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

that was not very good to go after the cows
with the boys. In answer to the question,
what makes him hate to go with you after
the COWS, one Of the boys said, ed whistles
to him and he don't come and then he stones
him some" That is good way to spoil
dog, if he ever was good for anything. 1t is
often said that if man owns dog he has
one friend, which is sort of a provcrb,
grown out Of the strong attachment aud idel-
ity Of the dog. lie has earned and merits
our kindest treatment.
That which animals want and appreciate
next to something to eat, is dry, soft bed.
To ascertain if they know the difference be.
tween a hard floor and a bed Of straw, put
young calf into the barn floor and leave a
littlo hay there until you fodder next time.
When the next time comes you will probably
find the calf lying on the hay. | do not
know of an animal that prefers hard floor
to soft bed Of straw to sleep on. Sngu
larly enough treating our animals kindly in
this particular also pays" If we bed our
cows and keep them dry aud clean, we have
better milk and butter, and more of it. We
shall have larger manure heap aud con-
sequenty richer meadows. Our teams,
when we'll bedded, will do more work because
they get more rest on good bed than they
do on a wet floor The Arabs steed shares
his masters tent and delicacies with the chill
dren of the family and gives his master in
return rides Of fabulous length without
weariness. The pig outside OF his coat of fat
is the poorest clothed of any domestic ami
NAL do not know that a second attempt
was made to shear hog, but he has been
many and many times denied that which is
as dear to him as his own WOOL namely, a
good nest. The pigs look better aud thrive
better when they have good nest aud that
they feel better no one can doubt. The hens
should have good place to roost ; warm and
dry, easily accessible aud free from disturb
auce. The cat and dog should have their
nest where they can be warm and comforta-
ble where they can retire to undisturbed re-
pose, when they come in frSm their late
evening sociables.
Perhaps in nothing can wo better show
our humanity than in the kind treatment
and fair usage Of our teams. Our horses can
never tell us of their aches and weariness,
we can only judge by their appearance how
they feel. The well fed, evenly worked horse
can easily be distinguished from the harshly
treated over, worked one. The team that is
left to the tender mercy Of some irresponsible
inhunan tyrant Of driver who does not know
as much as the horse he abuses, is to be pit
led indeed, and will soon show by its looks
what kind of teamster it has. There are
a great many spirited horses on the road
particularly 4th of July, caravan and ta
days, but they show by their ears, eyes and
tail, those expressive features of the horse
, exactly the truth of the case. They are ii
mortal terror of being yauked or whipped a
every step. Those silly people who try t.
} make an old, lazy, over-worked, unsound
{ spiritess horse appear young and high.lifoC
by cruel jockey tricks, can not deceive US am
more than the drunken man can make US be
= lieve he is sober and that all his druukel
5 motions are the result Of carelessness or ac
cideut. There are no animals to be pitie,
t like the poor old horses, who have served the
/ masters long and well, and are then dispose
| of to some mau whose highest ambition i
! to own horse and whose best satisfac action
Q after eating, is to strain him." and "swaI
A him" Where so many such horses com
, from is a mystery, and where they go to i
another mystery. We most seriously hop
c there may be a hereafter Of long continued
t grass and good weather for all the truly goo
j. horses.
= | have seen a man drive oxen and g
It eight or ten feet forward of them swingin
d his whip and saying "wo hish, come along,
y and run the stonebOat against a stump an
h stop the team; he would 60 wo hishing aIon
n until by and by he would miss his team, the
i he would turn and yell "wo back, you ar
- always running against something" ii
1t would then whack them over the heads, &c
l. them off, get started again, and the yer
= next time he came along there with anothc
load of stones, would go through the sam
y motions, run against the same stump, addre'
d the in oxen the same disrespectlul Language
; rap them on the head again and 60 on.
y is a great pity that such men are ever a
lowed to use Il team at all
d heard a neighbor once say, 81 can wol
l. my oxen all day, aud not tire them as muc
a as the boys will in an hour" Which was d
n doubt true, for have seen him work thel
Is all day aud not strike them once, or spea
90 to them louder than now do to you ii
W boys were very good boys, and no worse tina
to nearly all the others in the same neighbo
IN hood, but they lacked good judgment at
If experience
n. Among all the institutions for the instru
er tion Of boys, mono is needed more than o.
If where boys could go and learn to use a
i'll feed team properly. Such a school wOu
ID be good place for some men to go to.
at knew two men who were neighbo
IS Each did his work with oxen. Mr.. A. US
or to tell how much work his oxen did in a Sc
it, son, how much they could draw and h,
as quick they were, But his oxen were gene
ne ally thin. Mr., b. did not brag any abo
os his oxen, nor feed them any better than N
an A. did his, but worked them all the tin
no aud drew tremendous logs when it was N