Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-04-12
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

"a "S P'dCU. Ahere was always to DC
seen the tool house, This was a little
building for the purpose of housing the
plough, the spade, the scythe, the hoe. &c.
! saw also with this wise class, that the
wagon and cart were always, when not in
use, drawn under the shed, or in the wagon
house, out of the storm.
| They did not permit the sleighs to stand
out in the storms and weather all summer.
but keep them under cover, till they were
| wanted in winter. -
Bot the other class managed, or l ought
to say, mss-managed, very differently
When walked over their yards and fields.
l would see the augur kicked about on the
chips in the door yard, and the shovel and
spade were left to be- trodden on in the path
to the barn. 31t
Tho plough, covered with earth and rust.
was left out in the open air--the wagon or
cart left in the road, to be injured By the
storms and changes Of the climate, and the
hoe, and the rake, and the axe, left lust
where they were used, to be broken OF
lost. as the chance may be-. .atal
These farmers could never, unless it was
by accident, find any thing whenit was re.
| qnired, and their tools were Of short life.
being more frequently injured by accidents
and the weather than by their natural use.
! A farmer, or a mechanic, by this Slow
emily careless practice, loses more in one
year, than it would cos, to put up tool
house 5 and the time that is wasted in
hunting after tools that have been left any
where and every where, is worth more than
the Instruments originally cost. Yet these
men who live in this miserable way, do nor
perceive that any improvements can be
| made. -,
No, their fathers did so, and 50 must
they for they generally think thai no other
way can be as good. We ask those who
read this, TO GO out to some place where
they can see, at one view, the barn-yard
and the grounds around the house, and
then look over your properly. How ma
ny things can each one see out Of place I
How many will resolve to secure your own
interest by letting this article make you
ashamed Of such ruinous, slovenly habits
A wagon or a plough will last twice as
long If kept housed from the storms and hot
suns Of summer. And how much fretling
and scolding would be saved, If any one
knew at any time just where to 60 for the
gimblet, or the shovel, or the sawl Mo.
ney is not only saved by doing things right-
~, but health and good temper would DO
secured in many instances where they are
now lost COssnson School Assistant. NJ
To Farmers While the ground is soft
and the grass tender, let not your cattle
tread up the roots nor impede the growth
by too early grazing. Give your pastures
several weeks credit in the spring--they
will pay you principal and interest in the
summer. AS to your moving grounds suf-
fer not hoofto touch them from the time
the frost leaves them, until the scylhe has
passed over. That you are short Of hay in
the spring, affords no coed reason for a
practice SO pernicious. Attend diligently
to your fences, repair the old and put up
new ones where they are necessary. Good
fences are the Farmers Charter Of Rights
so when you are employed in this bnsi-
ness remember that piece of work once
well done, is better thar dozen times half
done !; poor fences and short feed makes
lean cattle and quarrelsome neighbors. It
is cheaper, when you are about it, 10 add
an extra rail and pair of stakes to each
length than to have single law suit in the
summer about impounding cattle. Some
farmers are too much in the habit Of letting
their division rail fences stand too long
without a rc-setting. A broad row ofhedge
and briars grows OPP aud occasions waste.
This practice is too slovenly to be endured
long by neat farmers. BY removing your
fence rod or two, the hedge and briars
may easily be subdued, and tho land itself
made prodnctive--no stuff is lost, and but
little labor is necessary in resstting the fem
ces. Let not the orchard and your other
fruit trees be forgotten. IDgraft scions Of
The best fruit into those which produce bad
the trouble aud expense will be small
compared with the utility. a1..
SPEAKING OF CANNoN,' said sober
faced countryman, the other day, to one Of
Sir Johns informers this side of the line,
reminds mo of what saw this morning.
Jndeedv said the informer, Selling his
pen and beginning to write, what did you,
see T. Why, saw, said the countryman,
| Eve cannon start for Canada. viii you
please TO make an affidavit, sir e (wriiing)
depose,h and saith that he saw FIVE can
mons OH their way TO Canada, and that
they will pass the line within twenty four
hours In less time than we have been in
writing this paragraph an affidavit was ex-
ecuted and despatched 10 head quarters
with the alarming intelligence. whereoPon
tho royal spy began to make more minute
inquiries. what size were they z Two
large and three small ones. Were they
loaded y Only one ofthem. Were they
.,o.r,aA7, All In one sleigh. sir. odd