Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-06

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no one would a mistake be so fatal as on
his. NEWSPAPERS, books, schools, the 4
RELIGIOUS institutions Of society, should be !
at command and enjoyed /; for Incidence q
inaction is as fatal to the mind as the Doa J, 81
and without sound morals, and general I
knowledge, no man can be adequately
nrepared TO act his part in Tree country
and popular government like ours Be
careful that all is right here; & begrudge. I
| not the triAing expenses the attainment OF
such good may require. -Gen. Farmer
| ExAcTNEss AND CAIcuLATIoNs--We
cannot urge too strongly upon the farmers
/ every where, the importance OF ascertain
i inc. by exact examination and measure
i ment. where measurement is practicable,
what they produce, what is the value, and
what is the cost Of their productions. In
4 general, farming is carried on as q system
i 81 random guess-work. This ought not to
be. In order to know what we can do ana
| ought TO do, it is Of the first importance to
4 understand what he has done. The con-.
! slant objection to such exactness is, that
! I. ii is too much trouble, such exactness
!. takes too much time" Now, we can an
swer for it, that it akes very little time, and
THAT it gives very little trouble. 1t would
be, in the first place, important for every
farmer to know the contents in acres and
value ofevery enclosure on his farm, and
this once done is done forever, as long as
those enclosures remain; or if he takes up
!. but part Of his field for cultivation, there is
no great difficulty in having that part care
8 fully measured. In his cultivation it would
be easy for him to ascertain carefully the
quantity Of land under cultivation to keep
: an exact account of the number of days
} employed in that cultivation; the number
of loads of manure applied to it the guam
tity of seed sown; and time of sowing.
: In respect to all grain or vegetable crops,
they of necessity pass through the bushel
8 or half bushel measure. There can be
9 no difficulty in keeping the numbers OF
these measures. In regard to his hay and
straw. there can be no great trouble In
Q keeping the number Of loads as he carries
: them in and making pretty accurate es-
S Ii mate of their quantity, or in ascertaining
the quantity contained in any single bay
or NOW; or in other modes of coming al
y a near estimate of the quantity collected
u In regard to his dairy produce, nothing
It can be easier than ascertaining by various
simple trials, or by actual weighing and
q measuring, the quantity Of milk, or buttel
d or cheese. So likewise of his pork anc
n beef There is no reasonable excuse fol
IS his not doing this; and if he would onl J
, introduce some regular system into his pro
e ceedings and get into the habit of exactnes!
r in accounts, we can assure him the pleas
Of ure of doing it, the satisfaction of comins
OF at precise results, the being able when b,
n is enquired of about his farming, or wher
IS he hears about the farming of others, to sa!
OF in respect to his own affairs aohat he knoaos
1e instead of saying merely a0hGt he guesses
IN would compensate him hundred fold 70
OF all the trouble it may occasion and all tn
OF time it may occupy.-N e. Farmer.
OIs From the Name Farmer.
'N - Culture Of Wheat.
" Mr.. Holmes IL hope the importanc
of this subject will be considered a sufi
}clent reason for writing again on thi
Z" topic.
m, My object in the present communlca
No. ton viii be to inquire what probable
u: reasons we have to hope to avoid, or init
m, igate, the ravages of the " Grain Worm.
is To arrive at as much certainty, as tn
a present knowledge Of facts will admit,
IN shall state some of the facts GENERALLY
q admitted among US, or derived FROM un
n, questionable authority elsewhere.
of First. Wheat sown early or late is nc
No. injured to such degree as that sown a
an the usual time.
no Second. Early sown grain general
: does better than late sown, so that in som
,at seasons, sowing late to avoid their raVag
80. es, would render the remedy, perhaps, a
m. bad as the disease. -..,
re- Third. The time in which the graf
he worm commits its degastations is shor
Is: and confined to one particular stage {
of Its growth; and hence, if the wheat plar
all can be brought by any means, to thi
rs. stage of maturity, either before or ate
or the worm season, it escapes destructio
=, from that cause. fr . $685.. ....
- Fourth Grain that natures early is nc
MT so subject to blight from other causes.
nv From these premises it appears TO
IN all important to avoid their ravages b
q. early maturity. The inquiry now pre-
i'm sents Itself, how can this be effected
ess EARLY sowing suggests itself to til
fe- mind al once; but it is more PARTICULAR
2 my object to suggest at this time, som
nd other means as auxiliary to it, .s.. e.. Fl
est One that 1 shall mention is by payin
,en more attention to saving our seed whea
10 It has been demonstrated by careful expe1
~ iments, that almost all kinds of fruit ma
81. be FASTENED incoming 10 maturity seyera
DIV days by carefully selecting the first rip
10 Seeds. t55@zy s&azsr ss.1cs-s sss,f,,'.s...
IN l believe there issnot particle of dout