Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-10-29
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Il. BUNKER, ESQ, ON A JOURNEY
Hs pieips Of Railroads-F Farm impror emegfs-T
n Sand Bdrrens-S ieamps--Sorghum.
Mn. iEpIroR--l do not know but you have
thought that my letters to your paper have 'gin |
out, seeing that I do.net write anything the
past two months. But the TACT was, have Deeh |
of TO see what was going ON in the world, OUT
side Of my own farm. You see there are some
people up here that think HookertoWn Is IN tne
centre of the world exactly, and ttey havens
the least idea hut the whole world turns roma
on our axis. In fact they believe that the
north pole runs straight through cur meeting-
house steeplc, aud what can't be learned IN our
parish, Is not worth knowing. Ned bottoh,
man OF seventy, was never ten miles away
from home, nor never saw steamDoht NOT
locomotive. II was only last night that ne was
Dragging about it, as il It was something 20 DC
proud Of. CHE had mover been eaught IN "ne
of those man.traps. Not he"
suppose II is fact, that good many poo
pie get hurt on The railroads, but guess moi
so many in proportion to the travel as are IN,
| iured III the old-fashioned way Of horse anu
carriage iourneying. | cannot see why froV,
| idence has suffered such things to be invented
/ unless he designs folks should use them 70
| find ont what the rest OF the world Is maze Oh
and what other people are doing, our MINIS,
i ter preached u sermon while go aoou'
/
shall be increased" and he thought that the
4 day of the fOlfillment OF this prophecy had
come. Now | suppose | DOM hear any 700
much OF sermons, and practice altogether TOO
4 little. But | heard the whole OF this, ana
thought would fulfill my part OF the prophecy,
and started off in the cars, with my vile, the
same week.
We first went up TO Uncle Philip Scranton's,
brother Of Sally's, who lives In Farmdalc,
-
know, is all cut up into railroads, aud has more
troclf 10 tho sc,,,ara .s4ls <ANu my otner Stal,
| Is tne Union. II Is wonderful to see the
influence these railroads have had upon the
farms, wherever / have travelled. Almos
every farmer lives within sound of III,
and has u ready market for all he can raise, a
the depot or market village. Instead Of goinl
off to Providence or Boston, weeks journey
10 sell his cheese, butter, and poultry, an hours
ride in the morning brings him TO market
= He loses little time and gets higher price
This stimulates production, and II Is wonder
full 10 see the rocky lands, and the swamps tina
have been brought under cultivation to NEE
the increased demand for farm crops.
Uncle Philip is q farmer of the old school
but keeps up with the times better than goot
| many yenng men. He used to take the ole
New-England Farmer twenty years ago, ant
got good many ideas from Fessenden AMI
- others, who sought TO improve farming in thOs
days. You can see where these ideas hav,
=, been bearing fruit on his farm ever since. Ill
u reclaimed swamp by ditching, begging, ant
= covering with gravel, thirty years ago, and
bears near three tons of hay to the acre now
n lie has found that il pays to clear up rock.
a fields, so rocky that most lazy men would &c
discouraged. He has worked mp these rock
into heavy stone walls, with handsome face
and well capped. lie finds these cleared rock
- lands just the place for orchards, and some
" the finest trees he has are upon these reclaime
/. pastures. II is astonishing TO sec what a sigl
of Work man can do in lifetime, and whit
IN a beautiful homestead be can make of rOng
~ barren acres.
He has nice garden full of iine vegetable
/ which are now in their glory. Up in one co
. Nor there is lot of bee-hiyes, full of mus
n and honey, setting the owner good eXamp
=" in the way Of industry, and rewarding him (,
HIS care with bountiful supply OF well-llle
: comb. All around the wall he has fruit tre
a, and grape vines, which are now loaded wi,
~ fruit.
found lot Of young sugar Cane mp her
n. and indeed have seen it all through the Sta
4 where have travelled. Our father, who b,
I'd large lot, was going to run 1t through
cider mill to crush the canes, and thought
at would answer all the purpose OF a sugar-mi
Uncle Philip was trying his for soiling, a
a found il TO work first rate. He sowed swt
n. corn along side Of 1t, both in drills, and tou
i that the corn gave the most fodder, and Il
~ the cows would eat it the quickest. He 81
there is almost M end TO the amount of stt
,s a man can summer, ii he will only SOW corr
sorghum. He thinks he gets quarter IN
Iuilk from, his nosss gas-a}-Ss-J Fnn THINKS
a. Is the pest time, because the cows have all
morning to eat grass, and then the new X
oil food offered at noon induces them to
,ca more. The more food you can induce
lll- 70 eat and digest, the more milk you will
DIV and the more profit you will find In keeI
m. her. This il one of his maxims, and / II
hi. be il right. His stock is a mixture of gr
Deyons and grade Durhams, He ayers
,ty about three hundred pounds Of cheese to
an COW, every year.
he Another Of Uncle Philips experiment.
wn retaining sand barren. He had about
is acres OF such poor sandy land that notl
he would grow on 1t. 1t was not worth the {;
civ paid on 1t. He has put on muck and st
M manure IN snch quantities, that it will
oty yield forty bushels of corn to tho acre. 1
res he has great idea OF muck, as ali the farI
civ nave in this region.
indoors, Uncle Philips wife manages tn
quite as well as he docs upon the farm.
w. butter and cheese are well made, ana
hat mouse is well kept. wish the Tribune 4
inc that Tod such stories about country cook
hat could have set at her table for a week, a
lie aid. The coffee and lea weEc enough i
better than ever found In your city, aud
no epicue could desire.
Jay 40 , luz nS luea, when J. stopped writing,
M so many ofyour city folks was agoing TO 10
nd. my example, and Suspend. shall have +
civ more careful OF my conduct.
ROT tours 10 command, TIMOTHY BuNEER rs
ms hooKERToWS, Con-, Oct. 10th, 1857.
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