National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-01-30
Farm Garden and Household:
VIII Farming Payy

A. w. b., Rome, Ga, writes:
have noticed several articles in yor
paper under the above heading, dil
GUESSING this question in various shape,
and yet, to my mind, (and no doubt
other minds without arriving at any
thing definite. Mr.. A. will cite an il
stance, showing the profit of an Opera
ton, and declaring from that resul
that it will pay; while Mr.. b. will dc
tail, perhaps, q single disaster, an,
stoutly affirm that it will not pay. Thi
is no way to Judge of matter OF thi
kind, and has no direct connection will
true verdict. Ask manufacturing
company or an individual II their bust
ness will pay, and they could point Il
you cases of great success, and also h
those of dire disaster, in each and al
branches of manufactures. The sam,
of commercial business-in fact OF al
business transactions whatever. In tn,
first place man must have brains tt
know few indispensable things before
he can make any business pay. HI
must know that one swallow does moi
make 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: have two neighbors. Neighbol
o., rs l will call him, is the most un.
fortunate of mortals-bad luck is
chasing him up continually before O,
Just ut the time he is ready to plant O
great storm thwarts his purpose, having
waited full week to see if the weather
was going to hold good. Then, as 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 80 it goes. His life is, to all in.
tents, great fret, and nothing else.
He does not possess the proper requi.
sites, industry, system, economy, and
care. Of course, his business won't
pay. But here is neighbor E. he runs
a small farm, and has grown the same
kind OF corn for a 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, ana 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 at S. per bushel, These
two farms are identically the same, as
regards soil and fertility, and the
proper way to answer this question
when it is asked by any one who thinks
OF pursuing the business, is to weigh
the man and analyze him. If 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 a
good foundation, all the other reGui.
sites needed are at hand; wanting that.
failure is inevitable"
The Coming Cow.
This COW, according to an editorial
IN recent number of the Vermont Far.
"'er, Is to be known as 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:
mot entirely, not mainly in our
opinion by the introduction of any for
eign breeds, no matter how good dairy
animals they may be in their own ooun-
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
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 will be
the Vermont COW; a combined product
Of Vermont pastures, Vermont climate,
and Vermont breeding. Set that down
Tor fact to begin with, and make it the
starting point of all your work, if you
would succeed in augmenting the yield
Of your dairy. As our friend Douglas
has so often urged in reference to max.
ing butter, like cause produces like
Effects" and it is only by learning and
putting in operation the causes that
nave produced milking breeds in other
that the capabilities of our
lows in that direction can be developed
md maintained.
"Now, what are those causes? They
constant abundance of rich.
sweet, and succulent food; second. warm
yet well ventilated stables, with pro.
lection at all seasons of the year from
nclement weather; third, Intelligent
selection of both sire and dam in breed
ing, with view to the production of a
iefnite desired result; fourth, the best
possible care Of the calves and heifers:
fifth, a constant wedding of the herd,
md the exclusion of all marked devia.
ions ions from the ae desired type; sixth, re-
It any price.
"All this must be preceded by a full
understanding of the true type of
larry cow-an ideal toward which we
must work. We must give up the no.
ion that Ayrshire, Jersey, Yorkshire,
u Holland is to give us our dairy COW.
That COW has got to be produced here
n Vermont, as the Vermont merino
heep was productivity Vermont in
diligence, skill. and perseverance"
How to Burn Oyster. Shells.
Oyster shells may be burned in pit
imilar to that in which charcoal
s burned. The shells should be piled
n a heap with layers of wood chips,
and small cordwood inter.
mingled. A layer of dry wood split
inc should be placed at the bottom of
he heap, arranged SO that a draft is
made to the centre of the heap, in
Which are a few sticks of wood placed
n end to form chimney. The heap
hould be covered with sods or coarse
tier and then with earth, leaving a