Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-31
BROTHER FARMERS ATTEND T..
HEAR THE VOICE OF A FRIEND.

NOW q tNe DAY anu HOW'S I've NOur,
We must raise our pork and flour,
1--WE don't escape proud Yorkstale's power
We're doomed TO penury.
We must raise our rye and wheat
With our ploughs make one broad sweep;
Our cash, at home if we don't keep,
We're chained in poverty.
From borough practical knowledge of
! the agricultural art, Of more than twenty
years, | am fully convinced that the follow
ing statements are founded upon fact. LIST
There never ought to have been barrel
of flour brought from Troy to Burlington
for sale. Our resources for raising wheat,
rye and corn. have been sufficient for the
consumption of the inhabitants Of the State.
The first week in September is the bes,
time for sowing wheat or rye. A warm,
dry, rich soil, that peas have grown upon
the past summer, is as good as any other
for raising wheat. Cornground, if it can
be cleared by the middle Of September, will
do we'll If not it is better to keep it in re-
serve for crop Of spring wheat. Two acres
of winter wheat is generally worth as much
as three acres of spring wheat; therefore
be preparing to get in your winter wheat.
Spring wheat will yield as well sowed by
the fifteenth Of May as earlier. 1t is as
easy to raise twenty bushels Of wheat as il
is fifty of oats, and twenty of wheat is
worth one hundred of oats.
However excusable we moy have been
in days past, we are now entirely without
excuse if we do not raise not only our
bread stuff, but also our pork for, while
we have been paying out millions of dollars
for flour, we have also paid tens of thous-
ands for western pork. The inc has ar.
rived when we must raise our own wheat
and pork, and every other article Of con.
sumption that is SO perfectly reasonable for
US to raise, or we shall meet the fate that
the illustrous predecessor of our present
chief magistrate says all who do business
on borrowed capital ought to meet, VIZ
break. And although, think the obser
nristoc!atic sentiment that ever emanuted
from high authority in these United States
think also we have Little or no reason tc
expect any better state of things under the
reign Of the present dynasty; for when We
see president logged into Office on The
back Of his predecessor and pledged 10 wall
10 his footsteps, and those steps have tram
pied upon he once sacred but now mullla
ted constitution ofour beloved country, ant
in his first communication to congress il
his official capacity uttering sentiments s,
entirely at war with our free institutions III
Mr. Van Buren's declaration that he woult
veto any bill for the abolition OF slavery il
the District Of Columbia or for charterin.
J a United States bank--and further, tina
the government must take care of ITSELF ant
The people ofthemselues. think The Rubi
con is aready passed, and it is the ndls
pensab'e and imperlous duty of every de-
scendan, of the pilgrim fathers to arouse
from their state of 'ethargy and ind ference
and in reality take care of themselves first
by providing the necessary articles of foot
aud clothing for the year ensuing; ant
secondly, to provide public servants, instead
of public masters, who shall act for the oo
of the country, instead of party. Ergo
think the farmers ofthe fourth COMPRESSION
al district may about as well send to Lou
, lsiana and procure cane to raise instead Q
wheat, as to vote for Mr.. Smith instead o
Mr.. Allen. and those of Chittenden Count
procure rice instead of corn, as to vote 70
Mr. Haswell and Mr.. Chittenden instead q
J Mr.. Pomeroy and Mr.. Clark and those q
Burlington may about as well raise Tobacco
instead Of rye, Us to vote for Mr.. Lyman o
Catlin, instead of Mr.. Bradley.
PLOW HANDLE,
natural crook.