1848. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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Pay Your Debts. 



The success of various individuals through 

 life is dependeni in a great degree upon the 

 punctuality they exercise in regard to the pay- 

 ment of their debts. Talk as much as you 

 please about the "keep out of debt" system, it 

 is attainable only by a few. We very much 

 much doubt whether there is a person living 

 who is entirely out of debt. Not that all owe 

 money — Ihat is of but partial consequence. 

 When we see persons all money, and who can 

 think of nothing but riches, we almost wish them 

 the fate of the poor starving traveler in the des- 

 ert, who, upon seeing a little bag lie upon the 

 ground grasped it with eagerness, hoping it con- 

 tained food, but finding it filled with gold, threw 

 it down with mortification, exclaiming " alas, it 

 is nothing but gold." 



We are indebted to our Creator, to our parents 

 and friends — but that to which I would more 

 particularly call ihe farmer's attention in this 

 article, is his indebtedness to the soil he tills. 

 The soil is the farmer's great creditor, from 

 which he is every day borrowing ; and, in pro- 

 portion to the punctuality with which he " pays 

 up," will it lend him again. We know of far- 

 mers, (or those who call themselves such,) who 

 have been continually borrowing from the soil 

 these twelve or fifteen years, without ever think- 

 ing of even paying the interest, although it 

 amounte only to a few loads of manure annually. 

 At first their loans were quite large, as this 

 great creditor seems to believe every man hon- 

 est till he finds him to be a rogue. But every 

 year he has been dealing out to him less and 

 less, until of late it is almost impossible to pre- 

 vail upon him to unlock his great safe, and help 

 to replenish their already sinking fortunes. 



This Soil is a very singular old creditor. His 

 books are all open for at least some six or seven 

 months in the year, and are only closed when 

 the snows of winter render him incapable of 

 doing farther business. His accounts are all 

 written in a plain, bold hand, so that any one 

 passing through a section of country, although 

 an entire strangei, can tell at a glance whether 

 the farmer "pays up." 



Let us take a short ride and see how his books 

 stand with some of our neighbors. Do you see 

 that beautiful piece of grain on your right, as it 

 waves its heavy laden treasures to the breeze — 

 those beautiful cattle that look eo sleek and com- 

 fortable in their rich green pastures — that neat 

 little house, the home of that well clad and intel- 

 ligent family ? These are neighbor A's. He 

 is a man that never borrows a crop of grain or 

 any thing else from the soil without returning a 

 fair equivalent, and this curious old gentleman, 

 seeing neighbor A.'s punctuality, seen)S deter- 

 icniiifid to get him in debt, by lending him more 



and more every year. But our word for it, 

 neighbor A. will continue to pay punctually, and 

 advance rapidly in wealth and prosperity. 



Now let us go a little farther, and see the farm 



of should I say farmer B. There is a piece 



of land that looks as though it had been sown to 

 some kind of grain or other, one can hardly tell 

 what. The heads are so few and far between 

 that it would take all the Drum Majors in Mexico 

 to drum enough together to form a respectable 

 looking line, (and, by the by, we think this 

 would be a more honorable business than assist- 

 ing to kill innocent men, women and children.) 

 His cattle look as though the crows were about 

 to foreclose their mortgages, and secure them 

 for their .own especial use ; his house would 



hardly do for a pig-sty, and his family but I 



wiil stop here. Go and see them for yourselves. 



Mr. B.'s farm and circumstances were at first 

 as good as neighbor B's. But be has been con- 

 tinually borrowing from the soil, without ever 

 thinking of even paying the interest, till it will 

 trust him no longer. He is now about the same 

 as " used up," for you may rely upon it that as 

 soon as your soil refuses to trust you, your other 

 creditors will be but few, and not very obliging. 



Farmers, do not keep annually borrowing 

 from your soil without returning a fair equiva- 

 lent. Pay all your debts punctually, (not even 

 forgetting your subscriptions to the Genesee 

 Farmer,) and you will be prosperous, contented 

 and happy. S. P. Chapman. 



Clockville, N. Y., July, 1848. 



Pleuro-pneumonia. — Mr. Milward, a mem- 

 ber of the Council residing at Thurgarton Priory, 

 Nottinghamshire, enclosed for the information 

 of the members the following statement of treat- 

 ment of cattle in cases of pleuro pneumonia, 

 which he stated had not been known to fail in 

 a single instance, in effecting a recovei-y of 

 the animal suffering under its attacks. The 

 statement was copied from a letter received from 

 Mr. Clater, of East Retford, a name well known 

 and appreciated, as connected with a popular 

 work on the diseases and treatment of cattle. 



"On the Jirst appearance oCthe disease, bleed 

 freely ; then give k lb. of Epsom salts, 4 oz. of 

 sulphur, 1 oz. of nitre, and 2 drachms of emetic 

 tartar, in 3 pints of gruel. Keep the animal 

 warm and clean. Should the symptoms not ap- 

 pear to abate in 12 hours, give the following 

 drink : h oz. of nitre, 1 drachm of camphor, 1 

 drachm of emetic tartar, and 2 drachms of pow- 

 dered ginger, in a pint of gruel ; and repeat 

 this drink every 8 hours until the oppression in 

 breathing has nearly subsided. If the bowels 

 do not act properly, repeat the first drink in 3 

 pints of gruel, omitting the emetic tartar. Feed 

 sparingly on bran-mashes, grains, and gruel, 

 with crushed linseed ; but with no roots if there 

 be any inflammation." — Foreign paper. 



