Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-12-15

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nc And when be undertakes so sell them III
:" dealer VIII call them " sharks and pay Jus
ABOUT the price for them be would for GEM
~ Inc shark meat. There are others, that vii
! eat sleep, and fat and are ready at any tim
~ 10 change from pig into pork, aud be lai,
,! uo"n III the barrel, or sent away upon th
e cars 10 market, and there bring the hiehes
u u ma rket price. There can be no doubt BIN
- ~ mat this last kind is the better; and if W,
:. nave them not, we ought to bestir ourselves
T. and obtain them.
: feed has much to do with the breed. II
Is oy bestowlng good care upon our domes.
- no animals, that the high-blooded ones are
= ra,sed' Turn some of the best specimens Of
: 'ui,olooded stock, out into portion of orr
yards, and soou they would look like tattered
, nco'iny' IN the hovel with the peasants and
after they had here been bred dosou (as with
sucn care they Of necessity would b y for a
.lme' they would lose all claims to resnecta.
bility of blood.
we need warmer stables much of the
leeo We give our stock is lost on account of
'heir being left exposed to the keen winde
anu cutting blasts. We all have learned
that we cannot fatten our stock az eas;Iv j..
very colo weather as in warmer. The reason
~ evident 1t requires all the feed We give
ene" 10 keep them alive and generate a suf.
Te'e4t amount of heat to keep them warm.
1he 1000 we expect to give our cattle during
'ne coming winter would, if fed to them ;o
s'ao'es sufficiently warm, bring them through
III much better condition than # now vii
We should make the care If o,r otoalr
business OF the first Importance. Manv
farmers think they cannot make mouev nm.
'ess 'hey have some business during the win
.oi season that engrosses nearly all their time.
mus making the care of their stock seconda.
iy' You who have medium sized stock. If
you VIII give them good care do that work
mat can best be done in winter Visit vour
nelghoor as much as it is your duty to do.
You will need the rest of your time to read
ana improve yourself upon your calling. if
men, however, you find time hanging heavily
upon your hand, go to your barns and whistle
10 your cattle and they will shut their ewes
nalf up chew their cuds, and grow fat ali Of
the time.
out this is not wholly an Agricultural
gathering. Olhtr classes are represented
mere yet they are wholly dependant upon
Agriculture for their support. Let the
Farmers employment fail, a d he other EN-
Plol ments 90 down with it. The mer-
chants silks would be unsold upon Eis
shelves. Our painters skill would BE- Of
lltlle avail, tor then we should leave our
houses Implanted, and our carriages unvar-
hlShed. The nice carriages of the wheel.
'iSh'' ana snowy harnesses OF the harness.
maker would long wait for purchaser.
ana our mn~ters would either preach a. did
Tue Apostles, without money and without
p'ice' or, as did those In Puritan DAYS. for
rye. In truth, Agriculture was the first stem
'o"ard' civilization, and the coudition Of
agriculture, Is the best test of a nations pro-
less, UnIil men commence to till the soil
ana derive their snstenence therefrom, they
remain IN savage state. When tiage be-
gins, says learned author, "lhe other arts
follow Farmers, therefore, are the ioun-
ieTs OF human civilization. On their inteG-
5ence and virtue rest the pillars of freedoms
empie When agriculture declines ina
nation, every thing else declines. So it has
'ver been IN the history OF the world. The
iecllne and ruin OF all those States OF an
'qulty, which have chased each other down
he declivity of time like shadows down
he mou' tains side, were graduated as
lpon a dial plate, ny the decay and ruin of
agriculture and the us=ful ats Manutuc-
uFeN' the arts, learning, liberty, every thing
,ood and useful fails, when the pioneers of
Iuman pre- gress fail to do their duty"
"Then plead for the kings who have no crown
But the blue sky their head,
Never Sultan or Dey had such power as thew
10 Withhold or offer bread.'
The dweler in the gr at city, the center
nations wealtb,and seat of her commerce.
lay think as he moves along in the pomn
ustle and crowd, that he has no need of
he tlller OF the soil ON the mountains. So
lie wave OF the broad ocean may think it
AS no need OF the rill on the hillside: Int
1t CT the tinkling rill, that flows down
ON the mountain side, the bubbling brook
rough pleasant wales, and pastures green,
IL mighty river that rushes on through
DAD aud expansive valleys, and the
'undless sea, that world of waters, and
ayes would soon become dark, deep and
artul chasm. Let the Farmers business
come paralyzed, and the veins, leading to
al city would no longer be freighted with
oduce and wealth, and soon its pomp
'uld lose its glitter, the hustle of business
'uld cease, Broadway's fashions would
ie and the Wall-street Broker fail. All
her employments are dependant wholly
ION this, and on the farmers favor. to
eat extent, depends their living. The
ne has been, and perhaps is now to some
tent, that farmers were willing TO buy
or article of the mechanic, or shoemaker.
cause 1t was cheap or employ bug
OF knaVe to DO the work they needed
have done by men of otheremp loyments.
cause they would do it Tor less price.
1t as general thing, they have learned
1t the low-priced article is not always
cap, nor the high priced one dear, and
st men are now willing to pay the higher
Co Tor good article. Ihave thought
would be good thing for our mechanics
all kinds, to read little poem by Dr.. .
ZINES, known as the Deacons Wonderful
e-Hoss Shay.
It seems that good old deacon, who liv-
long ago, had learned that there was
lculfy in building chaises that TherA ...
always Somewhere weakest spot -
rnipg this doubtless by continual series
breaking and mending, until his carriage
literally piece by piece, made over
w. But the Poem states tibet his Dea-
Sacore-swore, mind you, as Deacons a.
with an | dew yum, or an I tell .W
H., he would build zone shay" that
aid eat the town. Taking the matter
laud himself he naused ,f H. -, -, F"