Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-10-22

| guOu COW IS WOfln Two poor oleo anu WIZ 49,
will hold good when we apply 1t to all KINDS OF
stock. Hence if the position we have now as
sumed be correct. in order to the successful
management of farm it should be stocked with
the best breeds even lift should cost double IN
the outset; and every means should be used for
improvement. Having obtained good stock,
there is but one point more that deserves to be
noticed; and that is, the manner of keeping. A
great many farmers lose one half the profits OF
their stock in the manner of their keeping. That
old, cant phrase, ''his cattle are spring-poor,
should be abolished; and it never will be
until farmers will regard their own interest suffi-
GENTLY, not to let their stock lose in winter
what they gain in summer.
Another important item in successful farm
management is, for the farmer to know his loss
and gain.
The merchant, the manufacturer and the
tradesman, all find it necessary to keep a set Of
account books, which shall show to them the a.
mount of capital employed, the debts owing tc
and by them and the profit or loss arising from
their different transactions. So to the farmer
is this good practice equally essential. How is
the farmer to know whether this, that, or the
other crop is the most profitable unless he keeps
his account book? The Dutch have proverb
that no one ever goes to ruin who keeps cor
rect set of accounts There is great truth in
this sagacious observation of the podding Dutch
man for by consulting correct accounts, the
farmer will either be warned TO retrace his steps
or to perseyere in the path he is pursuing
A system of debt and credit should be estab-
Iished by the farmer between himself and farm;
the farm, the stock, the crops of every kind,
should be entered upon the book, together with
all his sales The amount oflabor done on the
farm, and for what particular crop, should be
carefully kept. AT the end Of the year, the val
ne of all his crops, the amount of all the sales he
has made with all he has received from the
farm, should be footed up in the form Of credit :
on the other hand, the interest on the capital in
vested in the farm, stock, seeds, farming tools,
and labor done, should be footed up in the shape
of debt, and the balance struck In this way
the farmer can ascertain his real condition; and
especially he is prepared to make selection
of those crops which are the most profitable.
All this can be done with but very little truth
and expense
But there is one other qualification absolutely
necessary for successful farm management; and
that is, the farmer must love his occupation.--
That man who goes to his field like an OK to the
Straightforward man who entertans the ridlcu.
lous notion that labor is degrading, like the SOU
thern saveholder-that man who is ashamed tc
be seen in his striped frock, if need be, in the
capital of Vermont-that man who cannot find
profit and pleasure in the business of farming
never will be a successful farmer All his ener-
gies are paralyzed. Every motive for enterprise
and improvement is destroyed. He looks upon
himself as one doomed to a hard fortune-he
signs for what he calls an easier and more digni
| fed occupation; whereas he should look upon
his profession as one on which the Deity has
expressed decided approbation-one established
by God himself He should feel, like Wash
ington, that " Agriculture is the most healthful
the most useful, and the most noble employment
of man." He should look upon it as the mos
sure mode of obtaining an independence.
Although he may meet the sheer of our stree
dandes, who are not of so much value in society
as the carton vulture-although he may be call
ed to battle with defects in the climate and sea
sons, and accidents may interfere with his efforts
yet his industry should be awakened, his activi
ty kept alive, his talents exerted, while he views
the vegetable kingdom, not as secure and un
altcrabe inheritance, spontaneously providing
for his wants, but as doubtful and insecure
possession, to be preserved only by labor, ant
extended and perfected by ingenuity and skill
1t is to be regretted that while improvements
have taken such immense strides in all othel
branches of industry to which man has turned
his attention, agriculture must remain be
hind the age, aud pod on in its monotonous ca
reer. But we may hope that the formation o
agricultural societies. and the circulation of cor
rect inlormaton-the establishment Of good ag
rlcuIturaI papers, may cause new interest t.
be feIt and a new era dawn upon this thu
mother employment Of the earth-the parent o
all other sciences; and that men of science
influence and wealth will lend their aid in pro
noting the science of Agriculture, on which al
others must depend for a subsistence