The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-10-01
FaRn AND rrREsSDE.


tern Rural sensibly says that after the
long summer Of hard work by the farmer,
necessary TO provide himself and family |
with food and raiment, he takes his sea
son Of comparative rest IL a little OF
this spare time were properly employed |
in adjoining home and its surroundings, |
as much or more pleasure, perhaps, might
be derived, from an aesthetic view Of the
subject, rs could be given by the same
amount Of work bestowed in any other
way. The bread and the meat which
supply the physical wants Of man are not
all the things we should live for. The
enjoyment Of even these things, can only
come through the refining influences
which tend to elevate our higher ma
lures. We are creatures Of circum-
stances; the soul becoming the reflex of
what surrounds US. In the light Of these
facts will il pay to neglect the refining
and soulinspiring influences, and endure
the unsightly and disordered farm house
and surroundings which can be nothing
less than a perpetual annoyance to re-
fined taste?
The farmer who neglects these things
and spends his time in the village saloon
or upon the street corner, hunting pleas
urc, wastes that which belongs not only
to his family but to his neighbors, and
time which, il properly applied, would
bring mutual results in happiness, we'll
spring of joy for lifetime, to all con.
cerned. We have known farmers and
their wives to do work enough to make
things delightful all about them, but for
want of system and proper care all was
chaos. The walks were incomplete, the
trees broken and dead, because set in a
hap-hazard. way, and left to shift for
Themselves without mulohing; the fences
dilapidated aud down, with the lawn and
flowers laid waste by the feet of the ami
nal whose proclivities are to root, hog
or die :" the buildings brown and unin-
viting from the lack of paint. The same
system of neglect extended into the house
rs well the walls bare, neglected and
without ornament.
This Is all wrong some Time shouid
be employed in providing for the happi-
ness ana pieasantties OF NOME III lact,
the pleasant ASSOCIATIONS are 'he primer
pal things which constitute nome
Bright faces and light hearts form the
sllken corus whicn unite iauli'es To-
II
gether, ana prevent many "a!"aru
youth rom running rio' III 'he ways OF
SIN. lhe best way 10 prevent such eVil
results is to make nome h'pPy' low
ers are cheap, ana giadly SEM out 'heir
rich fragrance peneatn Tue must io"i!
ROOT. rant OF many coiors Is aounuan',
and IKE charity, hiues hui','uue OF
sins lime Is plenty wneh useu arlgh''
ana IL some farmers "ouid use . niue as
ihuica'eu ABOVE anu protect ana P'e'ci'e
the WORK done' II wou,u anu iarsei! III
iehgthehlhg ou' theii ua!''
FALL flGs'-rlgs that come Ill 'he iill
months, especiaily inc natter ohes' are
unprohaoie STOCK In the htst place.
they are IN 'ne way o' 'he iattehihg
hogs' ana from their ihaoIi,'y 10 stahu
from uhuer are 'rahipieu uhuer ioo',
nave every disau'aA'age 10 coh'ehu
against anu wear u"a'iSn aPpua'an'e
from which they never recover beS,u's'
they generai'! "eish les IMAM any noss
IN the iattehihg pen lake carr! spring
plgS' anu III auui''on 10 'neir regular
allowance give 'neh 'ne same quah''!
as tha' consumed oy p'g' coming iour OF
hVe months eafiier' anu 'hey VIII MAKE
more ana better pork ana not pe chafge-
able Win ohe'iourth the trouble OF their
seniors ferhaps the most pron'aoie Use
that cou'u DC maue Vi 'hefh Woulu oe as
roasterS' OF 10 ieeu them high through
the wih'er ana sell 'hem 10 the ou'cher
III 'he spring wheh PORK Is scarce out
Tor the most pron'' always take spring
pigs anu ieeu 'nsn' Pieh'y OF MIX meal
anu cover through 'ne summer 'iri,e'
anu IL 'ney are goci oreeu 'hey eau oe
killing time, from two hundred to two
hundred aud fifty pounds, and sometimes
more, which is as much as the generality
OF hogs from twelve to fifteen months old
will weigh.
When well fed, spring pigs will gain
from one to two and half pounds day,
and be found much the cheapest pork he
farmer can raise. To make them attain
their greatest weight, however, at eight
months old, they not only require the
best of varied food, with plenty of
skinned milk to begin with, but must
also be one of the best breeds-no Gland,
pike" need be so fed with the expecta-
tion of weighing down any such figures.
Nor should the mother sow be any thing
but thrifty and well kept through the
year. The best breeds will deteriorate
3 bv mo- lppt ar short fading and the piUs