Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1883 — For Farmers. [ARTICLE]

For Farmers.

Piek. General Hints —Oars and eoonomy are the farmer’s best friends, except hard cider and credit at the grocery stbre. The small details ol management should never be neglected. If your harrow is in bad condition, send it toas dentist and have new teeth put &. If the boys run away with yom plow shares to “shy the vagrant dogs, send to Mr Jay Gould and get new shares. Be careful to avoid setting hens on ’all ohina eggs. When you find your cucumber vines running all over your neighbor’s property, tie them up and try to gat them to stay at home nights by providing th«m with business recreation. On t£ie morning before sending your chickens to market feed them with buckshot painted yellow. The ehiokens take it for oorp, and it is both oheaper and hsavier If there is any dye left over after you, have oolored your Easter eggs and your flannel underclothing spill it upon Von* wife’s dahlia* and sell them to eeedmen for a new variety. t ‘ 1 1 If you keep bee-hives you will find it advisable to extract the stings of the bmp. This posy easily be done by sending Ihe hired to stir up the bee*‘with a short stick. He will bring most of the stings back with him. ill H —i—,i ! n,' mm A. Cincinnati bells has injured her sight by foolishly printing her lashes.