SHORT FURROWS.
j The breeding of your children ia I more important than the breed of your cows. The lazy man wishes he had worked harder when harvest time comes. It doesn't take a strong man to break his own pledges. The " sweet by-and-by " is not likely to come to those who are continually sour now. .-..- Success worth having is success hard won. If some people keep their characters as clean as the}' do their hands, this world would be better off. The power to kick is in the heel, not in the head.' To hear some men talk you would think that the surest way to get rich is, to those that are rich. A tail with the dog off is usually worth a good deal more than a dog with a tail on. A "stiff upper lip " seldom belongs to a man who has a limber tongue. The farmer may have to let his cattle starve for want of grain but the* whiskey mill will keep going. Those who learn the lesson of practical economy during these depressing times will find in it ample compensation for all present loss. Early rising in the morning makes early retiring in the evening pleasant. The fruits of a succesaful life grow on the tree of economy. That man is not capable of caring for his own soul who is too thoughtless to care for his horses.— American A (ji -icultu rist.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1194, 18 January 1895, Page 6
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