Indiana Progress in Indiana, Pennsylvania

Farm Rules and Practical Hints from a bygone era

The article recounts farm regulations from a past era printed by Joni Delafield in Genées county New York. It outlines duties for laborers, emphasis on punctuality cleanliness and humane treatment of animals, plus end-to-end task completion and orderly tool care. It also describes an improvised movable hog pen and experiments with potato varieties noting Early Rose as promising. It closes with a literary Washington Letter comparing General Sherman and Senator Sherman and reflecting on gentility.