Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-26

pleasant weather, for my stock while out 20
water. I have q never failing spring of wa
ter, twelve rods above my barn, that supplies
my stock from a very large water tank in
middle of yard, and from thence is conducted
to another tank in the basement where my
young stock are supplied. With all the con-
veniences referred to, l can fodder a stock of
fifty head of cattle in twenty minutes, and
can do it easier than could in twice that
length of time in barns situated as many Of
our farm buildings are. There are other par
ticulars that might be mentioned, but it is
not necessary here. The cost of barn and
shed complete is about $4,000.
1 do not speak of this, gentlemen, to boast
Of my buildings or what l have done by way
of improvement; but merely to convince you
that a good thing is actually better than a
poor one. 1 may utterly fail however to ac-
complish my object after l have said all
Says one, you are extravaganza; and you have
been to a needless expense, and more than
that you will never get your money back
Well, my friend, how do you know that
fact? Let US see. l will 60 back to 1867,
and to years previous to that. Then | had
no conveniences for saving fodder, or making
manure. being obliged to throw all the ma
nure out of doors to be leached and bleached
IN sun and storm, thus losing nearly all the
liquid and much of the strength of the solid.
We thought we were doing we'll it we ac-
cumulated 200 loads of manure annually.
Not feeling fully satisfied with such results
came back to estimate the loss and profit in
my style of doing things on the more i'm
proved plan, and in striking a balance, see
IT there remain anything to my credit. In
the first place We say the interest of money
on cost of barn is $50 per annum. Ihave
become fully satisfied that | save in fodder
equal to five tons of hay annually, which at
Sl4 per ton would amount to so. | am as
fully satisfied that l make $50 loads AMI
more of manure annually above what ever
made when | occupied the old buildings and
which, for convenIence's sake, we will call
Sl.O0 per load, (but, by the way, you farmers
would not take $500 per load, were it on
your W farms. This will give us a profit
OF $3.50; added to the so, it will make $40.
This, gentlemen, is not exaggeratlOn. But
will 1t Go to make those figures a little
stronger? If | have succeeded IN a gain OF
$50 loads of manure, TO carry back on to my
farm, h is the probability of the result OF
this yearly increase Am | not TO expect a
similar increase of production from the soil
thus proper Y fed, and more and more each
succeeding year? | think | have a right to
expect it.
Allow me to say that from 81 cows | made
manure enough of the first quality during
the summer months Of 1872, to manure =
acres of hops bountitully, and get out some
80 large OK cart loads besides. 50 without
boasting (and | think my neighbors will
bear testimony | venture TO say that L can
support my hop yard OF acres, and still
keep the rest of my farm under a better
state of cultivation than any man around
me. One thing more worthy OF consldera-
ton. | think the opinion has become
universal, or nearly 50, that all creatures
thus comfortably cared for will thrive much
better on the same amount of feed thai
those kept in cold open barns 50 common
throughout the country. And may we no
feel warranted in saying that IN stall ieedIns
for the market or for home consumptlOn, II
may be done III cold weather, for less expens,
IN barns that are warm, than IN those tina
are cold and uncomfortable
Now if | have not exaggerated in thest
statement the question is, Does the barn pay
and viii | ever get my money back INV
yourselves no uneasIness, brethren, on In,
account. My mind is suffering no great de
gree OF encouragement just now. And be
tore closing, | would recommend that IN.
brother farmers, who are now laboring unde
much disadvantage and inconvenience, TT
the experiment Of Improvement in iaru
buildings, and not allow themselves to wee
and howl at the departure Of a few paltr
dollars as they 90 out from them, tpr tea
they viii never return again. Make you
house comfortable and convenient, and you
home happy, and your stalls and hog st
com~modluus and warm, thus rendering ev,
rythIns happy around you, and you will
cheered as your wives and your children
your horses, oxen, cows, sheep, swine, hem
turkeys, and geese all JOIN in the happ
chorus of
Home. sweet Home,
There is no place like home