Show farny economy it makes us tired to hear a class of men who spend more money in a day for beer anti and cigars than the average farmer makes assert that it is want ot of economy that brings hard bard times to the farming classes and advise them to tg get up earlier work harder and longer and not spend so much time at alliance meet meetings tUgS these men know as little about the ways and wants of the farmer as they do of the inconceivable ways of divine providence and care about as little and if the farmers would keep on in their old way of allowing them to do their thinking dictating their hotl voting og and bleed them of their hard earned dollars would never think of offering them advice on any subject there are however points upon which our farmers could practice economy w with I 1 th an abou amou amount nt of profit to themselves that would enable them to take more hou hours re for rest refit and spend more time in reading and studying for still further bettering their condition we will venture the assertion that not more than one farmer in five fi ve taking the state over has a place in which to shelter his bis tools from the sun and rain and fully one third of them have no better place for their harness and aid saddles than a y nail driven into a tree or the top rail of the yard fence Oftener than any other way the traces are left hooked to the singletrees single trees and the harness thrown back over the front of the wagon or the beam of the blow and the wagon left in the sun and rain min and the plow in the furrow the average farmer works hard bard and as long as the sun will furnish him light and frequently fini finishes alies his days work by moonlight or lantern his table is frugally supplied and he be and his family dress with the most rigid economy yet he wastes enough by thus needlessly exposing harness wagon and tools to purchase many a Dala palatable table bit for the table or neat garment for his family or himself texas stockman bockman |