St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-23

work. Their hcifcrS never come TO
COWS because they never get the feed.
care. and shelter necessary I" make Il
milch COW. These men declare 'il''
farming don't pay. he iiNc g""h i'i
mcrs are all well satisfied with their
business and know it gives better re
turns for labor than amy other business.
Some farmers go into specHlhti"h' ne
boy that buys Il colt and makes S2o III
him is usually ruined. and :" win all
farmers that speculate. lihd nI'h I"
hcrin with is the best luck thht can
happcn to them. if it Sickcns them oil
Speculating. We keep too many horses
and too few oxen. On Il small farm on
en- are far preferable. some Keep 81
many horses that they can't keep any
other stock. and their mHnurc Is seat :
tered up and down the roads. Don
i,uy scrub stock. and don! keep any
animal Il day after You ale satisfied ih''
il j. not going to he profitable.
Dr. HoskinS remarked that the sub
stance of Mr.. Drrw,S practical nddrr>'
was that farming didn't pay because
we don't farm. Those farmers who d'
farm. " ho do their business llk" hu>l.
ness men. succeed. But many fail. moi
from lack of industry. or good will am
effort. but because their efforts are Ill
directed. They do not raise the cr"p'
that pay. y farmer should never at
tempt to produce articles that he can
not make Il profit on. Let HIM iimd "iii
hat it will pay him I" raise. aud II he
cannot find anything that will pay. lei
him c"nfr~> that he il not lit for Il far
mer. and amt the business.
NJ. Dnnnl,s said that Mr.. Drew,
ri,tur. of tIc unsuccessful farmer and
Nr Faster, uirturc of the successful
f,,.n,,., ,,,r,. hath t,ur tu life. Mann
,:,,,,,,,. in admit that f,rmiun ma,
49, ;,,.,,,..,...I I,ut tL,., win uut tt., +,
;,,,,,,,,,. Il They are. deficient in fIirI
49,, ,,n,I., and ,L., m,Lr mo urnu,c..
re.,,,. IN H.. ,,r.,t;t :, i, tL.. I,.,.,iI-
,,,.,, ,,,., ,,,,,,.. r,,. tI,,.n Lu,t,r
u,nr,. fan. them. >In;,r and >vIlIp. more
Tor their poih. their apples. on other
products than them nriGhI"lS. W ny /,
il ! 1t j. brcan>c they maxi" Il good
fir~t-cla>, article. and know how t'
market it. They get = reputation that
is fortune to them.
Nh. f.. /. Allen. If Il. Jnhu~hurE
their products in Il proper urinurr
Most tarmrI> duh badly IN thu. !"t
don't watch the markets. the! d"n
make their goods a"ccpIahI' T." pm
cha>cls. they compete with themselves
aud With each other Icy f"r"lu" thing
oh the market when the market l. oven
stocked.
y W. Foster. Esq. Of Cabot. then
read 4 practical paper or "Sugu Max
mo" In reply to uur>tinu> Mr.. Fu~tr!
said that he. used spruce. tubs for >uy.il.
D,,S unt stir i'm tL,. ruI,> hut think. il
u,;,,ht IL. ,v,II f., III, il ,,tn h.. ..nr
nIt ,.,.i,.r \n- Faster u.,., trbe, ;,inut
fnur inches louu tnr >unur> and think
Them best. Uses wrought nail Ia Laug
tn They don't hurt the trees. >e~
mo covers.
Nh. \. X. Bailey. of Elmorr. said 4
hirrh h,crh. OF mamie. f,,ir. made. ru
fir I'm, famine LnI,. Aithrut an, bore
~ all makes . first I,t. >pnur. The
san, mn. f,,..I, rhr,.,,uI rho. bore. ut tin,
IVA, which ma, L, of any d,.>ir,L
l,.r,th # never Iri,., mn Nl RyiI,,
>.,iI tb.u AN, or,uiu., il, =, t,r, how
even. small viii drain The. ,,c,. of all the.
-;,r il will Weld from one hole.
Mr.. Allen thought Iuo holes would
Weld much more sap than "nr. though
not tuicra> much. lie galcam instance
here, t. pounds of sugar wa, got from
. nr,. t,,.,. t-It,,d in ,.irht ui.,,,>
VII. roster S.iiu Il deep hole. II not
',''"''Sn 'ii' sap, gives "''''' H'l' ma" i
>'''''" ''i'' Il Il'"> al Il
s DIV
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