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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3617, 27 February 1906, Page 4

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I,et me Introduce a gentleman you may have met ’ere now; , ( He’s a dwelling on a fertile farm, n keeps a horse and cow, ‘Nd eleven dogs, a cat or two, ten fighting cocks—but say, He will swear Wy all th’ stars, thet farmin’ doesn't pay! He hez acres uv good plantin’ land—th* finest ever seen. JWhar th’ weeds Is wavin’ o’er th’ soil in tranquilness serene; YU by diligence he manages t’ raise his wlntej’s hay, Buthesweara with great vehemence, thet ■ farmin’ doesn’t pay. I Oh, th’ daisies' grow luxurious whar ’ta- j ter* oughtcr be, I . ’Ndj th’ plzen-lvy climbs around each shade ’n’ apple tree, I So he spends his time in flshln’ (jes’t’ drive . his cares away), ’Nd cussln’ all creation ‘cause his farmin' j doesn't pay. v j 'Nd the cracks betwixt th’ shingles on his ; roof lets in the rain, I 'Nd a cardboard er a piece uv tin replace each broken pane j In th’ window uv hiS house, because it ain’t no use, no way, i T’ expend a cent In fixin’ up while farmin’ , doesn’t pay. Oh, th’ troubles an’ th’ trials cf old “Farmer Sykes’’ is great; An’ It would set th' world a-wccpin’, ef th’ hull I should rcl.vc, ’Nd I know he’s perseverin’, f’r I’ve seen , ’im sit an’ fish ; F’r a day, ’n’ never ketch enough I’ fill a sarcer dish, 'Nd th’ laWs uv this creation isn’t what they oughtcr be, ’Nd thar’s somethin’ sadly lackin’ In this country, great V free, When a perseverin’ tiller uv th’ soil’s obliged f say, Thet with ell bis perseverance, he hez never n.. Je it pay! —■Western Rural.