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BREAKING DOWN.
The assertion that we are weter
than our forefathers, (says a Lon
don paper,) and break down sooner,
is one of those statements which
people make or deny according to
their prednceived opinions. Our
notions of the last generation
are, of coarse, taken from the old
people whom we have known ; but
this is judging from picked specimens.
Men like Lord Palmerston, Lord
Lyndhurst, and Lord Campbell, of
course, give their juniors 4he im
pression that they belonged to a race
of giants; but the fallacy is obvi
ous. We may reasonably hope that
of those who read these lines in the
vigor of their age, a certain number
will 4)rget them at least half a cen
tury before their death, and will live
to excite the wonder of another gen
eration at the vigor which distin
guishes their eightieth or nine
tieth year. It must, however, be
admitted that the advance of knowl
edge and civilization has in no way
a direct tendency' to lower the aver
age vigor of the race. It keeps
many weakly persons from dying.—
Sanitary reform and the progress of
medical skill tend to destroy a sort
of invisible sieve through which peo
ple used to be passed, and which, if
the human race regarded merely
from the, cattle-breeder's point of
view, was a highly useful institu
tion. It is- often said that the
change of medical treatment shows
a diminution in strength ; that peo
ple in the present day cannot stand
bleeding, which thirty years ago
was universal. This is one of those
assertions which cannot be tested
with accuracy. It is hardly possible
to say whetter the change is in the
practiee or in the patients. A doc
tor who was lately developing the
ordinary view upon the' subject to
one of his patients, 'was asked how
long was it since he had bled any
one. He replied, "Upward of ten
years." "Then how can you tell,"
was the rejoinder, "what would have
happened if you had bled them ?"
If we look to specific facts there
does not appear much reason to
think that the present generation is
losing its physical vigor. Armies in
the field both march as well and fight
as well as ever. The taste for ath
letic amusements has grown into
something approaching to a passion.
The average length of life has con
siderably increased, and though this,
for the reason given above, is con
sistent with diminution in aVemge
vigor, it is prima facie evidence of
the reverse. Above all, the habits of
life are far healthier than they over
were. Our laborinc , classes are bet
ter fed, better housed, better -educa
ted ; the middle and higher classes
take infinitely more exercise than
they used, and are, in all their hab
its' more sober and temperate.—
Many digeases which used to rain
the constitution, have been greatly
tamed, and some have been almost
extirpated ; and if these causes do
not improve the race, it is impossi
ble to say what will.
a. J. lIIMEMAN
It is better to go to sleep on the
right aide, for then the stomach is
very much in the position of a bottle
turned upside down, and the con
tents of it are aided in passing out
by gravitation. If one goes to sleep,
on the left side the operation of em
tying the stomach of its contents is
more like drawing water from a
well. After going to sleep let the
body take its own position. If you
sleep on your back, especially soon
after a hearty meal, the weight of
the digestive organs, and that of the
food, resting on the great vein of the
pody, near the hack bone, compress
es it, and arrests the flow of the
blood more or less. If the meal has
been recent and hearty, the arrest)
is more decided ; and th 2 various
sensations, such as falling over a
precipice, or the pursuit of a wild
beast, or other impending danger, I
and the desperate effort to wet rid
of it, arouses us, and sends on stag
nating blood; and we wake in alright,
or trembling, or perspiration, or feel
ing exhaustion, according to the
degree of stagnation, and the length
and strength of the efforts made to
escape the danger. But, when we
are not able to escape the danger—
when we do fall over the precipice
—when the tumbling building crush
es us—what then 't That is death !
That is the death of those whom it
is said, when found lifeless in the
morning--" That they were as well
as they ever were the day before ;"
and often it is added, "and ate hear
tier than common 1"
This last, as a frequent cause of
death to those.who have gone to bed
to wake no more, we give merely as
aprivate opinion. The possibility
of its truth is enough to deter any
rational man from a late and hearty
meal. The truly wise will take the
safe aide. For persons who eat three
times a day, it us any sufficient to
make the last meal ER sold bread sad
butter and a cup of same warm drink.
An one can sta rve on it ; while a
pcallarrnmoo gas habit soon boasts
taF
il aPP•tite nenikillinns 40
gof a day Of domfort
s outset of Health.
ri; istEllantou,s,
POSITION IN SLEEPING.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1863.
REFINEMENT OF BEHAVIOR.
There dwelt in Verona a Bishop
who possessed natural abilities, and
was well read in the Scriptures; his
name was Giovanni Matteo Giberti.
Among other praiseworthy habits,
he was courteous and liberal to the
noble gentlemen who visited him,
entertaining them With a magnifi
cence, not extravagant, but such as
became a Churchman. It happened
that a nobleman styled Count Rich
ard passed that way, and spent many
days with the Bishop and his family,
who we're, fbr the most part, well
bred and educated men. The agree
able manners of the gentle cavalier
gained for him the esteem and com
mendation of his hosts. But he had
one little bad habit, of which the
Bishop became aware, and taking
counsel with his attendants, he pro
posed that the Count should be in
formed of it, lest it should be of some
prejudice to him. For this purpose,
he summoned a discreet attendant,
and directed him to mount his horse
the next morning, and to accompany
the Count, who had already taken
leave, for some distance on his way,
and at a proper opportunity to make
to him the proposed communication.
The attendant, whose name was
Galateo, was a man advanced in
years, very learned; extremely
agreeable in his manners, of good
address and of a gracious aspect,
and one who in his day had lived
much at the courts of great princes.
Riding along with the Gaunt, he en
tertained him with pleasant dis.
course, until the time came for him
to return to Verona; when, as the
Count was taking leave, he thus ad
dressed him with a pleasant counte
nance, and mild accents : "My lord,
the Bishop, my master, returns your
lordship infinite thanks for the hon
or you have done him by entering
and sojourning at his poor houso;
and as a return for so great courtesy,
he has given it in charge to me to
make you a present .on,his part, and
most kindly prays you to receive it
with a cheerful mind. You are the
most graceful and polished gentle
man whom the Bishop has everseen.
For this reason he has attentively
observed your manners, and exam
ining them particularly, has found
nothing which was not in the, high
est degree agreeable and commenda
ble, except an ugly motion of the
mouth and lips when eating, accom
panied with a noise very disagreea
ble to hear. It is this which the
Bishop has sent me to make known
to you, and he prays you to endeav
or at once to rid yourself of the hab
it, and desires you will receive in the
place a more costly present, this his
loving reproof and advice, being as
sured that no ono else in the world
would make you such a present."—.
The Count, who had never been
aware of this bad habit, blushed a
little at this reproof, but like a brave
man, taking heart, he said, "Tell the
Bishop that if all the gifts which
men make to one another were like
his, men would be much richer than
they are. For his great courtesy
and liberality to me, I return him
infinite thanks, amal assure him that
I will hereafter diligently guard
against my bad habit. God go with
you."—G. Della Casa.
A Persevering Woman.
A young married woman in Bran
don, Vt., whose husband . enlisted in
the 6th Vermont regiment, could
neithei read nor write. Beino p devo
tedly attached to her husband, and
cut off from all communication with
him elcept by letter, she could not
endure the thought of being com
pelled to submit his epistles, designed
for her alone, to others to read them
for her. And with the refined in
stinct of a true woman and Ncife
she shrank with aversion from com
mitting the secrets of her own heart
to the pen of an amanuensis. So, day
after day since her husband's ab
sence, she has taken her two little
ones by the hand, and led them to
the district school, laid aside her
bonnet and shawl, seated herself up
on a bench by the side .of her chil
dren, and devoted herself to study.
Within a brief period of time, so
earnestly has she set herself about;
the task, this devoted wife and
mother has surmounted every obsta
cle, and (although alien born), has
acquired the rudiments of an
English odication. She now writes
a fair hand. and reads with fluency.
DON'T WANT ANY Ilitoax,—A pri
vate in one of the New Hampshire
regiments, now with the army of
the Potomac, writes home that he
now has two pair of shoes, six pairs
of stockings, five pair •of drawers,
four pairs of shirts, three pair of
pants, five coats, two caps, one hat,
one . pair of gloves, and three blank
ets, and concludes his letter with the
very modest request to "send no
more at present."
aw-Tbe distinction between liking
and loving was well made by a little
girl six years old. She was eating
an egg at breakfast, which she seem
ed to relish very much. “.Do you
love it r' asked her aunt. "So," re
plied As . oliad, with a Alt* of- di*
Vat • 1. like it. if Litoreti it
I 614* Vim it."
OF WOMEN.
I do not hesitate to say that the
women give to every nation a moral
temperament which shows itself in its
politics. A hundred times have I
seen weak men show real public vir
tue because they had by their sides
women who supported them, not by
advice as to particulars, but by forty
fying their feelings of duty, and by
directing their ambition. More fre
quently, I must confess, I have ob
served the domestic influence grad
ually transforming a man, naturally
generous, noble, and unselfish, into a
cowardly, common-place- place-hunt
ing, self-seeker, thinking of public
business only as a means of making
himself comfortable and this simply
by contact with a well-conducted wo
man, a faithful wife, an excellent
mother, but from whose mind the
grand notion of public duty was en
tirely absent.—.De Tocqueville,
The Lilliputian Couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Stratton
(General Tom Thumb and Miss La
vinia Warren) arrived in Washington
on Thursday. They attended the
hop given at Willard's hotel Thurs
day night, in which they participa
ted, and were, of course, the "observ
ed of all observers." A number of
ladies and gentlemen (among the lat
ter many members of both Houses
and officers of the army and navy)
were presented to the General, who
introduced them to his lady. Friday
morning the Lilliputian couple were
waited upon by. many high officials,
and afterwards paid their respects to
the President and Mrs. Lincoln, to
meet a number of guests who had
been invited by Mrs. Lincoln. On
Thursday they drove out to Arling
ton Heights to visit a brother of the
bride, who is in the Fortieth Massa
chusetts regiment.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
A few days since, Mr. Edward S.
Terry was found dead at it low
drinking house of New York city,
his death resulting from an inordi
nate ase of ardent spirits. A few
years ago, he was a lawyer of emi
nence and ability, moving in goo I
society. and at one time he was a
law partner of Charles 0' Connor, a
leading lawyer of the New York
bar.
THE MOTHER MOLDS THE MAN.
When I lived among the Choctaw
Indians, says one, I held a consulta
tion with one of their chiefs respect
ing the successive stages of their
progress in the arts of civilized life;
and, among other things, he inform
ed me that at their start they made
a great mistake. They only sent
boys to school. These boys came
home intelligent men, but they mar
ried uneducated and uncivilized wives;
and thejiniform result was, the chil
dren were all like their mothers.—
The father soon lost all his interest
both in wife and children. "And
now," said he, "if we would educate
but one class of our children, we
should choose the girls; for when
they become mothers they educate
their sons." This is the point, and
it is true. No nation can become
fully enlightened when mothers are
not in a good degree qualified to dis
charge the duties of the home-work
of education.
The Richmond Prisoners.
Prisoners from Richmond say that
the rebel prisons in that city are filled
with loyal citizens from Eastern Ten
nessee and Northwestern Virginia,
and that they are treated ten times
worse than the prisoners of' war.—
About a week before the prisoners
left Richmond, an order cams from
the rebel Secretary of War ordering
the release of two citizens of East
Tennessee, who had been in confine
ment for eighteen months. The
jailor, to whom the order was ad
dressed, upon looking over his books,
found that the two men whose names
were specified, had' died three months
previous.
North Carolina.
The Salisbury, N. C., Watchman,
learns from good authority that a
large number of deserters and tories
have banded together in that section
of country. where the counties of
Moore, Randolph and Montgomery
join, and have committed numerous
and serious disturbances against the
lives and property of true Confeder
ate citizens.
• _ • ..•
mar Praise, when the reasons for
it are given, is double praise; censure,
without the reasons for it, is only
half censure.
Mr Pride and Opulence may kiss
in the morning as a married couple;
but they are likely to be divorced be
fore sunset.
*lira° who brings ridicule to bear
against truth finds in his hand a
blade without s•bilt--ose more like
ly to cut Ware!f than anybody oho.
111,4 t is Inessatable to think what
s mast ems' separate men of
print:We. velem offices want, from
*en of no principle who want offices.
THE DEPTH OP SPAOE.
In 1837, Prof. Bessel, of Germany, com
menced a series of astronomical measures
for getting the exact distance to the fixed
stare, a thing¶hat had never been done.—
The instrument which he used, in connec
tion with a powerful telescope, in his ex
periments was called an Heliometer (sun
measurer.) After three years hard la
bor, he was `eo fortunate as to obtain a
parallax, but so very minute, that he
could hardly trust his reputation upon it.
But after repeated trials, and working out
the results, be was fully satisfied that he
could give the true distance to 61 sygin.—
But who can comprehend this immense
distance? We can only convey an idea to
the mind of this distance by the fact that
light, which travels 12,000,000 of miles in
a minute, requires not less than ten years
to reach us Just let any one try to take
in the idea. One hour would give 720,000,-
000 of miles: in one year, then-8760
hours—this gives 6,307,200,000, and this
multiplied by ten gives 63,072,000,000,000.
This according to Prof. Bessel, is the die.
tance of the nearest fixed star to
the sun. And all astronomers confirm
the correctness of Prof. Beesels calcula
tions. But this distance, great as it is, is
nothing to be compared to the distanco of
the Milky Way. Sir Wm. Herschel says
that the stars or suns that compose the
Milky Way are so remote, that it requires
light, going at the rate of 12,000,000 of
miles in a minute, 120,000 years to reach
the earth. And he says there are stars,
or rather nebula, five hundred times more
remote ! Now. make your calculation ;
120,000 years reduced to minutes and then
multiply that sum by 12,000,000, and the
product by 500. What an overwhelming
idea ! The mind sinks under such a
thought ; we can't realize it ; it is too vast
even for human comprehension. David
says, Ptsnlm ciii. 10: "The lord bath
prepared his throne in the heavens, and
his kingdom (or government) ruleth over
all."
SCHOLARS AHD STATEMHIL
It is nothing new for English
statesmen to be accurate and pro
found scholars. Curran, the Irish
orator, carried his Virgil always in
his pocket; and his biographor found
him crying over the fate of the un
happy Dido, in a storm at sea, when
every other person on board would
have seen Dido hung up at the yard
arm with indifference. Fox, the
English orator, statesman and histo
rian, complains in his letters of the
interruptions of politics, while he
speaks with delight of whole days
devoted to the classics. Sheridan
pored over Eripides day and night,
and drew from the Greek poet the
inspiration of his eloquence. Pitt
was the best Greek scholar in the
kingdom—so says Lord Greenville,
who was his constant companion in
such studies. His apartments were
strewn with Latin and Greek clas
sics; and they ware, at all suitable
times, his favorite theme of conver
sation. Sir Robert Peel won the
first honors of the University at Ox
fokl, both in the classics and the
mathematics. In his inaugural ad
dress when entering on the lord-rec
torship of Glasgow University, he
declares that . "by far the greater
proportion of chief names that have
floated down and are likely to re
main buoyant on the stream of time,
are those of men eminent for classical
tastes." "Take the Cambridge Cal
endar, or take the Oxford Calendar
for two hundred years," says. Lord
Macauley, "look at the Church, Par
liament, or at the Bar, and it has al
ways been the case that the men
who were first in the competitiop of
schools were first in the competition
of life." And so thoroughly are the
leading minds in Great Britain con
vinced of this truth, and the practi
cal interest which it involves, that
by a recent law of Parliament civil
and military appointments at home
and in India are based upon compe
titive examinations in classical and
mathematical studies. We are not
surprised, therefore, when we see
statesmanship and scholarship go
band in hand in Great Britain. —Bib.
Sacra.
How to Select Flour.
First look at the color. If it is
white, with a slight yellowish or
straw colored tint, buy it. If it is
very white, with a bluish cast, or
with black specks in it, refuse it.
Second, examine its adhesiveness ;
gbt and knead a little of it between
your fingers ; if it works sticky it is
poor. Third, throw a little lump of
dry flour against a dry, smooth, per
pendicular surface ; if it falls like
powder it is bad. Fourth, squeeze
some of the flour in your hand ; if it
retains the shape given by the press
ure, that, too, is a good sign. Flour
that will stand all these tests it'is
safe to buy.
A poor carpenter, named Cyrus
Holmes, living at Plattsburg, Ohio,
has lately fallen heir to property in
Westchester county, New York, val
ued at $214,000.
if you would be tolerated, be
tolerant. If you would bear inue
truth, tell it. If you wouldn't lbw
troubled, don't 1:4 tiviOlasorne.
oot
GEN. MITCHELL AND THE NEWS-
BOYS.
It happened once to the writer of
this to hear the late Gen. Mitchell
address a company of newsboys.
On an invitation from his friend,
Mr. C. W. Field, be came down on
Sunday evening to attend the meet
ing for the newsboys. At his very
first words to the lads, it was appar
ent that he was deeply moved. The
sight of the ragged, shoeless, weath
er-beaten little fellows seemed to call
up his own hard struggles in child
hood. "Boys," said he, "I feel that
when I see you that I am one of you!
No one of you can be poorer or
more friendless than I was ones. I
have known what poverty is !" It
may be imagined that with such an
introduction there was a. deathlike
stillness. Every boy's eye was fas
tened upon him, and his tones seemed
to vibrate to each one's heart. He
went on to tell his story, but with a
simplicity and feeling which it is
impossible to recall now.
"When I was a boy of twelve
' years I was working for twenty five
cents a week with an old lady, and I
tell you, I had my hands full ; but I
did my work. faithfully. I used to
cut wood, fetch water, make fires,
and scrub and scour of mornings for
the old lady before the real work of
the day comihenced ; my clothes
were bad, and I bad no means for
buying shoes, so was often barefoot
ed. One morning I got through my
work early, and the old lady, who
thought I had not done it, or was
specially ill humored then, was dis
pleased, scolded me, and said I was
idle and had not worked. I said I
had ; she called me 'a liar.' I felt
my spirit rise indignantly against
this, and, standing erect, I told her
that she should never have the
chance of applying the word to me
tigain. I walked out of the house,
to re-enter it no more. I had not a
cent iu my pocket when I thus
stepped out into the world. What
do you think I did then, boys ? I
met a countrymen with a team. I
addressed him boldly and earnestly,
and offered to drive the leader, if he
would only take me on. He looked
at me in surprise, but said he did not
think I would be of any use to him.
'Oh yes, I will,' said 1; 'I can rub
down and water your horses, and
do many things for you, if you will
only let me try.' He no longer ob
jected. I got on the horse's back.
It was hard traveling, for the roads
were deep, and we conld only get on
at the rate of twelve miles a day.—
This was, however, my starting•point.
I went ahead after this. An inde
pendent spirit, and a steady, hon
est conduct, with what capacity God
has given me—as he has given you—
have carried me successfully through
the world.
"Don't be down hearted at being
poor or having no friepds. Try,
abd try again. Yon can cut youP
way through, if you live to please
God.
"I know it's a hard time for some
of you. You often are hungry, and
wet with the rain or snow, and it
seems dreary to have no one in the
city to Care for you. But trust in
Christ, and he will be your friend !
Keep a good heart, and be determi
ned- to make your own way, honest
ly and truly, through the world.—
As I said, I feel for you, because I
have gone through it all—l know
what it is, God bless you !"
The boys were most deeply touched
by this. Shirt-sleeves moved fur
tively up to eyes not used to such
emotion, and other boys found it
necessary to whisper some very good
joke to one another, in order to pre
vent any feminine display. In
thinking of this simple, feeling-full
word to those outcast boys, one
could understand the power ho is
said to have had i n his
speeches. His heart was full of com
passion. Ho was from the people,
and ho felt for them.
His words of kindness add encour
agement to the newsboys will not
soon be forgotten by them.--:/nde
pendent.
BEDS AND BEDROOMS.
How A BED SHOULD BE MADE: We
have observed, in the preceding note,
that about five-eights of all we eat
and drink, passes out of the system
in tho form of worn cut, effete mat
ter, through the pores of the skin,
and that consequently our beds soon
become saturated with these poison.
ous gases. Hence nur beds should
be often cleansed or changed.
MATaRIAL OF A BED: The best
material for a bed, is one which can
be most easily stitred and exposed
to tho air, and which will be least
liable to bold the impure gases.—
Good clean rye straw, or the slit
basks of corn are in all respects the
best material for either man or beast
to sleep on. They are sufficiently
flexible and answer best the two con
ditions named above.
How TO MAKE TRZ TICK.: Make
the tick of common material and in
the usual way, except that it should
be leftopen in the middle the whole
length from head to foot, and the
edges of the opening should barnacle
'to lap over each other about *Riot,
and provided with battens et) as th
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button up close. Then in filling the
tick these lappels can be thrown
open and the straw laid in smooth
and straight. In making the bed it
can be opened, and the straw thor
oughly stirred and exposed to the
air, and the foul gases allowed to
escape. The labor of emptying and
filling is thus rendered very easy.
How ems CliraiNSlD : If the straw
is good and clean, and proper care is
taken in making the bed, it need not
be changed oftener than once in two
months in winter, and once a month
in summer. But certainly as often
as this the straw should be taken out,
the tick thoroughly washed and boil
ed, and carefully dried and aired, and
then filled again with new clean
straw.
OBJECTION : The objection has been
raised to this plan, that it would take
so much straw, and be so mu
trouble to take care of, a bed fiT
emptying and filling, that it would
not be feasible. But if you had a
horse yuu would not hesitate to bur
nish him fresh straw for his bed ate
ry night. And is your own bodily
health and purity of less consequent*
than that of your horse ?
BZDSTILAD : A bedstead should nev
er have a high bead-board or foot
board to confine the air. In this
respect the cottage bedstead with
its little banisters at the head and
foot is commendable. It should he
of medium height; as carbonic said
gas being heavier than the pure air,
sinks to the floor. -
VALANCES : Valances, or the little
short curtains which are sometimes
seen around the lower part of a bed
stead are an abomination. They
keep a portion of foul, vile air con
fined under thtbed that inconstant
ly permeating up throne! the bed,
and filling it with pestilential vapors.
If any person desires to smell what
a nasty smell is always found un
der a bed surrounded by such cur
tains, let him put his head under, and
he will be convinced. There should
be no obstruction to the free circuit
tion of the air under a bed, from en
four sides.
SLZ2PING-110031 : The bedrooms
Ought to be the larsnst room in the
house, always so in sickness, and
should be on the sunny side of tins
souse where the bed car be exposed
to the direct rays of the sun every
day, except in the very hottest
weather of summer, and then it
should be sunned a little while eme
ry morning. The bed should Ewald
in the middle of the room.
TWO PHASES OF FAIN LIPS.
Farming, like every other eailing,
has its advantage* and disadvan
tages. The farmer 'is the most in
dependenkand the most dependent
man in existence. With Farming,
as with every other branch of bus
iness', judgment, prudence, and *eau
only are requsite to success. To the
man wbo possesses these, an agricul
tural life brings the pleasure of inde
pendence, with all the charms of 'va
riety. To. such, the fluctuation of
trade, the rise and fall of stocks, the
rumored protests, or rumored bank
suspensions,
have little or no terror.
Life has charms for him which it
has not for men of other professions.
He welcomes the changes of the sea
sons at their approach • be is 'sot
afraid of being behind-hand with
his crepe.--being overtaken by early
frost, or disconcerted by a premature
spring. He welcomes every change
of the seasons, being . always well
prepared for their coming.
But with some it is far different—
, they are never at ease—everything
around them goes wrong. With
them it is too hot or too cold—teo
wet or too dry. No matter whethdr
the sun shines, or whether the clouds
drop rain, snow or hail—the weathy
er is always wrong. No matter
whether the market price of wheat
is fifty cents per bushel—it is always
too low, and the higher it goes
up, the less inclined are they to sell.
Theis' cattle and hogs are helping
themselves to corn at hone, or plun
dering their neighbor's. In this
way they are' continually in trouble,
and lead a restless. unsatisfied life.
There is nothing more important
on the farm than system and order.
Never undertake to do too much—
do one thing at a time, and do it
well. Lay down a plan of the work
to be done, and do that first which
needs doing the most, and finish it
before you leave it. Never
_put a
till to-morrow what can be done to
, day ; delays are proverbially dan.
garotte, and to none more so than to
the farmer. Never exceed your
means by attempting to erdtrysto
' more than you can do well, and in
duo season.
Keep a memorandum of your
work, household expenses, cost fe
labor, etc., and balance with the
come of your business.
Under such management, you will,
at times, understand the exact state
of affairs. The farmer shockl know
his profit and loss just as uneh as
the merchant.
Okillorve Maim few hinter, aad son
will Sod rmlgh tomato- in din
routing of your farm oporationn.