Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Farmer, Farming

A bad farmer’s hedge is full of gaps.Gaelic.

Be a gentleman farmer.Juvenal.

Cultivate not a barren soil.Latin.

He that is manned with boys and horses with colts shall have his meat eaten and his work undone.

The field should be poorer than the farmer; i.e., it is useless for a man to attempt farming without capital.

The foot of the farmer manures the field; i.e., the care of the farmer.Danish.

’Tis the farmer’s care that makes the field bear.