The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-10

employed in the manner just indicated-or
the money worse than wasted in evil hab-
its-was turned into this channel-who can
doubt that farmers would be more skillful
and successful in their labors,-or that
there would be less occasion for complaint.
have said farmers should have better
theoretical and scientific knowledge of
farm work. Now how many farmers think
you in any given territory can tell what are
the constituents Of milk-or describe even
tolerably the chemical changes which occur
in the rising of cream, the process of churn-
ing and the production of butter. 1t is said
that only about one tub Of butter in ten
sent TO market will rank A No. 1. Have
these two facts no connecticut If the sci
ence of butter making was better known
who can doubt that the quality would be
improved. The loss in this item alone is
immense.
A third mistake is in the wastes of the
farm. A wide field for discussion opens
here, but have time to notice only few
of these wastes. The loss to the farmer
from evil habits, is enormous. The man
who spends thus necdlcssly 8 cts per day,
will lose in so years enough, with the ac-
crued interest, to buy $4,000 farm,-if he
spends 10 cts. per day for the same time,
he will suffer loss OF 10 to ~ thousand
Jall.ro IL L., taI tIat nj laast 4 A moi ri
of all the manure made, is lost yearly by
exposure TO rains, evaporation and want of
| shelter.
| The loss of crops from insufficient prepare
tibn of the soil, sowing and planting and af-
ter care in culture and harvesting-th loss
of nutrition in the hay crop, on account OF
unreasonable cutting and curing, and the
consequent decrease in flesh of animals
consuming it, and the returns they yield
the loss of hay fed where it is trampled up
| on-the loss from insufficient care and shell
ter of stock--of farming tools and imple-
ments-from insecure fences, from lack Of
suitable and timely repairs of buildings,
| from inferior quality of the butter and
cheese made; the loss from these sources
alone, must be in each particular Of great
magnitude, and in the aggregate almost
beyond computation.
Another mistake is, not making home
and farm work more attractive. Home
should be the most pleasant place in all the
world-so many ties centre there why should
it not be attractive, cheerful and happy
The dwelling and all its surroundings should
be, so far as possible, neat, tasty and invi'
ting, such as to charm the eye and hold
the heart. Good books, papers, pictures
and music, should be provided; these are
indispensable requisites in the education O.
the mind and culture of the affections ant
taste. Suitable implements for farm work
should be provided and suitable hours fol
farm labor, only should be required. Blu
how often is the exact opposite of this wit
messed among farmers. The dwelling il
dilapidated and cheerless--the parents cros
and sour visaged-the dress is untidy-tht
work severe and exacting-it Is hard worl
early and late. Kind words are seldom
heard, and but few attractions bind thu
heart to the home. Reared in such clrcum
stances, do you wonder so few acquire
relish for the farm!
Again-it is a sad mistake to run in deb
so much for land. l do not refer now t
those who from small beginnings, or other
wise, come to have = competency and pre-
fer to invest their accumulations in real es
tate, rather than in other directions, but I,
those who without sufficient means, take up
on themselves burdens, which can Onl.
|, prove ruinous-I mean those who are al
ficted with what one calls, almost profanit.
"damphool on the BRAIN" They have
mania for buying land, and as noted mai
once said-''ifa person owned the who'll
world, he would still want piece outsd
of it for potato patch"-so these add feel
to field. To meet their oft recurring pay
meRts, they strip the land its forests, an
the meadows of their fertility, spend toll
some days and sleepless nights-depriv
themselves of ease and comfort-sacrifC
ing the life perhaps of the faithful wife
and their own happiness-for what? tn
poor compensation Of paying heavy take
on land they really do not own, and larg
, amount of interest on what they owe. 1t
estimated that farms are now paying Il
more than or per cent. on the capt.
invested. If this view is correct, the 60
of solvency, must be far distant, by the o
binary operations of the farm, to those wi
are largely in debt. The prospect, to
sober judgment can hardly be enchan
ing.
firmly believe, one OF the most fruitf
causeslof uneasiness, disguise, ill temper al
much of domestic infelicity among farme
at the present time-is the heavy burden
debt that hangs about their necks like
n mill stone-debtsl that ever can run al
are ever pressing.
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