The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-11-04
AGRICULTURAL.
rHE rnRIrrLEss FARMER.


A CofEMroRARY draws this excellent por- Q
traitt
The thfftless farmer provides no shelter !
for his cattle, during the inclemency Of win
ter, but permits them to stand shivering by
the fence, or to lie in the snow as best suits
them.
lie throws their fodder on the gronnd or in
the mud, and not unfrequenty in the high
ways, by which large portion of it, and all
the manure is wasted.
He grazes his meadows in the fall and
spring by which they are gradually exhausted,
and finally ruined.
His fences are old and poor--just such as
to let his neighbor's cattle break into his fields,
and teach his own to be unruly.
He neglects to keep the manure from az
round the sils of his barn--if he has one--by
which they are prematurely rotted and de-
stroyed.
He tils, or skins over the surface Of the
land until 1t is exhausted; but never thinks it
worth while to manure or clover it. For the
first he has no time; and for the last "he is
not able"
He has more stock than he has means to
keep well.
He has place for nothing, and nothing in
its place. He, consequently wants hoe or
rake, hammer or an augur, but knows not
where to find It. He and his whole household
are in search of it much time is lost.
He loiters away stormy days and evenings
when he should be repairing utensils or JIM
proveing hismind by reading the newspapers.
He spends much time in town, at the cor
ner of the street, or in the "snake holes"
and goes home in the evening, "pretty well
tore"
He plants q few fruit trees, and his cattle
forthwith destroy them. He has "no luck in
raising fruit"
Ono half of tbe'little he raises, is destroyed
by his own, or his neighbor's cattle.
He has no shed for his fire-wood-
quently his wife is cut of humor, and his meals
out Of season.
His plough, drag, and other implements. HI
leaves all winter where last used, and just a
he is getting in hurry the next season hi
plough breaks, because it was not properly
housed, and cared for.
Somebody's hogs break in and destroy hi
garden, because he had not stopped hole il
the fence, that he had ntended to stop for
week.
He is often in great hurry. but will stol
and talk as long as he can find any one t
talk with.
He has, of course, little money; and wheI
he must raise some to pay his taxes, &C., hi
raises it at great sacrifice, in some way o
other, either by paying great "shave or b.
selling his scanty crops when prices are low
He is yenr behind, instead of being yea
ahead ofhis business--and always will be.
When he pays debt it is at the end of nj
execution; consequently, his credit is at loy
ebb.
He buys entirely on credit, and merchant
and others with whom he deals, charge hin
twice or thrice the profit they charge promp
payers, and unwilling to sell him goods "a
that. He has to beg and promise, and prom
Use and beg, to get them on any terms. Th
merchant breads to see his wife come into hi
store, and the woman feels depressed and de
graded.
The smq be begins to come out of his chin
ney late of winters morning, while hi
poor cattle are suffering for their morning
food
Manure lies in heaps in his stable, his hol
otb ufe uhu uHu ll5 HuTnes
trod under their feet.
His bars and gates are broken, his bull,
ings unpainted, and the boards and shingle
falling oif--hc has no time to replace them
the glass is out of the windows, and the hole
stopped with rags and old hats.
lie is great borrower of his thrifty neigh
boris Implements but never returns the Dor
rowcd articles; and when it is sent for, can
not be found.
His children are late at school--this is, /
they 60 to school-their faces unwashed
their clothes ragged, their hair uncombed
and their books torn and dirty.
He is, in person, great sloven, and neve
attends public worship--or il he does occas
sionally do SO, he comes sneakng in, wher
service Is half over.