The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-06-08
From the Lyuchburg virgnian.
Neatness Of Farming.

Neatness Of Farming.
We have somewhere heard the remark,
that with the good farmer, everything gives
way to his business-that utility is all, and
appearance nothing; hence you are not TO
expect neatness about his dwelling, his
dour-yard being cut up into mud-holes by
the iarm-wagon and the manare-cart, and
the contiguily of barns, plg-pens and kstchr
en-, such convenience, and not freedom
from the peculiar ordors Of hog-yard and
rich manure-heap, may dictate.
Now, we speak bluntly, this is all non-
sense. 1t SO happens that in iarmiug, neaI-
ness and thlift almost inyanbly go teSelhef.
The same love of order which prompts the
farmer to clear his yard Of broken barrels,
old hoops, fragments OF boards and sticks
Of wood, and whatever eles defaces ani DEF
files his premises, also prompts him 70 have
a place for every ything, and everything IN
its place, which IS calculated to bear upon
real substantial profit. a7ss
Some OF the very best farmers with whom
we are acquainted-whose eminent success
and heavy profits separte them IN this Ee-
spect in bold distinctness from the rest Of
! their neiyhbors patterns OF neatness;
and the touch Of their hand in the expulsion
ofeyery kind Of nuisance is visible all oyer
their farms. Their door-yards show that
the master is ''at home;" the barn-yard,
which is not so near the house that all tbs
butter and cheese manufactured is Favored
with the efliavia, exhibits the same neasness
even where all the refuse of other places y
collected for enriching, in due time, the resi-
| of the farm. A farmer Of our acquaintance
with one hundred and sixty acres, in whose
farm yard we could scarcely discover NIsP
Of straw in the wrong place, remarked,4rQsay
/ don't attempt to make great deal tfom
my farm--I expend so much In improve
ments that my Gear profits are only abonf
thousand dollars year" Another Of
those neat farmers, in whose fields cookie.
docks and chess obtain no foo:hold, nor a.
1 long whose fences u solitary eiderehnsh or
netLle is ever seen, raises twenty seven hun
dred dollars worth Of farm produce az The
prices of l844; and both these farmers hya
in western New York, where prices are CONF
paratiyely low, entirely away from thy per
culiar advantages OF market which ncatness
to the great cities gives. .a s sas,B
| Now, let no one say that these remarks
are made at the wrong season ot the year.
and that nothing can be done tor neatness
and order in the winter. The same gener-
al rule, in some shape or variation, has an
almost infinite number of applications II
| Ihe care OF domestic animals in winter
needs preeminently the application Of this
rule. No animal can thrive well - the
midst of dirt.
Even pig does not love dirt for dirt's
sake--he only happens to be 50 mnch q .
| philosopher, or rather stole, that he IS Wll
ing to endure dirt for the SAKE Of a soft and
cool bed in summer, for il has been found
that these animals thrive better and tattcn
When kept clean and well curred.
! Horses and cattle are often neglected in
cleanliness. We have actually known some
who did not clean the manure from horse
stables for months. allowing it gradually to
lhicken under their feet with the accumula-
ting litter till foot in thickness; reasoning,
doubtless, as the boy did who combed his
head once a month and was astonishhd that
such torture and trouble from the operation
could be endured daily by other people
A farmer who docs his own chores, can,
hardly afford to keep his horses as finely,
as tbs gentleman Of wealth, who has man
for that purpose; but every one shocld have
his stable.hoor perfectly clean at least twicc
every day, once in the morning and once at
night before liteIing, and oftenet would be
better.
| Remember that the oftener it Is done the
easierit Is accomplished. M
There are many other particulsrs where
neatness may be attended to in winter.
Gate hinges and gate fastening oftea need
repair, that they may shut like clock work;
boards become loose on old barns and board
fences; tools become awksard for use, and
need remodelling or renewing; and many
other small matters in doors and out, re-
quire attention. We are aware that 70 many
Of our readers, who are already examples
for others, such hiuts as the preceding are
not applicable, to such we can say that they
need not read them--like the man who chs /
! eled on the stone at the ferding place
} when the water comes to this stone It i
unsafe to cross