Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-12-19
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From Moore's Rural New YORKER.
THANKING FAN "a EMS.

The tendency ot severe ahu ''"''"''o
physical labor Is to render The lnen al
tao .tties nelt. tleace farmers Oh The ,
"o.d st, le," who gave the daylight 10
hari linn w5.k aud the night to rest
were not uo.ed tor wide raDse OF thought
eveu ou topics next their inte'es's' lhe5 |
we,e not progressive III theif oceup''ioli
What they knew how to do they may
have dous Veil, but new modes vi culture,
. new ~ stems Of cropping, Improved sto.A'
anu laoor saving machinery, never origin
ated with th.s cla $. They wele slow NJ
aeed, to adopt improvements even "neh
brought to their notice But the tehden
cy Of mode.u iarmlug with all of It's la
Dor ,sa wing machinery, aud Increased ap
pil;atlou Of SCIENCE to uilins the earth IL
to ,tlmui.te " s!eatcr aeslIity aud "iue'
range the mind OF the fnlner 10 Ut
pivmlpeht aud eminently successful ID
tnc,r' occupation, farmers must think
more than formerly, aud we beile we hAz
I'D nothing III asset thug tina. they mus,
also perform less physca labor. The
thinking farmer Will cultivate the mos
profitable crops, sell his plodutS III tn,
best mai kets. and by good manage,uen'
in every particular they Will cost h'm
less according to the yield, than those OF
the mere working iaruer; aud ny auopt
ing a Scientific 81 slem Of rotation anu
manuIiDg in connection with improve.
breeds Of stock the p.oi.s Irou nls ops.
atoms will constantly increase, until, al
the eud Of a series OF years, he achieves
success apparently much g'ea,er than Ills
merely hard wo,kiug nelsnO TOR Aud 10
Conduct these operations skli,fully. the
farmer must have vine Tor thought, siuu.
aud observation. ...E Hti8I
We take 1t for granted that RURAL rea-
iuCl> VIC WluC u" u NC
aud progressive III then occupations they
read, reflect, aud observes; but We wouid
suggest that hecr exchange Ut though,
with one anOther-Widrr comparison vi
facts--in short, the benefits which would
result truH the formation OF Fartneis'
Clubs III every pelghboIbood, are casil,
att'inable, aud cost no,hlug but a lit,lc
effort In tins connection we will quote
solLe very sensible advice given to all
English Farmers Club ty It's Chairman
20 ,estions selected for discussion" he
s.id. "might belong to either Of five
81 sses. Fhst of all mast be what con
cerns the land the f.rmer cultyates in.
cIunps with the lani, Questions Of syll
and climate. winch must, be primary qlcs-
tious. since they more than any other dc
termlue the practical bias Of ia. mei :
business. The next grea, class will be
with refeIeuce to the plants the firmeis
shall gicw Oh the lind he occupies aud
it is necessary that he shuuId have
knowledge generally OF plants, 10 " 10
form selection. and favlng formed Sc.
lection, that he should obtain M accurate
knowledge Of The nature of the special
r
plants which he chooses 10 gro2 Ana |
may mention herethat it is nor only unes.
tious of soil and climate that will decide
the selection Of plants, but. more. perhaps,
than anything else, question OF ma ke,.
The third great class VIII have reference
to the animals which the farmer selects
for the land he cultlvates; and here there
Is greater facility, perhaps, Tor change.
becauselit is more easy 10 tuin from kecl.
ing one class of animals to another-to
change,ouc peculiar kind Of sheep or but
locks to another. than to change the
course OF cropping. But this tSclnty Of
chaBge from The readiness with which the
auimals may be removed, is IN itself a
temptatiQa, which the farmer ought to
avoid that is. he ought beforehand to be
80 well acquainted with :he Characters.
tics Of the different kinds Of animals,
that if, owing to change Of market, u
substitution IL rendered desirable. he docs
not make 1t hastily Or expelimentaliy. but
knowing the uature and qualities OF the
animal he ID about to substitute Tor that
previously reared. Here are three grea,
classes Of subjects. then. which Farmers
Clubs ought to considerable land. the
crops, apd the animals But besides
these. theIe'is another very large sphere
for the farmers thoughts aud cousldcra.
tion--the men with whom be- deals and
i think the SUBJECTS CONNECTED with hi.
division sught " come under our ct,sid.