Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-05-09

the land and the low price Of cultivated
farms, il appeared to me region altogeth-
err worthy the attention OF enterprsing
farmers not 10 name other classes. We
wei know that this 10 not u soil and climate
suited TO the growth OF cotton or cane but
It is suited to otter growlhs equally pro-
duciive, all things considered. For graz
zng, it appears 10 me that no land exceeds
II and the location is almost unrivaled for
raising cattle and sheep. When we take
into view the conliguiiy Of the region to
Burlington on Lake Champlain, aud tic
easy water cOmmun lions thence to Alba
ny on The Hudson, and 10 New-Yofk, the
great London ol America, We may he struck
with no small degree of establishment, that
such advantages should be overlooked by
quick sighted, discerning people. | am led
to believe that farmer, with five or ten
thousand dollars, free from embarrassment,
could hardly in any other region better in.
vest his capital. and improve his faculties,
for his own benefit and the benefit Of his
fellow man.
may just observe, here, that own no
property, OF any kind, within the State, 10
BIAS my opinion; nor do ever expect to,
being myself settled in the bookseling bu-
sness in the city Of New York.
There was another subject that arrested
my attention, and gricUe6 mn feetings
amI The Gne which was the procuring cause
of this effort TO be useful 10 my fellow men.
1t was, as conceived, a mistaken policy, or
economy, pursued by those farmers who
raise sheep, at the season Of shearing, now
approaching.
Alter some weeks OF warm weather, du-
NVIlrgh ell ,I,n ,l
with an abundant fleece, they are shorn OF
the whole a once, which causes them 10
suffer during The nights ofmodcraie wealth.
er ; and in cold storms, unless the far
mers have provided some arbor for them to
run under, great loss is sustained, in the
health, and frequently in the lie of the
flock.
"Bllessed are the mercilul, for they shall
obtain mercy;" and this mercy, believe, it
is our bounden duty 10 extend, not only TO
all the human family, but 10 all dumb am
ma Is. The truly merciiul man is merciul
TO the brute creation, as well as his own
species. But interest and economy, ii
would seem, would prompt To the removal
Of the evil now under consideration.
One tarme- informed me that he had lost
sixty sheep, The past season, by turning out
his flock after shearng without providing a
shelter Tor them. Sad neglect! which no
provident farmer should permit himself 10
overlook Two, boys, Of fifteen, could, in "A
day or two build bower, sufficient for two
hundred sheep 10 run under in storm. II
could be done with posts aud poles, cover
ed, four feet from the ground, with pine or
hemlock boards, al the expense of ten or III
teen dollars, and would last for years. The
farmer who neglecls such preparation, and
depends on bringing up his hocks 10 the
barn in the time OF storm, ten TO one,
will in lime neglect his sheep altogether.
Being in the house, anl warm himself, he
will quite lorgetithe naked, deIenceless con-
dtion Of his poor flock, exposed to the pit
less pellings' Of the cold, unieeling storm.
Respectfully thy Friend,
AN OIn MIN