| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Farmer, Farming |
| | | A bad farmer’s hedge is full of gaps. Gaelic. | 1 |
| Be a gentleman farmer. Juvenal. | 2 |
| Cultivate not a barren soil. Latin. | 3 |
| He that is manned with boys and horses with colts shall have his meat eaten and his work undone. | 4 |
| The field should be poorer than the farmer; i.e., it is useless for a man to attempt farming without capital. | 5 |
| The foot of the farmer manures the field; i.e., the care of the farmer. Danish. | 6 |
| ’Tis the farmer’s care that makes the field bear. | 7 | | |
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