Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-05-14
!" No matter # YOU pray,
No matter if you plead,
No matter If YOU fight.
" : = II IT = IT
! have the chicken that

have the chicken that lays the eggs"
Notwithstanding all this, the general pre-
JUDGE OF city people is against farming a.
an inferior occupation, while on the other
side many farmers sons, if they can possibly
extricate themselves from this honorable and
useful Occur atlon, will prefer city life, and
enter even in servile employment, or as
boOk-keeper, etc, IN commercial house or
manufacturing establishment. Even rich
farmers think to elevate their sons when
they send them to college to convert them
into lawyers, preachers, doctors, or other
professional vOcatons. Such men in later
life often fail, aud regret that they have not
adhered to the most useful vocation. But
we dare say that when man is not intelii-
gent enough to make his mark in one of the
so-ctlled professions, neither would be have
distinguished himself as a farmer, because
the requisites of this vocation, in ord To Sc
cure great success, are very diversified, while
at the same time their knowledge must be
thorough. Superficial knowlel5e in farming
leads only to failure, and of no vocation can
it be said with more truth than of farming,
that @ little knowledge is dangerous
thing" Let us see what IS required to bee
successful farmer according to the requirl
ments of the present age Of progress:
The farmer must possess natures greatest
gifts-a healthy mind in a sound body. 2.
He needs, in the highest degree, patience
and perseverance, not alone for days or weeks,
but for years in succession. 3. He must be
thoroughly trained botanist l. He must
understand zoology as lar E applied to the
domestcated animals OF the farm and the
wild animals and insects which may be bene-
fetal or injurious to his operations. 5. lie
must have studied natural philosophy anu
meteorolOgy, and be familiar with the use OF
metel3gcu instruments, 10 order not to
blunder in regard TO the weather to be ex-
pected. g. He must be practical chemist,
able to analyze his soil, manures fertilizers.
and the plants he i, producing. z. He must
have travelled to some extent, and visited
those regIOrs which are foremost in agrlcul-
tural d velopment. If he is fortunate enough
to have the means OF visiting Europe he IN Y
learn q eat deal in Holland, Belgium, anu
the neighboring parts of Germany and Franc
where almost every inch of fertile soil is cui-
tivated and farming brought to a very ad-
yanced state, yet by no means to its highest
improvement. s. lie must keep posted up
with the price vi produce at home aud abroad
aud the currents Of trade He must have
some veterinary knowledge, in order not TO
be dependent on quack doctors for cattle
who do more harm than good. 9. lie must
have a mechanical turn OF mind, not only in
regard to the use of the modern implements
to facilitate farming but also to the coustruc.
ton of mechanical arrangements when ne
cessity requires. 10. He must have some
knowledge OF architecture, landscape garden
ing. and IN general be man OF rtfinenen
and taste. II. Lastly, above all he mus
have administrative capacity, in order t.
make - the business pay " ho can deny
that all requisites are not wanted IN the idea
farmer, and that at least some portion o
each Is wanted IN every farmer who aims a
success? Considering all this, Is 1T a wonder
that eminent success In farming is an excep
ton; and are not we right when we asser
that 1t is easier to rise to great eminence d
doctor, preacher, or lawyer, and even as
noVel-wrlter or poet, than as a farmer?