Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-11-17

mt 10 some OF these conditions patiently,
and some even appear to like them.
Firstly then, the food our animals eat.
They like enough, and giving tLem less than
enough is treating them cruelty. A rich,
well.watercd pasture with n breezy, shady
knoll in it is the paradise of cattle aud horses.
Cattle are treated kindly when they are fur.
nished such pasture, provided there are
not too many cattle for the acres.
Had the ability, would paint picture
of a dozen grade Durham young cattle, fat
and sleek, aud with them there should be a
pair Of oxen lying in the shade of small
grove Of naples, situated on an airy oleva-
ton in the middle of the pasture. Through
the rich green pasture at the foot Of the
hill should flow clear, gravel.bottomed
brook. would write for title under it,
"Conteutment."
For contrast | would paint another
The pasture should be level plain, with
frog pond in the middle and not tree in
sight The general color should be green
ish brown. The cattle in it should be lean
and vicious looking; there should be a well.
worn path all round the inside Of the fence.
| would have in the picture a three year-old,
long. g.horned, snake.headed steer, without any
mate aud a spike.horned, yellow-colored,
l.. II III Kotlnl N,yo old utn
looking over the fence. Behind them should
be some smaller cattle, thin-hammed and
sharp-backed, with inquiring faccs-anxious.
ly awaiting further developments. In the
road running past the pasture at the LETT
fore. ground of the picture 1 would have a
couple of sunburnt boys whose teeth were
blackencd with choke cherries and fingers
Drowned with butternut juice getting the
range on the hungry cattle with their battery
of stones. | would write for title under
this picture, "Going West"
was once riding in Washington county,
VT, along very much such valley as Trout
River Valley, in the latter partof September
and passing a rich meadow OF perhaps forty
acres, noticed that lot of cattle,
should think thirty in ALL OF all ages from a
melIow.sded pair of seven-year.old oxen
down to a half.dozcn yearlings, including
cows and two.year.od heiiers, had that
morning evidently just been turned into
"full-ieed" for the first time that season
The feed was Cup to their eyes" Leaning
on the bars was a man Of generous stom
ach and large proportions. He had stood
there apparently ever since the cattle were
"turued in and they were far enougt
| from the bars to have been in half an hour
and he was evidently enjoying it as much as
the cattle were. | thought | should like tC
be acquainted with that. man and and en-
at his table.
1t is no part of my business in this pnpei
to discuss the propricty Of fall "teeding" ou
meadows, but that man aud his CATTLE
| never saw him before or since-were livin,
illustrations of the truth of the text, 9TH,
liberal soul shall be made fat
Our teams so far as feed can 60, ar
kindly treated when they are well fed.
they are fed well and regularly every da.
the same allowance, they will look bette
and feel better, behave better and work bel
ter. shall have more to say about team
by and bye.
But we keep one kind of animal tina
likei above everything to be fed. With
good dry nest Of straw, and a rich, full fee
three times day he will grow fat an
will express to you his gratitude by thos
short, high-keYed, aifectionate grunts, whic
we all like to hear, but cannot we'll descrb
or initiate.
Our fowls should be treated kindly. w
do not think very much about our fowls, br
they show kind treatment and generous feed
ing as plainly as any Of our domestic an
mails The wel-led hen is the one thi
gives forth the welcome early egg au
cackle. She is the hen that finds the sum
side Of a bank in April, whereon to scratC
and sing her morning lay, She is the hC
that can lutter her wings aud wag her ia
as she squalls forth her prophecy Of a set
Of early spring chickens. 1t was withol
doubt the well fed, happy hen that was in
mortalized by the same hymn that immo
talized Old Grimes.
The i'll used poorly.fed hen, with scrawr
legs and feet, pale, sickly comb and fade
plumago, can't sing; she can't lay
so of course she can't "set" She can on
scratch and that very feobly,
The cat, though don't like her-shou
be treated with kindness. She will, if kinc
y treated and generously fed, come in of
< morning after you have made fire, street,
herself upon your leg with her nose towar
If the stove and her fore paws on your kn
# aud purr most practically; and to she
n you her attachment will hook her claws in
N your pants and with first one foot and tn
il the other gently lift them of your knee.
(. you have been very good to her she will Ell
n phasizc her love for you by hooking deep
W even than the lining of your pants.
r. there were no rats or mice cats would st
d be very pretty pets, and no doubt wOu
Is be kept for that purpose. We have a c
which keeps all rats at neghborly d
L. tance | could not afford to take S2j
her, aud don't think anybody could give
lie For, although she is a terror to rats she
l. also learned that cream is good for so
I'd other purposes than to eat on strawberri
There is occasionally man who c
It. be cruel to a dog, l hope the man "