Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-12-15
Ths Farm, Garden, aud Hou..hsld
TVS THlITTLKss FARMER.

The thrhles' farmer provides no shelter for
Aisesttls during the nelensney Of the winter,
but permits them 10 stand shvering BY the
fsnee. or 70 lie in low snow, As best suits them.
He throws their fodder on the ground or in
the mud. and net unfrsqusntly in the high.
wars. BY which large portion Of il, and all
the manure, is wasted.
He graEss his meadows in the fall and spring,
BY which they are gradually exhausted, and
finally ruined.
His fences are old and pOOr-just IS 10 let
his nsighbOr'S cattle into his 6eldS, and teach
his own 70 be Hnruly, ......
He negleets to keep the manure from around
the sills Of his barn--if he has Ons-by which
they are premSturely rotted and destroyed.
He ills, or skins over the surface Of the land,
until it is exhausted but never thinks It worth
while to manure or clover it. For the first.
he has no time. fOr the last. she is not able. "
He has more stock than he hSs means to
keep well,
He hasa place for nothing. and nothing in itS
place. He. consequently. wants hoe or .
rake. hamer or an AugOr, but knows not
where to 6ndh. He and his whole household
are in search oft, and much time is lost.
lie lOitsrs away stormy days and evenings,
when he should be repairing utentils or i'm
proving his mind by reading the newspapers
He spends much time in town, at the corner
Of che street. or in the "snAke- holes" and goes
home in the evening. "pretty we'll tore"
He plants few fruit trees, and his cattle
Or,hwith destroy them. He has 'nO luck in
raising fruit"
One-hAlf Of the little he raises is destroyed
by his own or his neighbor's cattle.
He has no shed for his 6re-woOd-conse-
quentIy his wife is out Of humor and his meals
out Of season.
His plow, drag, and other implements, he
leaves al winter where last used, and Just as
he is getting in hurry next season. his plOw
breaks because it was not properly housed and
cared for.
Somebody's hogs break in and destroy his
garden because he had not stopped little
hole in the fence that be had intened to stop
for week.
He is often in great hurry, but will stop
and talk as long as he can find any one to talk
with.
He has of course little money, and when he
must raise some to pay his taxes, H., he raises
tGs great sacrifice, in some way or other,
isither paying great shave, or by selling his
scanty crops when prices are very low.
He is always year behind. instead Of being
year ahead Of his business, and always will
be.
When he pays debt it is at the end Of an
execution; consequently his credit is at low
ebb.
He buys entirely upSn credit. and merchants
Or others with whom he deals. charge him
twice or thrice the profit they charge prompt
payers. and are unwilling to sell him goods at
that. He has to beg aud promise, and prom
ise and beg. to get them on any terms. The
merchant breads to see his wife come into hi
store. and the woman feels depressed and de-
graded.
The smoke begins 10 come out Of his Chin
nv late OF winters morning, while his poor
attle are suffering for their mornings food.
Manure lies in HIS stable: his horses are
rough and uncurred, and their harness trod
Under their feet.
His bars and gates are broken, his buildings
unpainted. and the boards and shingles fall
ing off-he has no time to replace them-the
glass is out ofthe windows, and the holes stopped
with rags and old bats.
He is great borrower Of bis thrifty neigh
bor's implements. but never returns the bor-
rowed articles; and when they are sent for can
not be found.
His children are late at school--that, 10 Il
hey 90 TO school-their faces unwashed their
clothes ragged their hair uncombed, and tbeil
books torn and dirty.
He is in person. great Sloven. and neveu
attends public worship-Or If be occasionally
does so, he comes sneaking in, when service il
half over.
We know not to whom the above excellent
article belongs, or we would give :hs proper
credit.
Everything may be mimicked bv hypocrisy.
out humility and love united, The humbles