Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1877 — A Valuable Hint. [ARTICLE]

A Valuable Hint.

A Missouri farmer writes: “Of all the wasteful habits of farmers there is none so far-reaching in its effects as that of wasting manure. How shall we stop this immense wastage of farmers’ capital ? We cannot reach the greatest offenders of this short-sighted policy, take the case of a farmer in my neighborhood. This farm is capable of producing seventy-five renter is to take everything off apd put so fqU pf manure that it is a difficult task to get to the stable in a wet time. The renter --three doßars dollars second year and its effects would be felt for four years or

num. Yet, the vftmmw lies wasting In the yaio, because of the earetaMneas of the owner of the land, and the indifferelements of fertility;’and the farm will not pay. one per cent, on the tavtstmeitL I know a farm not a thousand miles from St. Louis, that oqqe paid the enterprising German—a fair income. Nlns years ago the farm was sold and rented out, and the farm has so run down that the present owner had to send money last year to pay the taxes. The farmer that will let a farm run down on his hands has mistaken hIS WHing, and ought to hare been a ditch-digger or the owner of a buck-saw saw-mill, or President of a railroad company, or driver of a ‘ hosecar.? If such fanners would take Greeley’s advice, and ‘go West* about 5,000 miles, and plbw vasty deep,’ the world would be the better for ft.” f 1

Remember e ofl and remove all dust from A black garment every time It is worn. ? Nothing sooner defaces a black silk, poplin or> woolen than to wear it shopping, aiding, or even for a day in the house, and’then hang it up without removing the dust. The gritty motes with which the air fa fHled; particularly in regions where coal is constantly used, grind , and. wear out any fabric., First shake both skirt and overdress faithfully. . A back window is a good place' to shake them from. Then take a soft old handkerchief and brush the drete with that instead of a clothes-brush. Bee that all the dust that settles in folds or pleats is remcjved. Stand by an open window and shake the dust Offthe handkerchief out of the window eveiy little while.—CTrti'irh'an Union.