(1877.)
To Plow is to Pray; to Plant is to Prophesy, and the Harvest Answers and
Fulfills--The Old Way of Farming--Cooking an Unknown Art-Houses, Fuel,
and Crops--The Farmer's Boy--What a Farmer should Sell--Beautifying
the Home--Advantages of Illinois as a Farming State--Advantages of the
Farmer over the Mechanic--Farm Life too Lonely-On Early Rising--Sleep
the Best Doctor--Fashion--Patriotism and Boarding Houses--The Farmer and
the Railroads--Money and Confidence--Demonetization of Silver-Area of
Illinois--Mortgages and Interest--Kindness to Wives and Children--How
a Beefsteak should be Cooked--Decorations and Comfort--Let the Children
Sleep--Old Age