Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-03-19

the qfal Of the dairy. He has barn-yarH
lowls-s lonesome sheep to turn the chumirg
machine. Beside these and a cur and rats and
nice) there Is not another brute animal on
three hundred aeresl The saleable prOduet'
As well as the human fodder year 10 and year
out) Of bat establishment are dairy and pOul
try products, an occasional beef or veal and
pork-pork-pork land pOtatOes-) Bowl No
lis the dairy product; bowl No is the pork
all the rest are pics and needles. Yet you look
round that farm and your eye at once discovers
chinks. Yonder steep. binary hill does not
support COWS. Il would carry sheep. Youdsr
Doggy "sEampy PASTURE" where the wild
grasses admit no intruder but the hall civilized
red top. does not produce the sweet golden
butter. or the rich sound cheese. Two or
three great hulking colts to supply the farm
and give the farmer 8 sefTieeabls cob to ride
round yhen "shsnks" mare" gets old and stiff
would nip the better Of the sedges, mix it with
an occasional lock of red .tOp, and pronounce
too good These colts aforesaid, would hulk
round the straw-yard in winier,and eat a world
Of rough stuff very nearly wasted by your
genuine dairy man. Tom would have his colt
o break and ride, and Gam his. By.and-by
when Sam and Tom went asparking o'Sunday
nights, they would ride like cavaliers, and not
7 go poking cheaply on foot! The lad that goes
a sparkling on q spanking horse Of his own, is
! he man that ''brings down the 2ersimmonl'
lie gets to be a boy, as is a bog, that bestride,
a gallant four.year.old If his own.
Yonder isa downright swamp. Cut away
5 a Bit Of its forest belt and force in some clio.
Yer. Surround it with a goose and a duck
e proof fence. Buy half a score Of geese and
! ditto Of ducks. and there empoundlhem. See
P how those ducks, will ''sheH OUT pretty de.
5 cent eggs, (where those of the hen and pinta
I do are not to be had But only think Of roas
ted ducks done to a turn. and fat youcg Christ
= mas geese in royal Sbundance-(my mouth
d halt waters, albeit / ate supper but an hour
!. since
N. B.--Let the ducks have fanciful top-knots
\ On their heads. aud The geese be Of the most
J beautiful varieties, provided thy are no worse
Tor it. The reason | will tell you presently.
Yonder (not far from the housed is a place
not appropriated, because cows, or horses. or
swine placed there. would be misplaced, in
{ the way, and some Of them would come "b,-
/, tween The wind" and tho woman folks me.
}. bility," now and then. In short that SPOT
3 tan'L be devoted to the attainment Of 6Ithv
i...o uuI,,, "a n,u,,s f.M, -. - .
namsnt Of luxury. Run a trench round il
three feet deep. of only the width of aditch.
ing spade. Fill this with the pebbles of the
m farm unfit for walls, Clap a low fence on.
nj top of it. plain or i%Anci(ul, 90 the cooks re
cipes say. according to your taste Stock
this with the large lOp cared rabbits, thai
will weigh ten or fifteen pound on the table
that are as sweet as a chicken. and that YOU
Is can have for the table without disproporiion.
ate loss las in the case Of chiokehsl at al
periods Of the year. Mind they be marked,
" vita the genuine 'buLter Ay smut on theil
noses, etc.
10 Ifyour farm 10 dry upland, be sure you fa.e en-,
, turkeys per anum. Have a beautiful yard OF tie be-
and most beautiful poultry, Let it be the arisio craft
c. Dorking. the slucy Game, the glossy Spaniard-any
thing, in a word, but--but-the great n--s.--y Asiat
10 Shanghai (~Sariegated iuto varieties by importing ses
70 captains, after the name Of lery Asistic seaport She,C
d, the miserable brutes were taken on bolrdl
y These are but examples. More bowls, OF
e different bowls, could be set olt according 10
circumstances Of climate or position.
Now, let's sum up OHIO farmer, who lived
on bread and milk and pork, by climbing up,'
as l have proposed, adds to his lnder (and
marker wggon) mutton, lamb. geese, ducks, rAb,
tits, etc., etc. The good wife has wool to
make INTO those even, soft wipter stockings,
under-fAnneIs, and pin.mOney. Every boy
has a colt to go sparkling on, and dad can
ride when he gets tired. THERE Is TWICE As
MICH TO LIVE ~ AND TWICE As MUCH TO SELL
FROM THE FARM
These are Weighly cOnsits atoms. but there
are others gate as Weighty. The Boy with
bis colt aud his Skipping rabbits, his beauti-
r ful poalFy (t6afs the reason why | wanred
} %cresis on The head Of The ducks y and pets
Of ell kinds to 'ebiuk up bis spare hours
with and occupy his thoughts and sGec.
tions. grows up thinking that home is about
rs pleasant a place az the streets of the vii.
lage. the bar.room, the store, the grocery,
|, or places of low amusement, like -iks-nO
[ won't specify, where there are So many.
each idle, all i'll; and all the same
hold it a part Of good hpsbandry to
grew up a good breed of neu. lie is mot
the best farmer who raises good pigs, and
scrubs Of children The moral and materi.
D al of the best farmer. work hand in hand
Here enteth this lesson.
SoUTH.EnL,
Cortland THyg Y Y Ds. Iobe