The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-02
The Pleasures Of Farming,

be the owner of good farm and to carry
on the business of farming, if done prop
erly. No other pursuit is so we'll adapted
to afford health and happiness. To have
sweet milk and fresh butter and eggs, and
vegetables and fruits from ones own gar
den and orchard, and poultry, mutton,
and bacon of ones own raising, to live
upon, is very agreeable. To see the pigs,
lambs, calves and colts increasing, the
crops growing, the stock improving in
value, the fruit trees bearing their scarlet
and golden harvests, and everything pros
pering, as it generally will under wise
management, affords any good man pleas.
ure.
But the farmer, to enjoy farming, must
manage his business we'll. He must plan
wisely and execute promptly. He must
be a sort of military man in this respect.
He must lay the plan of his campaign at
this season of the year, and carry 1t out as
thoroughly as possible. To enjoy farm
ing, one wants the best of everything-the
best cattle, horses, sheep and swine, and
fruits and crops. He should be ambitious
to have the best, and should strive for it
constantly. His crops should be put in
in the best manner. He should have the
neatest and best-kept meadows aid past
ures, the finest orchards and gardens, and
neat farm building, and everything should
show an air of tidiness and order, dictated
by an intelligent mind.
1t is not necessary to have expensive
buildings Any, however cheap, if put
in the proper places, surrounded by neat
fences, and the grounds adorned py shade
and forest trees, will look we'll. The
passer-by will be pleased at the outlook {;
he will see there the evidences of q happy
home. The house sits back few rods
from the road, on q little knoll, so the
water drains easily from it. Shrabbery
and shade trees are planted in the yard
To the right or left of the house and lit
tie back Of it the barns and stables are
built with some system. The garden and
orchard are convenient to the house and
everything is arranged in order. The
farmer has taken pleasure in forming his
plans, and now takes pleasure in seeing
how neatly everything looks. His wife
and sons and daughters and neighbors
feel the influence of these admirable ar
rangements. 1t has cost no more, or but
little more, than to put up everything in .
slip-shod, hap-hazard manner. It would
sell for two or three times as much. But
homes should never be sold. They are
sacred places. They should be made for
ones children and children's children.
How dear are all of the associations of
our childhood days! Why break them
Why let strangers intrude and desecrate
places that are the hottest on earth?
II farmers would exercise this care and
foresight and taste in making their farms
and homes attractive, there would be q
stronger love for country life. There is
too much inclination among the young
people for the city, and yearly our cities
are increasing in population and influ.
ence, at the expense Of the country.
Could parents! see what we are COM
PEELED to see almost daily, as we 60 from
our country home to our Office In the city,
they weuld spare no labor to endear farm
life to their sons and daughters. Could
they see the debauchery, open and noto-
rious, incident to all cities, they would
shudder. Could they see the young men,
yes, and young women, too, that parade
city streets, bearing every evidence Of vice
and intemperance and degradation, who .
few weeks, or months, or years ago came
fresh and pure from country homes, and
then consider that such, perhaps, may be
the fate of their own kith or kin, if country
life is not made more attractive, would
they not say that it is our highest duty to
attach our children to farm life, to favor
innocent amusements, to patronize good
books and papers and libraries, to help
elevate the tone Of society, to carefully
consider the tastes and wishes Of young
people, aud to give them proper direction,
so that the dangerous period Of youth may
be passed in safety, and the rocks which
have shattered the barks Of tens of thou.
sands Of generous youth may be avoided
In the voyage of life which all must travel
|-C0lnaan's Rural World.