Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-02-17
PHARMACISTS Rf:LATIoss ~ soils,


states, TO cultivate ARMS WIN 90 alnos' soc
reference 70 the wants OF 'nc 'a'"ol fanny
As many as possible OF 'ne'e wan's were 70 "
Supplied from the iarn anu 'nen surplus "
few articles, as h,uc pu''s'' rev oses, q
cheese or Two, occas'oniiy ia''cu c1n' ''''
row COW, steer OF TWO, aeo''' y"Ne y, oAe"'
a few pounds OF la'o, i'.ne po'N 'o" 'e oA'-
rel, any ihing mat eouiu Ve SP"''"' was W sup
ply the rest
II was na'urai 'na' ,nls s'a'' =, ui"s' snou'u
obtain 10 inc cary Se''o'"'". " mo 'oy""y
u could not wen na,o Dee" o'" 49," uA
ries wero uan unknow"' iI",n 'ovu a",
coarse CLONES were III ','' WIZ ues"eu : o."
those were 10 oe uia"" nun "' ~, sui .'u e'1o-
ora'ed oy uo'nes"' ,au"s"y' Tr ,s
fanny mus i've "o'' "'o am I'' e "i''e'
ihe ooc'ot' "'e "'e,e"'"t' "' o's'Ao"''' ~.
'he oa'Pe"'ei ''uo. Oe P-'u ~ ~, y. ~. r..
al a'' 'Oi '"'le was '"e m, ~ 49, ~ ~.
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'ageo'sy' W.. VIA ~ mus - ~, sun ..''
POM peHs so.i1u, Nv 'o",u se"e's,y 1917
DISH n'S o'jo0', 1910 -,s,,.s '"s' ~ P.,.e
"'oe ',"se - .,'1''e.''1 = -o-'u 49,
o'pa" '',u me- 10. - -
~,"'.'i "'"lp ..ss, - ~
wi""eS' 1.r ~ - t',.J
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,,ce of raising whatever the family needed.
vbee,her the soil were ADAPTED TO Il or moi. and
NJ ,,is;ne I;,le else excen, ,yha, could no dis
posed OF In the immediate neiqhborhood. should
have obtained strong foothold among the early
settlers Of this country. A wants Of roads suit.
able for the Transportation of heavy produce
may serve as an apology for the intermediate
gcncra,ions between them and us. II Is no, so
much our business TO blame the pas, as TO rec
,ify the present. We would no, too much
blame our forefathers even for the free use they
made of hemp. especially since all civilized ma
tons Of ,ha, age did the same to ten fold
greater extent, and We certainly sbould no,
blame them for farming in way that would
be unwise in our greatly altered circumstances.
We may better inquire, how FAR we arc blindly
following their practices-praetioes which were
in adaptation TO their circumstances, but which
are illadap,ed to oursl
A farmer in Massachusetts,, By the name Of
Morbi,, was asked 10 what market he sent his
produce. His answer was. that he sent il 10
MarJlsheod, meaning that il was consumed at
home. His farm, from the nature Of It's soil
and lis location, was at that time capable ofpro-
dueing staple. which would have enabled him
to purchase all else that was wanted by his fam
lily and to become rich in few years. But he
kept on growing little wool, little fax.
liule corn, little of every thing that had been
grown by his ancestors, but no considerable
surplus Of any thing. The consequence Vas,
that he became very poor man. His returns
from MarbI,4ead did not give him the money,
wherewiih to pay his store bills, his taxes, &c
1t is a question worth answering, whether many
farmers are not now travelling in the same direc-
,ion--cultiyating farm with their own hands.
raising little Of every thing. sending il to
MarbieAead, or snme other head. and getting
nothing in return, which will enable them 10 be
decent men in socie,yi Another important
question is. whether their farms, many Of them
al least. are not such. by nature aud location
that, IL they would addict themselves mainly 10