Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-09-15
New Hampshire Farming.

eat in most Of the towns in That state. From
these extracts We cndeavored T. draw a
moral and a warning for the farmers Of Yer
mont.
We now have the pleasure Of presenting
to our readers, as a contrast to what the ma
jority Of our heighbors across the Connccti-
cut have done, an example Of what one New
Hampshire farmer Is doing, and we do this,
also, for the practical moral which it is ca
pablo Of teaching to those who are tcachable
1t is contained in the following letter from
j. NJ Conner, Of llopkinton, n. H., which
appears in the agricultural department Of
the New York Tribune. Mr. Conner says
am what might be termed an enthusiastic far
mer. believe that farming, when conducted with
the skill economy and enterprise that character
izes most other fields Of industry, affords ample
remuneration that It is conducive 10 better
physical development, that It's lessons aud sur
promote a higher moral and spiritual
Development than any oi the numerous avoca-
lions Of mankind and therefore, il pays Nine
year, ago last fall I purchased the farm upon
which now reside, paying therefor 81 lOO-run-
ming in debt $500 on the purchase. For about
three years previous to my purchase, the farm had
been rented and for about seventeen years pre-
yious to that, the owner made yearly practice Of
selling about four tons, or one-half of the English
hay, returning no equivalent therefor lie usu-
ally kept three cows, horse, aud pair Of oxen
most Of the time. lie cut as lam informed. about
eight tons Of English hay and about the same Of
meadow and stock hay.
During the nine years Of my ownership, have
paid for farm help 81 9Sl have purchased and
fed about one thousand one hundred and twenty
seven bushels Of corn, at a cost Of si0d979,
twelve ael one-half tons Of shorts costing s3ss
have paid out $3.50 for hay purchased $40 worth
Of manure ashes, etc, amounting in all TO
s3q2l79 My improvements during this period
consisted Of erecting new barn, thirty-eight 10y
eighty with all the modern Improvements digging
well some seventy rods away, and supplying
both house and barn with running water putting
in about one hundred rods Of under-dain, re-
moving hundreds Of tons Of rocks from the fields,
aud bringing the land to such state Of cultiya-
ton as to cut last year twenty tons Of hay where
eight were cut before, winterng more than double
the stock the place was able to carry when pur-
chased it, Such an outlay would cause many
doubts and fears in the minds Of umid farmers as
to the financial result Now for the receipts
Daring these nine years / have sold from the
dairy besides what was consumed 10y the family
(and that not small onel eight thousand five
hundred aud eighteen pounds Of butter, for
s3,GiS %, calves and veal sold, s33S y, have
fattened and slaughtered eleven thousand eight
hundred and twelve pounds Of pork worth at the
time Of slaughterng si,2l5 pigs sold sls2
poultry and eggs, s71322i for apples, $50, pota-
toes sli7 50, for beef and mutton, $3.50; making
a total Of 81 OS970
But this showing does not embrace the expenses
required in maintaining family, and all other
eHr 'nses incident TO living find by footing the
yearly receipts and expenditures from all sources,
that the account stands as follows Total receipts,
81, $685.; expenditures, sl1,27j6s; balance Of
receipts over expenses, l,039s7 But this is not
all. An inventory Of the stock on the farm over
what it nine years ago, amounts TO about 1925.
Bnt to tell the whole story in as few words pos
sible, the debt Of $500 has been wiped out, S225
worth Of land added to the farm, all the improve
ments above enumerated and little left for a
rainy day All this, let me assure you has been
made from the legitimate operations of the farm,
,, I -, s,no .,l a,',',a
10 send down To Ma.saeha.etts 1. mot snch a re.
suit sufficient to satisfy any reasonable ambition
Can one out OF ninety mine in all other callingr
show better record in the same length Of time
me 'nousahuS OF deserted u1lns''sauS through,
our rural population, and the growth and increase
If nonulation in our cities and village. noln, nm.
mistakably to belief that farming is not remu-
neatiye This unhesitatingly deny. II it has
proven unremuneraiiye to such it is only because
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with a true appreciation Of its wants is what has
wrought ruin IN ON midst Brother farmers be
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hood It rears and establishes a home surrounded
by moral and pure atmosphere 1t brings man
into nearer relation to nature with herten thou
sand inspiring lessons such as the millions who
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