Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-11-24


the truth or fasiiy ofthe theory; and then
ne asked me If ever thad given the thing
a tar trial! which | was bound to say
Ind not: and there, Mr. Editor, these
Youngsters have the advantage over us
for nothing will satisfy them but roofing 10
the bottom Of things; and twas in VAIN toy
me to say as did repeatedly, " he may be
sure that | was right in my notions on that
subject, and he would find it 500
Ills dairy cows which he had bought but
the last year, were all Of the proper age
and in fuIl milk, for he told me, as often
as he was convinced that ne had bad
mixer, he sold her right away, and bought
another, for, added he, "my books tell
me there is more than hundred per cent
difference between gooc and bad milk
er, for while good mixer gives profit a
bad one gives loss" This was phvsic
to me, for knew that one half nv dairy
COWS were too old or too young. and the
other hall far from good-so | said moth
ing.
But there was one thing in which be
shamed me, and that was the way in which
ne had changed the situation of his cattle
yard, 50 rs 10 prevent the drainage of the
dung from passing over the high road and
down the ditch, as had been the case for the
last age or two, and this he had done 80
easily too, for, by digging up the bottom
OF the old yard two or three feet in depth in
the centre, he had cast it hollow, and OBJ
tanned by these means many hundred loads
of the richest mould, exactly in the place
where it was required, and also without the
cost and labor OF carting, to act as a sponge
to soak up the draining during the winter;
and now found him turning it up with his
long manure, a heap, had almost said, as
large as little barn this was killing two
birds with one stone, YOU sec, and | won
derod how the idea could have entered
his head-lor am sure it had never en-
tered mine, but he took down book where
there was picture Of a cattle yard as ma
tural as life, and pointed out the advanta-
gcs OF the alteration, and made a calcula-
lion of the saving it would be to him in the
course oil the year, in the article of ma
nule, that quite astonshed me; and then he
went TO work with his figuring to show
me the quantity Of capital mould he had
obtained, merely by digging; multiplying
together, rs b. called it, the length ana
breadth by the height. and turning the
whole icto loads, without ever loading a bit
Of i'll declare it made me feel all over
like to sec him go from Dan to Beorsheba
in about a whistle.
But there was a machine in q shed at
the.end of the house, that was a caution
to me; it was large grndstonc set upon
rOl 10 IL e. =.
might be set of az though it would go for
month; now that was a tool which had
promised to set for the last ten years, but
never found time to do il, although it had
cost me hundreds Of hours, and sometimes
more than time, 10 60 to the tavern a mile
off, every tune we want to grind scythe,
or heck, or axe, and operate upon an old
worn 0nt, rickcty thing, about as smooth
as the back Of my hand, a quality which
il never before struck me was chosen by
the owner and tenant of the tavern, for the
purpose OF keeping the noses Of his custo-
mcrs so long at the grindstone, as to bring
on desire !ordrlnk; and, now think oil it,
it is placed in The nine-pn alley. would
have passed without noticing it, but my
young friend remarked, here is the cheap
estartlcIe | eVerbought; ltislarge and cuts
SO readily that it is no labor to use; guess it
has saved me about the amount Of rent
already; all our tools, from the knives of
the table TO the hoes, spades, shovels, and
pick-aXes, are kept sharp, and it is pleas
uro to work with them; at hayt;me and
h :rvest we generally give our scythcs a
touch every morning, which saves hours in
the day and many weary back, besides
cutting the crops closer and cleaner; can
not calculate the value Of such conven-
fence, because have never been without
ones" but thought fcovu, and from that
moment determined TO get one right way.
He had many other strange things about
him, the knowledge Of which he told me
he had obtained from books; but as must /
have tired you by this time, shall reserve |
a farther description of them for another
opportunity.
ONE OF TIE OLD SCHOOL.
s. He had also what, he termed
course Of crops, different from ours, which |
must notice in my next.
Winter Foot for C9cg.-Mr. Charbort,