Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-11-06

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thoughts ofquitting the farm, we advise
them to take counsel Of city merchant,
and revise their plans. They should settle
down into the happy conviction that they
have the noblest and most independent cal
ling upon earth, the greatest occasion TO
thank God FOR their present lot, and to take
courage for the future.
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
They should turn over new leaf this
Fall, and begin to make their plans for a
lfe-lease of the acres they now occupy. Ii
is Que Of the greatest drawbacks to our
husbandry, that nobody seems to be settled.
Every man upon the farm, almost, has his
ideal Of farmers home away out West
lie Is not seeking TO realize it il his pre-
sent position. He lives, every year, as if
he might sell out aud move in the Speing.
He does not repair the house o. barn, be
does not set out az orchard, he docs not put
a new waA or fence around the garden. He
makes no investment that viii not bring in
lis return the present season. This course
Is ruinous to The land, and to the peeuniary
interests OF its proprietor.
Farmers ought to work their fields, aud
build barns TO save their manures, as if they
expected to occupy them for life. They
are quite as certain to get a fair price for
their improvements az for the old acres un-
improved, A purchaser viii be infuencol /
in his views Of the value of the property BY
its present produetiyeness. 4 meadow
| Yielding three tons to the acre, is worth
more han three times as much as one yield
ing but one ton TO the acre. It viii not
cost three times the present value Of tie
land to pake it three Times as productive.
! 4 farm that furnishes the material ic make
fye hundred loads Of manure, will sell much
better than one where bat one hundred is
! made. The air Of Thrift that hangs about an
ses tile expectations OF S.si @sssei'4ss al
/ fatters himself that be can manage quite as
we'll as tho present occupant.
REMopELrNa THE OLD BARN,
or building a new oue, viii then certainly
be good policy this Fall, it you have not al
ready attended to IT, Consider how many
hundreds of loads of manure, what tons of
ammonia have been wasted "a the old eStao-
lishnleut, aud put a stop to this large leak
in your ship. 1t is an old affair, but the
timbers are yet sound, aud by moving it a
few rods Won may put under it a cellar, and
provide mitch better accommodations for
your stock. Enlarge it il necessary, so
that every animal may have shelter for the
| Winter. 1t Is now simply planked build
ing, letting u all the Winds at the cracks.
1t must be newly covered aud made tight,
so that You can command the circulation Of
the air with yentilator. Remember that
wintering cattle at the stack-yard is as
wasteful as it is bsrbareus, costing at least
fourth more Of fodder to carry an animal
through. Let this reproaeh Of our hus-
bandry be wiped out heneeforth. u
If The old barn is rotten in its timbers
pull it down, aud build anew. Consul
some Of your ncighbors who have "a goot
barn, for plan, aud make such additions
as your location and the style Of your. farm.
lug suggests. 3.
ONE BARN TO A FARM
Some farmers err in having toe man,
barns scattered about lbeir premises. Som
of them are half or three quarters of
mile from the house, and in the Winter, the.
have to take a journey twice, daily at least
{ in the cold to fodder the cattle. This IS
great waste of labor, and the cattle usual,
suffer from neglect unless the owner secs t
the feeding in person. One barnindeed IN
wolves good deal of carting of hay aud Q
manure. but this is a small evil in compari
| son with having tho cattle at distance !
8 lithe winter. Stock, in order to do their best
0 should not only ba housed IN winter' ou
I should be fed thrice daily, aud at regula
hours. Much of the fodder lis wasted
i they are fed at longer intervals. If fed
irregular hours they suffer hunger, and be
I come impatient. To lay on flesh or "a
: kindly, they should be kept quiet in the ~
tervals of foddering. If these ends are
s be sought, all the stock should hevoroor
in the home barn, and should b9 undr tn
!. eve Of the owner every day.
d THE oARTING OF MANURE
s. may be saved, in part, by making potlo
s. of yorr compost upon the fields where 20
!. design to use it. The meadow, ff 10
Of stance, that you design for corn next sesor
70 may he furnished with muck heaps ff tn
if making of compost this Fall. The uhnur
le may be drawn to these heaps and nike now
l. or early in April. If covered lmmflatel
3, with the muck and protected from Washing
lie the manure viii lose little Of its vane' an
the work in Spring will be hastenef 6a