Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-02-04
Agricultural.
From The Massachusetts Spy
TO Agriculturists,
II ic chnnnnr In hnm
It is cheaper to buN.

This song, my agricultural friends, is sung
too much at the present day. The times are
changed, and in some respects for the worse
The time was when it was the cry Of about all,
that it was better for the farmer to make and
raise certain things, than to buy. In this COM
munication, shall attempt to prove that the old
way is the best. 70 buy about all, may do for
some classes ofpeope, but not for the farmer
His profits are SMALL of course his means will
not allow it. Nor ought we, my friends to desire
! it; for were this the case, our minds would be-
come stupid, and our bodies inactive, and we
should soon die of rust Whenever things can
be made or raised for farmers family without a
material loss it ought unquestionably to be done,
for this case requires degree of independence.
A farmer ought to make his own pork. ! will
not except the milkseer very well know
that pork is low and to reckon the shoas, la
Dor of fattening and the food eaten, at a fair
price, it would amount to more than the pork
But what of that A great part of what we
give to the porkers could not be sold for cash, and
doing as above recommended, the farmer saves
his money, has on hand good supply, and what
out-weighs all other considerations, prevents the
disagreeabe cry Of the women, TO witty Husband
we are all out of pork We are out of lard
&c. Such facts do not set we'll on farmer 5
ear nor ought they ever to take place.
A farmer ought to do as much as to fat his
own beef Here the same remarks will apply
as were made on pork.
A person who calculates TO be farmer, ought
to begin in his youth to do some mechanical
work A man Of activity can do many things
and do them neatly and WE'LL and make great
saving. There will be stormy and Indictment
weather, when he cannot work on the farm, and
If he has suitable shop and tools, he can work
to great advantage. In thus doing he may save
much ofhis money. He may not only be kind
f Of carpenter, lin common work) but even ;
, shoemaker and member without materially in
terfering with his agricultural business.
A farmer ought to raise his own grain, tina
is to say, such as succeeds well in this part o
the country, | well know that corn comes il
from the South and West like flood, and i
p lower than we can afford to raise. But wha
of that
We have land that ought to be titled,
r And stout boys who ought to be drilled
n And where can we drill them so well, as il
; the field? What will they be worth if they do nc
: bear the yoke in their youth, and be trained I
: habits industry? How can they have health
!, or nerve unless early accustomed to labor
: they should not be farmers, it is all importar
d that they have knowledge of farming. 1t wi
be a source of pleasure and profit during life
: have named some things hat ought to b
If done by the mani will now name some tina
!, ought to be done by the wOman.
S A farmers wife ought to make her own butte
v and cheese am sensible it is poor way t.
l. buy, as many DO, To buy these articles as
have already said, draws hard on farmers treas
). ury-and this is not ALT undermincs his in
Il dependence; and this is not all, nor least
d takes from the woman and daughters that wor
It which is their interests, and ought to be consd
cred their honor and their pleasure to do. 1t i
# business with which all females ought to be ia
e miliar. contend that no female is duly quail
n fed for a honsekeeper until she is acquante,
# with the work done in a farmers family 1t
= the ground work of living. Yet how many hac
= rather pass their time in incidence, and val
e amusements than to discharge their mperou
# duty.
y Shall any in Gods vineyard lie,
+ And not their minds or hands apply?