Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14
Letters from a Farm No, 10.

Good morning, nelghbor a., e1eIa4'ne@'
as ! met him one winter morning lelsufoy
proceeding to his parn' PIPE IN NOUN
Good morning, Mr.. Farmer good morn
ing; cold weather this-wi you not walk
into the house?
No, think not. AS you are gong 70
your barn, | will accompany you, Tor every
thing connected with the farmer : Occupation
is of interest to me
| fear that you viii find little to interest
you here, as farming, somehow or OTHER
seems T. be bard business and | can baFeiy
make iying-and poor one at that
work as will
Indeed; bat your opinion ls AZ variance
aith that Of our leading ag,cuItlrlsts, VINO
agree that farming i a profitable oecuPa'
ton; and one which, II IL docs not nag q
highly As some other empoymen's' = Iaf
more safe, aud productive OF greater
amount st reai enjoyment
1T has has never appeared soto me- u
has been continual toll to 1--WE. WIN ht'e
ol enjoyment, aside from what derive from
the pipe and he here re-lle+ that magic
source ol happiness ana comineneed Pu~u5
away, as il intent on forgetting ail 'haI W.
} dimgrceable in bis loi by this means o. SELL
G qualification.
: There is good deal in calculation,
I,,;t,d ,sith d ,,U ia mt our plans into exc
! ~ aal IT lontod mon the empty
+, .a,J" ,ar1 ,te br,len fences and dlapidated
: 80 49, ~, ,t.,It Ler. ,yas ntoctical
: o 3p',',.,. !. III, tbo al,encc Of both
!. rs Soae men seem % accomplish half their
!, o0 h u'g" .ttu' lint haven't that ac9l.
,a0o' ~ o,..',.'' aono On nv tarm has to
81 J.. MIN e,yoootb
~ r. - = rcacbcd the barn
= - ~ ,onr cattle run at
49,, III. M ;,c,emcnt weather I?
T. ~ - 1"' -" Tba Larn !. i eold that /
y y , ~ ~, ~ -, df do@m where thew can
: ,,saa i ill., .nn-if il sbincs-aud exercise
: s'ana !" Wy ll ~" ttd :, = va a
= '"V .Slh. %p ' von waste enough every
4, t.iIsr al r,srrrc 10 make youl
" }e.a IN. III earn, a. II YOU would al
o'.l = i ana Jeyo,c me proceed
y pa, ~ a' onr1oso tbo remaining one
y, =" " ..l AZ ~ ,so,h more tban thew all ar
~ ,o,s
~, p,aur !. bot so9,
4. ,,Ia;nor.- chat i this9' | ez
-, H. ,.;moa y .ta,ohIad ag,ipst something
~. All rearlv feu % the ground
alb only de-.l sheep ono that ha' be- 90
use ailing all winter. don't know what IS IL
ock matter with my flock they grow poor an
BILE die off, and my cattle don't do much peter
l!u- How many times day DO you lee
oils your stock
uld Oh, two or three, just as 1t happens
lily Do you feed them regularly
-op- Feed them how
At the same hour every Jay
iieh | don't pay much attention 10 'ha'-Ju
re MS | have a chance
the Are you well off for fodder !
and No, have TO pach my stock some
for get along.
each Do you feed any gram mat IS
to cheap as lay, you Know ana goes g'e
over way in keeping stock OF all KINDS IN
cred thriving condition,
r. No, | never feed gram ave 10 ;
out, that to get little money to pay my oco'
to. DO you raise as good crops now as }
reap, did live or ten years ago
fall No, not near my farm Is running 10
\ all the time; some fields don I produce al
wash thing but weeds IN tact, | am sex Of iar
over Ing, and shall sell out 50 soon as can
nure, any one to buy.
with DO you take an agricultural PaPet
aHy N'u9 u W. n, NJ,
= '"e ~ u1'I no'""s - p.s ~ anJ
','a, su !, ""o an" sn ~ ; n;no a o wi
d OF he eommenc' ID ming MS PIPE again '" "
at ed HIM good morning ana "9f, WIN Tue I
=, aou V'us'o" '""' 49, Vas Lano1 y.s not fyconer
y hen sueh an Que as hopeu was not lo4u'A