Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-12-13
AQrirultural.
Prom Life Illustrated.
WILL FARMING PAY.
lie that by the pillow would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive

Himself must either hold or drive.
FRANKLIN.
All things are conditional. Experience
afirms that farming has been the basis OF
the worlds progress since the creation of
man. 1t has paid for all the real wealth Of
all countries from time mmemoria, and can
be made to pay through all coming time,
while the laws of nature remain the same
Practice men affirm that one third will pay
the cost of production, hence the safety of
capital invested in judicious farming. Like
all other business, it must be conducted WISE
ly, according to varying circumstances, to pro-
duce the best results; but as things are, it
pays better on the average, in the long run,
than any other business on the same amount
of capital. But its pccuniary success is not
all; it pays in heath far beyond any other
business known. 1t combines in its duties
the natural life of man, giving him his needed
exercise, physical, mental, and moral, in
truly natural way, and consequently the most
heathful.
{. Health is the vital principle Of bliss,
And exercise of health. In proof Of this,
Behold the wretch who slugs his life away,
Soon swallowed in diseases sad abyss"
1t will pay in independence, the true con-
dition OF real manhood. To feel free and in
dependent Of any pecuniary obligation to our
lellow-men brings degree of happiness sell
dom found in mercantile or commercial life,
The owner of a good farm can think and
speak his own thoughts without injuriug the
price or sale of his corn or losing customer.
When good wheat or beef is brought to mar
ket, the article demands for itself the high
est praise and price, irrespective of the party
or opinions of the producer. Not SO in stores
and shops. We must be squared by popular
forms Of faith, creeds, and politics, or be
stunned by the multitude, who fear to tread
upon advanced ground.
Independence is natural to man; he yearns
for it, and will not stop short OF it until
broken down in despair The instincts of bis
nature break forth under oppression in the
significant inquiry of the immortal Burns:
6 If I'm designed you lordling's slave
By natures law designed,
Why was an independent wish
! Fer planted in my mind 2"
1t will pay in happiness. the only object
and end of rational life. Enjoyment makes
existence endurable Circumstance contrib.
utes to this condition. Farming offers the
most for the heart and mind of men. Va.
riety is the spice of life. No occupation
cals for more varied labor than scientific
farming. All the natural sciences are of use
to The intelligent farmer, such as botany,
geology, chemistry, etc. His success depends
upon the judictious applications Of knowledge
derived from natures laws.
The farm is the college of nature, whose
philosophical apparatus and Library are free
Every sense can be nationally gratihed accor
ding to its normal desires. Inexhaustible
sources of happiness are within the farmer
reach. The earth, air, and water speak in .
significant language to the free inquirer after
truth. There are " tongues in trees, sermons
in stones, books in the running brooks, and
good in every thing" The lilies of th'
field toll not, neither do they spin, and ye
Solomon in all his glory was not arranged
like one Of these" B
"Oh how canst thou renounce the houndess store,
OF charms which nature to her Votary yields
The warblng woodlands the resounding shore,
The pomp of groves and garnture Of fields"
No home can equal the farmers 10 all tht
combined facilities for domestic joys. A mat
of taste, order, and arrangement can sarrounc
himself on farm with comforts more salts
flying to his whole nature than in any othel