Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-02-20

that with the good iarmer, every lhlng
way to his business-that utility is all, an1'
appearance nothing thence you arc not to
expect nealness about his dwelling, his door
yard being cut up into mud by the farm
wagon and the manure cart, and the CONT
guilty Of barns, pig pens, and kitchen, such
as convenience, and not freedom from the
peculiar odors of hog-yard aud rich manure
heap, may dictate.
Now, to speak buntly, this is all nonsense.
II so happens, that in farming, neatness and
thrift almost invariably 60 together. The
same love Of order which prompts the farmer
to clear his yard of broken barrels, old hoops,
fragments of boards and sticks of wood, and
whatever else deiaces and defies his premi-
ses,-also prompts him to have place for
every thing and every thing in its place. which
is calculated to bear upon real and substan-
tial profit.
Some Of the very best farmers with whom
we are acquainted, whose eminent success
and heavy profits, separate them IN this res
pect in bold distinctness from the rest OF their
neighbors, are patterns of neatness; and
the touch Of their hand in the expulsion of
every kind Of nuisance is visible all over
/
master is ''a, home - the barn.yard, which
is not SO near the house that all the butter and
cheese manufactured is favored with the cf-
nuva, exhibits the same neatness, even where
all lie refuse Of other places is collected for
onriching in due time the rest Of the farm.-
\ farmer of our acquaintance, with 100 acres,
in whose firm-yard we could scarcely ever
discover wisp Of straw 10 the wrong place,
remarkcd-"O don't attempt to make IA
great deal from my farm-l expend so much
10 Improvements, that my clear profits are
only about thousand dollars a year. -
Another ofthose neat farmers, 10 whose fields
cookie, docks, and chess, obtain no loothold
nor along whose fences solitary elder bush
of nettle is ever seen, raised twentyseven
hundred dollars worth of farm produce at the
prices of 1914; and both Of these farmers
live in Western New York. where prices are
comparatively low, entirely away from the
! peculiar advantages Of market which ncarness
to great cities gives.
Now, let no one say that these remarks are
made at the wrong season OF the year, and
! that nothing can be done for neatness and
order in the winter. The same general rule,
in some shape or variation, has an almost in
finite number OF applications. The care OF
domestic animals in winter, needs pre-em-
nen,ly the application of this rule. No ami
NAL can thrive well in the midst Of dirt. Even
pig does not love dirt for dirl's sake-he
only happens to be so much Of philosopher,
or rather stole, that lie is willing TO endure
dirt for the sake of "A soft and cool bed in
! summer for it has been found that these an-
finals thrive better and fatten much faster
when kept clean and aoeH curied.
Horses and cattle are often egected in
cleanliness. We have actually known some
+ who did not clean the manure from horse
stables for months, allowing 1t gradually to
thicken under foot with the accommodating lit
ter ill a foot in thickness, and reasoning
|, doubtless as the boy did who combed his hair
f once month, and was asonlshed that such
torture and trouble from the operation could
J be endured daily by other people. A farmer
who does his own chores, can hardly afford
, to keep his horses SO finely as the gentleman
of wealth, who has man for no other pur-
f pose but every one should have his stable
floor perfectly clean at least twice every day
once in the morning, and once at night be-
f fore lnterng, and oftener would be BETTER
Remember that the oftener II is done the
easier it is accomplished.
There are many other particulars where
ne atness may be attended to in winter. Gate
hinges and gate fasenings often need repair
that they may shut like clock work boards
become loose on old barns and board fences
tools become awkward for use, and need re-
modelling or renewing; and many other small
matters, in doors and out, require attention
We are aware that 100 many OF our readers
who are already examples for others, sucl
hints as the preceding are not applicable-,'
such we can say that they need not reat
them like the man who chIseled on the stone
at the fording place, "When the water comes
10 this stone, il is unsafe TO cross"