The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-02
Farm. Garden and Household:


and yet, TO my mind, land no doubt TO
other minds, without arriving at any.
thing definite. Mr.. A. will cite an in.
stance, showing the profit OF an opera.
ton, and declaring from that result
that 1t will pay; while Mr.. B. will de.
tail, perhaps, o single disaster, and
stoutly affirm that II will not pay. This
Is no way to judge Of a matter Of this
kind, and has no direct connection with
a true verdict. Ask q manufacturing
company or IN individual il their bust.
ness will pay, and they could point TO
you cases Of great success, and also To
those Of dire disaster, in each and all
branches OF manufactures. The same
OF commercial business-in fact OF all
business transactions whatever. In the
first place a man must have brains TO
know few indispensable things before
he can make any business pay. BE
must know that one swallow does not
make q summer; that there are many
extraordinary incidents to which we are
subject that will occasionally defeat the
best laid plans and operations, and also
that like produces like. In support OF
the foregoing proposition, let me illus.
trate: j have two neighbors. Neighbor
o., as ] will call him, is the most un.
fortunate Of mortals-bad luck is
chasing him up continually before or
Just at the time he Is ready to plant n
great storm thwarts his purpose, having
waited full week 10 sec II the weather
was going to hold good. Then, rs his
crop last year was miserable, his seed
Is poor, and, being in that plight him.
self, he can't get any better, and so
uses that. Then when his poor crop
gets in the right state, as luck will have
1t, in comes drove OF hogs, or other
stock, and half devours what there Is /:
and 50 It goes. His life is, To all in.
tents, great fret, aud nothing else.
He does not possess the proper requi.
sites, industry, system, economy, and
care. or course, his business won't
pay. But here is neighbor Z. he runs
small farm, and has grown the same
kind Of corn for long time, and by
carefully selecting and cultivating the
same has increared the product, eradu.
ally, from twenty bushels an acre to
over one hundred, which was produced
last year, and the crop is two weeks
earlier than formerly. His granary is
well filed, stock fat and sleek; is now
furnishing his corn for seed to all parts
OF the State ct IS per bushel. These
two farms are identically the same, as
regards soil and fertility, and the
proper way TO answer this question
when 1t is asked by any one who thinks
Of pursuing the business, is 10 weigh
the man and analyze him. II he has
solidity in the upper tier, and the
requisite traits in addition, he will sue.
coed, no matter whether he ever set
foot upon farm or not. Having
good foundation, all the other reSui.
sites needed are at hand; wanting that,
failure is inevitable"
The Coming Cow.
This COW, according to m editorial
in recent number OF the Vermont Far.
n1er, is to be known rs the Vermont
COW. How this Is to be brought about,
and the present annual average product
OF 200 pounds Of butter per COW to be
Increased to $50 or 300 pounds, is set
forth in the following extract:
Not entirely, not mainly in our
opinion by the Introduction Of any for.
oign breeds, no matter how good dairy
animals they may be in their own coun.
tries. We may make use of any or all
OF these breeds to begin with, and quite
often with profit, but unless we follow,
in our practice OF breeding and rearing,
the same system Of principles that pro.
duce those breeds from common stock
no better than our own, all amendment
by reason Of such crosses will be but
Temporary and Of little value. When
the dairy COW Of Vermont is brought to
perfection, she will not be Devon nor
Durham, Dutch nor Jersey-she WILDE
the Vermont COW; a combined product
OF Vermont pastures, Vermont climate,
and Vermont breeding. Set that down
for fact TO begin with, and make 1.-THE
starting point OF all your work, If you
would succeed in augmenting the yield
Of your dairy. As our friend Dsnglas
has so often urged in reference TO max.
ing butter, "like cause produces like
elects" and 1t is only by learning and
putting in operation the causes that
have produced milking breeds in other
countries that the capabilities Of our
COWS in that direction can be developed
and maintained.
"Now, what are those causes? They
are-frst, constant abundanceoi rich,
sweet, and succulent food; second, warm
yet well ventilated stables, with PRO.
lection at all seasons OF the year from
Indictment weather; third, Intelligent
selection Of both sire and dam in breed.
ing, with view to the production OF n
definite desired result; fourth, the best
possible care Of the calves and heiiers;
fifth, a constant wedding OF the herd
and the exclusion Of nil marked deyia.
tons from the desired type; sixth, re-
fusal to sell the best animalsoi the herd
ut any price.
"All this must be preceded by a full
understanding Of the true type OF q
dairy cow-an ideal toward which we
must work. We must give up the no.
ton that Ayrshire, Jersey, Yorkshire,
or Holland is to give us our dairy COW.
That COW has got to be produced here
in Vermont, as the Vermont merino
sheep was produced-by Vermont in.
telligence, skill, and perseverance,"
How 10 Hum Oyster. shells.
oyster.shells may be burned in a pit
similar to that In which charcoal
is burned. The shells should be piled
in heap with layers OF wood chips,
brushwood, and small cordwood inter.