FARMERS’ MAXIMS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2470, 17 February 1881, Page 4

FARMERS’ MAXIMS.

According to the Canada “ Farmer " the agriculturists of Canada met in convention and adopted for themselves the following creed :—We believe in small farms and thorough cultivation ; we believe that the soil lives to eat as the owner, and ought therefore to be well manured ; we believe in going to the bottom of things, and therefore, deep ploughing, and enough of it—all the better if it be a subsoil plough ; we believe in large crops, which leave the land better than they found it, making both the farm and farmer rich at once ; we believe that every farm should own a good farmer ; we believe the fertiliser of any soil is a spirit of industry, enterprise, and intelligence—without these lime, gypsum, and guano would be of little use: we believe in good fences, good farmhouses, good orchards, and good children enough to gather the fruit; we believe in a clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, a clean cupboard, and a clear conscience ; we believe that to ask a man advice is not stooping, but of much benefit ; we believe that to keep a place for everything, and every, thing in its place saves many a step, and is pretty sure to lead to good tools and to keeping them in order; we believe that kindness to stock, like good shelter, is saving of fodder; we believe that it is a good thing to keep an eye on experiments, and note all good and bad ; we believe that it is a good rale to sell grain when it is ready; we believe in producing the best butter and cheese and marketing it when it is ready.’’