Litchfield enquirer., 1866-01-04

1 nAiuK up tHo Oichafu Ienco 70 keep the cattle
 and sheep out. might De left to some other time,
 Tor when all the oia trees were dead, so that you
 codld set the whole orchard at once. s'4 As to fixing up fences, it ia bad lime to do r it in the spring. farmers are 70 busy; thed the Icattle have got sucb , notion Of junpinr, tbs
 fences that they will jump them any how. .-
 soid Bose is better remedy than higb isnces;
 1t isfar easier to say sic,' take 'sn iue ssm;
 than to De always laying up rails and naiIing On
 boards. 44EqF
 Nyour gates hsyersettled 50 a to require the strength of . man to tug them around, all the better they uillsnot bs opened only when
 necessary, and then only by men who viii not
 forgetto shut them; the wind never blows open
 such gates, neither do boys iDjaFe them by
 swinging on them. a* sF5sedifz 3 q k If your smaller gates have ashinge or the
 iastening otf, neves mind; you can ,io That some odd spsiL 1T the hogs gst into tbs kar. demand eat up the early peas and vegetables, or the old SOW gets among the sheep and eats up half dozen lambs. take . club, call the
 dog, and settle the account at once it will give you more real satisfaction than the fixing of half dozen gates could. .a,'
 II any boards have got of from the barn, pev- CT mind su,h trides it must be. poor barn
 that can not stand having . halEdozen boards of: If you run for every such trias, what will becomeIo of your leisure momsnts9 9a lssssgi.su 1.-the banks of your ditchss, by freezing and
 thawing, have slid in and filled them, V vou had
 better not clean them out, for they will surely dll up again, sooner or later. Sss4 .-1 Avery convenient placs for old and newsim- plements, such aa wagons, sleighs. sleds, ,plows,
 harrows, scrapers rollers and old bits of boards, timber, plank, refuse brick, cobble-soDs, apple tree brush, &c., is along the street iu front of the house. How can . man afford to shelter such tbingsis Why litiwould require nearly a half acre roofsd over. 7:a'eaA q i3se ftla2 The place for whifletrees, chains, cievises, axes and hoes, is to drop them where last used. Many farmer knows better than to make q
 fool of himself running to carry such things to some hiding place for shelter.q Moving ma chimes, horse-rakss, cradles and scythes, should always be left in the field where last used ; for ten chances 70 one if they do not require to be
 used in that very place the next time. f'ti1ia'
 Plow shallow, Plant and SOW late. ,essa
 Your manure should be piled against the
 sides of your barns and stables, to preserve them from rottipg. If the heaps get %. large as to be troublesome, move yourb buildings, or do |as another man did make bee, and haul and |scrape the manure into the river
 E Take no agricultural papers, unless you want to be humbugged with book farmin., '. They Lhaye come to be filled with all manner of stuff, [such as short horned bulls, shaughe chickens, china geese, gauut. t.suued horses, deep blowing compost heaps made of bogs, dfy leaves and dung, ashes,. lime, salt, auds and hep.roost
 scrapings, all mixed pell-msll, and soaked with
 rain water and urine, which must be mixed with gnano, pondrette.s and nobody knows what.- And then they are brimfnll of draining. under
 draining. tie-draining, and machines for dig sing potatoes, catching rats, and sscking cows; telling howstosmake aApjacks. nice cake, roast ing turkess, and stufRng chickens.s Strange. pass, surely; but ny space is -pp.-GG GG:sssssss Fwmer. .sss.,s.l s.sss.s E
 a@- A professional rat catcher would cer-