Year: 1872

never mutilate the hogs noses either by


cutting or putting rings in them-le'


them root generally they are searching


for the hrvsef fusects, asd lheit ipos-


ening the ground is good brs thes Z PES
FARM1xG As MoRAL FoRcE.-This


was the topic treated by J. V. G. Smith.
! He alluded to the fact that in the pleas
ant month of September he had oppor-
tunity for making general examination
of farming regions. which opportunity
was improved with view to examining
into the characteristic external and in
ternal condition of those exclusively de-
voted to that most important of all pur-
suits, the culture of the earth. There
is, he said. one peculiarity discoverable
among farmers which time IS calculated
to correct. that is to deny themselves a
full enjoyment of the fruit of their in
dustry. Too many of the craft seem to
be ambitious to sen all they gather, and
and put themselves and dependents on
course of regimen that would not be
satisfactory were it imposed upon them
by others.


To CLEAN the land and deprive ones
self of the luxuries that constitute the
pride of the market is voluntarily ex-
changing what their stomachs require
for money, which. when that is gov
ernins principle, is gathered for others
to enjoy who neither know or care from
what sourse it was accumulated. Pru-
dence is virtue, and should be'encour-
aged both by precept and example; but
avarice is vice when disposition to
hoard discards the comforts and conven-
fences of a well-ordered home. Far
mers should live generously, on the
best products of their domain. If their
tables are served with what they will
not sell, their minds will never develop
to standard of intelligence on which
the success of farming positively de-
pends, and their children will have
transmitted to them an incapacity for
attaining distinctness in any of the
higher relations of life. There is but a
feeble exhibition of brain-power where
the stomach has been restricted habit
ually to inappropriate diet. Nutrition
must be constantly varied and abundant
to supply the various organs Of the body
with elements necessary to the full per-
fections of their functions. The far
mer, therefore who mainly subsists on
few articles of food--because he imag-
ines he cannot afford to consume any,
thing that would sell for profit-losses
far more than he can ever gain by that
policy. 1t is said one reason why farm
ing is not looked upon with more in
terest in Ireland, but perhaps unjustly,
is because those engaged in it are not
remarkable for intelligence. Certain it
is that field laborers there are fed prin-
cipally on potatoes; but when they
reach other countries. and especially
the United States, where it is customary
to have variety of condiments and q
mixed diet Of meats and vegetables, in
stead Of an exclusive diet of potatoes
and salt. they change entirely in mind
and body, and exhibit traits of charac-
ter, enterprise and bold determination
quite beyond what would have been
their social, political, or intellectual
status had they remained in their own
oppressed native land. In order that q
farmer may advance the interests of
society, he must possess those qualifi-
cations which command respect. His
knowledge of the business to which he
is devoted, is regarded with attention by
those who wish to improve their own
condition by following his example.
Next, with a reputation for being dis
Greet, a safe counsellor in whatever. ap-
pertains to the management of his
property, makes him a man among men,
whose requirements give stability to in
stitutions with which he may be con-
nected, and thus moral force accom-
panies all his acts, and his moral infiu-
ence is rich investment for his pos
terity.