Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1885 — AGRICULTURAL. [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURAL.

Xhiap » Farmer Should Mot Do. A farmer should not break up mort land than he can cultivate thoroughly; half-tilled land is always growing poorer, while well-tilled land is constantly improving. A thrifty find prudent farmer will net devote his sols attention to the improvement of oertain fields on his farm, because the land is “easy to work at,” and let other portions of his premises go uncultivated, and grow nothing but brush, bogs, briers and stones. A farmer should never have more cattle, horses or other animal stock than he can keep in good order. An animal in good order at the beginning of winter is already half wintered. Nor should he let his cattle endure the chilling storms of winter in an open yard or field, while a few r dollars expended would amply repay him in saving fodder, and afford her a greater amount of milk. A farmer should never depend too much on his neighbors for what he can by careful management produce on his •own land. He should not make it a common practice to either buy or beg fruit while he can plant trees and cultivate them on his own ground—nor annoy his neighbors by borrowing tools •to work with, while he can make or buy ‘them. “The borrower is servant to the .lender.”