Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-11

Col. Waring, of Ogden farm, has been to
Eagland, and thus gives some of the impress
slons made by what he saw on English farms:
We in America are very proud of our large
barns, and | have always been in the habit
of pattins myself on the back over what
consider very good one at Ogden Farm.
was surprised at first to see an almost en-
ire absence of barns for storing hay and
,rain 10 England, where rain probably falls
| IN twice as many days in the year as it does
with u.s. The more | saw and thou sht about
It. however, the more | came to the conclu-
sion that there is much to be said on their
,ide of the question. TLey save the cost,
and it Is a very considerable cost, of building
| hay-barns. Their stacks are far enough
| part for the rest to be saved if one takes fire
| rhey are handsomely made, placed on the
ground, are considerably larger at the top
Chan at the bottom, and are nicely matched
with wheat straw. Some are round and
some are square, | saw in one instance
vrrv handsomely made and well matched
stack of nay containing over one hundred
rons. and on the Earl OF WarwIck's Sewage
Farm there was a row Of twenty-five stacks.
| .on taininr each about five hundred dollars
worth of wheat, all so well built and So close
| " matched that they might stand there fol
| zen years without the lie ist danger. Wheth-
r the stacking Of hay in England accounts
FIR the superior quality do not know, bu,
although the lnsC season was an unfdvorab!e
one, it seemed to me that all the hay | had
lccasion to observe was better than the best
we usually see at home, greeDer, and more
s4vory Owing to the projecting top and
thatcn of the stack, there seemed no appre-
cable injury to the hay from weathering
Another thing THAI struck me In England
ami which indicated an encouraging iramt
IT mind on the part of English women, wac
the almost uniform tIdlness, comfort anC
beauty OF English farm houses. 1t is difficult
n that climate to have house, of whatever
sort. that is not made more or less pictur
sQue by the luxuriant growth of ivy and or
Iamental plants. which come almost unbid
]en. The traveller sees everywhere, in thu
well kept vines and shrubs, even about tn,
ia straw-thatched, low-studded, diamond
uaned ftrm-bouses that have been brough
N from the last century, and more especial
about the modern farm residences, grea
! violence that an exhibition of comfort an,
ttste is considered very essential part o
she management of the establishment. Eng
ISL women do not confne themselves t.
searing flowers in their Sunday bonncts-
: | new nave llen dUUuG tu6u, III bueiF uUOr
wards, and in their windows and conservato
cies, as though they considered them as neces
: sary to their self respect and to the prOpe
+ ILLNESS of their establishments as any mer
personal decoration My notion of Engiis
planting was somewhat changed by my OBJ
,ervation. 1t must delight any farmer to Sc
: ,bsolu ely straight burrows stretching acros
q vide fields, along mile after mile of hi
l hoo G,,t Al
say of mechanical work could be imagined
md such exactness is hardly possible excep
. ~ climate where the ploughman is Above
o continue his task throughout every mont
{ # the year. rarely doing any other work
L Whether these very straight lines have an
l. economical value is doubtful; as encourae
{ ng neatness and skill they are certainly i'm
. portant. My admiration was good dea
0 modified by a constant observation of th
q performance of the work. The Englis
ploughs, made of iron, are probably NOR
nan four times as heavy as ours. They ru
40 more deeply. they cut no greater width
II and they do run much more slowly The
Il mploy, and fancy they require. much NOR
oower than ours. For instance, [ saw in q
i ;ase fewer than three enormous horses befor
plough, frequently five, usually drive
/. andem, with man at the plough, aud DO
to drive. The furrow was generally rattle
inder than over SIX inches deep, and nc
more than eleven or twelve inches wide. Th
e 'oil is often very heavy, 1t is true, but nc
4 more SO than much of our own, and | hav
J. ,tten seen three well-bred, active America
t lorses plough out an equal width and depth
/ With pretty nearly double the speed of thes
I. .luggsh, beefy English cart horses. We
u therefore,, do our blowing more cheaply
= practically as well, and certainly fifty pc
, ;ent. faster. The mere fact of speed is yer
' important, for when the soil is 10 good con
! | iitiop, it's disintegration is much more com
u plete when the iurrow is rapidly throw
\ ,ver With SO much in English agricultur
excite ones admiration and envy, i: Wa
: rather consoling to my patriotism to be abb
20 think that we were their superiors in til
Important matter of ploughing-except b
,eam that, alas seems TO make but slo,