Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1877 — Rules For Farmers. [ARTICLE]

Rules For Farmers.

1, Re aun»ypu knsw what branch ; ofl farming yon want to follow. HB< led .that which suits you best, at d in which you will be most con- < Ue nted and the most deeply inter-1 ei tied. Do not be persuaded that tHia, that, or the other, will nut] ■•ocssarily , ruin the soil,—espe- j cfally darying, which If property! conducted da 'simply a species of njixed’husbandry. 2. Having once decided what you will tin, concentrate your forces and go at it. B. You are supposed to be a man of brain and muscle. If you do Hot possess a fair degree of, both you would do better to let farming alone. You are, also'supposed to be married. If not, I would not advise* yod to wait till you are thirty-five (unless you live in Connecticut), but marry when you get ready, if you can an amiable woman, nqt deficient in brain or muscle, who has sense enough to know that bread and butter are not products ot the imagination, but of the soil; and who understands making these articles in all their perfection. A woman who can make excellent bread and but-, ter, although she be falniliar with Shakespeare, Milton, Tennyson, Moore or a hundred other authors, .will aiso takean in your agricultural papers and in the cultivation of plants, fruits, flowers, etc., which render a farmer’s home pleasant and attractive. 4. It is wed to keep out of debt, but you need not wait till you have earned enough by “day’s work” to pay wholly for a farm. Neither need yo’u wait till you are gray for some respected relative to drop off and leave you a legacy. If you have money enough to stock the farm you intend (buying and can make a fair payment down, and have a reasonable period tor paying the balance, go ahead. It is store debts, blacksmiths’ and shoemakers’ bills, and debts of this class, you must beware of. Raise your own provisions; that is what a farm is tor. There, are men in this neighborhood who profess to be farmers, who yearly buy their beef, pork, wheat, fruit, etc, of their because they are too careless to look after these important details of farm economy.— Country Gentleman.