Show fa farm rm not notes es ij i j the amcrum farmer gi given ven with with the for 1 pe per year cash in advance ad van cp sa says ya r 0 1 i at i every fanner barme r d care for llis horses r ci c i small collars make bilks balky iier horses bics andl andlar arga gc ones sore breasts 01 a I 1 f lb whan oin you rise in the in 0 r n 1 1 form d a resolution lution tor to n vla bako ko theda the da albah I 1 laz L PY az i to t fall fellow ci 4 1 ire treat your horses in ii a humane manner feed and shelter him well keep the horse and stall clean ventilate well and good health in id your horse will result L never feed a horse irregularly 1 curry ilia him once every d day ay never f 41 water hini him while warm never allow him to cool off suddenly t keep liis his stall clean and his stable well aired observe tho above a anat n ia you will have hava alic althy horse there aro are now near headd of horses in daily use in now new york cit city I 1 one third of which are draft ito horses one third carriage and light harness horses and one third plug iuga tho the value of the draft horses it if put up at auction is equal I 1 to otho r tho 1 other two thirds i I 1 it will tako take at least five pounds of corn fed to a pi pig in the pon poi t to 0 make one pound of pork when allowed to havo all the gras s it will cat one pound of corn fed to I 1 a pig I 1 will make it thrive avid and two pounds a I 1 lay day will cause it to fatten the grass 0 grass system ir if the cheapest anait and it m makes likes tile the best oest meat i the greatest possible yield of of t tho li potato crop and the average yield tire aro surprisingly far apart the ie I 1 average averack ge yield for eleven years prior to 1383 1883 in tho the United was 81 84 8 1 bushels per acre the aveia average vol yield in ill 1882 was avas 78 13 bushels in 1881 the average yield in slain iain was 52 02 bushels in new hampshire ga bushels in vermont 7 70 10 bushels in massachusetts 65 buE bushels hels in new york 57 bushels per acre these arliese average yields look sti email and so BO they are arc 1881 was an unfavorable year for potatoes yet the the average for tho the eleven years was only 81 bushels par acre these results compared with the maxim urn uni yield viz 1200 to 1300 bush ola cis per acre 1 prove rove how bow much we ue I 1 have lave yet to icahn a arn about farming arming A man on his own farm well cultivated arid and kept well stocked with good modern dwellings and barns avid and out outbuilding buildings master of both time and acres tied by no hours by the calls of bt bells ils or whistles free to como come and go according to the necessities of nono none but himself mostly in his own fields performing his healthful labors within sight 0 of his own chimneys is surely as I 1 rich in tho the genuine sense of tho the word as is any man can bo ba ile ha has nothing to fear nobody to enva envy 0 of f one thing lie he assure is sure all his days daya and that hat is a sufficient bivin living g a and n d that i is what other nien men are arc never sure of without a single pang of doubt or apprehension there is isa j his home there is all tho the animate and inan inanimate imato ina machinery chinery of his hia c establishment arid and for tho the rest lie he looks in profound trust to the b boun ty of heaven instead of this unworthy and demoralizing dei i I 1 I 1 moralizing moral izing cl anxiety 4 to 0 get ct rich 1 if the average farmer once being solidly established would resolve to oun enlarge large or exalt hh iiii life as it is to make more inore out of that to enjoy aa I 1 much as aa poE possible of what there is to bo be to adorn and beautify r his homo hoine that only paradise on oil earth carth within I 1 and 11 rid without lie ho would find all ilia hie daily tasks easier ever even to the extent of being delightful u 1 lio would v 0 ti 1 1 fed rich where with more i jo re jim money 0 n 0 y lie ho feels all the timo time poor and lie he would rid nd himself of a false falgo t tyrant paiit in the form of increasing paro parsimony that holds his to the grind grindstone lono till lie ho is flung into his grave if far farmers only knew iti it they licy would lie be alo richest men on earth carth |