Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-09-30
From the farmers Cabinet.
BO0K-FAR1IING.

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country, as he says, and who reads the
agricultural works Of the day in his own
defence, saw MANY things about his
house and premises which even L, an old
farmer, with perhaps pretty strong spice
Of prejudice. especially against book farm
ing, at once could perceive wereimprove-
ments upon the old plans adopted by my
grandfather. had called upon him 10
offer my services by way of advice, but
VOWS that before I entered the house, I
was sensible that had come to the wrong
place for that business-so made what
is called virtue of necessity, and held
my tongue Why. Mr.. Editor, before
left him, found that he was the oldest In
point of knowledge, and only wanted a
little practice to render him by fara. bet
ter manager than myself; gueee he ta1k-
led like book and had chapter and
verse at his fingers ends for every thing
he did; and something butter than that
too, for he had the Rodesty to listen, while
[ described some of our oId-fashioned
modes of manag cement, which, however,
he would demolish, although Vely quiet
", in about half a minute, BY turning 10.
his books, in which, I declare, he seemed
III IdN6 l4lGt pOWC1 ~ lUSI WHAT tl0
looked after and the truth of his notions
was. / am compelled 10 say, as plain as
| A, b, C. There is one. thing, however,
in which Think be is wrong he says
I'VE do not, according to his calculations,
plough deep enough. Now | think, if
ANY thing, we plough too deep, and so
told him; but he only answered he was
i young, and was DESTROYS of getting infor-
lination by buging it and was making ca
EYerimezpts which would convince him of
the truth or falsehood Dfthe theory and
then he asked me if had ever given the
thing a fair trial which was bound to
10 say had not and there Mr.. Editor,
these youngsters have the advantage over
us-for nothing will satisfy them but root
ling to the bottom of things; and it was In
vain for me 10 say, as did repeatedly, sshe
may be sure that | was right in nv no.
tons on that subject, and he would find it
So.
His dairy cows, which he had bought
but the last year, were all of the proper
/ age and In full milk, fol he told me, as
| ofen as he was convinced that he had a
| 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 a good & bad milk
er,for while a good mixer gives profit.
i bad mixer gives a tess. This was phys
ic to me, for / knew that one-half my dali
nv cows were too old or too young, and
| the other half far from good-so said
nothing.
| But there Was:one thing in which he
shaR1ed me, and that was, the wayin which
| he had changed the situation Of his cattle
yard, so as TO prevent the drainage of the
dung from passing over the high road and 3
down the ditch, as had been the case. for
! the last gesors Two, and this he had done
SO easily too, for, by digging up the bottom
| of the old yard two or three feet in depth
| in the CENTRE be had cast it hollow, and
iebtainea by these means many hundred
loads Of the richest mould, exactly Ia the
fplace where It was required, and all with
leut the cost and labor of caFting, to act as
a sponge to soak up the drainage Of the
| yard during the winter; and now | found
him turning it up-with his long manure,
heap. / had almost said, as large as a
little. harm! this was killing two birds
with one stone, YOU see and | wondered
how the idea could have entered his head
for / am snreit had never entered mine
but he took down a book where there
was picture Of a cattle yard as NATURAL
las life, and made calculation of the say.
ing it would be to him in the course of
1 the year, in the article of manure, that
quite astonished me; and then he went to
work with his figuring to show the quans
tity of capital mould he had Obtained,
merely by digging multiplying together.
las he called if, the length and breadth BY
the height, and turning the whole into
loads, without eRer loading bit Of t.
4 I declare it made me feel all-oye1- like to
see. him go from Dan to Beersheba in
about whistle
+ But there was machine in shed at
the end the house, that was caution "a
Inc: itsWss sarge grindstone SET u4on
rollers, SO true, that With single finger
it might be set off as though It would 90
for a month: now that was tool which /
had promised 10 get for the last ten years.
but never found time to do It, although it
has cost me hundreds of hours, and some
thing more than time, to GO the tavern
: a mile of, every time we want to grind a
scythe, or hook, or axe, and operate upon
an old, worn out. riekety thing, about as
smooth b the back of my hand-a quality
which itnever before struck me was chos-
s en- by the owner and tenant of The tavern,
for the purpose Of keeping the noses of
his customeTs so long at the grindstone,
las to bring on a desire for drink and,
now think of il. it is placed in thelniae-
pin alfeyi / would have passed without
j noticing il. bat my young friend remarked.
Il orf, ir ff1k hsaa r,t.s artiei oykr hon If.