Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-18

ston the cracks and knot-holes, ana see II
the COWS do not put on better coat 10
show their gratitude for your efforts LOT
their comfort ANY one who has not trled
Il can be convinced of the difference 1t VIII
make in herd of cattle to change tnehi
from a stable where the temperature Is Dat
little higher than the atmosphere OUTSIDE
TO one that never freezes even on the colo-
est night; though in such stable que re-
gard must be paid to ventilation.
In my own experience the present sea,
son banking of straw on the eAposeu
sides of nv COW stable, reaching from the
Ground ND a little higher than the stable
itself and about two feet thick, using per-
hans FIVE hundred of poor straw and few
old boards and half-day's labor, increased
the flow of milk in November at least one
third, besides making perceptlble dllIer-
ence in the amount of fodder used Ihese
and many other improvements Will suggest
themselves when once we are convinced
of the numberless ways we can improve
our buildipgs, increasing the comfort OF
tenants and our own profits. We shall not
he likely to stop till not only improved but
better buildings are ours, for often the
time spent and money wasted by our slip
shod WAYS would give us the means 10
erect buildings that would add to the COM
. fort of our stock, lessen our labor ana
increase our facilities for making tn''t
necessity. large manure pile. -,
1t would be well for us if we would heeu
what / once heard an old lady tell her
husband who came hobbling in from the
barn on one foot, grooming ieariuily.
:. What ails YOU. now?" was the query
). with which she met him al the uoor;
:. That Internal old cart-wheel has tumbled
on TO nv foot" was the reply. g Fix your
g st BILE door, Them was the sympathlzing
d response. 81 can't get time snapped
:, ont the old man. "Time, guess II you
d would take the time you spend rolling
If that cart-wheel up agin it, t would bt
/ fixed.'' said the old lady, and she was
IS right. 49,.
is BROTHER Farmers, how many OF us arc
lie not only rolling that old cart-wheel agalns
E. onr stable doors but all over our farms
of Let rickety buildings, broken-down fences
rough. stony moving, weedy plowe'
Is fields, and bush pastures answer
ly Let US, then instead of finding fault
is with the soil of Vermont, so supply thu
ce needs of her agriculture that she may be
IN come the home of an honest yeomanry
tn who, asking nothing Of the government
lie but to be protected in the common right
er of man, will teach their sons by their owl
III example that labor is honorable and VIC
he and idleness alone ignoble.
OF There is another great need to be SUP
ut piled before Vermont agriculture can De
Sh come what it ought to be,-a home-buildel
n; From the first it was taught that 1t was nc
lg GOOD for man to be alone, and no home
w a home unless woman is the center, tn
he one for love of whom toll and care al
id cheerfully borne Where are the girls titte
lis to become such home centers, OF
on inc forward to the time when the
ell destiny is linked with some intellgeI
lal tiller of the soil, to enjoy with hlr
e. the fruits of their united industry, proudt
nd far of the rewards of their labors than
all the display they could make rs tt
to wives of ring-thiefs or stock-gamblers
cd one who would rather live frugally. DIRE
nd plainly; in fact, be an honest, thinkir
lal farmers wife, thankful that her husbar
" bears no darker stain than that of the Sc
ha he cultivates?
ties But there is a work for us tillers of Il
soil, to show that while improving o
III farms our minds are not neglected; tn
mi while caring for our cattle social ties a
be not forgotten To show that though o
the hearts beat under coarse clothes, they a
OF awake and really to respond to the cal
art humanity and are alive to the claims
OF home and lends, and that our han'
the though brown and toil-worn, can stn
hard blows for home and loved ones.
ont When Vermont's agriculture, its nee
the supplied by her sons and daughter tn
uId trained, shall develop tae resources OF |
soil soil, she will become what of right 5
OBJ ought to be. not Il good State to emlgr'
IN from, but glorious State to live H.