Old farmer's saying's..... do you know any ?

[Dry Rot]

And the king called all his wise men together and said, You all have sayings for different occasions and situations, but haven't you got one saying that fits everything?

And the wise me turned away, shaking their heads because they couldn't think of one.

Then one old man said, "It will pass". Wasn't it Einstein who said time does not exist, only change? Food for thought.

 

[Eiddwen]

One has to speculate in order to accumulate

 

[Fake it ‘til you make it]

One has to speculate in order to accumulate

This loosely translates as “Sometimes you just have to put your knob on the block!” I have seen that used on here before, I think

 

[Pigless]

As a stock agent in NZ told me, whilst trying to sell me cattle.
" It always rains at the end of a dry spell"

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Wear out the old dog first

and

You might not like the paperwork but you wouldn't take a sh!t and not do the paperwork, most important part of the job whether you like it or not, boy!

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

The paying in book is mightier than the yard broom

 

[Jameshenry]

Granfer used to say to me, "don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see"

 

[MOG]

Round here the advice to a young lad was always:

"go uphill for a wife
go downhill for a farm"

 

[MOG]

Granfer used to say to me, "don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see"

I wish I had listened to my Grandads advice...

"why, what did he used to say?"

I don't know, I wasn't listening

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Granfer used to say to me, "don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see"

You were given two ears and one mouth for a very good reason.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Wear out the old dog first

and

You might not like the paperwork but you wouldn't take a sh!t and not do the paperwork, most important part of the job whether you like it or not, boy!

The job is never finished till the paperwork is done ! ......

 

[wilfholme]

Hindsight's a fools foresight

 

[Eiddwen]

''The cock does all the crowing but its the hen who delivers the goods''

 

[bluebell]

nout as queer as folk, if you want to get something done ask a busy person, very true ?

 

[Jasper]

When you borrow there’s always sorrow

 

[Old Boar]

The secret to a good ley is a firm bottom.

 

[Two Tone]

Keep her well shagged and short of shoe leather.

 

[bovrill]

Hard work never killed anyone.
It did make them a funny shape though.

 

[kmo]

Never take on a farm unless it can grow thistles strong enough to tie your horse to.

 

[Red Fred]

Save a cow, eat a vegan