Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-02
man said of his apple trees. when he set
III rams EN- In,
Now thiek, now thin ;
For what care I
II they live or die !"


For what care
II they live or dei"
And us an orchard set out tbos, and 10 its
growth cared for accordingly, will not pay,
but will be scrawly affair, 50 will It be with
the rest Of the farm. And no man can farm
successfully unless he does SO intelligently,
which implies both knowledge and careful.
ness. knowledge is power says the adage,
and it is power certainly on a farm. Brain
work to plan the management Of farm is
better than great amount Of hard work at
disadvantages that brain work certain
ly which would get rid of all other work, but
which would make every thing result to the
best advantage, aud then the harder the
work the more there is actually accomplished.
knowledge. of mechanics, with study, has
made horse rakes, mowers, reapers, and all
such labor-saving machines, and the same
sort of knowledge will help wonderfully in
planning and executing so as to make the
farm yield best to the hand Of skilled labor.
1t is often true that when boy has some
mechanical genius he goes off to q machine
shop, and he may perhaps do so for while
if he can be spared from the farm---not to
leave the old homestead forever, but to be
prepared to come back and farm to better
advantage. So, again, knowledge of chem
istry is important, and farmers are waking up
to the fact that the more they know Of the
chemistry Of the soils and manures on their
farms, and of the ingredients necessary to
be added for certain crops, the better; and
boys should train for farmers at school as
much as for any Of the professions. But
nowadays, if a boy goes away to school the
question is asked, "What profession will he
choose ?" us though study were incOmpati-
BILE with farmers occupation, and that be-
cause farming must be so far below education
that If one studies much he must be some-
thing beside farmer-a notch or two higher
up. But the truth is, the farm is the
highest place one can occupy, and the sooner
it is an admitted fact the better, for then in
stead Of leaving the farm for the city or
som ething else, it will be felt that the farm
is the Throne, and the hoe the Scepter, with
which men rule the world.
Again we notice that carefulness is essen
tial to intelligent farming, which means care
fulness of TOOLS and Of time and means to
prosecute the work. The farmer who leaves
hoes, pows, horse rakes, moving machines,
carts, chains, axes and scythes just where he
used them last, will want them sometime
when he cannot fnd them, and when they
are found they will be unfit for use and per-
haps spoiled. 1t does require little more
care certainly to pick up tools, and clean all
the dirt and water off the hoes and plows,
hang the chains in their place-they having
place in particular and not everywhere in
geueral-and put the scythes where they
will not cut the first one who wishes to go
near where they are-and have all things as
snugly put away and in shape as ships
cOrdage is when she is under competent
commander; but then one will not have to run
round half the forenoon to find missing things
when in a hurry, and get frstted and sweaty,
and scold and feel worse than though he had
done hard days work but can keep calm
and cool and collected, and save his brain
and nerve power for practical use.
Another point worthy of notice is the i'm
pOrtance Of contentment. The farmers song
should be:
~ am con.ented, be It known
BY this my hsppy strain,
And many man who weara trosn a
HISS tried to be In vain;
But should such chance 70 love his o',
Pray what has ho that have notf'
One with such song on his lips, and with a
contented heart, can go patiently and intelli-
gently to his daily labor, and plOw his long
burrows even with an OK team, and SOW his
seed and wait for the harvest, hoeing and
wedding and keeping all things in condi-
tion till he reaps the reward Of his toll. And
the boys should have the same spirit, and
girls too, for that matter, and then there will
be no desire to shift the toll from the we'll
paying farm to some speculation or city job,
but there will be satisfaction in tiling the
earth, and then see her smiling in her hap
piest moods with green grass and corn and
waving grain, instead Of sullenly scowling in
shattered detection among weeds and desola-
tion. au
Then let the farmer cultivate no more than
he can aud do it we'll. 1t is folly to do other
wise, to run all ever two hundred acres of
moving for fifty tons Of hay is not as advis.
able as to get the same from twenty-five
acres, and it is not as intelligent either.
Let the farmer do all this aud trust in God,
giving himself aud all to the work as a
christian should "by prayer and supplicatiOn
letting his requests be made known unto
God, land thanking Him when the table is
spread with the products of the field for His
providence, and he will, with all these other
things, be one of the happiest men alive.
His farm will pay and his boys stay at home
and be contented. CRUCIFER.
SANFORD CORN IN cHITTENDEN
COUNTY.
Last fall o. s. Bliss was at my place, and
saw piece of Sanford corn that had raised