The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-10-26
aerieultural.
From the Lynchburph Vireinian,
Ncairaess Of Farming,


nothing hence you are not to ex-
pect ncatncss about its dwelling,
his door-yard being cut up into mud
holes by the farm wagon and the
manure cart, and the contiguity OF
barns, pig pens and kitchen, such
as convenience, and not freedom
from the peculiar odors ofhog- yards
and rich manure heaps may dictate.
Now, to speak bluntly, this is all
nonsense. 1t so happens that in far
ming, neatness and thrift almost il
variably get together. The same
love of order which prompts the far
mer to clear his yard of broken bar
pels, old hoops, fragments Of board
and sticks Of wood, and whatever
else defaces and deiles his premises,
also prompts him to have ap!ace for
everything, and everything In It's
place, which is calculated to bear
upon real substantial profit,
Some Of the very best farmers
with whom we are acquainted
whose eminent success and heavy
profits separate them in this respect
in bold distinction from TIE 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 their
farms. Their door-yards show
that the master is at home
the barn yard, which is not so near
the house that the butter and cheese
manufactured is favored with the
eflluvia, exhibits the same neatncss
even when all the refuse of other
places is collected for enrichinG, in
due time, the rest of the farm.
A farmer of our acquaintance,
with one hundred and sixty acres, in
whose (arm-yard we could scarcely
discover a wish of straw in the
wrong place, remarked, ooh, don't
attempt to make much from my farm
Il expend so much in improve
ments that my clear profits are only
about thousand dollars year"
Another Of those neat farmers, in
whose fields cookie, dock, and chess
obtain no foothold, nor by whose
fences solitary elder bush or net
tie is ever seen, raised twenty-scyen
hundred dollars worth of farm pro-
ducc at the prices of 1874; and
both Of these farmers live in western
New York, where prices are COM
paratively low, entirely away from
the peculiar advantages Of market
which nearness to great cities gives.
Now, let no one say that these re-
marks are made at the wrong season
of the year, and that nclhing can be
done for neatncss and order in the
winter. The same general rule, in
some shape or variation, has an al
most infinite number of applications.
. The care of domestic animals in the
winter needs pre- eminently the APP
plication of this rule. No animal
can thrive well in the midst of dirt
Even a pig does not love dirt for
dirt's sake--he only happens TO be
so much of a philosopher, or rather
stole, that he viii endure the dirt Cor
the sake of soft and cool bed in
summer, for it has been found thut
these animals thrive better and fat
ten faster when kept clean and wei
curried.
Horses snd cattle are often neg
lected through carelessness. We
have actually known some who die
not clean manure from horse-stable'
for months, allowing it gradually t.
thicken under feet with the accum
ulating litter till several feet il
thickness; reasoning, doubtless, a
the boy did who combed his heaC
once month and was sstonishet
that such torture and trouble from
The operation could be endured dai
.ly by other people. A farmer Wit
does his own chores can hardly af
ford to keep his horse as finely a
the gentleman Of wealth, who has
man for no other purpose; but eve
ry one should have his stable foo
perfectly clean at least twice ever,
day, once in the morning and ono,
might before littering, and o(tcne
would be better.
Remember the oftener it is don
the easier it is to &C accomplish.
There are many other particular
where neatness may be attended t
in winter,
Gate hinges and gate fastening
often need repair, that they may shu
like clock work; boards becom
loose on old barns and board fences
tools become awkward for use, an
need remodelling and renewing an
many other small matters, in door
and out, require attention. We al
aware that to many Of our reader
whO arc alrea1v ovnp,nl oc n nth A,