The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-04-06
From the Horticultural Reader

From the agricultural Reader
| l u N 20 F POOR L A K M ER
| lie grazes his moving land late in the fall an,
! MS pasture early in the spring and consequent,
runs BOTH Some of his cows much past the,
Time lie nealects To keep the dung and thu
ground from the sills of his buildings and il cost.
nm twenty dollars TO make repairs when one dol
lars worth of work would have been sufficient i
performed at leisure time ten years before Ho
sows and plants his land until exhausted be fore he
thinks of ma nuring. lie has generally TOO mucl
stock and many OF them unruly.
He is sure to have good deal of stake and pole
fence He says he cannot far it for want Of mon
ey; this is frequently the case with good farmers
but you may know sloveu by his inattentton Il
hfte htngs-his childrens shoes spoiled for the
want OF little tallow to supple them-his door
hinge comes off for the want of nail and the
door is destroyed for the want of hinge, and hi.
NOW is trampled on and gorged for the want of d
door, and all this loss is occasioned by not timely
driving and clenching a single nail.
Nothing is in order-he has place for nothing
and nothing is in its place. IF he wants n gimlet
chisel, or hammar, he hunts up chamber, ou
at the barn, in the cupboard, and lastly, when Inc
has spent more time in pursuit than it talks to de-
the job, he finds it down cellar. He keeps nc
Stock OF the smallest thiDgs-ifa button bail 10
! pail gives way, or key to yoke, pin to n
sled, or an axe, string or swingle fail of
ven tooth to rake, he has none to replace them
lie seldom does any thing in stormy weather, or in
an evening, and is sure to keep memorandum
Of little jobs that are TO be done.
You will perhaps hear Of his g,oanings about
hard times, frequently in the bar-ioom. Death 81
the tax gathering he knows must come; yet lie
makes no provision for either of them. Although
he has been on n piece OF good land for twenty
years, ask him for grated apple aud he will tell
you that he could not raise them for he had no
luck. His indojencc AND careessness subject him
to many accdents-hs looses soap and cider for
the want of hoop-n the midst of his poughing
his plough breaks because it was not housed - and
when he Is Ieapng away from home, his hogs
break nio his garden tor want of an additional
board.
lilo does not take advantage of his business by
driving it when he can, and consequently he IS
like the old woman's son, ESQ busy that he nercr
does any Ming'-or at Ieast he never finishes any
thing before he begins another, and therefore
brings little 10 pass, 81 is often great hurry.
He is seldom neat in his person, and will sit down
to the table himself without oomblng his hair, and
suffer his children TO do without washing their
hands and faces. He frequenty drives his cattle
with club and is generally late public worship
his children apt to be too late at school d
their books torn and dirty-lie is careless, his
children are so tco
AS he has no enterprise, so he has money,
and frequently makes great sacrifices get il; and
he is slack in his payments, and buys altogether
on credit he pays through the for oyery thing
lie wants iorethou ghi, economy and exerlion. In
limo, poor farmer, in the strict of the word,
Is poor creature-ho is poor husband and a poor
citizen. good farmer may be poor, but poor
farmer cannot act his part WELL in other words, he
cannot be as good man or Christian.
E1amine your Imptements.-It is we'll in this
month to make careful examination Of your far
ming implements; ascertain what wanting,
what new repairs, what to be ntro>
duced, &C.. that all may be ready when required
for use 1t is not good policy when the seed is
sown, to hnd you must wait until harrow can be
constructed, your neighbor is done using his, be-
fore you can cover il or when you are ready to
plant NOW to find that yop have hoes wi,hou,
handles and broken snai1hs 10 your scylhes. All
are more or less dependant, but the practice OF
borrowing agricultural implements should be dis
counlenanced as much possible, since that all
so cheap that where they wanted frequently
the old adage, that il is better to borrow than to
buy, is fully reversed .-Ai6any CattiUator.
Coop Cow. Mr.. ELISHA NJ. JENcKs, of Ware
house Point in East Windsor, has coy from,
which he has made in two years, SOB lbs butter
being the five and the second six years old The
first year, commencing February /. 1889, Including
her being dry and time Of coming 10, being within
the year, without meal, but fed wifi, roots, &c
through the winter, was made 1856 18, lbs. butter
The second year, commencing after taking of
her calf from the 2olIl February, l54o-in whic