Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-04-01

T ifnh DNAt ht iAiiA th1t1 " DlhhA ltlN Nittii
cornheld, and in precisely the same manner
as did his ancestors before him, merely
skimming the surface with his grubby stays
and hungry dobbin; aud the consequence
harvest time, aud for skimming and cheat
ing the soil, his cows pay him in giving
skinned milh. Or, as the boy said who
.-.n away from bis master, because he didn't
like his masters cow-She drank So much
,oafer the milk tasted of it, What a differ
ence between the calculations Of farmer
Dozy and farmer Trim The one is ever
sklmming over the surface and takes up
with the scum-the other goes to the bot
tom of the pot aud finds luck in it, lis
hprii-prepare 10 speed The pillow"
A MIGHTY MAZE AND ALL WITHOUT A
PLAN" This sentiment Of the poet is Pc
culiarly applicable to those farmers. and
there are many of them, who build houses,
barns, out-houses and sheds, and divide off
their farms into fields aud lots, with but
very little regard TO comfort, convenience,
or economy, and for no other earthly rea-
son than that they are too careless, too
much IN hurry, Or have too httle time or
patience to FIX upon pima good plan
-ard carry it out ia all their business ope-
ralions lie that builds or plants in this
hurly-burly, careless, planless manner,
without, order and Judicious arrangement,
will build aud plant to little valuable pur-
pose. Ills chief entrance into the house
will be about as likely TO pass through the
wood house, If he has any, and TO pass
out through the parour and bed roou, as to
pass ia through well arranged and taste.
I ful front door yard into the hall, aud from
thence into the parlor, The sitting room or
the kitchen. Aud as to tue division of his
farm, the same hiller-skiter, right or wrong,
hil or miss arrangement, like brush heap
in barn-yard, will be likely TO show itself
from centre to circumference, all oser bis
possessions from the plggery and the po"l-
Try yard TO the utmost length and breadth
Of his large or small domain; for his land
however sterile or fertile, wlthou; arrange
meut order, plan and skill. cannot, with
any degree Of pro1rieV be called a farm.
There IS no appearance, or evidence Of
farming about 1t. There is lilile or none
of that we'll planned division and sub-divIs-
lon 10y good fences aud stone walls, which
is Characteristic OF the successful farmer,
aud renders the land lac SO div dies into
moving, paslufing aud ulisge fields, or
ehards fer fruit and sugar woodland aud
lawn, hog-yard, pasture, sc. not forgetting
The garden for his Kitchen aud the flower
plot of ground" for his daughters, entit-
led to the significant appelalIon Of farm.
Would you call "iniinIie space" covered
over with ,his,les, brush.wood aud bram-
bes, iarml Never. 1t would be a mis-
nomer-a misappIcatlon of terms, and All
abuse of nature aud the English language
The best model Of 6drH-hold economy
we recollect TO have seen was planned and
executed by Scotch farmer. 1t was many
years ago, aud IN our own Green Mountain
State. 1t was spacious, aud built upon the
side of hill OF moderate ascent. The hay
aud grain were received at the gable end
and instead OF all being pitched up two OF
three stories high, It was allowed to deSoena
By lis own weight to the scaiiold and NOV
below. The stables were upon the lower
floor, aud the manure dropped into spa
ciuus cellar beneath, where it remained
housed 10 preserve all its strength aud gooC
qualities, until carted dODa instead of being
oaried up TO the field, as food for the earti
aud nutnment to plants. The dwelling
house, the out-houses. the yards, and al
the division OF the farm into convenient anS
separate aud appropriate fields, were upoi
the same labor saving, economical, nea
: and orderly arrangement. Aud It was SO
for the simple reason that It's owner neye
did any thing without plan. We az
aware that but few farms combine all III
conyenienees as 20 water, hall and dale, 4
enable he owner TO initiate the Scotci
farmer in building their barns ~ simila
manner. In many, aud perhaps most cases
the lay of the land" will not admit Of II
But in all cases it will admit OF method
plan, arrangement, and no farmer viii pros
per in his vocation who labors without
. plan, though he rise up early and sit up late
aud work hard A few general rules ma
be useful. We giea" them from The Cult
: yator.
, /. The lane should be as short as poss
BILE in connecting the fields with the buil'
: ings
2 The barn aud other farm building
should be as near as practicable 10 the cer
4 ire OF the arabic land.
, 3. The number of fields should be az
' commodated to the system of rotation es'at
. llshed ON the farm, aud as nearly as may B
a Of equal size.