The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-02-05
Farmers Column m.
The Farm as a Work Of Art.

AS work OF art, know few things more
pleasing TO the eye, or more capable OF afiordng
scope and qualification to a taste for the beantI-
ful, than we'll situated, we'll cultivated farm
The man of refinement will hang v ith never
wearled gaze on a landscape by Claude or Sal
vator the price OF a section Of the most fertile
land in the West would not purchase a few
square feet of the canvass on which these great
artists have depicted rural scene. But nature
has forms and proportions beyond the painters
skill her divine pencil touches the landscape
with living lights and shadows, never mlngted
on his pallet. What is there On earth which
can more entirely charm the eye, or crafty The
taste than noblt farm Ii StdndS upon
southern slope, gradually rising with varlated
ascent from the PLAN, sheltered from the north
western winds by woody nights, broken here
and there by moss covered boulders, which Im-
part variety and strength 10 the outline. fhe
native forest has been cleared from the greater
part OF the farm, but suitable portion carefully
tended, remains III wood for economical purpo-
SeS, and to give picturesque effect to the land
scape. The eye ranges round threr-tourlhS OF
the horizon over fertile eXpanSe, bright with
the cheerful waters OF ripping stIea m, gener-
Gus river, Or a cleaning ake-dotted with ham
lets, each with Its modest splre and, If the farm
hes Ia the vicinity of the coast, distant glimpse
from the high grounds, of the mysterious, ever
lasting sea, completes the prospect. Ii is Sltua-
ted off the high road, but near enough 10 the
village to be easily accessible to the church, the
-school-house, the poSt-oiiIce, the railroad, So
ciable neighbor, or travelling friend. 1t con-
Sists in due proportion of pasture and tiIlage,
meadow and woodland, field and garden. A
substantial dwelling, with everything for com
fort, and nothing tor amblton-wih the fitting
appendages OF stable, and barn, and corn-barn,
and other farm buildings, not forgetting spring
house with living fountain Of lwater-occupies
upon gravelIy KNOLL position we'll chosen to
command the whole estate.
A few acres on the front, and on the sides of
the dwelling, set apart to crafty the eye with
the choIcer forms Of rural beauty, are adorned
with stately avenue, with noble, solitary trees,
with graceful clumps, shady walks, d velvet
lawn, a brook murmerIng over a peb0ly bed,
here and there grand rock, whose cool shadow
at sunset streams across the field all displaying
in the real Ioyelness of nature, the original of
those landscapes OF which art in its perfection
strives to give Us the counterfeit preSentment.
Animals OF select breed, such as Paul Potter,
and Morland, and LandSeer, and Rosa Bonheur
never painted, roam the pastures or fill the stalls;
the Pow walks IN rustic majesty across the plain
and opens the genial bosom ofthe earth to the sun
and air; natures holy sacrament OF seed-tme is
solemnized beneath the vaulted cathedral sky;
silent dews, and gentle showers, and kindly
sunshine, shed their sweet influence on the
teeming soll sprlnglng verdure clothes the
PLAIN; golden waveets, driven by the west ind,
run over the joyous WHEAT field; the tall maize
hauntS in her crisPy leaves and noddlng taSsels;
while we labor and while We rest, while we
wake and while We sleep, Gods chemistry.
which We cannot see, goes on beneath the ClodS,
myriadS and myrladS OF vital cells ferment with
elemental life; germ and stalk, and leaf and
flower, and silk and tasSel, and grain and fruit,
grow up from the common earth the moving
machine and Teaper-mute rivals of human in
dustry-periorm their gladstone task; the we'll
piled wagon brings home the ripened treasures
OF the year; the bow OF promise fulfilled spans
the foreground the picture, and the gracious
covenant is redeemed, that while the earth re-
malneth, summer and winter, and heat and
cold, and day and night, and seed-time and
harvest, shall not iail.-EdWdrd EUereH.
WMrEEtNG CoLTs.-A snug shed, or stable.
is best for wlntering colts, provided they be
halter-bloke, which they should be before win
ter sets in. They will eat all sorts OF coarse
food, bnt should have a little grain or meal say
pint to quart in day, according to their
size aud age. They should, if convenient, run
cut part Of the day. They love to forage on
cattle dung heap, aud pick out the waste litter.
Let them have all they want Of il, and il is a
healthy variety Tor them. y dry pasture hen
snow is oil the ground, is a good change for
them also. We have wntered many colts in
our farming, aud found that nothing got through
the season easier than they. Their hair gets
long and sometimes rough. No matter, there is
close fur under 1t, and it keeps them DIV and
warm, and they are all the better in the spring.
Enough to eat with good shelter is all they want
to keep them healthy and growing. But they
should not run out with the cattle, as they are
liable to get hooked, while they, IN tnrn, drive
the cattle from their lood E.rry one to his
own kind IN tue arm-yard, as in other appro-
PIRATE Places.-.3pser. .4gricpituiSt