPEARE
Trade one Of the pups for pig.
Roll the meadows and green fields.
Beware Of planting sprouted potato
seed.
Plant the garden when the cherry
blooms.
1t is soabby business to plant scab-
by potatoes.
Few farmers harrow quite enough.
Harrow. harrow, harrow.
He who by the plow would thrive
must straighten up and look alive.
Dogs can thrive on bones better
than a woman can on unkind words.
Keep manure near the surface );
plow it 6eep and you lose some of it.
Don't plow the ground too wet
get it just right, and then rush
things.
Seek only that which is honorable
that thou in thy poverty shouldst
die rich
Don't forget to make two sowings
of clover, and be sure to use One-half
alsike.
Those who charge farmers with
the responsibility for the high cost of
living tell a fib.
Do not rush the teams too hard /;
let them have time to get their
shoulders hardened to the work
The farmer who allowed his simple-
ments to be sheltered by the sky
during the winter will now find him
self out.
When a man insists upon giving
you advice, you can readily get rid
of him by offering him little in re.
turn.
If there is no place In the shed for
the grindstone. get box at the store
that will fit over 1t, thus keeping it
covered from the weather.
Do you remember, when you were
young, how it encouraged and cheer
ed you TO be consulted by your eld-
ers Try it on the young folks of the
household.
Every body is impatient to begin
the spring work, but it we're wise TO
temper impstience with good judg-
ment and to wait until all the condi-
tions are right.
When you get the annual spring
cleaning fever, don't cut down or dig
up all the nice little trees. Let every
one stand that ism in the way. The
trees will come handy twenty years
hence.
When you want to do good job of
hoeing or weed cutting this spring.
put an edge upon the hoe. How
much better the tool will work, and
the operator as WE'LL We despise a
duh hoe, and do not own one.
Just as nearly as you can, grow all
the stuff you will need for your fam
lily and your stock right at home this
year. One thing that keeps a good
many men poor is buying what they
ought to raise themselves.
The Philadelphia Congressm ar
who was charged fifty cents for two
boiled eggs in a Washington hote
recently, has no cause to shake hi
fist at the farmer. That modest in
, dividual only got eight cents foI
, those two eggs. The forty cent
difference went mostly for style.
Seeding oats and peas: AS a soil
: ing crop for stock, use one and one
half bushels of each per acre. Tb
peas need to be covered much deepe
. than the oats, hence it is necessar!
to seed them separately. Seed tn
peas first, weighing the drill hoes Il
order 10 put them in four or five in
p cbes deep. The oats are sown broa
cast and narrowed, or else drille
j. shallow. Make the first seeding a
n early as it is possible to work tn
ground, following with two late
e seedlings at intervals Of two weeE
q each. Canadian field peas are tn
II kind to SOW for this purpose.
From April FARM JOURNAL
n Woman's Society Want