Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-11-11
SMALL FARMS,

Ihorc IL grrn' niSihk" aIiiDnuSt armerS.
aud that i this. ,h"y cov"t tnn innch land
Almost all our farms. are profanity from
tonr Ia ten tunes Ia" large. n farmer nev.
or feels that he has GIT rnongh. He adds
field Ia field. Dies not half subaun or ma
tmrc VIVA, h. has got. aud still wants mnra.
Onr "t til" mast prnhnc'lvn and profitable
farms ever saw Contained bur fourteen
aces. II was very much subhnrh. unprov.
ed and inannrcd aud lhr owner wa. Called
a very thrifty. # not n rich man. while his
neighbnr WIN skms over three hundred
acres. aud works fall rs hard grows pn"r
Bv proper management am -a'isti.d every
acre Of land winch is fiji 10 raise corn up"n
can be made Ia yield one hundred bushels
TO the acre. j. it not better To put the Ia.
bnr and care upnn il. and raise one hundred
bushels, than ~ spread III" same over
four acres. aud thus drive away three nr
four ui your Sous To the wrs'! As things
now are. what IL the process? ] will tell
you. A man owns on. 81 our larg" farm.
| It paid tor. He rais"s mp u lary" family.
The rlrl- are married off. aud h. giv"S "ncl,
one her portion. l.e himself dies. and III.
iarm falls To his five sons. o." of his tivr
suns takes the farm. and agrees II" nay III"
other sons the shares. They 50 off I" III"
YVES, and return NJ mre. lie undertakes
BY economy and industry I" keep 1t an!
send II tmr'h of rs value I" III" west. BY
aud bv. h" finds II cannot d. it ~ fast n
he agreed Ia. H. g,..- 10 the |. f. lnsur
nucr & mpnny, or s"inrwl,"re els" 'rtgi
| urS hl- farm, aud s'ari- anew la pay ir II,
! An his lir he tnil-, paws interest, ;Eink
the iarm"t has very Gatl raw Ia hoe. aud
II l. not I'll near ~" close nt his I,!'. that h'
rc,s free from debt. When he dies tho
-ame process has To be gnnc over agaiu
aud every generation that goes, We send
| iut iiIth- of he value of our lands after
thrm. Nav tins Is ponr pnilcy: and won
! i"r thar oar rirn> a-r ~ any 'olPrabi'' con
dr,,u tor their worth mnny iiu"- oyer la.
been sent away 10 'h' west. J.. instead Z"
| 'hls our farmers would DIVIDE np hc,r farms
and max" each nrr" yield all II eau. uuI
towns would not have the appearance 4"
age, aud decay. which many of them hnv"
! Praise n great iarm.' savs the imnoria
pna -. Rome. but cultivate q sma'i one
| | hav" nulicrd that men as they grow
old, seem To want more land; and seldom
| do van find q man who feels he has cough
| ! know they talk nt the fertility Of the west
aud the beautiful land to be found there, ,
he does hn, de under II, will IN n few year
BECAME thuliv And why, The prucr>
Is easily described. lie gn"s ln'n the WI
deruess, purchases III" baud, lives IN his IT,.
cab,u, sleeps on the fl ,or, or more hk"l
upon the grnnnd? cals upon n Lab plnn"'
up lnin the logs. aud II would b" wonderful
INDEED II he did MT gam property. And -
would h here. Let II young man tax" IN
poorest f,rri: Won can name. and labor on II
As hard, aud live ju>' as ne d""sn' III" YVES
lar fifteen ycars. aud he will be rich here
II is moi 50 much the land that mak"S ~
difference. as The manner ni LIVING. o.tw"el
The west and the east. ] was struck whit
riding IN the stage IN listening To the Con-
vrrsar,nn between two farmers, thu on
from ILLINOIS. the other from the state u
Name. The western man was d"sctlbin
the fertility "f The Snil. contrasting u W.T.
New England. why, how much corn ca
~ raise To the acre. says our farmer iron
Ma,nr. I can raise all ot seventy bn,h"'
with all ease And how mnch d. y"" 81
bush.l" Nine pence a bu-h"l Al ~
lonr. We'll says III" Name farmer. ] ca
: ral-e three hundred bushels of poIai"es. 4"
my la"d. aud get twenty cents n bnsh"l II
my door 'Ay. you have to Dig them =
ne. and don'i yon have To puck aud she
y y"nr corn, aud after all get but twelve an
half cents per bushel. aud only seven'
n bushels on al acre ] repeat n, with IA
T. same economy and the same industry,
y young farmer here can get rich as easy