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What Not To Do

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
May
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

X early fort y yen is n go that good old paper, tho Qenête?. F.inner, told a few thinga farmers gnould nevereta. As these forbidden practicea still continue, it would be woll to publish the hints índioftted i A farmer ghould never. undertake to cultívate more land than he can do tlioroughly ; half tillcd liitid is graWing pooror, - well tillcd landisconstautly improving. A farmer should never keep moro cattle, horses, shcop, or hogs, thaii lio can keop in good order : an animal in high order the iirst of December is alrcaiiv half wintered. A farmer should never depend on his neighbor for what he -:xn produoè on his own farm ; he should never beg fruii while he e;m plant (rees, or borro w tools wben lic can moka orbuy. A high au thority hns said, the borrowor is servan! to the lender. Tho farmer should never be so i-nnieraed in politieal matters as to forgot to sow his wheat or dip his potatoes, nor slionlii he neglect to inforra himself of thoso great national and 8tate policios whiob will always agitate more or loss a free people. A farmer should never be ashamed oJ his calling ; he should romembar, that ii any man can possess tho cnvinblo distinction of being independent, he is the man. Xo farmer can afford to allow the reproach of noglectiug education to lio ugainst him or his family ; if ltuowlodge is power, the beginning of it should be early and deeply laid in the district school. A farmer should never uso ardent spirits as a drink ; if, whilo undergoing sovere fatiguC) and tho hard labors of the Bumincr, he would enjoy robust hcalth, let him be températe in all things. A farmer should never refusi; a fair price for anything ho wishes to sell ; ho may, by keeping it, be obligud to sll for loss. A farmer should nover allow his wootllouse to be emptied dnring the summer moiiths ; if he doi33, when winter comes ie must expect to encounter tho chilling ooks öf his wife, and be compelled by exjerienco to learn that the man who bui ns green wood has not loarued tho ABC of domestic eoonomy.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus