Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
agricultural.
August Hints About Work.

August Hints About Work.
To many a tired farmer at this time, tn
best advice we can give him is. not {
work too hard. We have had heavy GRO
OF hay to harvest the past month, ant
much OF the time poor weather for drvin.
1T, making the labor for curing it a grea
deal harder than if the weather had beer
hot and dry. Two whole weeks of ba,
weather, just as the best grass is in it
prime is pretty discOuragng. especially i
the sun comes out nearly every day. ius
long enough to get few hours work on
of us. shaking out the water ready for ;
fresh shower to make it little less val
liable than before. Such has been the
case this year to an unusual degree, anC
most OF us are pretty well tired out
both IN body and in mtnd, and now we
need rest and should have it by some
means.
Spending vitality is like spending mon
ey. 1t does no harm to spend either free
ly, If we are making it faster than we
spend it. So long as money comes in
1aster than 1t goes out, we are rich, no
matter whether the income is five hundred
or five hundred thou and. And so lone rs
we can eat with a good appetite. sleep
soundly all night, and wake up feeling
fresh and sound every morning. we need
not be afraid of hard work; but when we
get into that physical condiion that we
must, us it were, borrow money to pay our
debts, we need to stop and find some
means OF recruiting, and the failure to do
so VIII soon find us G ing UNDER in a
sense mora serious than if merely finan-
clal. In many cases. rest of only Il few
days Will give nature time in which to
" catch up" after which the machine will
run smoothly again
IL near salt water, trip to the beach.
ana Il dinner of CLAIMS or freshly caught
fish, gives us a chance that, ALTHOUGH if
may have been really hard davis work.
or would be if followed daily, vet we
come back decidedly refreshed. If too far
inland for shore dinner, the same result
would follow trip TO some fresh water
lake, or to the top of some of our New
England mountains, or even to the farm of
some friend Or acquaintance where vou
know you would be welcome.
UNHEALTHY NUIsANCEs.
Besides an occasional dav or a ,veat
spent away from the farm. there are othor
matters that need attending to at this sep-
son, if We would secure good health for
ourselves and our families.
DnrlnS these sultry, disaereeable doo
days, perhaps more than at any other sen
son OF the year. are we reminded of the |
presence about the premises of anv kind |
OIL nuisance. as from the sink drain or
PriFy. hoy pen or stables. These must he
Kept wholesome. or country life loses its
greatest charm, and country people their
greatest blesslng-gOod health.
Al the meeting of the Connecticut State
Board of Agriculture. last winter the
Saving and Using of Night Soil'' was
rot only the subject of an excellent lectnre
ov Professor YeomaDs, but of very animal
ell discussion by nearly all the members
present.
MIR. Gold said he had provided = room
oack OF his prlvy Etrge enough for STORM
anu using II full supply of dry earth, which
Is used daily, or ortener if needed A bar
rel OF this TRY earth is kept in the PRIV I
all the time, OF when this is not procurable
ellOeu coal ashes are used instead The |
arrangement, thus far. has been very sat d
isltctory. formerly he had great trouble l
ID gettinS the Prlvy cleaned by the hired l
men, no one being willing to be set about 4
the job. but now the whole matter is re. Q
'uceu 10 a simple and inoffensive operation. !,
Mr. Cliff had had twenty-five wears, ex-
perlence IN the use of night soil. and with II
none but the most satisfactory results. "
DE-. Riggs spoke very highly of the use r,
d copperas, sulphate of iron, for deodor- O
zihg sink drains and vaults. He said n
you may take the strongest manure and 81
3ut III lew quarts of pulverized copperas CT
rne, III tlle form OF solution or a fine
'HwIci' ana 1t VIII deodorize it so COM
without |,
vii ih'raiy Know what you are shoveling." p
we nave allowed ourselves to fall into tn
cry objectionable habits and practices re- w
arthhg our prlvles. In the first place thew eli
re 700 SMALL either for beauty or utility pr
sney were large they would be less nm lh
snty' anu they might thea be used for III
u "ry e:trtn IN sufficient quaint les hi
u daily use throughout the whole Toar ca
they We're perfectly constructed and nm
ared for. they could be attached 70 th, an
Eeiilng house, in every case whore Il Sc
lSht be desirable, thus making it mora vie
'nvenlent and at the same time less oaan on
We to the eye. So accustomed have wa no
come to regard these little. unsiebtI,
h-DulIdlngs of the back yard ms nee: ma
ny evils, that thousands of resnectahlo lev,
miles allow themselves and their vis;, tru
5 10 be constantly ANNOYED. and even the
'lsohed ny their presence, who Womb Die
1t Tor an hour put up with the presence Of wa
dead body OF a mouse or a robin within
nee the distance from the house. Ie+ ,,s
ABOUT reform in this direction. and
w is just the time TO begin. Auonst is An
uaiiy one OF the most favorable montbs 10
which to procure and lay ND drv earth IRE
use in the privy, the poultry ho1se and ina
E stables. -'"'o anu be
arg
SINK DRAINS on
Another form of nuisance. a li,tla ,o thai
enslve but often quite AS danoerous' e;s an
sink drain. This is frequently a1lo,,oS con
discharge itself in too close nrox;,';. sim
the family well. Diseases of the ,nn: ing
lous nature are, undoubtedly. nrodnond PROF.
M inns cause. So much light has heeu Iurn
o"n on TINS subject within the past Saw says
us: both in this country and in Enro 20" the
I the presence of fevers of \ tvnbo;d.', IKE
ure are not at present always attr;hn,ad neys
DIVINE Providence, but the attenJ;r NE.
'slclan looks to the sewage of the nrar, iacu
or one OF the probab causes az snoh is kI
srs. There are few ways in Whit OF q
ney can be better invested abont .Sa on {
. buildings than in correct system s1 nc the
age and drainage, and it is good fin. " acld'
10 LOOK about and find out inst WIZ. OF 10
eeded and the best wav of a,o.,.,.,.s Tree